February 2017 - April 2020

Vice President Information Technology

National General Insurance Corporation

Company Information: Public $5B Annual Revenue

Sector / Industry: Financial / Insurance

Reported to: Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President Information Technology

Joined as part of National Generals acquisition of Quotit from Word & Brown to develop the National General Technology Division and SaaS capabilities. Successfully developed multiple Agile software development teams consisting of full-time and offshore personnel delivering 50+ projects annually as the genesis of the Technology Division and launched SaaS platform.

• Developed SaaS systems and transitioned company off external subscription systems onto it saving $15M/year and increasing sales $30M/year. SaaS software also enabled new lines of business creating additional $10M/year in revenue.
• Co-created a division roadmap and a multi-year portfolio to coordinate, prioritize and schedule 150+ projects required to maintain existing systems, maintain compliance with government regulations and security frameworks, and deliver new functionality on schedule and on budget allowing the division to meet and exceed financial targets and planned feature milestone releases.
• Implemented system interfaces with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Federally Facilitated Marketplace Hub keeping customers on company system and increasing successful applications by 50%.
• Ensured full compliance with MARS-e, NIST 800-32, SOC I & II, PCI, and HiTech standards and protocols enabling continued connection to Federal HUB, carriers, and payment processors.
• Oversaw creation and growth of new nearshore development office increase resource pool and decrease development costs. Decreased company development costs by 50%.
• Acquired and integrated AgentCubed systems and personnel into the National General Technology Division accelerating new feature development by two years saving $6M in development costs.

October 2004 - February 2017

Vice President of Software Development

Quotit Corporation / Word & Brown

Company Information: Private $300M Annual Revenue

Sector / Industry: Financial / Insurance

Reported to: Chief Information Officer

• Responsible for all IT (data center, servers, networking, office) and software development.
• Managed Agile software development staff of employees and offshore contractors delivering 20+ projects annually.
• Managed the implementation of all data systems, ensuring the systems’ effectiveness and meeting the business needs.
• Responsible for all technology standards and policies (Quotit is ISO 9001:2008 Certified).
• Managed co-development efforts across the five Word & Brown business units and integrations with multiple lead vendors and insurance carriers.
• Insured compliance with MARS-e and PCI.

January 2003 - October 2004

Senior Systems Manager

The Plexus Group/JP Morgan Chase Bank

Company Information: Public $43B Annual Revenue

Sector / Industry: Financial/Major Banks

Reported to: Director of Software Development

• Key member of development team for new financial analysis software developed using SQL, Crystal Reports, and Visual Basic; specifically developed report generation system and market data collection system.
• Led company consultants who were charged with generating requirement specifications for new applications matching them to the existing system capabilities to determine bridging requirements.
• Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting existing legacy code that collects market data and client data, and generates reports based on this data

April 2000 - November 2002

Information Technology Manager and Senior System Architect

InAlysis, Inc

Company Information: Private $6M Annual Revenue

Sector / Industry: Business Services/Custom Computer Programming

Reported to: Vice President of Software Development

• IT manager for internal employee systems and company LAN.
• Lead developer for web-based version of the InAlysys suite of statistical and financial analytical Business Intelligence products including server and client applications used to deliver desktop equivalent results to web-based users.
• Responsible for packaged distribution of InAlysys products using Install Shield. Developed multiple packages to customize installation based on what the consumer purchased from InAlysys.
• Lead Architect for designing and developing InAlysys software key for licensing products. Encrypted key allowed InAlysys to control what applications could run on a system, for how long, and with what capabilities.