Driving sales excellence with custom software: My expertise oversees the development and maintenance of proprietary software applications and integrations supporting $2+ billion yearly across 1500+ Spirit Halloween pop-up stores, 700+ Spencer Gifts brick & mortar stores, and home office ERP systems.

• Established streamlined, robust governance and controls over annual work request and project management for seasonal (Spirit Halloween) and ongoing (Spencer's) initiatives, mitigating risk and driving alignment of stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Accounting, and HR.

• Limited resources, unlimited possibilities. I tackled this challenge by strategizing with business partners to prioritize and budget current and future projects, squeezing the most value out of development resources. The result? More achieved with less with Smartsheet keeping us all on the same page.

• Migration / Transformation of legacy, custom AS400 ERP to .NET SQL Server technology. Utilized experience to drive all phases from the roadmap to implementation.

• Successfully integrated agile and waterfall principles into a tailored SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). This led minimal defects, established a reliable and repeatable process for continuous delivery.

• Fueled continuous learning and prioritized team development by implementing monthly training days to cultivate a culture of learning and improvement.

• Directed and planned tasks for team of 20+ persons that consisted of: developers, solution architect, product owners and business/system analysts.

• Worked closely / collaborated within IT departments of infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, QA and PMO to ensure continuous smooth operations of software while keeping IT Management well informed.

• Focused on mentoring and morale boosting initiatives, especially during and post pandemic. Team well-being is a must, especially with most working remote or hybrid.

Technologies: .NET | Blazor | C# | Angular | Kubernetes | Argo | Docker | Azure DevOps | SQL Server | SSRS | Azure Cloud | Grafana | MuleSoft | MS Teams | Zoom | Stack Overflow for Teams | Balsamiq | Smartsheet

MOL's first Mobile App that established a foothold in the mobile arena for better customer and vendor relationships.  It marked the culmination of my concept, to proposal, to development, test and deployment.

Eliminated stand-alone and manual processes for North American containerized shipping division. Directly partnered with business process owners supporting 11 major subsystems. Responsible for project plans and work assignments for a team of 12 programmers.

Led the evolution of MOL-IT into a true IT service organization for MOL (Mitsui OSK Lines), successfully implementing standardized processes and optimizing resource allocation, that delivered optimal solutions for every work request. 

Entrusted to lead winding down and closure for the systems in countries and MOL-IT. Consulted to 2 other MOL divisions and continued the management of offshore, in-house development centers cost savings.

Strategically planned, communicated and led each task to be in line with business goals and evolving business processes. Began migration from legacy Oracle to .NET for Beta applications. Assigned additional application teams and maintained leadership for global applications and locations.
• Spearheaded and launched MOL Liner's mobile app revolution, empowering customers with iOS and Android access to near-time shipment details, service routes, container tracking and fraud prevention. Captains also gained a digital edge with vessel arrival and departure task management.
• Created the Application Development Head Count Budget Process that contained costs and ensured the right number of resources.
• As a member of the PMO, established the work breakdown structure (WBS) and defined communications, scope, quality, risk, change request and stakeholder management.
• Established MOL Liner division process that supported the Japanese Financial Instruments and Exchange, which is commonly called J-Sox after the US Sarbanes-Oxley act.