Tracy Snell

Past

CTO at Interactions
Acting Chief Technical Officer at Unbound Communications
President - Cofounder at Enteract, LLC

VP Offsite Development at 21st Century/RCN
Consultant at Independant Consultant (Self-employed)
System Architect at Aerotraining USA
System Architect at Aviation Intelligence

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Education

University of North Florida

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Tracy Snell’s Summary

Visionary technical executive with a proven track record of developing and delivering technology products to meet market demand.

Adept at devising pragmatic strategic plans for the implementation / management of cutting-edge technology solutions to address business requirements within numerous industries. Demonstrated success in leading creative product conceptualization and definition processes from inception through to development and delivery phases to improve company offerings.

Strengths lie in building and leading exceptional teams of technical professionals focused on developing and delivering high quality products to the marketplace. Proficient in multiple languages, operating systems, network infrastructure, and server software packages.

CORE COMPETENCIES
• Technology & Market Assessment
• Scalable High Transaction Architectures
• Technology & Infrastructure Planning
• Cross-Organization Collaboration
• Standards & Methodology Creation
• Agile Project Management Methods
• Team Development & Mentoring
• Requirements Analysis
• Software & Infrastructure Architecture
• OnDemand / SaaS / SOA Architectures
• Security Compliance; PCI, HIPAA, SAS-70
• Web and Desktop Applications
• Object Oriented Design

Tracy Snell’s Specialties:

Technology leadership, team building, mentoring, pragmatic solutions, Java, J2EE, Ruby, Rails, LAMP, PHP, Perl, Enterprise Systems, OnDemand / SaaS / SOA architectures, Scalability, Reliability, Cloud Computing, Application Integration

Tracy Snell’s Experience

CTO

Interactions

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

February 2004 — January 2009 (5 years )

Recruited to create and implement the technology vision, develop / plan products, evaluate / adopt technology into the organization, and initiate industry standards for an early stage company, directly collaborating with the CEO. Led the design, architecture, lab testing, and delivery of the first fully deployed hybrid Interactive Voice Recognition system. Present the company’s product, benefits, and vision to investors and analysts to garner funding and exposure in the marketplace. Analyze industry landscape, and adapt product to meet market needs / changes and ensure competitive advantage.
Acting Chief Technical Officer

Unbound Communications

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• Performed CTO duties during formation of the company (an RCN/VTech joint venture). Built development and QA team. Designed the next generation system architecture designed to handle larger load and multiple device models.
President - Cofounder

Enteract, LLC

(Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 2001 (6 years )

Grew EnterAct from a startup with Michael Cloran to 50+ employees, 13,000+ customers and a CNET ranking of #1 ISP. Sold to 21st Century Telecom/RCN
VP Offsite Development

21st Century/RCN

(Telecommunications industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Sold EnterAct to 21st Century
• Created Orlando based development group, consisting of 30 developers, QA and systems admin personnel.
• Designed and delivered a multi-tier system that enabled VTech to begin releasing e-mail enabled consumer appliance systems, which utilized Java, Perl, C++, Solaris, Windows NT Server, WebLogic, SQLServer, and Qmail. Created workflow process integration with Telution’s Customer Care Suite, help desk, e-mail servers, and RADIUS user authentication.
Consultant
Independant Consultant (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

1992 — 1995 (3 years )

• BellSouth Project – Atlanta, Georgia (1995) led development of several components of the rewriting of BellSouth’s customer care and provisioning system; IBM PC Division Project – Atlanta, Georgia (1994) served on the Server 320 Dual Processor Development Team; HBOC – Atlanta, Georgia (1993 – 1994) technical lead for project to develop integration engine that allowed software systems from different vendors to share patient information; Aero Training Project – Tampa, Florida (1992 – 1993) primary architect and developer for a computer based training system for airline pilots; IBM ISSC Project – Dallas, Texas (1992) principal architect for bidding system for IBM Federal Systems.
System Architect

Aerotraining USA

(Privately Held; Airlines/Aviation industry)

1992 — 1993 (1 year )

Designed platform for multimedia training systems for airline pilots using Silcon Graphics hardware.
System Architect

Aviation Intelligence

(Airlines/Aviation industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year )

Developed flight and crew scheduling software for the airline industry.