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Kimberly Craker

Kimberly Craker

Experienced Engineering Leader
Raleigh,NC

Summary

Senior Leader with +20 years experience managing global/diverse teams of Managers, Software and Quality Engineers, leading Fortune 500 organizations in EMEA, APAC, and North America. Deep leadership and team building capabilities driven by natural communications skills and analytical mindset. Skilled in defining strategy and realizing execution; able to prioritize effectively and pivot quickly. Decisive leader who is highly effective at operating in fluid, high-pressure environments. Successfully handles simultaneous responsibilities while exceeding objectives and satisfying tough customers.

Work History

Director of Engineering

Fidelity Investments
07.2023 - Current
  • Develops team composition to align with strategic business priorities.
  • Supports and empowers team members, to enable delivery of increased value and velocity.
  • Enables agile and frictionless teams by demonstrating agile behaviors.
  • Proactively partners with peers, Product, Center of Excellence, and Team Leaders to:
  • Influence backlog and prioritization decisions.
  • Measure performance through established objectives and KPI’s to deliver agreed upon business, technology outcomes.
  • Align team members across teams and product areas to ensure best utilization of talent while also creating learning opportunities for team members.
  • Sets and applies standards and ensure work performed is aligned with established road maps.

Director of Engineering

UpScript Health
07.2021 - 07.2023
  • Led successful product launches by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • Developed high-performing engineering teams through strategic hiring, focused mentoring, and performance management initiatives.
  • Managed budgets effectively while ensuring resource allocation aligned with company goals and objectives.
  • Reduced downtime and improved productivity by implementing agile practice.
  • Streamlined engineering processes for increased efficiency, leading to faster project completion and reduced costs.

Senior Engineering Manager

TERADATA
San Diego, CA
11.2016 - 01.2020
  • Leading team of 30+ engineers by enabling culture based on empowerment and mutual trust, resulting in spikes in innovation and stronger team bonds.
  • Fosters positive and performance-oriented environment by implementing successful reward systems, increasing individual contribution by 20%.
  • Obsessed with efficiency and automation, resulting in elimination of unnecessary manual processes, saving nearly 1M in operational expenses.
  • Agile Scrum and Kanban coach and mentor, advising teams on how to account for dynamic targets, team changes and interruptions.
  • Performs detailed assessments of program risks to determine constraints and develop mitigation strategies.

Senior Technology Manager

KANSAS CITY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
07.2015 - 08.2016
  • Led team of 25+ engineers including senior architects, developers, devops and product support personnel.
  • Evaluated new and existing projects, pivoted as needed while keeping project teams focused.
  • Led complete review of operational costs and potentially wasteful practices, resulting in minimal cost increases as company headcount and business volume skyrocketed.
  • Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.

Application Development Manager | Program Manager

Sprint Corp.
12.1999 - 06.2015
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows to meet changing demand.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands.
  • Prepared and recommended roadmaps for development of financial and customer data used for stakeholder decision-making.
  • Oversaw and improved financial and customer KPIs worth more than 2M per year through efficient coordination of people and processes.

Education

MBA - Computer and Information Sciences

Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
Aug 1997 - 12.1999

Bachelor of Science - Political Science and Economics

Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
Aug 1992 - 05.1995

Skills

Client Relationship Management

Financial Analysis and Reporting

Employee Development

Architecture Development and Efficiencies

Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Quote

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt

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