Ross Hoyer

About Ross Hoyer

My software engineering career aligns perfectly with my lifelong interest in technology and how things work. I love the challenge of tackling a complicated problem and collaborating across functions to produce an elegant solution that delights end users. As a software engineering manager, I leverage my knowledge of software development processes, architectures, and best practices to provide a clear vision and direction and inspire engineers to do their best work. WHAT DRIVES MEI thrive in a data-driven environment. At automotiveMastermind, my team and I focus on the millions of data points that drive the company’s customer-facing solutions. I constantly seek out opportunities to use new data sources or improve predictive modeling to drive efficiency. When we undertook a critical product redesign, I trained my team to perform quality assurance on the ENTIRE data flow—not just our assigned piece—leading knowledge sharing sessions to communicate expected data outputs across the board. My teams verify data at all process stages to ensure its integrity.REPRESENTATIVE SUCCESSES Collaborated across geographies and functions to launch a new product line that delivers top performance for customers and differentiates automotiveMastermind from its competition. Combined two teams into one, transforming C# developers into efficient, high-performing Python developers. Led my teams to earn multiple companywide awards for product redevelopment and release. Transitioned between technologies to save significant time and effort in completing once-daily tasks. Earned a patent for developing an Android app as the only programmer for a unique startup.MY LEADERSHIP STYLEAs a people manager, I encourage my team members to progress in building their skill sets and growing their careers. I love coaching individuals to discern their career goals and laying out the development plans to help them achieve those goals. This is probably my favorite part of leadership. Moreover, I leverage my emotional intelligence and empathy to consider others’ points of view, and I listen actively to differing perspectives. Having spent some of my formative years overseas, and collaborated closely with teams in Poland and India, I bring global experience and cultural awareness to the table.ABOUT MEI enjoy video games, exploring new technologies, and skiing. I would be thrilled to contribute my software development and leadership skills to video game development.

Experience

1. Associate Director, Software Engineering

   Automotivemastermind Inc

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Manage a technical team focused on the data that populate customer-facing solutions, which use algorithms to inform auto dealers’ marketing campaigns. Supervise four direct reports and manage workflow for two indirect reports. Collaborate with the product team to develop vision and roadmap. Assist engineers with designing solutions. Review code quality and build unit tests. Offer data-based recommendations regarding long-term planning and emerging technologies. Hire, train, mentor, review performance, and manage career development.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Pivoted team focus from data ingestion to data-centric development. Combined two teams; transitioned teams and product from a.NET microservice tech stack to a data-centric Python stack to handle millions of data points. Trained C# engineers in Python. Collaborated with global teams to redesign the front end and user interface for a customer-facing product. Incorporated AI/ML to enhance behavior prediction scores, the cornerstone of company products. Managed cross-team collaborations and reviewed work from Poland and India teams. Led the team to take on quality assurance for the entire development flow. Released rebuilt product lines; earned positive customer feedback. Converted from a microservice to Airflow DAG for once-daily operations. Reduced time required for data compilation and writing into internal systems from days to hours or minutes. Eliminated manual steps, saved costs, and enhanced accuracy and reportability. Partnered with quality to develop test cases that represented numerous data presentation methods and with product to ensure the team tested all product iterations. Mentored and coached multiple team members to earn promotions. Adopted an actionable, trackable, and quantifiable process to guide team members through their career progression. Nominated for companywide “Badge of Honor” and earned a Technology Excellence award.

Education

• South Dakota Mines

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

• South Dakota Mines

  Master of Science (MS), Computational Sciences & Robotics

Skills

• Software Development
• Visual Studio
• Software Engineering
• Xml
• Web Applications
• C++
• C
• Programming
• Microsoft Office
• Java
• Linux
• Mobile Applications
• C#
• Oop
• Objective-C
• Javascript