BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Performed strategic analysis of NPS business and implemented growth strategy - resulting in 18% annual growth
• Generate sales and marketing materials to advance business opportunities
• Developed dashboard to organize, monitor, and report on opportunities and in-progress projects, including project financials and resource chargeability
• Finishing Master’s of Business Administration
• Recognized for excellent professional communication in semi-annual reviews
• Comprehensive understanding of airline industry and business models
• Expert technical and product knowledge of Navitaire’s reservations products
• Served in Product Manager role - defining product goals, analyzing market trends and business needs, perforing cost/benefit analysis, and driving product decisions

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT

• 10 years of professional software development experience
• Proficient in development of Internet and Windows-based applications
• Recognized/requested by customers for product and technology expertise and consulting skills
• Architected and led development of world’s highest-volume flight reservation system
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with Software Engineering emphasis

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

• 7 years leading and managing teams of 12 or more software developers
• Train and mentor employees in development languages, tools, and methodologies
• Prepare and present customer-facing demos, training, and documentation

Manager - Professional Services Team - Determine and implement strategic vision for consulting team.

• Developed and implemented growth strategy to extend service offerings and reduce costs
• Increased team revenue by 18% in first year through ricing and service changes
• Extended collaboration with internal teams to improve project delivery

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.

• Performance Award - "Drives to Add Value" - for significant contribution to company revenue
• Architected, estimated, and led large-scale development projects (10,000+ hours)

Technical Lead & Architect (2001-2008) - Manage tasks for 11 internationally-distributed developers.

• Architect enterprise-scale, customizable product solutions for diverse business customers
• Supervise and lead development of Internet and Windows applications
• Reduced application defects by 60% and development costs by 40% through product refactoring
• Recognized as "Best Presenter" and "Most Useful Presentation" for preparation and delivery of presentations at annual customer conference representing 30+ airlines.

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 marketing, advertising, customer support, and site maintenance

Freelance Web Developer - Develop static and dynamic web applications for businesses, including:

• 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
• JonWilde.net - designed and built company web site
• Overstock.com - Design and coding of initial eCommerce application.

Master of Business Administration

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah - Graduation in May 2010

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering

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

Languages

English as first language. Fluent in Spanish

TECHNOLOGY

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

SOFTWARE

Visual Studio.Net; Adobe Photoshop; MS Office: Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Publisher; IIS; Apache; TFS; CVS; Visual Source Safe; Ethereal; Flash MX; 3DStudio Max

Accent on Performance Program, Accenture

September 2009

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

Approval for Strategic Change of NPS, Navitaire Inc.

April 2009

Created strategy to increase revenue opportunities and "productize" Navitaire Professional Services

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

Think Big Award, Navitaire, Inc.

March 2004

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