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Jes Daigle

Jes Daigle

SWANTON,VT

Summary

I am an empathetic, results-driven, hands-on engineering leader that strives to help the people and the organization we serve reach the next level. With over 12 years of experience in leading, growing, and mentoring diverse engineering teams, I am confident in my ability to drive product roadmap deliverables, align technical and business objectives, and foster a highly performant and inclusive work environment.

Overview

10
10

Years of engineering leadership

Work History

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Zignal Labs
06.2022 - Current
  • Leading the development of multiple projects and initiatives to increase sales
  • Driving strategic alignment with cross-functional teams to unify business and technical strategies
  • Collaborating with the Human Resources team to build professional development pathways and provide individual mentorship
  • Lead the architecture design of transitioning from a legacy technology stack to a more modern, best-practice system of micro-services
  • Managing a team of 12 software engineers of varying seniority
  • Balance the allocation of resources across legacy maintenance and new initiatives
  • Decreased AWS costs by 20%
  • Built strong teams through selective recruitment and post-hire mentorship of junior engineers.
  • Introduced and led the implementation of organizational-wide program management to ensure seamless and on-time delivery of key projects.
  • Took ownership of assigned department-wide projects, presenting regular updates to executive leadership on progress and status.

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Bocoup
05.2020 - 06.2022
  • Created and implemented a mentoring program for engineers that increased employee satisfaction and paved the way for new opportunities
  • Strategically aligned Bocoup's technical strategy with core mission and values by identifying a technical stack for greenfield projects, creating on-ramps into Bocoup for those earlier in their career, and allowing engineers to further develop expertise
  • Provide mentorship and professional development guidance to a team of engineers that resulted in increased performance, engagement, and job satisfaction
  • Partnered with Founding Principal and Principal to improve processes to support organizational and sales growth
  • Supported cross-functional project delivery teams with strategic planning, implementation, and communication
  • Assisted in sales by providing technical expertise, strategic ideation, and planning
  • Collaborated with clients to meet technical and product objectives.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Workbar
10.2019 - 05.2020
  • Led the re-design of Workbar's technical architecture to support major upgrades, increase stability and scalability to support growing number of network partner locations
  • Scaled up the engineering team in order to support initiatives
  • Provided direct technical support and training to community managers
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to understand the needs of members and
  • Workbar community managers.
  • Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance, and customers to resolve technical issues.
  • Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
  • Worked with development teams to correct problems and run test scenarios.

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Masterstream ERP
05.2019 - 10.2019
  • Led internationally distributed team of engineers
  • Balanced the maintenance of legacy software with the development of a new, modernized platform
  • Increased engineering performance by streamlining processes, increasing engagement, and unblocking critical tasks
  • Directly supported project managers and clients in scope definition, project delivery, and strategic planning
  • Led SOC 2 compliance efforts
  • Mentored developers in technical skill and professional development.
  • Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
  • Addressed design challenges and evaluated alternative design models to meet project requirements.

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
09.2018 - 05.2019
  • Strategy and planning of architectural needs
  • Maintained AWS/Aptible environments
  • Developed conversational sequences using Natural Language Processing
  • Created roadmaps for launches and future iterations based on user feedback and business goals
  • Partnered with founders to ensure that the product is aligned with the mission and target audiences
  • Participated in product design and ideation
  • Developed new use cases with stakeholders and board members that led to an increase in sales
  • Led HIPAA compliance implementation on several products that successfully improved patient outcomes and increased HEDIS measures
  • Mentored developers in technical skill and professional development
  • Authored thorough documentation for all clients
  • Engineered intelligent scheduling system that integrates with EMR software.
  • Helped develop proactive and successful business policies to meet changing demands.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Tallwave
09.2017 - 09.2018
  • Managed the web development team
  • Led the development of a health care access app using react native
  • Directed the development of an enterprise mindfulness platform using Node
  • React, MongoDb as well as native mobile applications
  • Mentored developers in technical skill and professional development
  • Collaborated with sales and design teams to create requirements that met client's needs within budget
  • Provided strategic management and development support to clients including Thomson Reuters
  • Implemented new processes and policies for QA, test driven development and continuous integration
  • Collaborated with media/public relations partners to craft Tallwave's message about technology and its uses.
  • Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.
  • Led cross-functional teams of engineers, quality assurance engineers interface designers in the development of products and the resolution of product defects.
  • Led sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.

LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Appen
05.2016 - 07.2017
  • Engineered and integrated new SaaS marketing analytics product into existing ruby on rails platform from concept to launch
  • Partnered with the Director of Analytics to learn NDCG and DCG methodology to implement in algorithms
  • Utilized Natural Language Processing to improve search results
  • Designed and developed responsive UI using Adobe XD, React and D3
  • Collaborated with product manager to create product and technical roadmaps
  • Presented concepts and methodologies in "Brown Bag" sessions to the broader engineering team
  • Led a small team of engineers to bring a new product to market in 6 months
  • Continuously reviewed architecture design to ensure product goal alignment.
  • Implemented and adopted cloud technologies and best practices for automation, configuration, monitoring and platform scalability.
  • Designed, coded, tested, debugged and documented programs using agile development practices.
  • Translated customer and system requirements into robust software design with test-driven approach.

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Till Mobile
05.2015 - 04.2016
  • Guided technology decisions that transformed the software from being an internal tool into an interactive, customer facing product that engaged users on all ends of the supply chain
  • Brought product to market in under 6 months
  • Created product roadmap based on product and marketing manager's feedback
  • Facilitated product demo's to the board of directors, stakeholders and potential customers.
  • Collaborated closely with CTO to grow engineering team, foster an inclusive culture and further strategic investments
  • Improved SDLC processes to introduce a more agile framework for distributed team
  • Wrote documentation to support API integration with 3rd party tools.

FRONT END TEAM LEAD

Complete Genomics
11.2014 - 04.2015
  • Led the development of the Backbone.js client of a large system that sought to automate the sequencing of D.N.A
  • Refactored core gridview to use React.js to leverage the virtual DOM and improve performance
  • Mentored and onboarded new developers
  • Executed Git Flow model to streamline processes
  • Closely collaborated with product and project management, and CTO to maintain alignment of goals
  • Optimized processes to improve SDLC.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

PowerToFly
04.2013 - 09.2014
  • Led team to successful launch within 6 months
  • Managed company-level architecture, platform, and data configuration processes and implementation protocols.
  • Provided project leadership in a dynamic technology-driven environment with multiple priorities.
  • Facilitated ongoing team development and growth through training and professional skills enhancement.
  • Mentored developers in technical skills and professional development
  • Implemented scrum-based project management structure
  • Created MVP and long-term development roadmap
  • Closely collaborated with founders on roadmap planning, execution, and strategy
  • Engineered the social connection feature using Neo4j
  • Added QA team to formalize testing and ensure quality.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Computer Science

Champlain College

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • Process Design
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • Python
  • React Native
  • Vue
  • Angular
  • Postgres
  • Neo4
  • MongoDB

Timeline

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING - Zignal Labs
06.2022 - Current
ENGINEERING MANAGER - Bocoup
05.2020 - 06.2022
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Workbar
10.2019 - 05.2020
ENGINEERING MANAGER - Masterstream ERP
05.2019 - 10.2019
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
09.2018 - 05.2019
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - Tallwave
09.2017 - 09.2018
LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Appen
05.2016 - 07.2017
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING - Till Mobile
05.2015 - 04.2016
FRONT END TEAM LEAD - Complete Genomics
11.2014 - 04.2015
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER - PowerToFly
04.2013 - 09.2014
Champlain College - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Computer Science
Jes Daigle