Jamie Gammel
Parker,CO
Summary
Adaptable Software Engineering Manager keen to wrangle multiple simultaneous projects into streamlined, cohesive and profitable efforts. Firm believer in holistic and collaborative management strategies. Thrives on providing exceptional oversight and hands-on guidance guaranteed to improve throughput figures and quality metrics. Well-versed in infrastructure, security planning and daily operations management. Forward-thinking and strategic leader with 17 years of experience in Software Engineering. Recognized for cost-effective system improvements, operational streamlining, and positive leadership style.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineering Manager II - Embedded Software
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Broomfield, CO
2023.10 - Current
- Senior Engineering Manager responsible for release of high quality infrastructure as code, DevSecOps pipelines and enterprise development products through the management of multi site hosted software and complex systems.
- Responsible for departmental budgets exceeding 8 million and project budgets over one
million. - State deployment manager, providing software support and leadership for customers.
- Demonstrated the development efficiencies, testing automation, Release readiness, and product quality to company, customers and investors.
- Implemented Agile methodologies, resulting in increased team productivity and improved product quality.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, product managers, and quality assurance analysts, to ensure seamless integration and functionality of software in various hardware platforms.
- Implemented best practices for code reviews, version control, and software architecture design, resulting in more efficient and streamlined development processes.
- Fostered a culture of learning within the team, encouraging continuous skill development through training programs and industry conferences.
Deputy Chief Engineer
Raytheon, RTX
Aurora, CO
09.2020 - 10.2023
- Leading 700M+ Integrated Air Missile Defense Program
- Responsible for Infrastructure, Final Delivery and Securing Deployments on site
- Developed composite and advanced architecture tools and processes for infrastructure and software production
- Restructuring and redefining corporate quality by hiring highly skilled engineers to assist in revamping the GPS product, with new test methodologies, enterprise software, implementing flexible controlled test tools, processes and metrics.
- Promoted with an increased scope focusing on new business and technology development for emerging
and growth generating applications (cloud computing, data centers, infrastructure and DevSecOps pipelines) as well as strengthening competitive position in existing applications. - Increased accuracy of release date forecasting through establishment of readiness quality metrics based on a combination of defect ratios, test case execution, target release quality and risk management.
- Participated in Software Quality and Productivity corporate wide council, CORE Six Sigma, Executive
Leadership and enterprise product testing and release teams. - Received various leadership awards in
recognition of successful projects, quality management, quality improvements and excellence in team leadership accomplishments. - Provided guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
- Conducted technical feasibility assessments to determine optimal solutions, considering factors such as scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product management and operations, to define and prioritize product requirements and enhancements.
- Proposed modern designs following Six Sigma toll gates design process
- Qualification, ULA, and SpaceX Launch Vehicle Integration and Test, Raytheon OCX and LM Operations Integration, Cyber Resilience
- Leader in STEM and Diversity & Inclusion efforts
- Responsible for providing support of the delivery and deployment of infrastructure, process improvement and software insertion for systems engineering staff across all Raytheon intelligence and space
- Served as DEVSECOPS Architect for large program of 150+ engineers, working closely with cyber, SRE, change management to streamline, build, test deployments processes for 10 downstream environments.
Senior Staff Software & Cyber Security Engineer
Lockheed Martin
Littleton, CO
01.2019 - 05.2020
- Reduced application load times by optimizing database queries and streamlining data retrieval processes.
Participated in architecture, design and implementation of back-end features using C++, Java and Python. - Improved the performance of Agile planning and development framework used by RMS to enhance our integration and coordination with the larger program
- Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
- Developed robust, scalable, modular, and API-centric infrastructures.
- Streamlined development workflows by introducing agile methodologies and tools such as Jira for project management.
- Awarded engineer selected to work a stretch assignment with Corporate DevOps Teams, cloud-based migrations
- Active member of Diversity communities including Lockheed Martin Pride, Lockheed Martin Running Team, Lockheed Martin Basketball Team.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Promoted experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Amazon Web Services.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement through regular code reviews and constructive feedback sessions among team members.
Technical Expert | Full Stack Development Instructor
Thinkful
01.2017 - 01.2022
- Awarded with honors; Mentor, Technical Expert of the year, featured in various IT magazines, journals and blogs
- Trained and mentored over 100 students, new personnel hired to fulfill various roles.
- Identified workers with specific skill sets to recommend for promotions or raises, increasing internal hiring 29%.
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Assa Abloy
Phoenix, AZ
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Developed a comprehensive training program for junior team members to accelerate their professional growth in the field of software engineering.
- Architect for large scale cloud centric system
Focused on Infrastructure as code, test driven development, and evaluation of systems testability and cyber attributes. - Managed budgeting and resource allocation for software development projects, ensuring optimal use of resources and timely delivery of milestones.
- Increased overall team productivity through continuous process improvement initiatives and effective resource allocation.
- Integrated prescribed processes and conventions during project planning to align products with internal guidelines.
- Provided regular feedback to both junior engineers and senior leadership on individual performance metrics and observations.
- Improved software development processes by implementing agile methodologies and facilitating cross-functional team collaboration.
- Mentored junior engineers and fostered professional growth, resulting in increased individual contributions to the team's success.
- Championed best practices in software architecture, code quality, and testing within the engineering organization to maintain high standards of excellence.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
American Express
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Leading multiple teams to adapt to Agile Principles and methodologies
- Responsible for self managing software development projects; utilizing Story-based development, sprint planning and conflict resolution
- Communicate with directors, managers, engineers and support specialists on development/product related issues
- Led architecture design decisions to ensure application scalability, modularity, and maintainability in the long run.
- Provided software application engineering and maintenance for development lifecycle.
Lead Senior Software Engineer
AAA
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Leading and contributing to development work and influencing the direction set for multiple teams, procedures and processes
- Conducting Technical interviews and paired programming assessments
- Development coach for new engineers and interns
- Development Instructor leading weekly lunch/learns on various technologies such as Ruby on Rails and React/Redux DevOps
- Installation/Configuration of Jenkins Server, Splunk, HP Fortify and Software Security Center
- Building and Scripting CI in Jenkins for all production teams
- Leading multiple agile development teams in an extreme programming environment, utilizing Pivotal Tracker for User Story Management
- Facilitating and coordinating all agile meetings, Daily Stand-Ups and integration planning meetings.
Application Developer
Pace Americas
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Development of Web Applications used by internal and external customers at AT&T Call Centers
- SVN management control in relation to application releases
- Technologies used PHP, HTML, SQL, Javascript and Web Services (SOAP)
- Developed Application using html, css, javascript, jquery providing a user interface to share and store Application/Reporting References
- Testing software applications
- Development of Reporting tools for Workforce Management Team
- Infrastructure Management- Installation/Configuration, providing 24 hours support maintaining all Call Center Databases
- Rebuilding databases for Disaster Recovery
- Documented programming references on 72 application tools, 112 internal libraries, 54 Databases and 83 reports for'[ software engineers and executives
- Creating detailed reports for all Computer Application, Owner Roles, Implementation, Business Logic, Dependencies, Class Files, Libraries Utilized, database/tables, Scheduled Tasks and External Manual inputs
- Facilitate meetings at call centers to coach/train/present new software applications or reporting tools.
Solutions Engineer
Pearson Education
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Conducting client discovery calls with Sales Representatives
- Meeting with clients to discuss their hardware and software needs
- Strategizing with the sales team to create customized solutions
- Drafting and delivering presentations on targeted products
- Designing and installing customized software and hardware solutions for the customer
- Testing the performance of the installed system and fixing bugs
- Providing post-installation follow-ups
- Developing relationships and maintaining customer relations
- Supporting the sales team with all technical related queries.
Mobile Developer
Apple
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Mobile Development - Design, develop, program and deploy iOS applications (including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) applications
- Developed with Xcode using iOS SDK with apps available in the iTunes Store
- Knowledgeable with Interface Builder as well as all core technologies including: UI elements, Graphics, Location, Maps, Media, Animation, Data and Motion
- Expertise integrating apps with PHP-based web applications and MySQL databases
- Technical Coaching- Provided technical troubleshooting and customer support in a high stress, time sensitive environment
- Diagnosed hardware and software problems, replaced components, installed new applications and tested systems performance
- Demonstrated outstanding skills in customer relationship management.
Biogenetic Engineer
Pioneer
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Provide scientific leadership and technical oversight for a core team of agribusiness students
- Work with maize and a diverse array of analytical, biochemical genomic and phenotypic data
- Facilitate the planting, pollinating and harvesting of corn
- Project objectives included facilitating biomarker discovery and development of trait phenotype, generating candidate gene and or biochemical pathway lists, testable hypotheses relevant to trait
- Supervisor of pollination Spanish speaking employees, assisting in translating English to Spanish
- Development of Seed Robot Counting Machine.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer System Engineering and Agribusiness Management
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona05.2008
Skills
- Defining Requirements Productivity Software
- Technical Design SAP Controlling
- Deployment Planning Data Engineering
- System Deployment
- Teamwork Skill Development
- Product Management Program Leadership
- Engineering Management STEM
- Phased Arrays Radars
- Software Planning UML
- Extract, Transform, Load (ETL)
- Key Management SIGIT
- Code Design SYSML
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Ansible Linux Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
- Back End Development React Redux
- Front End Development HTML CSS
- Maven Gradle
- Agile Development Javascript
- Jira Confluence Bitbucket
- Git GitHub Code Reviews
- Test Driven Development
- Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration
- Python Java
- Continuous Improvement
- Machine Learning
- Software Development
- Application testing
- Systems Architecture Design
- DevOps Practices
- Infrastructure development
- Cloud Computing
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- Cybersecurity
Certification
- Amazon Web Services DevOps Engineer Professional
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - Black Hat Ethical Hacking
- CompTIA IT Fundamentals+
- CompTIA Security+
- Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer
- Red Hat Certified Architect: DevOps
- Red Hat Certified Linux
- Red Hat Certified Advanced Ansible
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