Scott Wood

(801) 447-3615 swood549@hotmail.com

 

Director of Technology and Software Development

 

Accomplished technology and software development leader with 22+ years of experience in software development and IT operations, including 8+ years managing and leading software engineering teams.  Extensive experience in both creating and rescuing projects and delivering in a diverse range of industries.  Results-oriented professional recognized for problem solving, creating and communicating vision, identifying opportunities, planning, and effectively directing all aspects of the software development lifecycle. Consistently build strong teams, energize culture, create trust, and drive to success. Strong communications and coaching skills.

 

Summary of Qualifications:

 

·         22+ years Software Development Experience ·         8+ years Management Experience ·         MBA ·         Architecture, Engineering, and Design Solutions ·         Technology Strategy, Direction and Road Map ·         Strategic Planning ·         Problem and Conflict Resolution

·         Project Management and Agile methodologies ·         Project Rescuing ·         Strong Communications, Presentations, and Coaching ·         Delivering on Time ·         Web, SaaS, and Desktop Architecture and Design ·         Process and Productivity Improvement ·         Customer, Team, and Vendor Relations

 

 

Selected Accomplishments

 

Ø      Increased software adoption in offices from 300 to 6,000 which generated over 300,000 revenue transactions in one year.

Ø      Improved development productivity 18% by implementing agile processes, maintaining a 2% rework ratio, and reducing technical debt by 50%.

Ø      Eliminated downtime, restructuring resources, and completed a large integration project which improved production productivity by 6% and saved an estimated 1m on the bottom line.

Ø      Built, released and maintained a commercial ecommerce site called PaperCoterie.com which increased new orders by 10%.

Ø      Coordinated, prioritized and scheduled development for 15 segments of competing businesses and customer requests across 10 major software solutions.

Ø      Promoted as the Administrator for Sales Software Development and Implementation over Corporate offices, Fuel Marketing group, Transportation Alliance Bank, and Transportation Clearing House.

Ø      Completed a $1.5m cost avoidance project to save the company $15m over a 6 year period.

Ø      Recognized for rescuing many projects.

Ø      Restructured, built, and managed strong development teams around the software development life cycle and provided companies with highly skilled, collaborative, and communicative departments.

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Director IT Technology and Software Development H&R Block, Kansas City, MO

July 2013 – April 2014 (Utah software development division, $2.9 Billion)

 

Directed three development teams composed of two team leaders and 19 direct reports.  Designed, developed and maintained tax office software, electronic filing software, and the Cloud, SaaS tax office software flagship products. Delivered on a large refactoring project to improve software that underperformed last season. Managed other seasonal projects and ensured software readiness for the upcoming tax season. Hire/Fire responsibility and team building.  Managed costs, budgets, agile methodology, contractors, vendors, technology research, security, development planning, and scheduling.

 

Sr. Manager IT Applications, Data, and Integrations ATK Aerospace Systems, Aerospace Structures. Clearfield, UT,

April 2012 – July 2013 (Aerospace, Aircraft, and Rockets, $4.4 Billion)

 

Directed three teams over Software Applications and Integrations, Analysis and Reporting, and Application Administration composed of 15 direct reports.  Responsible for direction, development, maintenance and uptime for all company production software. Systems included ERP, MES, Quality, Engineering, RFID, Floor production, SharePoint, Purchasing Systems, Supply Chain Management, Business Intelligence, and Reporting Services.  Planned and governed many large scale projects while

 

Sr. Manager IT Application, Data, and Integrations -  Continued.

 

maintaining a good velocity of request fulfillment and change management. Same director responsibilities as H&R Block. Member of the ATK Enterprise Architecture Council

 

Director of Software Development Rastar Inc. a Transcontinental Company, Salt Lake City, UT

August 2010 – April 2012 (Print, marketing, photobook, ecommerce, $50 Million)

Managed 15 direct reports composed of software engineers, analyst, architect, QA, and integration. Created, released and maintained ecommerce photobook creation and fulfillment site called PaperCoterie.com utilizing Amazon Elastic Cloud and backend systems. Designed, Built and maintained production software for order fulfillment, print production, and distribution.

 

Project Manager, Software Developer, Administrator Flying J Inc, Ogden UT

April 2006 – August 2010 (Oil and gas services company, $16 Billion)

Direct responsibility over Online Scheduling, Point of Sale, Web Portal, Restaurant Terminals, Time Clock Terminals, and Payroll Systems for 14,000 employees across America and Canada.  Assisted the Director in conducting interviews, planning, executing on projects, holding yearly reviews, and coaching. Organized and drove team objectives, architecture, solutions, product life cycle, mentoring developers, and writing code.

 

 

Previous Experience	1992 – 2006
3 years - Datamark Inc., Salt Lake City, UT PM, Sr. Software Engineer    5 years - Venturi Technology Partners, Salt Lake City, UT Microsoft Practice Manager, PM, Software Engineer    5 years - Weber State University, Ogden UT Adjunct Professor for C/VB 6.0 Programming	·         Promoted from developer to head of operational development. ·         Known as the “Golden Boy” who could save any failing project. ·         Grew consulting business in the Microsoft technologies. ·         Led many development teams. ·         Designed, developed and maintained software for enterprise MIS web and Windows applications. ·         Learned to estimate, schedule, develop, and succeed ·         Mentored entry level developers ·         Gained valuable experience as consultant in variety of industries and businesses. ·         Expert data warehouse analyst and developer.
5 years - Laser Systems (TaxWorks), Kaysville, UT Head Operational Development, Team lead, Programmer
Intermittently - Scott Wood Consulting, Kaysville, UT Founder, President

Technical Experience   Development			Databases		Reporting	Other
C# ASP.NET WPF, WCF XAML ADO.NET Java VB6.0 C/C++ COBAL	OO XML Web Services Win Services   TFS SVN	HTML/5 CSS Javascript AngularJS VBScript     Harvest SC VSS	SQL Server Oracle MongoDB MySQL MS Access Hyperion PostGres Sybase dBase4	SQL/PLSQL Stored Proc UDF, Triggers Tuning   Mgmt Studio T.O.A.D SQL Plus	SSRS Crystal Reports Business Objects Data Warehouse Star Schemas ETL	SaaS Cloud Computing Test Driven Dev Amazon Cloud Azure Cloud Salesforce.com MS Office MS Project Visio

Education and Points of Interest

 

Masters of Business Administration. Utah State University, Honors, 3.8 G.P.A.   BS Computer Information Systems Weber State University, Honors, 3.7 G.P.A. Spanish minor

·         Speak and write Spanish ·         Play keyboard and sing in local band ·         Competitive Soccer Coach ·         Avid Reader ·         Hobby home video production ·         Hobby video game design and creation ·         Active working with children and youth

 

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