Jeff Mackay

Current

• IT Leader at GE Healthcare
• IT Leader at GE

Past

• CTO & Founder at Vtopia, Inc.
• Senior Manager at Accenture
• Principal Engineer at Appx Software

• Senior Software Engineer at Kaseworks
• Consultant at Computer Task Group
• Software Engineer at BellSouth Information Systems
• Software Engineer at Bellsouth Media Technologies
• Programmer at Harris-Lanier
• Lead Programmer at U.S. Air Force

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Education

• Regis University
• Auburn University at Montgomery

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Industry

Computer Software

Jeff Mackay’s Summary

Experienced technology veteran with more than 20 years of experience in developing software, managing programs, hiring teams, etc. Past prositions range from software developer to architect to program manager to consultant to CTO. Author of Windows Programming with Borland C++.

Jeff Mackay’s Experience

• IT Leader

  GE Healthcare

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Computer Software industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)

  Currently working on planning and deployment of Siebel, Oracle's Fusion Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle's Application Integration Architecture for our CRM and ERP platforms. Representing GE on Oracle's Fusion Strategy Council and Oracle's Master Data Management (MDM) Strategy Council.
  
  Formerly managed software development and architecture for the Sales Workbench, a custom CRM system based on the Selectica configurator and pricer components. Hired and managed offshore (India) development team consisting of 100+ software engineers, managed budget. Established system design, scalable infrastructure, and development process. Previously served as Architect for the company's Product Data Management (PDM) system based on MatrixOne's Engineering Central.

• IT Leader

  GE

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

• CTO & Founder

  Vtopia, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1997 — March 2002 (4 years 8 months)

  Internet start-up. Focus on XML and distributed object applications and consulting. Author of Visual XML, an extensible XML authoring tool. Strategic consulting for financial services, marketing companies. Raised $200K of seed capital in a B2B marketplace for the packaging industry. Hired development, sales, and marketing teams. Increased revenues from $0 to $750k in a 12-month period.

• Senior Manager

  Accenture

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 6 months)

  Led technology for a DOD-sponsored applied research project focusing on component-based software engineering. This Technology Reinvestment Project, a part of the Eagle project at Andersen Consulting, was launched to modernize software development practices of a defense contractor. Managed development team of 20 software engineers, established extensible architecture for integration of multiple analysis and design tools. Authored Component Specification Language, an extension of OMG IDL for component development. Contributed to Rational's Unified Modeling Language (UML) specification. Represented firm at the Object Management Group (OMG). Led design efforts for a new core transaction processing environment for a major financial services client.

• Principal Engineer

  Appx Software

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1994 — March 1995 (8 months)

  Start-up defining financial application frameworks and a new application development tool. Hired and managed development team, established conceptual architecture, formed strategic relationships with technology providers, including Taligent, Hewlett-Packard, and SAIC.

• Senior Software Engineer

  Kaseworks

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 5 months)

  Application development tool vendor providing graphical application design tools. Responsible for technical product development of object-oriented frameworks and code generation. Developed products bundled with Microsoft and IBM C and C++ compilers.

• Consultant

  Computer Task Group

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1989 — March 1992 (2 years 8 months)

  Software development for clients such as IBM, Digital Equipment Corp, Chandler Hospital, Georgia-Pacific. Concentration on PC, Unix, and VAX VMS Systems. Developed system based on the Andrew toolkit, a pre-cursor to the worldwide web.

• Software Engineer

  BellSouth Information Systems

  (Computer Software industry)

  1988 — 1990 (2 years )

• Software Engineer

  Bellsouth Media Technologies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1987 — July 1989 (2 years 1 month)

  Developed directory publishing software for a BellSouth subsidiary. Designed X-Windows and transaction processing frameworks, developed the first integration between DECWindows and VAX ACMS transaction processor.

• Programmer

  Harris-Lanier

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  August 1986 — July 1987 (1 year )

  Developed UNIX and PC systems to manage import/exports for this manufacturer.

• Lead Programmer

  U.S. Air Force

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  January 1983 — August 1986 (3 years 8 months)

  Led development of the Combat Ammunition System at the Air Force's Standard Systems Center, Gunther AFS, AL. Responsible for design, construction, team leadership, and field deployment of this munitions logistics system.

Jeff Mackay’s Education

• Regis University

  BS , Computer Information Systems , 2004 — 2008

• Auburn University at Montgomery

  MIS , 1986 — 1988

Additional Information

Jeff Mackay’s Interests:

woodworking, cabinetmaking, java, j2ee, plm, pdm, crm

Jeff Mackay’s Groups:

LinkedInnovators,LinkedInUSAF, Oracle Fusion Strategy Council

Jeff Mackay’s Honors:

Author of Windows Programming with Borland C++, published by McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Java Certified Programmer - Sun Microsystems, 1999.

Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt, GE Healthcare, 2004.

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