Bob Pearson
Senior Technical Manager
Upper Arlington,OH
Summary
Information technology professional with experience in project management and team leadership. Managed software development projects using both Agile and waterfall methodologies. Successful track record building and leading both co-located and distributed teams. Lead activities to increase data science knowledge throughout my company, including managing the initial data science project at the company.
25 years experience as a senior technical manager, managing a group of software developers that ranged between 15-20, located in both the United States and the Netherlands. Responsible for writing reviews, working with each staff member to meet their career objectives, and prioritizing and planning the work of the group.
Utilizing the Agile Scrum methodology to develop and manage projects. These projects are multi-national efforts focused on using technologies such as Hadoop to ingest data and use machine learning to enhance the data.
Initiated and led the effort to hire college graduates for software development positions in the division and to increase company’s presence with computer science majors at Ohio universities.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Technical Manager, Analytics
OCLC
DUBLIN, OH
03.2021 - Current
- Planned and designed cloud-based analytics platform, evaluating software to ingest and transform data and a data catalog to allow users to discover the data.
- Converted team to Agile methodology using two-week sprints
Senior Technical Manager, Data Modeling
OCLC
DUBLIN, OH
04.2016 - 02.2021
- Created a vision for developing a new matching process uses data science techniques
- Delivered the matching vision presentation to both internal and external groups
- Coordinated activities to increase the data science knowledge in the company and enhance the communication of that information across various teams
- Earned data analytics certification at Ohio State University (completed statistics, data mining, and visual analytics, and machine learning)
Senior Technical Manager
OCLC
DUBLIN, OH
05.1996 - 03.2016
- Managed staff of 15-20 full-time Java developers responsible for development and maintenance of OCLC’s offline cataloging related products
- Integrated and led staff from different countries on projects, developing mechanisms to improve and track progress
- Worked with all staff members to assess their performance and meet their career objectives
- Worked with product staff to define scope and requirements and development teams to design solutions and estimate the effort
- Managed multiple projects, developing techniques to improve collaboration across the teams
- Collaborated with various trading partners on projects, working with the companies, including on-site visits, to help develop solutions that best fit their business practices as well as meet the project requirements
- Gave presentations at conferences and user group meetings
Education
Bachelor of Science - Systems Analysis
Miami University
Oxford, OH 09.1978 - 05.1982
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Franklin University
Columbus, OH 09.1995 - 12.1996
Skills
Career development
Strategic planning
Analytics
Data analysis
Technology planning
Agile project management
Team building
Certification
PMP - Project Management Professional
Timeline
Senior Technical Manager, Analytics
OCLC
03.2021 - Current
Senior Technical Manager, Data Modeling
OCLC
04.2016 - 02.2021
Senior Technical Manager
OCLC
05.1996 - 03.2016
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Franklin University
09.1995 - 12.1996
Bachelor of Science - Systems Analysis
Miami University
09.1978 - 05.1982