Samuel Ervin

About Samuel Ervin

With a strong foundation in communication, organizational leadership, and requirements analysis, my experience spans diverse roles across software engineering, project management, and sales engineering. Currently, as a Sales Engineer at NCR Voyix, I contribute to delivering valuable technological solutions aligned with client needs. My professional journey includes managing globally distributed teams, overseeing critical retail and software development projects, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. I am committed to leveraging my skills in driving impactful solutions, supporting team development, and fostering innovation in technology-driven environments.

Experience

1. Senior Sales Engineer

   NCR Voyix

   Jun 2025 — Present · US

   Solution Design: Collaborated with customers to gather requirements and design scalable software solutions leveraging NCR VOYIX hardware and software for global self checkout POS deployments.• Software Development: Developed and enhanced Edge system code to support new features and hardware integrations; contributed to the WSL initiative enabling retailers to migrate to Linux based self checkout platforms.• Technical Leadership: Led a team of developers in designing, testing, and delivering custom solutions built on NCR VOYIX technologies for large scale self checkout programs.• Project Management: Oversaw a major retailer project focused on developing customized software solutions for NCR VOYIX products.• Prototyping: Created software prototypes on NCR VOYIX Edge Cloud using multiple programming languages to demonstrate capabilities and features to customers.• DevOps: Integrated DevOps practices into prototype development and provided reusable examples to the North American Sales Engineering team for establishing DevOps workflows in their own prototype efforts.• Software Testing: Built Python-based tools to capture targeted Linux system data and perform analysis to support load testing of NCR VOYIX software delivered to customers.• Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Designed, built, and administered two Linux/Kubernetes lab environments to support Edge system development and testing.• Customer Engagement: Maintained strong relationships with senior stakeholders at major retailers, offering technical guidance and supporting software design for strategic initiatives.• Innovation & Integration: Collaborated with clients and internal teams to enhance NCR VOYIX software and hardware capabilities, ensuring seamless integration and long term scalability.

Education

• Capella University

  Master of Science - MS, Project Management and Leadership

• University of Memphis

  BPS, Information Technology

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Management
• Vb.net
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Business Process Improvement
• Java
• Html
• Inventory Management
• Javascript
• Visual Basic
• Db2
• Eclipse
• Retail
• Databases
• Web Applications
• Unix
• Cobol
• Leadership
• Websphere
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Visual Studio
• Mysql
• Perl
• Soa
• Team Leadership
• Programming
• Web Services
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Microsoft Sql Server
• C#
• .net
• Sql
• Visio
• Asp.net