
Chief Operating Officer - Ciphent Inc.
Austin, Texas Area

Chief Operating Officer - Ciphent Inc.
Austin, Texas Area
Andrew Eye is the Chief Operating Officer of Ciphent and is directly responsible for the company's overall P&L. Prior to joining Ciphent, Mr. Eye was the CEO of Bodkin Consulting Group, a high-end software development firm that specialized in complex web-based application development. Ciphent acquired Bodkin Consulting Group in March 2007. His vision and proven ability to execute has made him a welcomed addition to the Ciphent executive team. Mr. Eye has had an illustrious and successful software development and technology consulting career. He has had the privilege of working with large firms to include Ernst & Young, NASA, i2 Technologies and Corning. Mr. Eye is also a well respected local entrepreneur and resides as the President of the Anne Arundel County Small Business Committee. Using his experience as a software developer and effective team lead, Mr. Eye has helped numerous companies increase their Internet-presence and overall brand value. Leveraging his technical vision clients have reduced operational costs through software-based efficiencies and process automation. Mr. Eye graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Business Information Technology. He resides in Bowie Maryland with his beloved wife Sara and daughter Sydney.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Mission:
Ciphent's suite of security-infused consulting, development, managed, and strategic business services enable government and private industry organizations to innovate and reduce cost with unparalleled technology solutions designed by the world's largest secure development talent pool. We have re-enabled our customers' ability to trust their technology.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
November 2002 — October 2005 (3 years )
Senior Architect
Project Management
Managed and executed all aspects of an iterative software development process for Configuration Management, Automated Testing, and Grid Computing systems.
·Requirements Gathering
·Design
·Development
·Testing
·Training
·Integration
·Versioning
Founded and lead University of Maryland Cooperative Education Program
·Hired and managed eight students
·Oversaw cross functional round robin interview sessions
·Program met with tremendous enthusiasm, renewal for 3 years
·Estimated cost vs. existing development staff - 30%
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 8 months)
i2 Transportation And Distribution Management Logistics Solution Template
Managed all aspects of the software development process based on the Extreme Programming development model defining time lines and metrics relative to the TDM logistics product:
· Design Designed the integration of i2 Transportation Manager, Logistics Monitor, Order Management System, Event Manager and EXE Warehousing included use cases, design specs, and test cases
· Development developed metrics to track performance against business requirements
· Scheduling managed the scheduling and prioritization of the integration design team
· QA implemented systematic tracking of link between requirements, test cases and bugs
· Documentation developed documentation template employed by all i2 integration teams
· Change Management developed a systematic change management process to approve, implement, and track requested changes to the design of the TDM solution
BS , Business Information Technology , 1997 — 2001
Summa Cum Laude 3.93 GPA