Keith Rowe
Cleveland,OH
Summary
Seasoned technology executive, focusing on delivering successful software solutions and ROI throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.
Advanced knowledge in
- Coding and development methodologies
- Software design patterns
- Cloud architecture
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Application Security
- Business and process improvement
Background includes work on a variety of platforms, ecommerce and online payment platforms, technology stacks, and data stores. Selfless team leader with hands on technology experience leading Agile teams and mentoring through honesty, transparency and continual improvement.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Practice Director: Azure Architecture and Application Development
Bennett Adelson Consulting
02.2022 - Current
- Establish strategic leadership and drive the overall vision, goals, and objectives of the practice, through alignment with business objectives and industry best practices
- Conduct agile ceremonies for teams composed of architects, designers, data scientists and software engineers
- Play a crucial role in engaging with clients through understanding their business needs, pre-sales, estimation, execution and providing strategic advice
- Stay informed of the latest trends by actively participating in industry events, and conferences
- Contribute to our practice's thought leadership by sharing insights, best practices, and innovative approaches to technologies, helping drive continuous improvement and innovation within our organization and our clients.
Chief Technology Officer - CTO
Aztek
10.1998 - 01.2022
- Continued revenue growth year over year through new service lines, pre-sales engagements, process improvement, and operational efficiencies
- Member of the leadership team, defining and reporting on company goals, and leading department meetings
- Maintain a healthy and desirable place of employment (5 year low-end minimum tenure) for all employees with minimal employee turnover
- Continue to improve production team Agile processes and technical efficiency through weekly one-on-one, quarterly goal, and year setting
- Launched new Help Desk/Support platform with first year recurring revenue of 150K including personnel, processes, and platform.
- Started at the company as an application developer working up through to CTO providing a strong background in technology and business.
Education
BS: Computer and Information Systems -
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OHSkills
Technology Executive Servant Leader Cloud Architect Software Engineering and Craftsmanship
Accomplishments
- Speaker THAT Conference - Azure DevOps for Agencies; Automation of the Entire Ecosystem.
- Application Modernizationof a cloud-native, line-of-business application for a Fortune 500 company, utilizing Azure Cloud Infrastructure, Angular, and .NET Core following Domain Driven Design. Successfully completed within the target budget of 1MM, achieved through effective prioritization, constant client communication and scope management.
- Instituted software development best practices, API architecture, code reviews, instituted Agile methodologies, CI/CD processes, cloud infrastructure, and client-side framework React/NextJS for rapid growth of a 20MM corporation.
Certification
- Azure Certification: Azure Administrator Associate.
Timeline
Practice Director: Azure Architecture and Application Development
Bennett Adelson Consulting
02.2022 - Current
Chief Technology Officer - CTO
Aztek
10.1998 - 01.2022
BS: Computer and Information Systems -
The Ohio State University
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