
Agile Team Builder \ Technical Manager
Greater Los Angeles Area

Agile Team Builder \ Technical Manager
Greater Los Angeles Area
Results-orientated I.T. Professional with 15+ years of enterprise-level experience leading a wide range of technical teams and projects. Excellent balance between business, people and technical skills. Experienced with building and mentoring Agile \ Scrum Product Teams.
Hiring, firing, and mentoring technical teams (development, implementation, project management, QA and customer support), infrastructure support & upgrades (Hardware & Software), ERP and CRM implementations, etc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Rapattoni is a market leader of software solutions for the Real Estate Industry, including the standard setting Rapattoni Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
I directly manage a 40 person technical team including 36 programmers and 4 technical writers. These team members are organized into 7 product-centric Agile / Scrum teams which I mentor.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2001 — December 2006 (5 years 4 months)
Xytech Systems is a software company that provides solutions for the media and entertainment industry.
I directly managed all technical teams including , consisting all technical staff of 24 including project managers, programmers, quality assurance, technical writers, help desk staff, and infrastructure support. I reported directly to the President of the company and was responsible for a 3 million dollar budget and agressive growth in profitability.
(Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)
February 1994 — August 2001 (7 years 7 months)
Paramount Pictures is the movie studio located in Hollywood. Parmount had a large internal I.T. department to support internal operations.
In my 7 years at Paramount, I managed several different technical departments including the company-wide Help Desk, Desktop Support, Network Support, and Studio Application Development.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARC; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1993 — October 1994 (1 year 10 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NXTR; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1990 — August 1992 (2 years 6 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1989 — November 1990 (1 year 6 months)
CSM, CSPO , Agile / Scrum Software Development , 2009 — 2009
In 2009, I attended a week long Scrum class taught by Mike Cohen (Father of Scrum) and was certified as a Scrum Master and a Product Owner.
PMP , Project Management , 1999 — 2000
The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is project management’s leading global professional association, and as such, it administers a globally accepted and recognized, rigorous, examination-based, professional certification program of the highest caliber. The PMI Certification Program maintains ISO 9001 certification in Quality Management Systems as evidence of its commitment to professional excellence.
MBA , Business, Info Technology , 1996 — 1999
BA , Business , 1985 — 1989
BA , Political Science , 1985 — 1989