Douglas Ross

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About Douglas Ross

Software Management and Engineering Experience • Passion for excellence, quality and integrity in all that I do. • AWS serverless architecture and development for integration and mashup apps. • Co-founder of a startup focused on improving knowledge sharing for software teams. • Agile, Scrum, Kanban in large, distributed technical organizations to drive productivity. • 15 years architecting, designing, implementing and coding web applications, user interfaces and interactions, automation and code generation. • Led a global systems and infrastructure team supporting over 800 field consultants and partners with Agile development tools, processes and practices. • Transformed organization from task-centered, command-driven to customer-centered, value-driven. • Designed learning curriculum for and taught application development, Agile management and methods; Taught four semesters of web development at Harvard University. • Highly developed Servant Leader-ship skills, formed successful teams for product development, work organization and process implementation to achieve business objectives. • Highly developed technical skills in designing and implementing web application solutions coding in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, XML, AJAX, JSON, REST, Node, Java, PHP, Ruby On Rails, SQL. • Proven effective communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, teaching to learn and learning to teach. • Completed Certified ScrumMaster, Mike Cohn 2008 - active ScrumAlliance member and LinkedIn Certified ScrumMaster group member. • Earned Certificate in Advanced Software Development from Boston University, 2005. • Served in the United States Air Force, honorable discharge 1986, distinguished awards.