Brad Rasmussen

About Brad Rasmussen

I am a technology and business leader that is well versed in Agile methodologies and thinking, enjoys collaborating with customers and business partners, and builds highly effective teams of thinking, doing, decision makers.I enjoy teams that have true ownership in how they work and feel a strong sense of accountability to the finished product and how the finished product was developed, from inception to production. Working in Agile environments that value:Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a planThese are the things that form the basis of a strong and sustainable software delivery model and team, and these are the environments I enjoy building and being a part of.Specialties: Leadership, collaboration across business and technology disciplines, Agile methodologies, high quality software, web-based technologies, SAAS delivery methods, hosting and performance management, building self-solving teams that span both technology and business.

Experience

1. CIO

   Merchants Bonding Company

   Jan 2014 — Present

Education

• University of Iowa

  BS, Computer Science

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Program Management
• Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Databases
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Highly Personable
• Business Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Professional Services
• Unix
• Data Center
• Sharepoint
• Business Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Quality Assurance
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• IT Management
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Agile Project Management
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• IT Strategy
• Saas
• Vendor Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Agile Methodologies
• Consulting
• Leadership
• Business Intelligence
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Web Technologies