As a hands on technical leader with a proven track record leading teams through the software development lifecycle, I am actively involved with the planning, architecture and prototyping of upcoming work for my team. I enjoy tackling problems head on and am not afraid to roll my sleeves up when my team has pressing deadlines. I make sure to stay on top of emerging technology trends and look for how any of them could be applicable to the software that we build. I believe in fostering a collaborative team environment that values input from all members of the team. I am continually looking for ways to grow every member of my team and how we as a group can deliver software faster and more reliably. My technology experience includes: Programming background in Scala, Akka, Spray, C#, ASP .NET MVC, WCF, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML 5, CSS 3, SQL, MYSQL, MongoDb, RabbitMQ, SOAP/SOA,REST Silktest, C++, ASP, GIT, TFS, WIX, XSLT, Windows DDK and Python using the Agile Project Management Process and Domain Driven Design. Proficient with all IntelliJ, Visual Studio, MS OS and Office applications. Deployment experience with Jenkins, AWS, CFN, Vagrant, Puppet, Packer, Docker, Anthill, WIX Search Experience with Elastic Search and Solr Experienced with both Windows and Linux

Director Software Engineering @ As the leader of Getty Images New York based development team I am currently the Director of a core team of developers, managers and business analysts. My primary responsibilities involve researching and implementing new technologies and tools that will make it easier for Getty Images employees to do their jobs, leading to increased efficiency across the company. Most recently I led the transition of my team from .NET to Scala to build out Getty's next generation Digital Asset Management system (DAM) housing Getty's 100 million+ digital assets. From October 2012 to Present (3 years 3 months) Greater New York City AreaSenior Software Engineering Manager @ From December 2010 to September 2012 (1 year 10 months) Greater New York City AreaSenior Software Engineer/Team Lead @ Developed Getty Images Editorial Workflow Management system utilizing Scrum, Domain Driven Design, SOA and TDD principles. The primary web site streamlined redundant websites within the organization by providing employees with a centralized editorial management system From May 2006 to November 2010 (4 years 7 months) Greater New York City AreaSoftware Engineer @ - Acted as content Automation team lead and sprint manager, in charge of delegating monthly assignments to a team of 6 Engineers and management of Scrum meetings - Managed relationships with Dell Test teams identifying and exploring opportunities for new automation and software utilities - Developed new Automation Scripts, CLI and GUI Test Utilities to increase Dell test coverage - Cultivated global collaboration of automation work between Dell Automation Test teams in Austin, Bangalore and Shanghai From August 2001 to April 2006 (4 years 9 months)

BSE, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering @ University of Pennsylvania From 1998 to 2001 William Bennett is skilled in: Scrum, C#, Architecture, jQuery, WCF, SQL, CSS, .NET, Software Engineering, ASP.NET MVC, Scala, Akka, HTML, MVC, ASP.NET