Tim McCormick
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Head of Engineering: Retail Group
Indiana, United States
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Head of Engineering: Retail GroupFullsteamJan 2025 - Current (1 year 10 months)Fostered communication and collaboration across the retail group, breaking down silos and promoting synergy among teams to drive collective growth.
Developed a comprehensive long-term strategy for the retail group, spanning multiple Business Units, to increase efficiency and minimize redundant efforts.- VP of Engineering and TechnologyRICS SoftwareJan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year 1 month)Managed and integrated three additional product teams within Fullsteam, implementing modern Scrum processes to enhance efficiency and collaboration.
Introduced modern DevOps practices, including automated build and release pipelines, across all teams, streamlining development workflows and reducing errors.
Mentored a member of the RICS Product Team to transition into a leadership role, ensuring continuity and growth within the team.
Spearheaded a corporate-wide security initiative across four teams, meeting organizational goals and strict timelines through effective coordination and execution. - Director of Software DevelopmentRICS SoftwareJul 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 7 months)Created and implemented career paths for Product Team roles, mentoring team members to foster professional growth and career advancement.
Collaborated with the RICS Management Team to define the company’s yearly strategy and guide the development of a comprehensive Product Roadmap.
Advanced the organization's adoption of Agile methodologies by introducing formal Scrum processes, improving team collaboration and project delivery. - Senior Software ArchitectRICS SoftwareNov 2021 - Jun 2022 (8 months)Transitioned into a management role, overseeing daily operations of the development team and expanding its capacity through strategic new hires.
Assumed responsibility for RICS's infrastructure, streamlining device acquisition and distribution processes, and implementing device management solutions via Intune and Autopilot.
Guided the Product Team in adopting Agile practices, improving project delivery efficiency and collaboration. - Senior DeveloperRICS SoftwareJun 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 5 months)Migrated a custom JavaScript application to a modern React framework, enhancing performance and maintainability.
Established automated build and release pipelines for all applications, replacing error-prone manual processes and improving deployment efficiency.
Played a key role in launching the company’s first mobile application, developed using Xamarin, expanding the product's reach and accessibility. - Senior Software Engineer and DevOps LeadMapLargeMay 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 2 months)Configure build pipelines and testing schedules in TeamCity to ensure a high level of quality for our software.
Manage release pipelines in Octopus Deploy to ensure developers have a production like environment to test changes.
Develop new testing harnesses to measure performance and protect against regression, ensure compliance with public standards, and ensure installation and upgrade process of software is error free.
Develop process using TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, and AWS to create configurable ad hoc testing environments to ensure the tests run against as many production like environments as possible. - Senior .Net DeveloperUniFirst CorporationJan 2016 - May 2019 (3 years 5 months)Company traditionally hired external companies for their software needs. Due to a change in leadership, UniFirst decided to create an internal software development center in Indianapolis.
Stood up and maintained automated build and release pipelines for .NET Web based applications, desktop applications, and mobile applications using Azure DevOps
Helped define standards and processes to be used by all future UniFirst development efforts, including
-Branching and source control practices
-Coding and testing standards
-Design of environments and release workflow
Worked on projects across a variety of technologies
-Built an MVC and Angular 1 front end with a Web API and SQL Server backend web - Manager of Enterprise IntegrationDefendersAug 2015 - Jan 2016 (6 months)Company changed philosophy on software development and transitioned to a platform based approach using Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Led a team of 3 to learn and build Defender’s first Biztalk integration solution between custom C# applications and CRM Online.
Developed automated build and deployment process for Biztalk applications using TFS Build, Octopus Deploy, and the Biztalk Deployment Framework. - ArchitectDefendersApr 2015 - Aug 2015 (5 months)Continued with developer and Build/Release manager roles, but also developed into an SME for Defender's entire platform.
Helped design solutions with development teams, including projects such as:
-Interfacing with external vendors and defining APIs for 3rd parties to use
-Spearheading development efforts to ensure our software meets various compliance standards, such as PCI.
-Modifying almost every Defenders tier 1 application to allow installs the same day a sale occurs.
Also continued to help IT department adopt more modern practices:
-Defined and implemented department wide branching strategy and code review process.
-Instituted a bi-weekly release cadence with an accompanying release revie - Software DeveloperDefendersJul 2011 - Mar 2015 (3 years 9 months)Started primarily as a C# ASP.NET and SQL Server developer. Over time, I became our Release Manager/Build Master and TFS Administrator. I wrote custom plugins and extension to the TFS build process in order to allow the system to interface with our F5 load balancer. Doing so, we could automate rolling out code to all servers behind our load balancer, disabling and enabling nodes as it went so that our users wouldn't know any difference.
I also worked on applications covering all aspects of the business: Sales, Field Services, Commissions, etc. I worked with many technologies, including WCF services, Windows services, - Associate DeveloperITT Educational Services IncOct 2009 - Jul 2011 (1 year 10 months)C# ASP.NET and SQL Server developer, with experience in SSIS. I work for the financial aid team and maintain and update the online application used by both faculty and students at ITT Tech schools to maintain student information and calculate possible financial aid. I also deal with an application that interfaces with the financial aid app used to electronically sign documents.
- Student Web Application DeveloperPurdue UniversityMay 2008 - Jun 2009 (1 year 2 months)Worked with professors to develop applications to be used in the classroom to enhance learning. Worked primarily in ASP.NET, C#, and SQL Server.
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- BS, Computer and Information TechnologyPurdue UniversityJan 2005 - Jan 2009 (4 years 1 month)