Kurt Wydrinski (312) Executive Summary. Notable Career Highlights

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1 Kurt Wydrinski (312) Executive Summary Technical, hands-on leader focused on execution and delivery Broadly diversified technical and leadership skills gained in Engineering, Information Technology and Consulting Effective written and verbal communicator bridging multiple perspectives from the end user to the C suite Adaptive problem solver able to work in and outside of the box Notable Career Highlights Managed and recruited application development teams from four (4) to twenty (20) resources Controlled departmental budgets up to $2M USD Designed and developed full life-cycles of web, mobile, client/server, desktop and embedded applications in Java, C, C++, C#, and Objective-C Designed and developed web site user interfaces using HTML, CSS, Javascript, jquery, Bootstrap and Foundation Standardized developer operations with policies and procedures including code reviews, source code control, unit testing, continuous integration and deployment Analyzed and performance tuned Java and.net web applications Performed systems and network administration in UNIX and Windows environments Authored and delivered technical training classes and videos for content managers, application developers and systems administrators Implemented systems management applications from IBM Tivoli and Compuware APM tool suites Performed architecture, development, project management and technical support services as a vendor professional services consultant, independent contractor and employee Provided pre-sales technical guidance during final stages of product and service sales cycles

2 CNO Services, LLC September 2012 to Present Director - Application Development Directed development of public web sites, agent portals and corporate intranet sites using Java,.NET and SharePoint technology Architected Java,.NET and SharePoint infrastructures Analyzed and performance tuned web applications Migrated portal web sites from ATG to Liferay Defined IT standards for adopting and using web analytics Designed and staffed an organizational structure consisting of two (2) web application development teams: one for public web sites and the corporate intranet and one for agent portals Managed twenty (20) onshore and offshore development resources Defined and managed departmental annual budget of $2M USD Managed full lifecycle of partner relationships from vendor identification to relationship termination Led development teams in adopting corporate, waterfall-based SDLC while adapting it to Agile methodologies Identified, documented, refined and applied the de facto corporate release management process to application development teams Planned and executed projects with (and without) the assistance of the EPMO Collaborated with other teams to provide Business Analysis, Project Management, Architecture and Quality Assurance using my resource pool Built relationships with business partners to foster an understanding of their needs and requirements OPCODE Technologies, Inc. October 2006 to September 2012 Manager (Owner/Consultant) - Application Development Managed a team of developers to expand and maintain a global intranet web site built with Vignette products Refactored HTML/CSS site designs provided by a third-party firm to fit into site information architecture Applied jquery implementations to site design mockups to deliver dynamic functionality Defined, managed and executed projects within budget, time and resource constraints Coordinated and managed content management activities of 300 globally-dispersed content managers across 50 departments Guided the hiring of content managers Developed and delivered classroom training content managers Developed self-study training video series for content managers Managed tier 1-3 technical support team for intranet web sites

3 Managed the evolution of a corporate directory of 100,000 users in OpenLDAP and migration to Microsoft Active Directory Lead the implementation of Omniture Web Analytics to provide web site usage statistics for a global intranet site Architect and Project Manager (Owner/Consultant) - Corporate Divestiture Collected, analyzed and refined requirements for splitting a shared, consumer Internet, Java-based web site into two (2) separate infrastructures in preparation for a corporate divestiture Developed a project plan to facilitate the split of a shared web delivery and management infrastructure into two distinct infrastructures in preparation for a corporate divestiture Analyzed and refined systems infrastructure architectures for web sites implemented with Vignette products Systems Analyst (Owner/Consultant) - Data Center Migration Predicted, identified and resolved performance issues in the migration of over 600 multi-tiered applications to a new data center Performed requirements analysis to extend the features of a custom application catalogue Lead the implementation of Compuware Vantage systems management tools (NetworkVantage, ClientVantage Agentless, and ApplicationVantage) Mentored associates on the deployment, use and administration of Compuware Vantage performance analysis tools Developed ETL tools in Perl to derive Compuware Network Vantage and ClientVantage application definitions from MS-Access database, DNS, database configuration files (tnsnames.ora, and sql.net) and custom text sources Planned and deployed workstation installs of 200 client-side application components to a quality assurance lab Designed an ASP-based, web application leveraging Windows Remote Desktop that was used by testers to simplify the launch of client-side applications that needed testing Discovered and analyzed the migration of application batch processing activities performed for over 300 applications whose jobs were scheduled Control-M, Computer Associates Workload Automation 7/11 and custom scheduling packages Designed and implemented a batch job analysis tool using Perl that analyzed batch job definitions and produced a Microsoft Project file that documented job dependencies and timelines in a Gantt chart

4 Developer (Owner) - Mobile Applications Designed and developed a GPS utility application for Android and ios devices Implemented AdMob advertising Developed custom views for specialized data rendering for Android and ios Developed GPX model libraries in Java for Android and Objective-C for ios Architected and developed web-based tool to generate GPX files for testing purposes using HTML, CSS, jquery and Google Maps Conseco Services, LLC April 2004 to October 2006 Manager - Web Systems Managed and recruited a team of seven (7) application developers and administrators supporting Java and.net web applications Managed the development and evolution of web applications supporting Customer Service Representatives, Policyholders, Providers, and Employees Architect - Web Systems Architected web application infrastructures to support Java and.net applications running on Websphere, Tomcat and IIS Designed and developed the Conseco Simple Web Application Toolkit as a packaging of Java open source products (Struts, Spring, Hibernate, and Apache Commons) to speed the development of web applications Designed and implemented web application code and content deployment processes and utilities leveraging HTML, CSS, SharePoint, ASP, Perl, Bourne Shell and Ant Administered Websphere, Tomcat and IIS web application infrastructures Developed best practices for administering web application infrastructures that leveraged IIS, Websphere and Tomcat Implemented Compuware Vantage systems management tools to monitor the availability and performance of web applications Migrated web applications from TCL and.net to Java Implemented AWStats and LiveStats web analytics tools Tuned performance for Java and.net web applications Vignette Corporation September 1999 to April 2004 Manager - Professional Services Managed and recruited for teams of six (6) to twelve (12) consultants Recruited web application developers for Vignette and its clients Guided career development for direct reports Mentored consultants on standard operating procedures and best practices Provided architecture and development leadership for web application development and content management using Vignette products

5 Engagement Manager - Professional Services Provided pre-sales support by developing project justifications, work estimates, and technical product education for various prospects Developed statements of work proposing services and deliverables for various projects Managed projects and programs for clients primarily in the upper-midwest of the United States Mentored client and partner technical teams using Vignette products Provided architecture and development leadership for web application development and content management using Vignette products Architect - Professional Services Designed infrastructures for Internet, Intranet and Extranet web sites powered by Vignette products Developed and refined web content management best practices using Vignette products for multiple clients Assisted in the development of a common framework for creating Internet, Intranet and Extranet web sites with Vignette products Senior Development Consultant - Professional Services Analyzed, designed, developed, launched and supported web applications Defined and executed various types of testing from unit to user acceptance for web applications Conducted product technical training for Vignette clients IBM Corporation - Tivoli Systems June 1996 to September 1999 Manager - Professional Services Managed and recruited a team of twelve (12) services consultants and third-party contractors Developed statements of work proposing services and deliverables for various projects Managed implementation engagements for clients and partners primarily in the United States Mentored client technical teams using Tivoli products Performed on-site technical support for customers Assisted clients with recruiting efforts for Tivoli administrators Guided career development for direct reports Provided pre-sales support by developing project justifications, work estimates, and technical product education for various prospects

6 Senior Architect - Professional Services Architected Tivoli infrastructures Introduced best practices to clients to improve their systems and network management processes Recommended organizational changes to clients to better support their systems Recommended changes to client infrastructures to better adapt to industry standards Trained client technical teams on the use of Tivoli applications Informed clients regarding upcoming features for Tivoli applications Deployment Consultant - Professional Services Deployed Tivoli products Implemented Tivoli customizations in Perl and ksh to meet specialized deployment requirements Authored components of the Tivoli Implementation Methodology to standardize Tivoli deployments

7 Technical Skills Summary Database Technologies Access, dbase III, Oracle 8-11, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MySQL Lite, Sybase Development / Quality Assurance Operations Tools Ant, CVS, Eclipse, junit, make, PVCS, QALoad, QARun, RCS, SCCS, Selenium, Test Director, XCode Infrastructure Packages / Technologies Active Directory, Ethernet, OpenLDAP, TCP/IP Protocol Languages / Specifications / Frameworks ActionScript, AJAX, ASP, bash, Bootstrap, C, C++,C#, CSS, Flash, Foundation, HTML, Hibernate, Java, JavaScript, jquery, jquery UI, ksh, MS-DOS batch files,.net, Objective-C, Perl, PHP, Rails, Ruby, Spring, SQL, SSL, Struts, TCL, Tk, UML, Visual BASIC, Visual Basic for Applications, Web Services, Windows Script Host, XML, XSLT Operating Systems Android, ios, Linux, OS X, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Software Development Methodologies Agile (Scrum), Rational Unified Process, Waterfall Systems Management Packages / Technologies Computer Associates Application Performance Management (Customer Experience Manager, Wily Introscope), Compuware Vantage (ApplicationVantage, ClientVantage, NetworkVantage, ServerVantage, VantageView), Microsoft Management Console, Tivoli Management Environment (Framework, Distributed Monitoring, Enterprise Console, Event Integration Facility, Software Distribution, Inventory, Remote Control, User Administration, Application Extension Facility), UNIX commands (arp, iostat, netstat, ping, ps, pstat, sar, tcpdump, top, tracert, vmstat), Windows Performance Monitor Web Analytics Packages AWStats, Google Analytics, Omniture SiteCatalyst, Webtrends Web Application Platforms / Servers ATG (Framework 6.x, Portal 6.x), Liferay (6.x), Microsoft SharePoint (Foundation 2007 and 2010), Umbraco (6.x), Vignette (Application Portal, Business Integration Studio, Content Management 5.x-7.x), Web Application Servers (jboss, jetty, Tomcat, WebSphere 4.x-5.x, WebLogic 8.x), Web Servers (Apache, IIS, iplanet)