Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Objective
Additional Information
References
Certification
Timeline
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Kyle Tolliver

Moscow,ID

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Member of Technical Staff

VMware
03.2023 - 05.2024

To guide junior members of the team and to lead efforts for product development with the Project Managers.

  • Collaborated with the team to release Beta version of the product to a Stable Release
  • Product achieved over $1 Million Annually Recurring Revenue (ARR)
  • Provided Game Day scenarios to my team to constructively train them on edge case scenarios that were showing in the product
  • First pick to join another team to provide new features on a Kafka based product
  • Worked with international team members based in India
  • Led knowledge sharing meetings with original/previous team on Kafka based products to decentralize product knowledge
  • Supported the Cloudhealth product team and provided assistance on open Support Tickets

Member of the Technical Staff

VMware
10.2021 - 02.2023

Member of a team to build out a product for monitoring Tanzu Application Service resources and providing that data to a pipeline for a Wavefront solution.

  • Exceeded onboarding expectations period for a new suite of technologies. Expectation of six months, self-sufficient in two months
  • Provided onboarding documentation and worked with new members of the team to refine said documentation
  • Mentored newer individuals on the team with the knowledge gained from my own onboarding experience to provide a quick ramp-up
  • Became Technical Lead for the project eight months after joining the team
  • Worked with the team to get a Beta version out to customers within ten months of product inception
  • Worked with VMware's Secure Release Management teams on a new process of releasing product

Director for Center of Excellence

Fenway Group
01.2019 - 09.2021

Responsible for the success of the different teams located at the center, growth of Technical Leads, and relationship with the University of Idaho.

  • Worked with a Technical Lead to grow both technical and business acumen
  • Promoted the growth of two Leads-in-training by providing guidance on client interactions, team leadership, business etiquette, and technical growth
  • Managed several client contracts to completion while maintaining a positive relationship with quality and speed of work completed
  • Built a relationship with the University of Idaho to promote the Fenway Group mentorship program and provide insight into the university's curriculum

Senior Technical Lead

Fenway Group
04.2020 - 09.2021

Providing data warehouse, ETL, and architectural solutions for a Fortune 500 company.

  • Reviewing work completed by other team members and providing Agile/Scrum guidance.
  • Converted over 20 ETL processes from previous data warehouse implementation.
  • Technologies that are primarily used: Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services, Power BI, and C#

Technical Lead

Fenway Group
11.2014 - 01.2019

Mentored and led the next generation of IT talent. Brought projects to fruition through the full product life cycle: requirements gathering, design, architecture, development, deployment, and maintenance.

  • Mentored groups of sixteen to nineteen individuals and guided them in breaking the barrier of understanding software development and design
  • Encouraged and aided in the training of Associate Consultants in the Scrum Framework through after hour classes
  • Provided insight into new emergent technologies along with examples of practical applications to use as reference material
  • Performed Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Development roles on all client projects
  • Guided project architecture to provide clients with high quality solutions for their finished products
  • Mentored over fifty individuals over the course of tenure

Associate Consultant

Fenway Group
07.2012 - 11.2014

Hired as a talent pipeline candidate to grow skills and provided development resources to a client.

  • Created an internal ticketing system for a large telecom company
  • Led several projects with other Associate Consultants
  • Helped architect several projects
  • Technologies used: Java, Spring, and Oracle

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
11.2013

Skills

Programming:

  • JavaScript
  • NodeJS
  • ReactJS
  • Go
  • Ruby
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Ajax
  • JQuery
  • Java
  • Groovy
  • Gradle
  • Maven
  • JUnit
  • Selenium
  • Python 3

Databases:

  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Firebase

Tools:

  • IntelliJ
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Eclipse
  • Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
  • SQL Server Data Tools

Practices:

  • Test Driven Development
  • Behavior Driven Development
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Agile

Code Repositories:

  • Git
  • Subversion

Systems:

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Unix

Objective

To obtain a position with Company, an industry leader Company Description, as a Senior Software Engineer for Team and begin contributing with my skills, knowledge, and experience. I look forward to collaborating with a team of skilled and innovative individuals to grow my knowledge to provide industry-leading solutions for Company.

Additional Information

  • Agile Development Framework
  • Project & Team Management
  • Mentoring
  • Pair Programming
  • Business Development

References

Robert Sullivan (Staff Engineer)

Phone: 312-593-4084

Email: robert.j.sullivan@gmail.com


Rob Curtis (Engineering Manager)

Phone: 978-302-6299

Email: b.robcurtis@gmail.com

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Master - Scrum.org
  • Professional Scrum Developer - Scrum.org

Timeline

Senior Member of Technical Staff

VMware
03.2023 - 05.2024

Member of the Technical Staff

VMware
10.2021 - 02.2023

Senior Technical Lead

Fenway Group
04.2020 - 09.2021

Director for Center of Excellence

Fenway Group
01.2019 - 09.2021

Technical Lead

Fenway Group
11.2014 - 01.2019

Associate Consultant

Fenway Group
07.2012 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Louisiana Tech University
Kyle Tolliver