Scott Simpkins
Weldon Spring,MO
Summary
Flexible and adaptable IT manager with a 20-year record of leadership experience in infrastructure development, application development tools, vendor applications, system configuration and endpoint technologies. Focused on satisfying customer needs through innovative and forward-thinking solutions. Demonstrated success with my strong collaboration and problem solving skills integrating technologies and managing engineering teams.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
I.T. Manager - Desktop Engineering
Enterprise Holdings
Weldon Spring, MO
11.2019 - Current
- Partnered and facilitated with vendors, security, support, delivery and engineering teams to deliver desktop solutions to 20,000~ physical and 2500~ virtual desktops.
- Assessed system needs, improved design processes and enabled systems to align with business expectations.
- Leveraged agile scrum methodologies to proactively plan and keep projects within scope. Serving as a JIRA champion to help integrate with endpoint I.T. teams.
- Coached a team of 10 engineers focused on career development.
- Maintained close connection with project personnel and stakeholders to quickly identify and resolve problems.
IT Manager - Development Tools
Enterprise Holdings
Weldon Spring, MO
10.2017 - 11.2019
- Oversaw the integration of the first centralized CI / CD solution with the Jenkins pipeline and integration with JIRA. Assisted with a campaign to migrate the application development community.
- Developed department-wide reporting dashboards using JIRA, EazyBI and Big Picture with focus on initiatives, capacity of resources and time tracking allocation.
- Managed IT application development, application support, system integration and system administration projects.
- Provide career development coaching and led a team of 7 engineers.
IT Manager - Business Applications
Enterprise Holdings
Weldon Spring, MO
07.2015 - 10.2017
- Fielded requests for application support, troubleshot system problems and consulted on various technical issues.
- Tested, upgraded and Implemented over 100 new and existing vendor business applications. Right placed or retired all applications.
- Supported IT application development, application support, system integration and system administration projects. Leveraged JIRA service desk for work intake and prioritization.
- Coached and led a team of 6 engineers and contractors.
Lead System / Software Engineer
Enterprise Holdings
Weldon Spring, MO
03.2001 - 07.2015
- Planned, implemented and integrated system-oriented projects.
- Led development and delivery of Microsoft solutions and collaborated on the design and implementation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems / Computer Science
University Of Missouri - St Louis
St Louis, MO06.2000
Skills
- Technical support / consultation
- Endpoint technologies (physical / virtual)
- JIRA agile development and reporting
- DevOps CI / CD
- IT and Vendor management
- Software and system engineering
Timeline
I.T. Manager - Desktop Engineering
Enterprise Holdings
11.2019 - Current
IT Manager - Development Tools
Enterprise Holdings
10.2017 - 11.2019
IT Manager - Business Applications
Enterprise Holdings
07.2015 - 10.2017
Lead System / Software Engineer
Enterprise Holdings
03.2001 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems / Computer Science
University Of Missouri - St Louis
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