Director of Software Engineering

About

I am data-driven and highly motivated director of software engineering with expertise in software engineering, operational processes, and cost optimization. I have a proven track-record of driving successful organizational outcomes with an emphasis on client engagement and satisfaction.

RESULTS:

I recently Led a global team of 12 developers in maintaining and improving a manufacturing ERP ecosystem of 100+ Delphi, C#, Python, and Power BI applications and microservices for a steel mill producing >$500MM in revenue per year.

RESULTS-DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE LEADER:

I am a team leader continually focused on building relationships to achieve highly effective teams, improving outcomes, and increasing productivity.

CONTACT ME: Frank.Kanu7@gmail.com

Specialties:

INDUSTRY SKILLS:

☆ Technical Leadership ☆ Cost Optimization ☆ KPI Tracking & Performance ☆ Stakeholder Management ☆ Software Development ☆ Data & Analytics ☆ Business Development ☆ Strategic Partnerships ☆ Operational Processes ☆ Cross-functional Leadership ☆ Efficiency Improvements ☆ Risk Mitigation

PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

☆ Solutions-focused ☆ Organized ☆ Innovative ☆ Proactive ☆ Versatile ☆ Resourceful ☆ Detail-Oriented ☆ Dynamic ☆ Analytical ☆ Strategic ☆ Collaborative ☆ Motivated ☆ Excellent Communication Skills ☆ Self-Starter ☆ Leader ☆ Problem-Solver ☆ Achiever

Experience

Genius One, Inc.

Director of Software Engineering (2018 - Present)

• Led a global team of 12 developers in maintaining and improving a manufacturing ERP ecosystem of 100+ Delphi, C#, Python, and Power BI applications and microservices for a steel mill producing >$500MM in revenue per year.
• Implemented a code review process, reducing the number of release rollbacks from 4-5 per year to less than one every 5 years, saving more than $20MM in wasted material costs.
• Increased new programmer KPI performance by enforcing coding standards, documentation, and debugging abilities, improving employee improvement progress by 33% and improving retention to 98%.
• Deployed a shipping cost calculation project on time despite the deadline being moved up 35%, allowing better estimates of shipping costs and time and eliminating erratic shipping invoices, improving sales by 25%.

Senior Technical Lead, Software Engineering (2013 - 2018)

• Oversaw new background applications development, eliminating the need for hourly support calls, reducing support costs by $100,000 per year and decreased background tickets by 95%.
• Utilized word automation to correct poor PDF quality for internal (test reports) and external documentation (customer invoicing, regulatory compliance), improving readability and end0user satisfaction by 50% while reducing labor costs.
• Designed object-oriented Oracle packages for major speed improvements and readability, allowing c-suite officer reports to be run in less than 5 minutes from the original 60+ minutes.
• Avoided the temporary shutdown of a 1,000+ employee mill by fixing a slow view (product line error) within an hour, avoiding a loss of $1MM in costs and 23+ hours of production.

Airborne Consultants

Lead Software Consultant (2000 - 2013)

• Oversaw 3 teams of 10 staff in converting 3 applications to UTF 8, allowing for multi-national utilization of databases impacting end-users and internal users, increasing readability by 40% in some cases, and overall satisfaction by 20%.
• Developed a calculations engine for European banks to create reports for regulatory agencies, reducing manual calculation times by 25%, saving $50,000 in labor costs, and ensuring 100% compliance to multinational laws.
• Led a 9-month project to organize the transfer of 10+ legacy applications from Delphi 5 to newest compiler version at the time (Delphi 10), an optimization expected to save 50% in start-up time and increase user experience by 35%+.
• Created a Java servlet eFax interface to retrieve and store faxes for an AOL Time Warner organization, creating a custom solution that allowed them to process 100+ faxes per day completely via their desktop computers.

QuickHire

Senior Technical Lead (2000 - 2003)

• Acted as manager of a team of 12 engineers, designing a hiring system used by federal agencies (DOJ, DOE, GAO) and city governments, to track 100,000+ applicants, ensuring a client satisfaction of 98% and YoY retention of 95%.
• Engineered an enhanced tree-view that outperformed the VCL component by 700%, eliminated existing memory leaks, and implemented style sheet changes to retain the software’s three largest clients.

AI Solutions

Senior Technical Lead (1998 - 2000)

• Headed the redesign and speed improvements of a satellite flight simulation GUI, streamlined code to allow a single script rather than breaking it into multiple parts by removing 64k limitation, decreased the loading speed by >600%.

Marotz

Technical Lead (1997 - 1998)

• Led a team of 12 developers to redesign a Navy logistics system, within one year we were able to push out two releases, received multiple budget increases, and achieved 400% productivity increase through the redesign.

Education

Fernuniversität Hagen

• Bachelor of Science – Business Administration
• Master of Science – Computer Science

Volunteer Experience

Assistant Football Coach High School

Languages

• English (Fluent)
• German (Fluent)