Robert Humphreys
Kenmore,WA
Summary
Experienced Senior Software Development Manager known for driving operational improvements and leading successful machine learning and security initiatives. Skilled in agile methodologies and team leadership, fostering a culture of accountability. Strong communicator with a focus on strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for enhancing team performance and delivering scalable solutions.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
Seattle, WA
09.2017 - Current
- Head of Software Engineering for the principal governance service at AWS.
- Drove strategic initiatives, aligning software development with business goals, and improving customer engagement.
- Led a global team of 80+ engineers and managers, enhancing operational efficiency by 75% at AWS.
- Drove strategic initiatives, aligning software development with business goals, improving customer engagement.
- Reduced employee attrition from 24% to 3% by cultivating a supportive and growth-oriented culture.
- Implemented machine learning and AI programs to evaluate security controls, develop new controls, and reduced development time by 60%.
- Developed scalable cloud solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet diverse customer needs.
Engineering Manager
Isilon Division of Dell Technologies
01.2011 - 01.2017
- Responsible for recruiting top talent to the software engineering organization.
- Manage and develop a staff of engineers and managers.
- Grow and manage worldwide engineering teams (US, Ireland, China).
- Define and manage the budget for the engineering team and infrastructure.
- Established cross-functional training requirements and drove initiative to ensure training of global resources in engineering and support.
- Implemented agile development practices, increasing the delivery of code at a higher velocity, and increasing quality.
- I introduced test-driven development, increasing test quality and coverage.
Head of Engineering
Silicon Mechanics
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Manage teams of sales engineers, managers, and system engineers.
- Lead corporate strategy meetings with executives.
- Proposed business-changing initiatives that fundamentally shifted the business focus and created sustainability and growth.
- Lead team responsible for designing and implementing datacenter implementations (networking, racking, cooling, server configuration).
- Design and deploy enterprise storage implementations (Gluster, NAS/SAN, etc.).
Head of Technical Support
I/O Concepts
01.2000 - 01.2007
- Managed a team of technical support engineers.
- Sales engineer on strategic enterprise accounts utilizing API products and enterprise management platforms.
- Delivered training presentations to customers across a wide range of products.
- Provide reporting to executive management.
- Built customer applications using C and Java APIs for mainframe integration.
Teacher (Part-Time)
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Teach children with learning disabilities social skills.
- Facilitate communication between students and parents.
Education
Associate of Arts and Sciences - Psychology
Bellevue College
Bellevue, WA01.2005
Some College (No Degree) - French Language and Literature
University of Washington
Seattle, WASkills
- Software development
- Security governance
- Agile methodologies
- Test-driven development
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Machine learning
- Public speaking
- Agile development
- Talent acquisition
- Customer engagement
- Data management
- Cloud computing
- System architecture
- Performance management
- High availability design
Certification
- Isilon Certified Professional
- ITIL V3 Certified
Volunteering
- Member of a Seattle City Council Commission
Affiliations
- Running
- Long-distance cycling
- Sailing
- Playing classical piano for 40 years
- Playing in a local jazz band
- Playing double bass in an orchestra
Timeline
Sr. Software Development Manager
Amazon Web Services
09.2017 - Current
Engineering Manager
Isilon Division of Dell Technologies
01.2011 - 01.2017
Head of Engineering
Silicon Mechanics
01.2007 - 01.2011
Teacher (Part-Time)
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
01.2005 - 01.2006
Head of Technical Support
I/O Concepts
01.2000 - 01.2007
Associate of Arts and Sciences - Psychology
Bellevue College
Some College (No Degree) - French Language and Literature
University of Washington
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