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Scott Farris

Scott Farris

Marshfield,MA

Summary

Senior Technical Project Manager with over seven years of experience in SaaS and controls engineering. Extraordinary interpersonal and project management skills, well-versed in AGILE and Waterfall methodologies. Stellar supervision and management of multi-disciplined teams developing cutting-edge proprietary tech from conception to delivery.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Project Manager

Seurat Technologies
Wilmington, Massachusetts
03.2024 - Current
  • Lead cross-functional engineering teams to deliver cutting-edge, proprietary metal 3D printing platforms in the additive manufacturing space.
  • Utilized AGILE methodology for sprint planning and delivery, and leveraged tools like Azure, Smartsheet, and Jira for Kanban management, repo versioning, and ISO 9001 documentation standards.
  • Facilitated continuous communication between stakeholders and technical teams for clarity and status updates.
  • Drove the scope and requirement-gathering process to create software behavior documentation and user acceptance testing.
  • Managed lead times on POs, kept budgets within limits, and managed third-party vendor relationships.
  • Implemented CI/CD principles while maintaining industry best practices, while keeping realistic flexibility.

Technical Project Manager

Bear Group
Seattle, WA
09.2022 - Current
  • Managed Shopify/Drupal/Magento web projects from conception to delivery
  • Large scale catalogue import and restructure for Shopify migrations
  • Worked closely with design teams to manage functionality limits within platform while keeping scope within project requirements with JIRA
  • Cloud integrations/migrations with AWS and Azure
  • Worked closely with solutions architect to define platform limitations and develop best fit solution during scope phase
  • WCAG 2.2 review and implementation
  • Managed Project budget, milestones, and timelines to keep clients and internal teams informed on project forecast
  • Lead weekly status meetings with stakeholders to review progress and address issues.
  • Conducted risk assessments to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Created detailed reports outlining progress and performance metrics of each project.

Technical Project Manager & Developer

Rev7
Spearfish , SD
08.2019 - 06.2022
  • Migration and management of large SKU catalouges
  • Designed migration tools for Shopify's variant Import architecture
  • Worked with Marketing and Design teams to implement dynamic Shopify Plus solutions for a multitude of clients and product structures.
  • Developed project plans, identified resources and established timelines for completion.
  • Reviewed deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
  • Lead project status meetings with developers (Hybrid-Agile/SCRUM)
  • Created custom meta-fields to create diverse product meta-data inline with best practice for Google and FB ADs
  • Built an integrated a subscription adapter for Shopify's proprietary checkout process specifically designed for 3rd party subscription services like Bold and Recharge subscriptions.
  • Optimized above-the-fold elements and collections of product pages with 100s of variants for load speed and mobile use.
  • Developed and maintained a headless Front-End in React.js to attach with existing Shopify CMS and related datbases.

Lead Developer

Bloom Nutirtion LLC
New York City , NY
01.2019 - 12.2021
  • Collaborated with Creative Director to guide software development, applying consistent commercial strategies to maintain cohesive brand identity within products.
  • Integrated innovative development techniques to shorten turnaround times and spur customer loyalty.
  • Integrated Subscription based custom solutions like Recharge and Bold through the Shopify Plus API.
  • Designed and built custom middleware to connect storefront product catalogues to multiple Ecommerce platforms.

Lead Full-stack Developer

GoodLife, Inc
03.2018 - 01.2019
  • Shopify Plus Development
  • Developed fully customized cart integrated with Odoo
  • Developed custom APIs to integrate into Shopify store
  • Developed multiple themes with highly optimized easy to us UI
  • Designed multiple web pages that eventually led to sale funnels with high conversion
  • Expert knowledge of Shopify API
  • Expert Knowledge of Shopify's Liquid theming language
  • Expert knowledge in Git and SVN version control
  • Expert Tag Manager with Google analytics and Adwords

Education

Certificate - Computer Science

LEARN Academy
San Diego California

Skills

  • Capacity Forecasting/Management
  • Software Project Leadership
  • Technical Troubleshooting
  • Budget Administration
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Agile Methodology (Kanban, Scrum Master)
  • Azure Devops Jira Git
  • ISO 9001 Standards
  • Custom middleware and app development
  • React Js / Angular Js / Express
  • Cross functional Engineering
  • Windows Real Time Operating System
  • Controls Engineering

Timeline

Senior Software Project Manager

Seurat Technologies
03.2024 - Current

Technical Project Manager

Bear Group
09.2022 - Current

Technical Project Manager & Developer

Rev7
08.2019 - 06.2022

Lead Developer

Bloom Nutirtion LLC
01.2019 - 12.2021

Lead Full-stack Developer

GoodLife, Inc
03.2018 - 01.2019

Certificate - Computer Science

LEARN Academy