Christian Escobar
San Jose,CA
Summary
Highly motivated project manager with a background in software engineering, 14 years of experience across several enterprise products, and a track history of delivering under aggressive deadlines.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Manager for Data Privacy
IBM
02.2020 - Current
- People management - Interviewed, hired, and led a group of engineers to deliver Data Privacy on Cloud Pak for Data. Created a growth culture towards long-term career goals and business results.
- Unified vision - Execute shared vision by aligning with product management, design, and dev teams.
- Platform requirements - Drove stringent requirements for security, certifications, and legal standards.
Project Manager for Emerging Technologies
IBM
02.2018 - 02.2020
- Project management - Managed project portfolio which infused AI into IBM Analytics. Ensured development, patent, and business requirements were met for releases and customer demos.
- Delivery requirements - Streamlined process for rapidly prototyping and bringing projects into the hands of stakeholders by negotiating and reducing 60 platform requirements to 20 core steps.
- Structure - Organize scrums, GitHub board management, and setup demos for product portfolio.
Software Developer for Watson Data Platform
IBM
04.2015 - 02.2018
- UI developer - Front-end development using ReactJS and Scala to create a competitive analytics product. Worked closely with management and design to bring cutting edge concepts to life.
- Karma unit testing - Unit testing using Karma to ensure components are composable and stable.
- Release verification - Built a framework using bash and Bluemix Toolchain to verify all services and regions are working as expected. This simplified the validation of new deployments to a single click.
Quality Assurance for WIND and SMA
IBM
01.2012 - 04.2015
- Quality assurance team lead - Created test plans, managed test cases, opened defects, maintained test environments, and worked closely with developers to validate fixed defects.
- Scrum master - Daily standup meetings for product status and team representative to negotiate workload, establish deadlines, and determine product direction with upper management.
- Script developer - Wrote PowerShell scripts to reduce hours of onboarding customers to minutes.
- Test automation - Utilized SoapUI to create daily sanity and smoke tests with team notifications.
Quality Assurance Intern for IBM Records Manager
IBM
01.2009 - 12.2011
- System administration - Built and managed FileNet P8 systems for releases and customer issues.
- Process streamlining - Revamped the management of shared environments amongst team.
- UNIX expertise - Built and maintained AIX servers, and spearheaded any issues related to AIX.
- Automation testing - Ran and debugged automation suites necessary for product release testing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
California State University - Long Beach
12.2011
Skills
- Project management
- Agile methodologies
- Scrum master
- Quality assurance
- Software development
- Product security
Timeline
Software Development Manager for Data Privacy
IBM
02.2020 - Current
Project Manager for Emerging Technologies
IBM
02.2018 - 02.2020
Software Developer for Watson Data Platform
IBM
04.2015 - 02.2018
Quality Assurance for WIND and SMA
IBM
01.2012 - 04.2015
Quality Assurance Intern for IBM Records Manager
IBM
01.2009 - 12.2011
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
California State University - Long Beach
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