Resume Dave Siracusa
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Resume Dave Siracusa
DAVE SIRACUSA 23 Brookmawr Road Newtown Square, PA 19073 610-551-5999 (cell) 610-325-0226 (office) [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-oriented leader who consistently surpasses objectives by building top- performing development organizations. Excellent track record of successfully bringing complex projects from concept to delivery. Upgrade processes, existing staff, morale, and increase effectiveness of development organizations. Repeatable success in coordinating in-house expertise and third party solution providers to cost reduce products and insure product delivery. An advocate of OOD/OOA methodologies and iterative development processes. Strong proponent of developing and using shared core libraries and subsystems. Architect of many complex systems with an emphasis on quality and very high performance. Mature (hands-on) technologist with diverse experience and a strong background in software development. Strong project management skills. Testimonials
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERFWARE, LLC - Newtown Square, PA April 2007 – Present Owner PERFWARE provided services to local companies in the following disciplines: Project Management Software Development Team Building Enterprise Architecture Technical Due Diligence Intellectual Property Matters Establish and/or Enhance Technology Direction
TNS MEDIA INTELLIGENCE - West Chester, PA TNS Media Intelligence is the leading provider of strategic advertising intelligence to advertisers, advertising agencies and media properties.
December 2004 – April 2007
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Director of Development/Chief Technical Architect Successfully manage a team responsible for the Television Broadcast Data Collection System and a number of editorial applications used by workers which are deployed in West Chester PA, Chesapeake VA, and two offshore facilities in India. Led teams in a major upgrade of the Broadcast Data Collection. Team developed a flexible creative attribution system, including infrastructure, database, and application components required to apply relevant editorial attributes to each advertisement (TV, Radio, Internet, News Paper, and Magazine). System supports 7 day a week operations in PA and VA as well as a network of @home workers working from locations from Pennsylvania to Montana. Adopted Agile development practices which have allowed us to sustain near monthly development sprints. Sprints iteratively deliver new systems and/or provide continuous improvements across the suite of supported services. Promote the development of core libraries and shared services inside and outside our group. This core functionality provides us with well tested and versatile functionality in each of our supported services. Team developed innovative cost saving systems (EU Patent under review) which saves the company $60k/year with the potential to save +$200k/year going forward. Effectively found, negotiated, and continue to manage several technical partner relationships to fast track technology infusion into the product suite. Team was the recipient of the coveted TNS North American Innovation Award in 2005 and 2006.
PERFWARE, LLC - Newtown Square, PA October 2001 – December 2004 Owner PERFWARE provided services to local companies in the following disciplines: Project Management Software Development Team Building Enterprise Architecture Technical Due Diligence Intellectual Property Matters Establish and/or Enhance Technology Direction
Clients: - Competitive Market Research Company - Role: Project Manager & Architect - Finance/Institutional Brokerage - Role: Enterprise Architect/Developer - Pharma/Clinical Study - Role: Enterprise Architect - Managed Care Company - Role: Enterprise Architect - Patient Safety Company - Role: Technical Advisor - Restaurant - Role: Ecommerce Internet Consultant - Local University - Role: Internet Security Consultant
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Consultant (Ajilon/Charming Shoppes) - Bensalem, PA Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a leading multichannel specialty apparel retailer primarily focused on women's apparel (Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines stores). October 2001 – December 2002 Intranet Technologist and Director of Web Development (more...)
Hewlett Packard - Mt. Laurel, NJ January 2001 - June 2001 Chief Architect – Performance & Metrics Group Defined all software and hardware architecture for the J2EE based performance lab. (more...)
The Network Connection - Philadelphia, PA/Phoenix, AZ The Network Connection designs, installs and maintains interactive entertainment systems for hotels, cruise ships, passenger trains and corporate training / education. March 2000 - January 2001 Chief Architect – Office of the CTO (more...)
Primavera Systems - Bala Cynwyd, PA/New York, NY Primavera Systems, Inc. is the world’s leading project and portfolio management software company. August 1991 - March 2000 Vice President of Architecture/ Director of Infrastructure Group (1998-2000) Director of Web Development – Webster product (1997-1998) Chief Architect (1995-1997) Project Manager P3 Development (1991-1995) (more...)
Computer Associates/Cricket - Conshohocken, PA 1987 - August 1991 Site Development Manager (1990-1991) Macintosh/Windows Development Manager (1989-1990) Manager of Driver Development (1988-1989) Senior Software Engineer (1987-1988) (more...)
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Decision Data Computer Corporation - Willow Grove, PA 1986 - 1987 Senior Integration Engineer (1986-1987) (more...)
Commodore Computer -West Chester, PA 1983 - 1986 Development Manager Peripheral Products – Far East (1986) Senior Development Engineer (1985-1986) Development Engineer (1983-1985) (more...)
EDUCATION Attended Villanova University night school for five years with a double major of electrical engineering and mathematics. Successfully completed courses in GAP management training and Object Oriented Analysis and Design at Lockheed Martin Advanced Research Design Center.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SMPTE - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ATSC - Advanced Television Systems Committee
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