BUSINESS STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT

• Envision, research, implement, and refine business models and business plans
• Identify and implement strategies to increase revenue, accelerate growth, and reduce costs
• Create sales and marketing materials to attract target market and generate sales opportunities
• Build advanced financial models and reports in Excel using VBA, array formulas, solver, etc.
• Master of Business Administration with emphasis in entrepreneurship and business strategy

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT

• Over 10 years of professional software development experience in various languages
• Architect, estimate, and lead development of large-scale development projects (10,000+ hours)
• Lead teams in development of Internet and Windows-based applications
• Recognized by customers for outstanding product and technology expertise and consulting skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with emphasis in Software Engineering

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

• 7 years leading and coaching teams of 12 or more software developers
• Implement company/team culture to align employees with business objectives
• Create context-appropriate hiring criteria, narrow down applicants, and retain top talent
• Provide career counseling, set and measure objectives, and conduct employee reviews
• Develop training programs for employees in development languages, tools, and methodologies

Founder, Managing Partner - Founded company to provide business management services to HOAs.

• Developed business plan, financial model, growth plan, hiring criteria, etc. for start-up business
• Identified target market, created sales/marketing materials, & sold services to Ivory Development
• Responsible for financial oversight, accounting, sales, technology, and legal aspects of business
• Provide budgeting, financial management, and web development for customers

Manager of Professional Services - Determine, implement, and refine strategic vision for consulting team.

• Increased revenue by 98% with 45% profit margin through development of new growth strategy
• Improved management efficiency and reduced overhead by 15% by creating new admin tools
• Create, pursue, and negotiate sales contracts directly with customers
• Supervise over 75 concurrent software consulting and outsourcing projects
• Implemented cultural shift to enhance customer service, quality, and value of services offered
• Recovered $600K in un-invoiced revenue through restructure of billing process
• Researched, developed, and promoted new services in mobile development, QA, and training

Software Development Consultant (2005-2008) - Improve time-to-market and minimize project risk through B2B consulting. Clients include Ryanair, JetBlue, Gol, WestJet, Spirit Airlines, and others.

• Architect enterprise-scale, customizable product solutions for diverse business customers
• Performance Award - "Drives to Add Value" - for significant contribution to company revenue

Technical Lead & Architect (2001-2005) - Manage tasks for 12 internationally-distributed developers.

• Architected and led development of world's highest-volume flight reservation system
• Reduced application defects by 60% and development costs by 40% through product refactoring
• Consistently ranked "at top of peer group" for efficiency and quality of software developed

Co-Founder and Chief Architect - Created Internet applications to provide stock market forecasts.

• Built flexible web application framework to support customer registration/login, eCommerce transactions, stock market analysis, and market forecast projections
• Responsible for technology development & maintenance, marketing, advertising, customer support

Freelance Web Developer - Independent contractor building dynamic web applications and sites.

• Elysian Community Management - Built application for marketing materials and to provide communities with individualized information : www.LoveYourHOA.com
• Canyon Craft Cabinets - Built dynamic web application to market products and display previous construction projects : www.CanyonCraftCabinets.com
• The Martino Group - Built web site to advertise company services : www.themartinogroup.com
• D2 Discounts Direct (Overstock.com) - Design and coding of initial eCommerce application

Master of Business Administration - Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah - 2010

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science - Software Engineering

Weber State University, Ogden, Utah - 2005, Cum Laude

TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE

Microsoft C#, ASP.Net, Perl (OO & CGI), (X)HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, Web Services, XSLT, XML, WinForms, jQuery, JSON, MS SQL, MySQL, VBA, VBScript, C++, mod_perl, PerlEx, HTTP, UML, WML/WAP, SMTP, POP3, Soap, GD+, DirectX

Visual Studio.Net; Adobe Photoshop; MS Office: Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Publisher; IIS; SQL Server Mgmt Studio; Apache; TFS; CVS; Visual Source Safe; Ethereal

LANGUAGES

English (native), Fluent in Spanish

Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), GMAC^®

February 2008

Earned score of 770 - Ranked in top 1% of all exam-takers worldwide
Quantitative: 48, Verbal: 48, AWA: 5.5

Accent on Performance Program, Accenture

September 2009

Exclusive leadership-development program for high-performers (top 0.1%) and future leaders within Accenture

Think Big Award, Navitaire, Inc.

March 2004

Awarded for ingenious solutions to customer enhancement requests and for thinking "outside the box."