Hanson Hodges

About Hanson Hodges

As an experienced Product and Operations leader with extensive knowledge in Product development and Engineering, I have led many new products to the market while improving the delivery and market position of existing products. Regardless of the situation, I excel at maximizing the value of the product portfolio while ensuring a scalable technology solution built using methods and practices that will lengthen the product life cycle then adjusting the operation to fit the delivery scenario. While I have expertise in Product, Technology and Operations which is used to deliver new/existing products to customers, my primary passion is leadership. I am excited at any chance to build individuals and teams using a Servant Leadership approach. I strive to challenge everyone around me to become great leaders and mentor people at my company and outside my company whether they report to me or not. I am known by anyone I come in contact with as a continual learner that will energize those around me to learn and grow.I am always learning something new while keeping past skills sharp. I have expertise and experience as an Engineering Leader, Product Leader, and Delivery Leader with respect to- New product development and go to market strategies- Product Management and Product Ownership- Banking, Fintech, Payments, Merchant Services, Financial Services- Building Product Visions and Strategies- Creating Product Led organizations- Mobile application development- Modern development practices (API first, TFD, Code Management, CI/CD, DevOps, Microservices, Cloud (Azure, AWS), Widgetization, etc.)- Agile, Lean, Waterfall, and other delivery methods. Designing custom delivery methods based on business, market, customer and technology environment- Continuous Improvement- Team Building and Development- Enterprise Reporting and Metrics- Coaching (Enterprise and Team Level)- Organizational Transformations- Technology funding, accounting and financial models- Product and technology operational approaches- Leadership (but always learning and growing)

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   Hive Financial Systems

   Jan 2025 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

Education

• The University of Georgia

  MBA

• The University of Alabama

  BS, Management

Skills

• Program Management
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Windows
• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Rally
• Access
• Agile Methodologies
• Toad
• Management
• Business Process
• Strategy Building
• Data Warehousing
• Databases
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Scrum
• Rup
• Project Management
• IT Strategy
• Data Analysis
• Database Design
• Analysis
• Business Objects
• Sdlc
• Office 2010
• Cognos
• Sql
• Visio
• Linux
• Quality Center
• Integration
• Consulting
• Pmp
• Informatica
• Analytics
• Unix
• Business Intelligence