Professional Experience - Start-ups
7 years experience: September 1999 - June 2007
AmazingMail.com - Director of Technology
World-wide provider of variable digital direct mail through its web-based direct mail application. Scottsdale, AZ
- Oversaw development and strategically timed releases of a web-based, database-driven software application, orchestrating product development, launch schedules, and departmental strategies.
- Predicted, monitored and gauged application performance on the bottom line.
- Managed team of 7 staff members in software development, quality assurance, database architecture, network engineering, and desktop support, and supervised software development contractors.
- Evaluated departmental strategies, determining potential impact on ROI, productivity, and competitive advantage.
- Analyzed business requirements, collaborating with product managers to compile product and fulfillment data, and developed product road maps.
- Authored requirements documents for new products and features, and oversaw integration, user acceptance testing, and other quality assurance operations of product development.
- Mentored software engineering team, recruited staff, and led meetings, brainstorming, and planning.
AmazingMail.com - Director of Software Development
- Led development, design, project management and operations for web application, reporting directly to Director of IT and managing a staff of 2 software developers and 2 graphic artists.
- Generated technical requirements and documents, analyzing business needs and translating into product specifications.
- Managed application issues through daily development staff meetings and direct participation in code reviews.
- Handled resolution of web errors, working with development team to identify issues, determine a course of action, and implement solutions.