Brian Jones
Senior Director, IT @Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director, IT @Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)
Leading the Software Engineering IT organization at Motorola supporting users globally. Responsible for defining and maintaining all engineering applications and releasing innovative enhancements and improving system performance. Focus on cost transformation initiatives, key talent acquisition, mentoring and retention. Global representation of Software, Hardware and Test Engineering teams at Corporate level town-halls and workshops. Support for launch of Motorola products, Moto Z, Moto X, Moto RAZR franchises through ownership of the engineering & IT landscape.Support 99% system up-time for deployments, upgrades and enhancements to software development tool-chain including Atlassian tools JIRA, Bitbucket & Confluence, as well as Gerrit/git & GAE based reporting/metrics via Big DataIdentified, architected and deployed engineering and IT solutions which obtained an average of $3-5M Y/Y cost savings through tools consolidation and enhancementsProvided support and automated device based test solutions for Motorola’s E-Commerce platform, Motomaker, improving test efficiency by 85% Leading migration to Google Cloud Engine for running of software builds. Initial operations improvement estimated at $2MSeveral patent submissions on IOT, Embedded Devices, Android Applications, System Development, Machine Learning, Automation Testing resulting in proprietary trade secret status for Motorola and GoogleProposed and designed framework of automation system for remote controlling Android/iOS devices utilizing python, Android, GWT, JavaDesigned, drove development and launched secure, non-VPN access solution of proprietary Android JIRA Mobile application for remote access to our internal tracking systemProposed and drove implementation of Google Search Appliance crawling dozens of internal engineering and IT systems
EDUCATION
Marquette University
BS, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT BRIAN JONES
I am experienced, proven & driven problem solver who enjoys taking on new challenges and helping others to improve their work efficiency. I strive to be interactive, reactive and creative in my work approach. I\'ve successfully managed a global fluid organization for over 25 years which supports thousands of global individuals on a daily basis has been an amazing and rewarding challenge.A tech junkie at heart I soak up all I can get when it comes to cutting edge life-improving gadgets and software. I am constantly looking to further enhance my professional and personal experiences by working on new technology with intelligent individuals.I\'m increasingly excited about the AI revolution, driving the adoption and capability across our product development and analysis of engineering support systems.
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