Senior Engineering and Operations Manager offering expertise building and leading high-performing technical teams.

• Technically skilled manager delivering strategic and tactical leadership in the planning, building, delivery, and sustainment of secure and stable software/hardware platforms and applications.
  

• Expertise in all phases of the software development life cycle, from defining requirements, designing architecture, development and security engineering, testing/analysis, and final implementation.
  

• Solid project management and leadership skills to orchestrate complex, large-scale initiatives and projects; talent for creating strategic vision and translating project concepts/milestones to staff and management in a clear and concise manner.
  

• Advanced facilitation, communication, and team building talents complemented by exceptional interpersonal skills; tendency to easily cultivate solid relationships with diverse individuals spanning all backgrounds and levels of positions with a focus on attaining common goals and objectives.
  

• Respected leader and effective liaison between end-users/operators, development teams, and vendors; committed to supporting/influencing development and design strategies that satisfy specific needs.
  

• Thrive in fast-paced environments requiring analytical, problem solving and decision making skills, as well as ability to support and lead technical and non-technical staff spanning cross-functional areas.
  

• Seasoned entrepreneur with solid history of accomplishments driving and supporting efforts that have generated multimillion-dollar revenue growth.
  

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Provide funding and leadership for early stage businesses. Involvement ranges from technical direction, solutions, and product guidance to hands-on technical and business aspects of the company.

Community & Entrepreneurial Contributions: Supported many open source projects (Drupal.org, Moodle.org and WikiPedia.org), Cyclist for long distance competitions to raise money for charity, On-air and Event Personality for Imagination Station/Planet Fun (a non-profit children's radio station), Professional Magician entertaining and competing to raise money for charity.