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Bryan Dennstedt Information technology professional with more than 14 years
experience in full life cycle development in building and deploying
applications in complex environments. Experienced with multi-tier
architectures, data modeling and design frameworks. Adept at creating a culture
of learning and growth, through actively promoting individual and team
capabilities. Natural mediator, who calmly resolves even the most complex
issues to keep projects on track. Career highlights include · Served as the
driving force to move critical applications to a standard framework and
architecture, drastically reducing development time and implementation hurdles.
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Initiated project by developing a proposal and timeline to
create and maintain reusable code and assets. o
Collaborated with management team to gain full buy-in and
begin hiring a team to implement. · Conducted
rigorous analysis of data management, integration and quality tools to select
best fit for new DW program. Led team to implement solution that became
workhorse for on time information delivery. o
Opened up communications with frustrated sponsor to turn
around troubled project. o
Integrated best practices from vendor's model and
technologies into DW environment, preparing new servers and ensuring access to
potential source systems in vendors environment. · Leveraged Scrum and Rapid Application
Development (RAD) methodologies implementing two week release cycles to
accelerate time-to-market. o
Gained competitive edge through a predictable schedule, and
the ability to pivot on projects as the trading team demanded. o
Expanded the IT team by 30%, mentored team through code
reviews, and coordinating additional training programs as needed for new
projects.
Core Strengths In:
Professional History Solution Architect Nov. 2011 to Present Pro-Med Clinical Systems
Fort
Lauderdale, FL A private health care software company,
providing emergency department information systems. · Established a load testing and quality
assurance system with Selenium HQ to showcase maximum user concurrency levels
and application bottlenecks · Created process
and scripts around automatic build and deployment of code to environments · Gap analysis on overall team structure; conducted
extensive interview process to hire database administrator, UI/UX architect,
java developers, and junior developers. · Architected key components of development effort to
increase overall system performance along with correcting known flaws in the
system. · Led the team on technical exploration with partnership
opportunities, assessments and evaluations. Created mock prototypes for
presentation to key players. Chief Information Officer
(CIO/CTO) and Senior Architect Nov.
2008 to Nov. 2011 City Power Marketing, LLC
Fort Lauderdale, FL A private energy trading company, buying and selling
wholesale electricity on independent system operators (ISO) such as PJM, MISO,
and NYISO. · Architected flagship product suite, a
web-based platform which has grown to encompass all trading tools, including
bid submission, business intelligence and financial dashboards, used daily by trading
team. · Worked with CEO to identify new trading products for the business team to
pursue such as financial transmission rights, and generation tools. Directed
the IT team and completed the project in four months, which brought significant
revenue into the company. · Successfully migrated all IT operations from New
Jersey office to Fort Lauderdale, including building a new data center,
networking, phone system, multiple redundant internet connections, and vendor
selection and management. With 100% uptime during the entire transition. Created an
off-site data center with full system replication, allowing improved uptime,
and disaster recovery options. · 15% reduction
in costs through proper database design and server implementation on a multi
million dollar IT budget, including 99.9% uptime achieved on production systems
critical to day to day trading operations. · Refined web portal and enhanced user
experience by increasing data relevancy and level of personalization. Increased
information sharing between trading team ISO's allowing instant information
sharing between silos creating a more unified team. · Leveraged Scrum and Rapid Application
Development (RAD) methodologies implementing two week release cycles to
accelerate time-to-market and gain competitive edge through a predictable
schedule, and the ability to pivot on projects as the trading team demanded.
Expanded the IT team by 30%, mentored team through code reviews, and
coordinating additional training programs as needed for new projects. · Updated our business plan to seek
additional funding allowing us to further expand into new markets and delivered
complex data analysis reports at critical junctures during negotiations with
legal proceedings. IT Architect
Mar. 2000
to Nov. 2008 IBM Corporation Wooster, OH · Launched numerous e-commerce and portal websites while
working on fortune 500 company engagements both nationally and internationally
for clients such as: Home Depot, Vodafone, Sears, Pfizer, Circuit City,
Whirlpool, and Tribune Interactive among others. · Developed a national practice of e-commerce developers
through training/recruitment efforts. · Led an international team through the sales/solution outline
phase to asses and sign multi million dollar worldwide SAP upgrade and
e-commerce migration project. · Specialized in Search Engine Optimization techniques on
several engagements, and led internal training sessions cross training other teams
in how search engines worked. · Customized both BroadVision and WebSphere portal and
commerce solutions to meet business objectives and timeframes. · Integrated web portal features with automated banking
machines and customized cash register systems using Commerce 360. IT Developer Jan.
1997 to Mar. 2000 Xerox Corporation
Rochester,
NY · Launched the very first iteration of business to consumer
e-commerce sales for Xerox.com, leveraging BroadVision e-commerce and an oracle
database. · Integrated through EDI and XML business to business re-order
transactions for major vendors and suppliers using IBM Net.Data products with a
DB2 database. · Created internal website projects to foster internal
communications among divisions using perl, php, and mysql databases. · Integrated Web applications with mainframe legacy data
sources and applications. · Supported large internal website for yearly teamwork day
event, including programming and interfacing with graphic design team. Education Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Rochester
Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Trained in PJM Generation (2009), PJM Operations 101 (2008), WebSphere
Commerce (2007), BroadVision (2000), IBM Net.Data (1998). Business Skills Technology and
business strategy, business development, infrastructure development, SaaS,
cloud computing, data warehousing, data mining, extract transform and load
concepts, market analysis, vendor management, financial management and cost
control, social media and marketing, IT governance, business intelligence, human
factors, user experience and interfaces. Technology Profile
Affiliations RIT Alumni Association, South Florida Young Professionals,
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