Jeff Howell

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About Jeff Howell

I am a skilled technologist and senior manager with deep experience in software development, manufacturing, electronics, product design, regulatory approval, and contract execution. I have managed groups up to 50 engineers and I am a strong proponent of agile methodologies. I have great versatility based on my experience in many business and technical domains and have been a mentor to co-workers and clients- Experience in computer industry, spanning hardware, manufacturing, QA and software in engineering, management and consulting- Business experience in several high tech start-up companies and Fortune 500- Management of technical and manufacturing groups up to 50 people with budget responsibility- Experience across the entire product life-cycle, from concept through service- Driving force shaping process, product and partner relationships- Enterprise systems development and partner integration- Agile project management- Software development experience with machine assembly through object oriented enterprise systems- Experience in software development processes implementation from XP to RUP. Special interest in transforming development operations into lean and agile cross functional groups. Selected articles: https://stochasticnorm.wordpress.com