Jonathan Van Winkle
Summary
Passionate engineering leader with a decade of experience helping engineers design and build products to meet market needs. Well-versed in planning project scopes, building high functioning teams, and driving releases. Hardworking and upbeat team manager looking for an exciting role with room to make an impact.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Development Manager
PetroPower
Remote, CO
03.2023 - Current
- Recruited, managed, and maintained a remote full stack engineering team
- Supported team growth and development through coaching, counseling, and relevant training initiatives
- Drove technology migration to new platform using Go + GraphQL for backend/API and React for frontend
- Led complex IoT "Edge to Cloud" projects, contributing to architecture, design, and development
- Developed and maintained quarterly product roadmap for strategic initiative and resource planning
- Employed agile methodologies to deliver incremental value informed by business schedules
- Provided transparent communication to senior management for project analysis and recommendations
Agile Program Manager/ Lead
Twilio
04.2019 - 03.2023
- Coordinated efforts across product management, design, marketing, and engineering teams to deliver product releases on schedule
- Led programs in varied contexts across the business: Paste Design System, Messaging SaaS, Flex SaaS, and Web Marketing
- Used standardized metrics and reporting to inform decisions and track progress
- Stepped in as interim team manager - setting professional and personal goals and working with each team member weekly to achieve them
- Led various scrum ceremonies and for multiple concurrent teams - driving daily execution and continuous improvement
- Served as a Bar-Raiser interviewer for dozens of hires on numerous engineering teams
- Provided extensive training on PDLC (Twilio Way), Agile Practices (Scrum), and OKR tools
Senior Scrum Master/Manager
IHS Markit (S&P Global)
06.2018 - 04.2019
- Led and supported a team of scrum masters across three business units
- Managed a major data migration to modernize highly critical financial data used by tens of thousands of customers
- Worked with product managers to prioritize and plan development on white labeled user interface features
- Identified project risks, initiated risk mitigation and implemented risk reduction action plans
- Regularly assessed team metrics to drive project alignment and continuous improvements
- Partnered with product owners for release planning and projection reporting on a very large data migration
Project Manager/Developer (Contract)
Smash Dev Shop
02.2018 - 06.2018
- Set up project roadmap and resource schedules for long term scheduling and resource management
- Demonstrated product releases to clients and collected feedback to inform product backlog
- Served as full stack engineer to develop solutions for various e-commerce platforms
Director, Engineering & Product Development
SNT Media, Inc.
06.2016 - 02.2018
- Managed a team of cross functional engineers to build long form content websites from dynamic data - building six white labeled platforms for national news outlets
- Aligned closely with the product team to ensure successful rollouts from requirements analysis to long-term operations
- Supported team goals and facilitated growth opportunities for team members, providing coaching, counseling, and organizing regular performance appraisals
- Ensured transparent and constructive communication among team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture
Lead Frontend Developer
SNT Media, Inc
03.2016 - 06.2016
- Led a team of frontend web application engineers to meet our defined deadlines and key objectives using AngularJS
- Managed, monitored, and evaluated the performance of four ongoing web applications
- Worked with stakeholders to ensure adequate requirements were gathered, prioritized, and communicated
Web Developer, Project Manager
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc
08.2014 - 03.2016
- Managed relaunch of corporate website working with agency partner delivering on schedule and on budget
- Managed dozens of small-scale web projects for internal stakeholders working from initiation to closure
- Executed ongoing management, oversight, and maintenance of dozens of internal and external websites
- Coordinated with other project managers in IT to research, vet, and rollout a new internal CMS
Education
Continuing Education - Computer Science
Wichita State University
2013
BA - Art
Emporia State University
01-2006
Skills
- Technical project planning and execution
- Remote team management
- Architecture and design collaboration
- Software project lifecycle management
- Process and tool development
- Product rollout and feature implementation
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Team training and career development
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance -2017
- Scaled Agilist Training, Twilio - 2019
Timeline
Software Development Manager
PetroPower
03.2023 - Current
Agile Program Manager/ Lead
Twilio
04.2019 - 03.2023
Senior Scrum Master/Manager
IHS Markit (S&P Global)
06.2018 - 04.2019
Project Manager/Developer (Contract)
Smash Dev Shop
02.2018 - 06.2018
Director, Engineering & Product Development
SNT Media, Inc.
06.2016 - 02.2018
Lead Frontend Developer
SNT Media, Inc
03.2016 - 06.2016
Web Developer, Project Manager
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc
08.2014 - 03.2016
Continuing Education - Computer Science
Wichita State University
BA - Art
Emporia State University