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Manage the product development teams for two subsidiary business units of OPENLANE: AutoVIN (off-lease vehicle inspections) and High Tech Locksmiths (HTL) (automotive remarketing locksmith services).

Manage IT budgets for both business units, totalling almost $4 million, including vendor relationships, cloud service providers, internal service providers, and salaries.

Foster a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where ideas thrive and teams are empowered to improve processes and systems.

Managed a product development team of software developers, QA analysts, and contract resources. Restructured processes around agile practices and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Coached and transitioned the team from a traditional services model to a platform-focused enterprise model. Scaled the team by hiring and onboarding four new members in four months.

Led collaborative professional development initiatives, including multi-business-unit DevOps book clubs and rolling out Pluralsight career planning pathways.

Guided the migration of legacy ASP.NET and client-server architectures to a highly scalable, cloud-based platform utilizing C#, .NET, Azure, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Managed multiple software development teams focused on high-availability transaction processing systems, secure fund transfers, and merchant management tools.

Technical leadership focused on C#, .NET Core, SQL Server, Docker containers, and ASP.NET Core.

Leadership focus centered on building strong culture, mentoring engineers, and strategic organizational management.

Senior Software Developer: Created and maintained core Java applications for case tracking, order management/fulfillment, and sales pipelines.

Team Lead: Led a developer team building internal web tools for sales quoting, order management, and real-time tracking.

Developer: Designed and implemented enterprise document imaging and workflow management systems using FileNET, Visual Basic, and SQL Server.

B.A. in Computer Science & B.A. in Physics (Minor in Mathematics)