Project Engineer

DONALD HOFFERBER

Seattle, WA *****

Cell: 206-***-****

***********@***.***

QUALIFICATIONS

Senior Software Developer and Team Lead with extensive hands on expertise in challenging software design and development projects. Outstanding technical strategy and vision, known for collaborating with customers, stakeholders, and key technical personnel to identify project strategies, objectives, and milestones. Customizes and introduces tools, programs, and systems to enhance development environments and processes as well as deliver time/cost savings. Excels in team settings and driving projects from requirements gathering to post-installation support. Senior project technical resource, adept at resolving challenging issues, mentoring junior staff, and identifying/introducing software development ‘best practices.’

Certification: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD), Expected, March 2012

COMPUTER SKILLS

Methodologies/Processes:

Agile, Waterfall

Software Technologies:

VB, C#, .Net, XAML, HTML, CSS, ASP.net, SQL, MS SQL Server, WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, Assembly

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

- Developed Cadon Technologies product, MoneyView, from ground up. Over 395,000K lines of designer code behind product; personally wrote another 55,000 lines (450,000 lines in total).

- As Boeing Chief Engineer, led/oversaw all System Engineering development on all commercial airplane models, including the new 787 and 747-800.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Software Developer

CADON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Seattle, WA

(full-time since 2007), 2001-present

Lead 4-member team in hands on technical development role to create, enhance, and maintain successful budgeting and retirement planning software, MoneyView. Product developed in an Agile environment utilizing VB.Net, MS SQL Server, and Visual Studio 2008/2010.

* Act as team primary technical resource and point of contact for project; provide insight and solutions for challenging technical issues.

* Define project roadmaps and objectives and develop programming specifications from functional requirements; set baselines and milestones for project.

* Identify project tasks, perform work breakdown structures, and prioritize/schedule project activities; streamline development by delegating tasks according to team strengths.

* Perform critical design reviews and partner with development team to identify/resolve software bugs.

* Direct research surrounding multiple, alternative technical solutions; determine ‘best practices’ and mentor and coach junior team members.

Key Achievements:

- Established product approach and developed ecommerce site to sell; actively utilize SEO techniques, social media/blog marketing, and link building to drive product sales.

- Directed creation of user friendly, “fun,” self-explaining templates and wizards.

- Assessed critiques of competing products, or general critiques across all products in niche, from organizations such as the Actuarial Association and ratings sites/agencies. Designed underlying algorithms to address generally perceived weaknesses; adopted Monte Carlo techniques and programmed using weighted historical data regarding inflation rates, bond rates, gold prices, etc., to calculate probability of meeting goals (graphical presentation).

Chief Engineer, System Engineering, Commercial Airplanes

THE BOEING COMPANY, Seattle, WA

1990-2007

Managed System Engineering initiatives for all commercial airplane models. Directed teams of up to 120 engineers and managers. Integrated/delivered multiple, concurrent projects on time, within budget, and fully compliant with company and government regulations. Identified and assessed project and development risks.

* Created systems product roadmap and managed global development teams located in 4 countries.

* Established strategic processes, defined reporting procedures, and supervised Senior Program Managers, Project Managers, and Project Management Analysts. Identified areas of concern in current development workflows.

* Partnered with senior business and systems managers, finance leadership, and stakeholders to develop vision for projects; defined and tracked Master Systems Development Project Plan.

* Chaired meetings with business stakeholders, program managers, and key IT personnel to determine specific project requirements.

* Oversaw and evaluated processes for Requirements Analysis and Design phases; monitored security and regulatory compliance initiatives and remedial actions.

* Presented regularly to specific commercial model Oversight Committees to report status; identified risk areas and potential bottlenecks and developed/proposed multiple alternative strategies.

* Managed training, development, and performance evaluations for direct report teams.

Manager, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems

Oversaw the design, development and testing of embedded software for wide-body airplanes, unmanned reconnaissance vehicles (drones), and base station support systems.

* Managed development of ground-based hardware and embedded software for mission-critical, top-secret unmanned reconnaissance vehicle.

* Designed/developed the base control station, critical ground-to-vehicle communication links, and new ground-based radar and microwave landing system.

* Authored requirements for, designed, and deployed embedded software for computers on the 747-400 airplane.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

MSEE, Electrical Engineering, Minor: Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Project Management and Quality Assurance, Boeing Learning Center, Seattle, WA

* Successfully completed multiple classes (50+), each 1-day to 2-weeks

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