Andrew Gutman
Bellport,NY
Summary
Innovative, detail-oriented problem solver with a proven track record creating compelling consumer, enterprise, and service provider product's delivered on time, within budget, and with exceptional quality.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Software Engineering
Cardinal Health
05.2022 - Current
- Lead a team of software engineers, resulting in timely delivery of high-quality products while adhering to budget constraints.
- Implemented data-driven decision-making processes, utilizing software metrics to evaluate team performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
- Enhanced overall system stability with proactive identification and resolution of performance bottlenecks.
- Ensured high availability of services by developing comprehensive disaster recovery plans and backup procedures.
- Optimized infrastructure performance by conducting thorough analyses of system metrics and data.
- Enhanced system reliability by implementing monitoring tools and automation techniques. .
- Reduced downtime for critical applications by proactively addressing potential issues through regular maintenance and updates.
- Compiled and presented reports explaining project details to leadership and business stakeholders.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for identification and resolution of validation issues.
- Developed validation master plans, process flow diagrams and standard operating procedures.
- Contributed to the ongoing refinement of internal processes and procedures within the site reliability engineering discipline through regular reviews, updates, and knowledge sharing activities. Developed SOPs, change controls, and suggested process changes to improve performance and efficiency.
- Managed capacity planning efforts to ensure optimal resource allocation based on current demand projections and future growth expectations.
- Designed load testing scenarios to validate application scalability under various traffic patterns and conditions.
- Monitored and reported on test results and performance data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement.
Software Leader
Invysta Technology Group
01.2018 - Current
- Translate marketing requirements into software providing multi-factor authentication and authorization services based something you know (e.g., a password) and possess (e.g., a physical device)
- The AWS-hosted enterprise solution is based upon an Apache module that utilizes multi-factor authentication to protect a website and includes an open-source based management console providing real time and historical KPI insights
- The consumer version is integrated into several routers and permits registered devices access to a protected network based upon the device's unique digital fingerprint derived through a patented machine-learning solution.
Director of Product and Project Management
Greenwave Systems
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Successfully choreographed geographically distributed teams of +40 engineers using SAFe, Scrum, and hybrid waterfall processes in the creation of a managed SaaS platform from inception to delivery which let to adoption by a Tier-1 ISP
- Orchestrated the translation of high-level product features into use-cases and acceptance criteria across UX/UI, iOS/Android Apps, back-end, embedded, and QA domains leading to accurate estimates and confident sprint plans
- Created and managed performance metrics (costs, schedule, quality); reported technical recommendations, risk analysis and overall project timeline to C-level management and other stakeholders on a weekly basis
- Worked with product owners, QA and development teams that led to significant improvements in quality, user-experience, cohesiveness and stakeholder satisfaction (e.g., product dogfooding, sprint demos and retrospectives)
- Product leadership/SME that spearheaded and achieved in record time the first Z-Wave Plus certification for the organization.
Director of Quality Assurance
Belkin/Linksys
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Recruited and led software developers in the creation of a continuous automated test solution which reduced regression time from days to hours enabling a ten-fold increase in release velocity
- Led reviews and improvements in smoke, functional, regression, system, integration UAT, and A/B testing
- Developed test optimization strategies to minimize test cases while maximizing test coverage that accelerated test schedules
- Defined test, acceptance goals and determined quality assurance benchmarks for consumer and enterprise product portfolios that serve as an industry best-practice today
- Drove continuous improvements in testing that allowed the team to "fail-fast", identify quality trends, and isolate failures quickly
- Partnered and collaborated with hardware vendors on performance and interoperability issues
- Relentlessly monitored progress against targets ensuring business and technical goals are met; conduct regular team and individual meetings to identify potential risks along with steps to mitigate; meet with other stakeholders to provide updates and obtain feedback
- Transformed a surviving team into a thriving, re-invigorated international team of +80 engineers through coaching, mentoring, and performance-based feedback/reviews
- Managed out low performers that were not able to perform at expected levels.
Development and Product Manager
Cisco Systems
01.2000 - 01.2008
- Managed 12+ developers in the creation of Layer 2 Telco-based switching software
- Set SMART objectives and inspired employees, that led to distinguishing the team as one of the top 5 performing teams in the organization
- Managed the team through individual 1:1's and team stand-ups; provided coaching, consistent and timely feedback enabling individuals to meet stretch goals
- Wrote automated software enabling the division to accelerate ISO-9001 certification by many months
- Became SME who defined requirements, and was awarded several patents related to inter-working PSTN/ SS7 and IP-based networks
- Co-designed and built a Class 5 central office facility and lab established to validate and promote Cisco's SS7-IP convergence strategy and was utilized as a reference design and test laboratory
- Created a test framework capable of simulating hundreds of thousands of voice calls used to qualify solution performance and up time requirements (99.999%), providing key metrics for the marketing and sales teams.
Education
MS Computer Science -
West Coast University (WCU)
BS Engineering Science -
University of South Florida
Skills
- Advanced Software System Knowledge
- Software Quality Assurance
- Agile Project Management
- Computer Networking
- Management Skills
- Certified Project Management (PMI)
- Customer Focus
- DevOps Practices
Patent Awards
- Integration of authentication authorization and accounting service. U.S. Patent US6298383.
- Simplified dual mode wireless device authentication apparatus and method U.S. Patent USRE41811E1
- Remote surveillance and intervention using wireless phone. U.S. Patent US8264344B2
- Secure IoT device identity and authentication U.S. Patent US20220272605A1
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Manager, Software Engineering
Cardinal Health
05.2022 - Current
Software Leader
Invysta Technology Group
01.2018 - Current
Director of Product and Project Management
Greenwave Systems
01.2014 - 01.2017
Director of Quality Assurance
Belkin/Linksys
01.2008 - 01.2014
Development and Product Manager
Cisco Systems
01.2000 - 01.2008
MS Computer Science -
West Coast University (WCU)
BS Engineering Science -
University of South Florida