Leslie Brody

About Leslie Brody

25+ years delivering high performance, scalable multi-threaded task-based distributed architectures that meet business’ strategic and tactical goals using Agile methodologies with Microsoft tools and technologies • Hands-on software architect / team mentor with broad experience in the enterprise and retail markets• Designed, guided the development and coded N-tier, client-server and standalone application suites• 20+ years implementing/streamlining processes to improve efficiency and consistency of results• Scrum coach and mentor, strong communication skills, highly motivated, able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and organize shifting prioritiesSpecialties: Software Architecture. Development Team Lead. Strong Design and Development Skills, Full life-cycle software engineering process experience. Professional Scrum Developer.

Experience

1. Senior Software Architect

   IMO Health

   Oct 2013 — Present · Rosemont, IL, US

   Responsible for the overall architecture and design strategy of multiple web based application suites and processes dealing with medical informatics using C++, C#.Net, WebAPI, OWIN, and Angular- Designed and authored multiple low level components for the OWIN pipeline delivered a NuGet packages- Established an automated CI\\CD pipeline for reliable and repeatable deployment of web based software using Octopus Deploy as well as automating the management of the deployment system- Provided application monitoring and alerting using Application Insights to improve proactive responsiveness- Designed and developed multiple OLTP databases and the system for their automated deployments via Octopus Deploy alongside the application code- Introduced Scrum practices to the company focusing on software engineering and prioritization to provide maximal ROI on development costs. Scrum coach and mentor to the Scrum Masters and development teams- Developed multiple curricula to teach employees about Scrum and Team Formation- Introduced unit-test, TDD, and peer code review processes to the development teams- Implemented ALM tooling, processes, standards and quality gates, including automated compilation, testing and deployment as part of a continuous integration initiative, which increased over quality and reduced bug counts- Improved adherence to software engineering architecture and development best practices by teaching classes as well as team-based and one-on-one mentoring- Re-architected and automated the system for data release preparation and delivery to maximize consistency, repeatability and improve quality. Time savings 2 weeks per release- Lead the design and implementation of a cross platform SDK in C++/ ObjectiveC / Java on Windows, iPhone and iPad used for retrieving medical informatics data.

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering

  1986 — 1990

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Visual Studio
• Sql
• Database Design
• Design Patterns
• Architecture
• Visual C++
• Windows
• Win32
• Com
• C++
• Mfc
• System Architecture
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Tfs
• C++/Cli
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Databases
• Stl
• Template
• Sql Server
• Full Sdlc
• Programming
• Win32 Api
• Distributed Systems
• C#
• .net
• Oop
• Multithreading
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Design
• Wcf
• Enterprise Software
• Sdlc
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Object Oriented Design
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Scalability
• Software Engineering