Jay A. Jennings

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Experience Summary

Over 20 years in software, web and mobile development; working for various industries ranging from Government Services, Health, Insurance, Real-estate, Marketing, E-Commerce, Telecom and Mobile. From 2003 to 2008, was principal and president of Cayenne Technologies a small marketing and technology firm focusing on digital branding for small businesses.

Business Skills:

            • Managing teams varying in sizes and geographical locations.
            • Managing teams of various skill-sets and disciplines.
            • Project management and software development life cycle management.
            • Project management using Agile and Scrum.

Developer Skills:

            • UX development – Prototypes, Wireframes, Mockups, User Testing
            • Android – Webkit, HTML5, SQLite, Java
            • Web – HTML5, CSS3, PHP, SQL, jQuery, JavaScript
            • UI – Graphic Design, Animation, UI Flow, Frameworks
            • Server/Cloud – AWS, OpenStack, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes

WORK EXPERIENCE

MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

July – Currnet

2019 -  2019

Southern Talent Specialists

Birmingham, AL

UI Developer

​UI and Development Consultant for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

  • Responsible for UX requirements and designs; building out wireframes and work flows.
  • UI trends and recommendations; building out mockups and art assets using the latest techniques.
  • UI coding, documentation, code reviews, and code optimization.
  • Building prototypes, sales demos and product solutions.
  • Software/Languages –HTML5, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, GIT, WebFocus
  • Software Development Methodology – Agile

May – April

2014 – 2019

Information Builders

Seattle, WA

Solution Manager

​UI and Development Consultant at Information Builders. Building out application solutions from start to finish.
  • Responsible for UX requirements and designs; building out wireframes and work flows.
  • Led meetings, daily scrum, and communications between the clients and directors.
  • Tracking of budgets, deliverables and project management requirements.
  • UI trends and recommendations; building out mockups and art assets using the latest techniques.
  • UI coding, documentation, code reviews, and code optimization.
  • Building prototypes, sales demos and product solutions.
  • Software/Languages –HTML5, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, GIT, WebFocus
  • Software Development Methodology – Mixed
Clients:
  • Ford
  • Luxury Apartments for Rent | UDR Apartments
  • Dohmen Life Science Services
  • Boise Cascade
  • DST Global provider of technology-based solutions
  • Seattle Police Department
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Dealer Track
  • San Mateo County
  • Renown Health Services
  • FedEx
  • Geico Insurance
  • Tennessee Farmers Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Famers Mutual Hail
  • Master Card
  • Helzberg Diamonds
  • Arizona Department of Public Safety
  • UniPro Food Services
  • HNTB

August – December

2014 - 2014

HP

Bellevue, WA

Project Manager / Development Manager

  • Managed team of 3 engineers.
  • Cross team collaboration, project prioritization, facilitate manager project goals, define and design strategies, vendor management.
  • Led meetings, daily scrum, and communications between the client and developers.
  • Tracking of budgets, deliverables and project management requirements.
  • Maintain and development of Helion Developer online Network – sites, forums, custom events planning, social networking, e-commence.
  • Documentation, spec. design, code reviews, and code optimization.
  • Directed UI development.
  • Facilitate marketing, social media and email campaigns and analyze usage.
  • Software/Languages – PHP, HTML5, CSS, JQuery, MySQL, PHP, GIT, Apache, Linux
  • Maintenance and support of WordPress based CMS
  • Software Development Methodology – Scrum

December – July

2013 - 2014

Acceptiva

Snoqualmie, WA

Sr. Development Manager / Product Manager

  • Managed team of 2 engineers.
  • Cross team collaboration, project prioritization, facilitate manager project goals, define and design strategies, vendor management.
  • Project managed multiple initiatives in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
  • Re-architecture Acceptiva’s software into a modern OOP framework.
  • Maintain and development of Acceptiva online donation software
  • Documentation, spec. design, code reviews, and code optimization.
  • Software/Languages – PHP, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, MySQL, PHP, SVN, Apache, Linux
  • Software Development Methodology – Scrum

December - December

2012 - 2013

MUSIC Group

Bothell, WA

Sr. Lead Software Architect / Project Manager

  • Managed team of 4 engineers.
  • Managed team with a mix of off shore and local developers.
  • Project managed multiple initiatives in various phases of the software development lifecycle.
  • Cross team collaboration, project prioritization, facilitate manager project goals, define and design strategies, vendor management.
  • Maintained project roadmaps, goals, schedules and development cycles.
  • Led daily scrum, and communications between the developers and directors.
  • Facilitate marketing, social media and email campaigns and analyze usage.
  • Maintain and development of Tridion based web CMS
  • Maintenance and support of WordPress CMS.
  • Documentation, spec. design, code reviews, and code optimization.
  • Software/Languages – SDL Tridion, C# .NET, HTML5, CSS, XML, jQuery, MySQL, PHP, Visual Studio, Git, IIS, NGINX
  • Software Development Methodology – Scrum, migrated team from Waterfall

August – December

2011 - 2012

Concur Technologies

Bellevue, WA

Sr. Manager, Development & Operations

  • Managed team of 4 engineers.
  • Managed team with a mix of off shore and local developers.
  • Managed team of mixed skill-sets; graphic designers, UI developers, service developers and middle ware developers.
  • Maintained project roadmaps, goals, schedules, budgets and development cycles.
  • Led daily scrum, and communications between the developers and directors.
  • Project managed multiple initiatives in all phases of the software Development lifecycle.
  • Defined business and development process.
  • Built business relationships with internal clients and external clients.
  • Implemented social media and marketing requirements.
  • Tracked returns on marketing campaigns, analyzed success rates and recommend improvements.
  • Design and development of Drupal based web CMS.
  • Maintenance and support of WordPress CMS.
  • Design and UI flows.
  • Documentation and spec. design.
  • Software/Languages – Drupal, HTML5, CSS, AJAX, jQuery, Photoshop, Illustrator, MySQL, PHP, XML, Eclipse, SVN
  • Software Development Methodology – Agile, migrated team from Waterfall

May – August

2010 - 2011

BSQUARE

Bellevue, WA

Technical Lead

  • Managed project teams varying in sized of 3 to 10 members.
  • Managed teams with a mix of off shore and local developers.
  • Managed teams of mixed skill-sets; graphic designers, UI developers, service developers and middle ware developers.
  • Maintained project roadmaps, goals, schedules and development cycles.
  • Strengthened business relationships with new and continuing clients.
  • Design and development of Webkit HTML5 applications for mobile.
  • Design and development of Flash/Flex based applications for mobile devices and desktop.
  • Design and development of Android (Java/HTML5) applications for mobile devices.
  • Prototypes for proof of concept testing.
  • Animation, Design and UI flows.
  • Documentation and spec. design, quotes of work, and estimates.
  • Led daily scrum, and communications between the clients and directors.
  • Managed and maintained SharePoint CMS
  • Software/Languages – Flash, Flex, Flash Lite, HTML5, AJAX, JQuery, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, ActionScript 2/3, XML, Java, Android, Eclipse, SVN, Git
  • Software Development Methodology – Scrum

July – May

2006 - 2010

T-Mobile

Factoria, WA

Flash, Android Developer Lead

  • Managed project teams varying in sized of 1 to 4 members.
  • Managed teams with a mix of off shore and local developers.
  • Managed teams of mixed skill-sets; graphic designers, UI developers.
  • Design and development of Flash based applications for mobile devices.
  • Design and development of Android (Java) applications for mobile devices.
  • Design and development of PHP web services for data streaming to mobile devices.
  • Design and development of SharePoint CMS scheduling component.
  • UI prototypes for Usability Testing.
  • Pre-production web sites and applications.
  • Animation, Design and UI flows.
  • API documentation and API spec. writing.
  • Project manager and lead / senior developer of development team
  • Software/Languages – Flash, Flash Lite, Adobe Mobile Client (AMC) MachBlue Studio, JFlash, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, ActionScript 2/3, XML, PHP, Linux (Android, Ubuntu), WordPress CMS, Eclipse, GIT, SVN, AJAX, & JQuery
  • Software Development Methodology – Rapid Application Prototyping