WILLIAMS ADU
Sunnyvale,CA
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineering Manager
Microsoft
06.2023 - Current
- Cultivated partnerships between engineering, product and UX personnel to create holistically designed final products.
- Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
- Allied with other engineering leaders to plan, manage, and coordinate teams around reaching prescribed development milestones.
- Led development on 6 simultaneous projects, multi-tasking across several deliverables while remaining in direct control of development paths.
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance, and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Promoted technical leadership to entry-level and junior engineers in complex enterprise system environments.
- Led many software compliance, security, and privacy initiatives to enable our core product to go GA (General Availability).
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
01.2020 - 08.2022
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
- Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.
- Promoted technical leadership to entry-level and junior engineers in complex enterprise system environment.
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
- Demonstrated experience and good hands-on programming experience in C#, .NET and React.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client functionality, scalability, and performance requirements.
Software Engineer Consultant
2u
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Designed complete solution architecture tailored to specific end-user needs.
- Aided in software implementation for clients in the education industry, providing setup and initial training services.
- Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
- Participated in architecture, design, and implementation of back-end features using Node.js and hapi.js.
Principal Software Engineer
Andela
01.2017 - 02.2020
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client functionality, scalability, and performance requirements.
- Collaborated with the team to analyze system solutions based on client requirements.
- Performed continuous reviews on developers within the Andela community to ensure their growth and promotions.
Consultant
Hatua Tech
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Aided in software design implementation for clients in the government industry, providing setup and initial training services.
- Designed complete solution architecture tailored to specific end-user needs.
- Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
- Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationships for future business opportunities.
Software Engineering Coach
FNET GH
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Took up an initiative to train and mentor up-and-coming software engineers in Ghana.
- Worked with various entry-level software developers helping them understand the career path and supporting them to secure a high-paying job.
Senior Web Developer
Cambridge Center Of Excellence
11.2015 - 05.2017
- Coded websites using C#, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript languages.
- Oversaw technical issues and troubleshooting requests to resolve user problems.
- Planned Graph database architecture and integration to meet applications social media needs.
Co‑founder
Alpine Tech Consult Ltd
06.2014 - 11.2015
- Developed marketing materials and campaigns to boost brand awareness and customer engagement.
- Established foundational processes for business operations.
- Networked with other businesses and customers to increase sales opportunities and contacts.
- Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
- Supported feature planning for our point-of-sale software.
Freelance Software Engineer
Freelance
01.2010 - 01.2014
Education
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunications Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
2014
Skills
- C#, NET, HTML, CSS, XAML, Typescript
- Nodejs
- Xamarin and Android
- SQL, MongoDB, Redis and Neo4j data stores
- Cloud development with Azure and AWS
- Highly proficient in version control with Git (GitHub, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps)
- Management
- Quality Improvement
- Deliverable Tracking
- Sprint Planning
Accomplishments
- ACHIEVEMENTS Led a small startup business to make its first sales (Alpine Tech Consult Ltd)
- Consulted for kraado.com to move from ideation to paying business
- Built a Slack software mentorship and training community (FNET GH)
- Gave a talk regarding developer success in a Devcongress meetup (https://technovagh.com/2018/07/23/devcongress‑hosts‑its‑v9‑meetup‑at‑mar riot‑hotel/)
- Started a small IT blogging site (https://medium.com/@aduwillie )
Languages
English
Full Professional
Twi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Software Engineering Manager
Microsoft
06.2023 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
09.2022 - 05.2023
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
01.2020 - 08.2022
Consultant
Hatua Tech
01.2018 - 12.2018
Software Engineer Consultant
2u
01.2017 - 01.2020
Principal Software Engineer
Andela
01.2017 - 02.2020
Software Engineering Coach
FNET GH
01.2017 - 12.2019
Senior Web Developer
Cambridge Center Of Excellence
11.2015 - 05.2017
Co‑founder
Alpine Tech Consult Ltd
06.2014 - 11.2015
Freelance Software Engineer
Freelance
01.2010 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunications Engineering
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
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