Phil Quezada

Background

About Phil Quezada

IT leader recognized for transforming organizations with challenging reputations into award winning teams, driving business strategies with digital innovations resulting in world-class solutions. A. 25+ years leadership experience: • Software/Application/engineering/analytics team management, at two Fortune 30 and startup software companies • Core strengths include results, transformation management, strategic frameworks, coaching, and relationship building B. Exceptional experience with all areas of IT leadership, including: • Over 25 years of IT management, delivering in large, highly complex systems for enterprise-wide deployment, including enterprise-wide fraud prevention system from the ground up • Partnership building – work closely with leaders to better understand drivers • Several examples of walking in, without any experience in those business or technology areas, producing early and frequent results, including significantly improving poor reputations C. IT Leadership within the wireless, financial and healthcare industries • Directed strategies for enterprise-wide Verizon Wireless Fraud Prevention application team • Lead teams including billion dollar international cellular proposals, working with and traveling to partners in India, Poland, and Brazil • Built data warehousing for Wells Fargo Online, including software development, analytics, data modeling, etc. D. Recent technology leadership: • Enterprise server-side development (Java EE, RESTful API design, enterprise messaging, Node.js, Oracle DB), plus modern client-side development (Angular/Angular2, React, TypeScript) • Development of restful middle tiers in Python Django framework • Lead team to architect and implement stream processing system, including a custom business rules language and the ability to validate streams of data against predictive models (SAS) to detect and stop emerging fraud before retail delivery • Lead data warehousing team, including Hadoop, ETL (Ab Initio), Data Modeling and Admin (Oracle, Teradata), and reporting (Business Objects & Tableau) • Agile framework expertise; Agile leadership transition to organization as a coach, consultant, trainer, then product owner over the past 8 years E. Success keys - Linear and logical thinker - keep engineers, architects, leaders, etc. on-point to help make the best decisions - Outstanding record at helping with career management transitions - Gain trust in my partners so that when I say "not now" and provide alternatives, they support the direction