Seth Taylor 30 Woodland Ave San Anselmo, California 94960 415 819 4794
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Objective As an accomplished software engineering leader, my career achievements have included successful product development and introduction, productivity increases directly relate to system design and implementation overseen by me, and crossorganizational education development for products and systems. My objective is to use my engineering leadership skill and talent to promote solution innovation for a company and their clients.
Work Experience Director of Development & Technology 05/2004 - Present Accolo, Inc, Larkspur, CA Drove the technology vision from the ground up of an internet based company that is revolutionizing the hiring industry. Established and grew a development team from 0 to 18 geographically dispersed engineers Established engineering process, including new development, maintenance development and quality assurance to supported collaboration between geographically dispersed teams Successfully managed multiple key development initiatives that directly contributed to increased operational efficiency and 100% yearly revenue growth Established and managed a best-of-breed outsourced IT operations group
Tools Development Manager 8/1999 – 05/2004 PeopleSoft, Pleasanton, CA Designed and implemented several integration technology tools focusing on mobile application development tools. •
Developed and delivered what Gartner considered a ‘visionary’ mobile disconnect application development toolset
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Engineered an synchronization and conflict resolution application server module
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Modeled the mobile technology for more effective debugging and troubleshooting.
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Developed wireless applications development suite for.
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Evangelized the newest integration technology at PeopleSoft.
Software Engineer 12/1998 - 8/1999 Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX Improved productivity two-fold. Tasked with overhauling an antiquated source control system in Tivoli’s internal IT department. The original process used a UNIX proprietary source control system that was confusing to most of the engineers. Designed client/server Source Code Management System in C++ sitting on top of a SQL Server database using a user-friendly Windows based interface. Managed a two-person development team, delegating some of the implementation of the Source Code Management System. Delivered the new Source Code Management System ahead of schedule Collaborated with management and development teams to revamp the source code check-in/checkout process improving the efficiency of work and code merging
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