Keith Hester

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About Keith Hester

Executive / Senior Engineering Manager / Principal Program Manager I have been working in the software development arena for over 25 years performing roles that include design, development, architecture, project management, program management, development management, vendor management, and engineering management. I find my greatest enjoyment in developing optimized processes and customer driven products, building-up the strategy and portfolio, and partnering with other internal or external organizations to create new business opportunities. About My Career: Business owner, consultant, and management of engineering driving organization, process, and product improvements. Strong leader of IT and technology initiatives to improve processes, advance quality, and drive profits for industry leaders Compaq, Dell, Hospira, Adobe, and current at NVidia. Proven ability to successfully direct and manage diverse groups of people and functions. Adept at translating innovative thinking into profitable results. Demonstrated aptitude for increasing productivity and instituting cost-saving ideas.* Developed first successful customer self-support product for Dell, saving $10M in tech support calls.* Effectively managed product engineering team, achieving top percentile recognition.* Drove analysis for 100 people in startup IT organization, and led staffing for team.* Manage all aspects of consulting firm that delivered project management integrations for AtTask.* Evangelized modern technology and customer exploration for next gen product release focusing a solving major market challenges, tech scalability, and lower maintenance cost.* Lead program manager in delivering new state of the art data platform built on Azure.* Principal program manager in creating portfolio management concepts and implementation for next generation tools and processes Gallup Survey: Achiever, Strategic, Learner, Self-Assurance, Futuristic 16Personalities: Analyst, ENTJ-A, Commander