
Director of Application Development at Statera
Greater Seattle Area

Director of Application Development at Statera
Greater Seattle Area
As Director of Application Development at Statera, he is responsible for the SharePoint and .NET consulting practice in Seattle where he focuses on building and growing a team of consultants focusing on collaborative solutions using Microsoft SharePoint and .NET technologies. His 16 years of IT experience include managing a consulting practice, managing major account relationships and consulting engagements, application architecture and software development with emphasis on Microsoft technologies. He has extensive experience in industries such as Financial Services, High Technology, Travel and Transportation, Aerospace and Defense, Publishing, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Retail, and Manufacturing.
Technology Consulting, Account Management, Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007), Microsoft .NET Architecture and Development, Enterprise Content Management, Business Process Automation & Workflow
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Mr. Cortez is responsible for managing a consulting practice that specializes on collaborative and portal solutions using Microsoft SharePoint and .NET technologies. His responsibilities include managing, mentoring and hiring a team of architects and developers, managing customer engagements and quality of delivery, account relationship management, business development, application architecture and custom development.
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
June 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Mr. Cortez is responsible for driving successful implementations of collaborative solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies. He led the requirements discovery and analysis, solution definition and technical design, as well as configuration and development of solutions. These solutions were developed using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Office 2007, and .NET technologies.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 1 month)
As the Product Manager for ILOG Rules for .NET (a Business Rules Management System), he is responsible for defining the product vision, gathering of market requirements from key customers and prospects and translating them into product features, use cases and specifications, defining the product roadmap and presenting it to key customers and prospects, generating collaterals (whitepapers, demos, and datasheets), providing technical leadership and evangelization to the ILOG field (AMs, TAMs, Consulting), creating competitive analysis reports against competing products, meeting with industry analysts (Gartner, Forrester, etc.), and working closely with the product team in feature planning and iteration reviews.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for providing technical leadership in the areas of Microsoft .NET architecture, design and development on different client engagements and throughout the entire practice within IBM Global Services - Enterprise Services for Microsoft Technologies (ESMT). He is also a lead on the Microsoft .NET expert community whose goal is to develop and manage IBM’s intellectual capital on .NET best practices.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1997 — March 2002 (4 years 6 months)
As Software Architect for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Microsoft Advanced Development Center, he is responsible for leading the architecture, analysis, design and development of applications on various client engagements.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 1 month)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years )
Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 1988 — 1993
SharePoint (MOSS 2007) architecture and development, .NET, golf, snowboarding, basketball
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Configuring Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Application Development
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Configuring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development