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Spencer Stuart, Chicago, IL

Director of Software Development, November 2009 - Present

• Reporting directly to CTO, oversee software development department and advise CTO on technology issues.
• Plan future development projects while ensuring continuity of all supported software and platforms.
• Communicate with other department heads regarding current and future development projects.

Senior Manager of Software Development, April 2009 - November 2009

• Managed department of 20 developers, designers, and managers.
• Allocated resources to support intranet platform consisting of MS SharePoint, a proprietary CRM system, and 25+ proprietary tools and applications.
• Implemented performance optimization techniques for web applications ensuring sub-5 second response times from global offices.
• Led team of four to architect prototype framework for new enterprise CRM system.

Manager of Software Development, March 2008 - April 2009

• Partnered with CTO to define strategic plan to modernize all enterprise systems.
• Led cross-departmental team of ten in evaluation of Salesforce.com's Force.com cloud platform.
• Managed team of three in design and agile development of lightweight search page using AJAX, XSLT, HTML, and CSS.
• Interviewed, hired, and coordinated development staff.

Business Analyst & Product Advocate, July 2006 - March 2008

• Presented custom built technology products alongside CTO at firm meetings to audiences of 100+ executives to promote product adoption.
• Created intranet site enabling developers to showcase technology prototypes to user community.
• Engaged user community in feedback loop through discussion boards, conference calls, and presentations.
• Led pilot programs with 40+ global participants for two custom built software products.
• Introduced and advocated the use of social software including RSS, blogs, and wikis.
• Architected application APIs and partnered with database team to create a REST based SOA.

Lead Developer of Technology Research, July 2005 - July 2006

• Co-founded and led "Tech Talk", a cross-departmental discussion forum.
• Developed "future system" demo used as centerpiece of presentation given by CTO at global firm-wide meeting in 2006.
• Created four technical prototypes including a Flash-based relational data visualization tool that evolved into high-value products through the application of agile development processes.
• Trained development staff on emerging technologies and development techniques including standards-based design, CSS, and AJAX.
• Served as technical lead working with Newsgator on their Enterprise Beta program resulting in deployment of firm-wide RSS platform.

Web Developer, February 2002 - July 2005

• Led technical team of 5 developers to architect and program firm website with multiple language support utilizing standards-compliant design resulting in increased performance, usability, and accessibility.
• Designed data model and programmed SQL stored procedures for firm website.
• Programmed extranet website requested by potential firm client resulting in booking of $1M+ in business over two years.
• Converted website inherited from external design company from Java to .Net technologies resulting in 20x increase in page performance.

Software Architects, Inc., Westchester, IL

Senior Consultant, January 1998 - February 2002

Software Architects, Inc. has since been acquired by Sogeti.

• Designed, coded, and maintained two websites for a national insurance company using C#.Net, HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
• Maintained database systems for worldwide Y2K compliance project creating all queries, data entry forms, and reports.
• Enhanced zip-code specific advertising & billing system for nationally known newspaper.
• Developed payroll system for the home-delivery subsidiary of national retail chain.