Keith Henry

Background

About Keith Henry

Engineering Leader and Architect with 11+ years of experience assembling and leading an engineering group responsible for a breadth of Payment Gateway and POS products, while drawing on 20+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer. Success conceptualizing and setting technical direction for next-generation global products. Known for fostering a culture of collaboration with a track record of attracting and retaining top quality engineers. Passionate about supporting, representing, and working with a team of great people building and operating products that delight customers, and having fun along the way. – Modernization: Assembled an extremely high-performance engineering team from scratch, which introduced Agile/Scrum methodologies, Cloud deployments, Microservices, REST/JSON APIs, Automation, and DevOps to Elavon. – Innovation: Led the design, architecture, implementation, and rollout of Elavon Payment Gateway ElavonEPG.com, a next-generation Cloud and Microservice Global Omnicommerce Payment Gateway. – Servant leadership: Mentored and retained top-notch engineers with technical inquisitiveness and customer focus. Structured teams for collaboration among onshore FTEs, onshore, nearshore, and offshore contractors. Supported team members in any way possible, maintaining a culture of kindness and passion. Strengths: Engineering Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Attracting and retaining quality engineers, Payment Gateways, POS Systems, Cloud Transformation and Modernization, Microservices, Performance Tuning, Scalability, Resilience, Monitoring, Customer Communication, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, SDLC, EMV, Docker, SaaS, Architecture, System design, AWS, Java, C++, REST APIs, Automation, DevOps, Server Development, Client Development, Mobile Development, Windows Development, Acquisition evaluation and integration, Conflict management, Public speaking