SCOTT SEDLACK
San Jose – 408-728-4867 – ScottSedlack@hotmail.com – www.linkedin.com/in/scottsedlack
SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Driving revenues through innovative developmentHands-on Sr. Software Engineer with a record of achievement in leading teams to build innovative applications and tools that drive efficiency and reduce costs. Background in all phases of software and web development in a wide range of roles with proven success in automating previously manual processes. Areas of expertise include:
– Software Engineering – Scripting – Troubleshooting – Management – Automation – SDLC – Problem Solving – Project Management – Agile Methodologies – Release Management – Team Building – Tools Management
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
- Languages/Frameworks: Perl, C, Shell, HTML, XML, OFX, YAML, Google Developer API’s
- Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Mac OS, Windows, Android, iOS
- Servers: Apache Web Servers
- Database Technologies: MySQL, Sybase, SQL, QuickBase
- Software/Tools: Git/GitHub, CVS, JIRA, Jenkins/Hudson, Nexus, Apple’s Transporter, Google Play, Google Developer Console, Apple iTunes Connect
- Project Management Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall
- Basic Proficiency: Ruby, Java, JSON, CSS, Maven, Watir, CodeCollaborator, Continuous Integration & Deployment, Node.js
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER
INTUIT 2008-2015 Played a key role on a team building and maintaining developer productivity tools to support engineering teams throughout the company and improving performance and efficiency via automation. Served as the primary contact for all Intuit mobile applications in all stores. Collaborated with business units and marketing to optimize vetting, submitting, and marketing of all mobile applications. Maintained the Nexus repositories and aided developers in resolving Nexus, Maven, and general build issues.
Achievements
- Boosted the published applications approval rate to 99% while saving hundreds of hours each year for release engineers by automating the release process; incorporated the process into the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflow.
- Saved the submission team hundreds of hours annually and allowed the development teams to accelerate speed to market by initiating and maintaining an active social forum for developers to research common mobile application issues and contribute answers to aid other developers.
- Initiated/contributed to innovative projects such as secure websites with mobile phone fingerprint scan, reimbursement by taking a receipt phone picture, immediate peer feedback via a system embedded in an email signature, and shopping list pop-up for a user near a store with the item.
- Ensured a successful introduction to Agile as Scrum Master working with each team member to educate on the new processes.
HEAD OF ENGINEERING & IT
HOME SHOPPING LATINO, INC. 2007-2008 Launched the build of the firm’s infrastructure, website, and underlying operations from the ground up, including all software and hardware.
Achievements
- Saved millions of dollars via goal-oriented development and an open-source proposal requirement versus proprietary third-party software as originally planned with a large investment and recurring licensing fees.
MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1994-2007 Led a team of developers creating and maintaining a portfolio of products, ranging from web products to electronic financial data exchange and IVR.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Served as project manager for numerous complex projects. Gathered and developed business requirements and functional requirements documents. Played a role in all aspects of E*TRADE’s systems as the sixth developer hired by the company.
Achievements
- Contributed to steeply increased revenues to the billion-dollar range via serving instrumentally in building the first website and systems running the original trading engine.
- Saved the company millions annually in reduced customer service calls by leading development of the original fully secure password recovery feature for the website.
- Sharply improved productivity and accuracy for active traders and boosted company revenue via increased brokerage fees by leading a team to design and develop the “Trading Desk” for active traders, reducing the number of screens to place 10 orders from 40 to 1.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Digital Cucina (DigitalCucina.com)
Web Developer
Build websites as a hobbyist and consultant, including a wish list website (giftlist.digitalcucina.com). Developed a golf site for a group to track handicaps and games played, organize a tee-time, plan the annual tournament, post photos, chat, and send email (golf.digitalcucina.com). Created a shopping cart that utilizes cookies and integrates with PayPal.
LSI, an Avago Technologies Company
Programmer/Analyst
Promoted from computer operator to programmer. Authored numerous programs and scripts to support the chip design engineering team along with internal help desk programs and software to allocate system resources.