Scott Kennedy

Class Representative, GPA 4.0

Minors in Graphic Design & Web Development

Focus in Interactive Media and a minor in Music

Strategic Partner, People Manager, Hiring, Process Improvement, Disaster Recovery Planning, Compliance

• Managed $125M GMV Direct to Consumer eCommerce infrastructure.
• Managed $16.9M ARR Direct to Consumer Subscriptions infrastructure.
• Instrumental in $5M Technical Arbitration with negligent vendor
• Owned a $6M budget for technology resources and platform expenditures.
• Reduced infrastructure costs by $3.2M while increasing functionality and system reliability.
• Executed a large-scale transformation project in 90 days to a modernized cloud-based framework.
• Owned end-to-end engineering delivery for 5 subsidiary brands and technical roadmaps.
• Conducted technical due diligence in 6 major brand acquisitions.
• Architected and implemented data pipelines and data warehouses with Snowflake.
• Reduced fraud by 10x across multiple brands
• Reduced backordering by 96%
• Owned data pipelines and data warehouse
• Unified 40+ years of data for 3 brands from distinctly different systems. 
• Managed Compliance certifications for PCI, SOC 2, SOX and Bev/Alc

Strategic Partner, People Manager, Hiring, Process Improvement, Disaster Recovery Planning, Compliance

• Managed 30 million ARR Direct to Consumer eCommerce infrastructure.
• Owned a 2 million dollar budget for technology resources and platform expenditures. 
• Owned architecture, roadmap, and execution for short and long term deliverables.
• Led cross-functional teams in executing successful technology-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) projects, resulting in enhanced business capabilities and increased market competitiveness.
• Developed and implemented robust integration strategies for technology-related acquisitions, encompassing data migration, system integration, and process harmonization
• Collaborated closely with legal, finance, and executive teams to evaluate M&A targets, presenting comprehensive analyses and recommendations.
• Conducted post-merger technology assessments, identifying opportunities for technology consolidation, rationalization, and modernization to achieve cost savings and improved operational agility.

People Manager, Training/OnBoarding, Hiring, Process Improvement, Disaster Recovery Planning, Compliance, Release Manager, Project Manager

• Managed Compliance certifications for PCI, SOC 2, SOX and Bev/Alc.
• Led cross-functional teams in executing a major warehouse management system migration to NetSuite’s RF-Smart.
• Owned the maturation of CI/CD practices & implementation on Azure/AWS infrastructure.
• Solved complex distributed systems problems.
• Responsible for capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Managed a geographically distributed team across the United States and Eastern Europe.

People Manager, Customer-facing, Training/OnBoarding, Hiring, Process Improvement, Go to Market Strategy, Project Manager

• Responsible for overseeing a total of 11.7M ARR.
• Increase employee utilization by 25%, capitalizing on synergies across departments.
• Developed Go-to-Market strategies and playbooks to scale technical implementations and support of SaaS products.
• Managed remote teams of integration and support engineers.
• Defined department KPIs and created operational critical SalesForce reports to track progress.
• Focused on NPS and client satisfaction on product delivery.

People Manager, Customer-facing, Training/OnBoarding, Hiring, Process Improvement, Go to Market Strategy, Project Manager

• Implemented A.I. SEO technology for 289 customers in the first year.
• Added 9.7M in Annual Recurring Revenue.
• Boosted corporate retention by 34%, reducing customer onboarding tension points.
• Defined and established training frameworks and growth paths.

People Manager, Customer-facing, Scrum Manager, Release Manager, Architect, Hiring, Process Improvement, Acquisitions, Project Manager 

• Provided analysis on P&L of technical infrastructure to acquire a 2.8M competitor.
• Spearheaded multiple initiatives increasing revenue from 1.7M to 3.8M in a single pillar of business model.
• Managed multiple teams and projects dispersed across 3 countries and 5 states.
• Devised and established IT policies and systems to provide ongoing reports and feedback to key stakeholders.
• Established department KPI’s and mentored engineering team on educational and career aspirations.
• Developed and directed educational programs to keep teams up with technology trends.

People Manager, Customer-facing, Scrum Manager, Release Manager, Architect, Hiring, Process Improvement, Acquisitions, Project Manager

• Reduced IT department costs by implementing new technologies and negotiating new contracts.
• Managed all IT infrastructure on AWS/Digital Ocean for 7 Laravel based projects.
• Conducted technical estimations for RFP presentations.
• Responsible for creative direction on application UI/UX.

People Manager, Subject Matter Expert, Scrum Master, Release Manager, ETL Developer, Process Improvement

• Reduced product data ETL by 70% utilizing a multi threaded Java based system CloverETL and MongoDB.
• Defined new process improvement opportunities importing, cleaning, transforming, validating and modeling data.
• Developed and maintained training documentation for onboarding. 
• Engineered an enterprise data warehouse on AWS using complex transformations sourced from multiple systems. 
• Met with executive stakeholders, product owners, and end users to define business and financial requirements.
• Coached and mentored junior developers on architecture improvements during scrum meetings.
• Develop API centric applications to extend service oriented architecture projects.

Project Manager, Customer-facing, Mobile Development, UI/UX Designer, Full Stack Developer

• Represent the technological agenda in investor meetings and business planning sessions.
• Consolidated technology platforms to reduce cost and increase supportability of a growing customer base.
• Identify new areas of digital marketing opportunities.
• Defined product roadmap and prioritized features based on ROI projections.
• Led UI/UX for User and Customer Journeys for our App and Community Dashboard.
• Received 2015 NEXTOhio Startup Award.
• Implemented microservices architecture in Drupal and LAMP technologies on AWS.
• Integrated with emerging iBeacon technology into our Mobile App. 
• Developed and deployed 5 hybrid mobile applications in Apache Cordova and ExtJS. 
• Engineered an innovative App structure that could be completely reconfigured without app updates.

Project Manager, Consultant, Customer-facing, Mobile Development, SAP Development, ETL Development, Release Manager, Full stack

• Implemented and managed company wide Atlassian jira and confluence adoption.
• Conducted technical estimations for RFP presentations.
• Maintained agile project task plans, documentation and communications for 5 major projects.
• Develop cross-platform mobile apps with Apache Cordova and ExtJS powered by SAP Microservice API.
• Acted as lead subject matter expert to enterprise customers, assisting with technical knowledge gaps.
• Developed ETL system for mortgage documents in Java Spring, C# .NET MVC 5 and MSSQL.
• Utilized creative background to collaborate with customers on UI/UX.
• Created automated testing with Selenium and TDD to ensure continuous integration efficacy.

Project Manager, Internal Customer-facing, Release Manager, Architect, Data Governance, Process Improvement

• Owned CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins.
• Facilitated the redesign and redevelopment of a RESTful medical API platform from legacy SOAP framework.
• Maintained agile project task plans, documentation and communications with internal customers.
• Developed training requirements and assists with systems training.
• Chaired data governance board as SME of technology.
• Full stack developer in C# .Net MVC 4 framework.

Team Manager, Customer-facing, Scrum Manager, Release Manager, Architect, Senior Overlay, Process Improvement, Infrastructure, ETL Development

• Directed and oversaw an offshore engineering team of 7 in South America.
• Presented technical strategies to 10 clients.
• Conducted technical estimations for RFP presentations.
• Implemented 4 of 5  technical strategies for client projects.
• Engineered MVP prototypes in Laravel’s Lumen framework.

Team Manager, Customer-facing, Scrum Manager, Release Manager, Architect, Senior Overlay, Process Improvement, Infrastructure, ETL Development

• Implemented 2 of 5 technical strategies for client projects.
• Developed critical relationships with vendors.
• Solved critical integration issues with customer ERP systems.
• Full stack developer in AWS, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technologies with focus on Magento EE

Database Administrator, Image Processing, Sales Forecasting, Architect, Release Manager, Full Stack Developer

• Acting database administrator.
• Managed code releases from test environment into production with CI/CD pipeline.
• Architect and engineered modular component system and established code reuse standards.
• Partnered with business operations to build sales forecasting models.
• Full stack developer in Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technologies.

Full Stack Developer, Architect

• Architected, engineered and onboarded a jQuery based app to take an entire appraisal department paperless

Full Stack Developer

• Took a large ticket backlog to zero in the first 6 months.
• Full stack developer in Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technologies in Zend Framework.
• Created training material and led instructional training sessions for all department employees.

People Manager, Customer-facing, Architect, Hiring, Full Stack Developer

• Managed 4 client projects and 2 engineers
• Full stack developer in Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technologies.

Full Stack Developer, Architect, Security

• Built a custom CMS platform in Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP technologies.

Reignited the ACM chapter at Kent State University and took on the role of Web Master.

Instructor for First Year Colloquium course in College of Architecture and then for the College of Communication & Information.

While a member of Phi Delta Theta, I held an executive board position and managed our records/website.

While a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Kent State University, I chaired the Scholarship position on the IFC board.

I was elected VP of our dorms Student Body Government.

I helped restart the Fencing Club at Kent State University, competed and was team manager before handing it off in Spring 2009.

Apart of my interactive media studies, I held the position of editing the student gazette layout.

While in 6th grade we had the option to be a member of the Safety Patrol which helped during recess and end of day bus loading. For me it was an opportunity to not have to stand in line!