Rick Simmons

Current

• Director of Agile Practices, Director of Web Services at Constant Contact

Past

• VP of Technology, principal, founder at Xteric Technology Group
• Manager, Software Development at NDC Health
• Manager, Software Development at Conceptual Systems Corp.

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Education

• Case Western Reserve University

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Rick Simmons’s Summary

A senior resource in information technology management. 18 years experience in project management, software development, architecture, system implementations, infrastructure planning and management, and unified business/IT strategy. Significant focus in process maturity and agile/lean software development approaches including Scrum and Extreme Programming. Experience in both product and services organizations.

Rick Simmons’s Experience

• Director of Agile Practices, Director of Web Services

  Constant Contact

  (Public Company; CTCT; Computer Software industry)

  November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Driving organization change toward lean thinking. Leading new product development using agile methods.

• VP of Technology, principal, founder

  Xteric Technology Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 2005 (8 years )

  Co-founder of Xteric (then Neoteric Solutions) in 1996. Company was acquired by Brulant, Inc. in 2006

• Manager, Software Development

  NDC Health

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1994 — May 1997 (3 years 1 month)

• Manager, Software Development

  Conceptual Systems Corp.

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

  June 1986 — May 1997 (11 years )

  Company was acquired by NDC Health in 1994