Resume

IT Technical Manager - Mobile/Tablet Applications Infrastructure and Support

USAA

April 2010 – present

• Manages team of mobile/tablet application developers, including domestic and offshore 3rd party teams. Provides management of personnel related activities. Coordinates on hiring actions. Performs training, scheduling, performance appraisals, compensation analysis and other related tasks.
• Provides technical leadership in the planning, designing, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, and mobile/tablet web applications.
• Manages the financial processes related to unit, project or product/component budgets.
• Ensures the delivery of quality product. Monitors the status of projects. Coordinates with customers to ensure business needs are met. Negotiates solutions to issues and problems.
• Participates in planning sessions involving equipment, hardware and procedural changes to fully exploit information technology solutions and ensure that industry best practices are implemented.

Senior Software Engineer - Presentation Tier

USAA

April 2008 – April 2010

• Organize enterprise JavaScript libraries and corresponding Standards and Guidance Documentation to reflect best practices.
• Educate company's front end web developers through weekly presentations and one on one meetings. (Topics include: Basics of Object Oriented JavaScript, Singleton and Factory JavaScript Design Patterns, AJAX and YUI Connection Manager, YAHOO.util.Dom) Integrate YUI components into existing proprietary J2EE framework.
• Rewrite various legacy JavaScript components to be reusable and extensible.
• Develop and promote a Paired Programming model to bridge the gap between UI Design and J2EE development communities and to promote W3C web standards.
• Build prototypes and content models for usability testing from UI requirements documentation and wire-frames. (consider use cases, scenarios, and flow)
• Collaborate with teams of software developers, UX professionals, and business professionals to promote user-centered design, and best practices in usability.
• Research and evaluate various client-side technologies for use in internal and external applications and present findings: Yahoo User Interface Library, ExtJS JavaScript Library, JQuery, XSLT, JSDoc, JSDocToolkit, JSLint, Apache WicketStuff (YUI Integration)

Front End Development Consultant

TekSysytems

August 2007 - April 2008

• Collaborate with teams of software developers, user interface professionals, and business professionals to promote user-centered design, and best practices in usability.
• Create new solutions and design patterns to overcome usability issues.
• Design prototypes and content models for new features, and new applications.
• Promote and follow web standards.
• Rescript JavaScript libraries to reflect Enterprise best practices.
• Evaluate various client-side technologies for use in internal and external applications.

Lead Web (LAMP) Architect

Thompson Media Group

January 2005 - September 2006

• Select and implement software, platforms, publishing tools, and programming languages for the development of Web architecture.
• Manage all projects of geographically dispersed virtual team.
• Plan, configure, deploy, and theme Drupal-powered websites
• Perform cost-benefit analysis of proposed Web implementations, enhancements, and modifications.
• Monitor and report on Web site traffic and performance.
• Manage and/or provide guidance to junior members of the team.

Web and Interactive Developer

Digett

January 2005 - June 2006

• Work with high profile entertainment clients such as: Jackson Browne, CSNY, Angie Ruiz, and the Kentucky Derby
• Plan, configure, deploy, and theme Drupal-powered websites
• Plan, configure, deploy, and theme ASP.NET-powered websites
• Create custom behaviors and features in Drupal
• Support client websites
• Translate web designs into clean, valid HTML/CSS
• Implement complex UI objectives through the use of AJAX, PHP, JavaScript, and related technologies
• Meet project objectives,budget requirements and schedules
• Meet internal process standards
• Manage multiple projects using Basecamp project management platform

Business Computer Programming Teacher

Assistant Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach

Boerne ISD

August 2003 - June 2007

Certifications:

• TExES 8-12 Computer Science
• TExES 8-12 Technology Education
• TExES K-12 Technology Applications
• TExES EC-12 Art

Skills Taught:

• identify employment opportunities in various business environments
• differentiate the concepts of integrity and confidentiality as related to technology in the business environment
• analyze programming languages and operating systems
• solve problems using different types and levels of programming languages
• solve problems using analytical techniques
• apply procedures for maintaining the security of computerized information