Ty Rollin

213 DeSimone Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752
508-251-2201 •• ty.rollin@reactsoftwareinc.com

Qualifications for Executive Management / Consulting

SUMMARY

Offer 10 years of hands-on experience and success in leading people, programs, and teams; orchestrating complex development projects; and overseeing technology programs. Proven ability in turning around existing IT departments to cut costs, and drive continued growth and results. Maintain a track record in being a successful lead in 50 of more than 60 projects displaying exceptional communication skills with C-level executives, sales/marketing, and technology departments. Proven ability to start up new development teams to deliver project milestones on time within budget, and exceed client’s expectations. Demonstrate abilities in designing, developing, planning, and directing software development initiatives and hardware installations to provide innovating information technology solutions. Proficient in building and managing vendor relationships for services and products, including negotiating and administrating contracts, deliverables, work statements, and other agreements.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Project Planning & Management • Program Management • Strategic Planning
Systems Architecture/Engineering/Testing • Systems/Software/Hardware Development
Wireless, Internet & Mobile Technology • Business Process Analysis • Database Engineering

SELECTED PROJECTS

·Developed wireless Media System with players on BREW, Windows Mobile, Symbian, J2ME, and WAP and a custom content delivery system to work across all U.S. Cellular Carriers.

·Migrated a Legacy System to Windows SQL Server and ASP.net.

·Directed the execution of company’s first commercial product line, from conception to the release to end users. Product Line development spanned 2.5 years, evolved 4 times and contained 5 separate products.

·Led the strategic maintenance of multiple custom legacy applications in order to reduce existing defects and increase functionality at both the central office and multiple remote sites. The project required customized solutions for numerous remote sites and a management procedure to maintain customer satisfaction quality.

·Managed Phases I & II of a SBIR contract with Naval Research Labs for developing an advanced tracking system.

·Constructed an update for a complex Financial System to meet SEC regulations for Brokers.

·Constructed and Managed five Alternative Motor Vehicles: one Solar, one Propane-Electric, and three Electric.

·Built a Battery Monitoring system for Electric Vehicles and presented at EVT 95 in Paris France.

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS

·Produced and delivered company’s first software product line cost totaling $500K, enabling the company to expand market share.

·Restructured and formalized department processes, procedures, and personnel, which resulted in department costs savings of 80% and an overall company cost savings of 25%.

·Identified and eliminated redundant IT work, which resulted in a 75% reduction of maintenance activities, and resulted in reallocating personnel time to development activities.

·Improved billing process through automation and management to reduce costs and increase throughput capabilities of company during peak services periods.

·Improved customer support and satisfaction by decreasing technical issues by 95% on company’s primary system, approaching a zero administration state.


PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

XCELLASAVE, INC (interactive mobile marketing) – early stage startup 2005 - Present

Chief Technical Officer
Responsible for product and technical business development. Decision maker for everything related to Technology. Transformed flagship product into a viable product that allows for multiple sales channels. Created and managed the roadmap for future product offerings. Continually review competition for impact and partners for credibility. Spokesperson to communicate technology offering to investors and clients.

·Manage, coordinate, and facilitate development of flagship product.

·Provide strategic, expert advice and consultation on the design and implementation of effective software systems.

·Participates in the establishment, organization, and implementation of short- and long-range goals, objectives, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates program effectiveness and effects changes required for improvement.

·Develops integrated project plans, implementation schedules, and cost estimates for major, long-term projects; prepares and manages budgets and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.

REACT SOFTWARE INC (custom software product development company)2003 – Present

President/Founder
Organized and developed service and product segments of company. Create strategies for building intellectual property to increase company’s service offerings. Perform ongoing research for potential product markets, constantly looking for niche market areas to exploit.

·Manage client relationships and contracts.

·Help clients conceptualize product ideas and develop a strategic plan to implement client product and championed long- term vision for client product line.

·Led client development, mentored team members, and infused Best Practices into the software process used when possible.

·Architected client solutions and managed the stewardship of those products to completion.

·Within the past two years, I have developed two mission critical Product Lines. The first involved a mobile device front-end, multiple PC applications, comprehensive server software, and several web applications. The second was a consumer wireless application for cell phones that delivered content to all handset technologies; this included a client media player and content delivery system.

MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC., INC. (tax services company to municipalities) 2000 – 2003

Director of IT – 2000 - 2003
Consultant – 1999 - 2000
Managed IT department ensuring technical focus and services supported the goals and efforts of the business. Developed systems and services to anticipate technology advances and evolving business needs. I coordinated the efforts of developers, vendors, and maintenance staff on IT projects with budgets up to $2.5 million. I managed the activities of the application development group, collaborating with other IT and corporate executives regarding new product development and implementing actions to ensure systems were cohesive and leveraged across infrastructure of the company. Directed a team in the planning, development, and implementation of business and operation processes and software tools to enable company to offer more services to current client base and expand market share.

·Managed and audited the product development from a sub-contractor prior to spearheading the in-house development of company’s successful product line.

·Streamlined and automated the business process for existing dunning service offered with a reduction staff by 75%, and decreased turnaround time by 66% and increased quality of service.

INTERSENSE INC. (motion tracking start-up company)1998 – 2000

Principal Hardware Engineer
Responsible for all hardware development that spans from the initial design phase up to the project has been transferred to manufacturing. These tasks include schematic capture, board layout, communication with the board vendor and board assembly house, prototype testing, first manufacturing build, test procedures, system documentation, ECOs, BOMs, certification testing for UL, FCC, and CE marks, firmware development, and mechanical design.

·Within three months produced a manufactuable product for high-end customers starting from an existing engineering prototype. Aesthetics, user interfaces, manuals, marketing specifications, and manufacturing documentation were delivered.

·Expanded system functionality 10 times by identifying points for system segmentation and integration. A major component was a standard for all sensors where they shared the same signaling and system communication.

·Functioned as the hardware gateway for all new designs. Reviewed and approved work from schematic entry thru firmware code.

EDUCATION

WPI, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

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