Skills/CV

Marc Zev

LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/marc-zev-805233

SUMMARY

Experienced Software Development & System Engineering Manager and Certified Scrum Master with extensive experience in multi-domain problem solving. A trained engineering analyst; comfortable with all aspects of a project’s life cycle. An effective communicator, written & verbal, able to bridge the gap between stakeholders and technologists. Adept at writing proposals, developing and meeting budgets & deadlines, and generating final reports. A productive technology leader and mentor that achieves necessary goals.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project management (budgets and planning), Technical management (software design, architecture and programming leadership), Business management (hiring/firing, business development, client maintenance), Scrum Master Certified (SMC, SFC)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Expert: PHP 7.2, JSON

Advanced: Laravel 5, MS Access, MS Office, MySQL, OOP, Scrum

Intermediate: BitBucket, C++, Git, HTML, Java, Oracle, Salesforce, SQL Server

Beginner: C, CSS, Jira, Yii

EXPERIENCE

Director of Software Development 3/2018 – 1/2020

Offer To Close - Tarzana, CA

• Responsible for all aspects of the design and development of the company’s flagship product, Offer To Close, a tool for real estate professionals to better manage the heavy workload of document management.

• Perform data modeling, architecture of the system infrastructure

• Develop back-end technologies; including database access, business logic, creating RESTful API, security and consuming 3rd party APIs.

• Managed multiple concurrent off-shore developers, and in-house full-stack developer, to ensure that the code base was created keeping to DRY programming paradigm.

Development tool set: OO PHP 7.2, Laravel framework 5.8, MySQL, Git, Jira, BitBucket, Click Up

Lead Back-end Architect/Developer 8/2017 – 11/2017

The Argon Group - Beverly Hills, CA

• Designed new data models and API for TokenHub, a platform for facilitation of crypto currency ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) and Block-Chain transactions.

• Jumped-in to repair broken functionality and develop new functionality on existing code base that was developed by multiple off-shore, contract development teams. The system was live and unstable when I arrived and I worked to stabilize it.

• Interacted with multiple off-shore teams to guide backend development.

Development tool set: OO PHP 7.1, Yii framework, Postgres, Git, Jira, GitLab, Agile, Slack

Senior Developer, Contract 1/2017 – 4/2017

The Meet Group - San Francisco, CA

• Developed optimized PHP code as a member of the Platform team.

• Redesigned and re-implemented the image upload system, including building classes and a new data model, to avoid storing duplicate copies of identical images. It is estimated that 30-40% of the system’s 46-billion images were duplicates.

• Developed a roll-out plan to ensure that zero images were lost during the transition from the old system to the new.

Development tool set: OO PHP 7.1, Oracle, Git, Agile, Jira, BitBucket, PHPUnit

Data Analyst, Contract 1/2016 - 12/2016

JMZ Consulting - Chatsworth, CA

• Performed analysis on demographic data to help evaluate the likely success of a run for local political office.

• Created reporting platform for analysis and review of data using OO PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Apache & Linux.

Senior Developer, Contract 3/2015 - 10/2015

VS Media - Westlake Village, CA

• Provided back-end support, enhanced and developed billing algorithms.

• Supported and maintained tools for various on-line payment and billing services

Development tool set: PHP, MySQL, 3rd party APIs and RESTful webservices, Apache & Linux.

Senior Applications Developer 2/2014 - 3/2015

Intercon Security - Pasadena, CA

• Architected and developed a company-wide tool, in PHP & SQL Server, that provides internal tools to report on various processes involved with payroll, contracts, HR and operations for the company's 25,000+ security guards that are deployed around the world.

• Created a dashboard tool that increased staff productivity up to 20%, including a tool that produces its report in less than ten minutes (a report that had been taking several days to produce using Excel.)

Development tool set: OO PHP, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, CSS

Senior Developer, Contract 6/2013 - 2/2014

Nuvo TV - Glendale, CA

• Quickly learned their custom developed CMS (Content Management System).

• Developed tools to stream-line several daily functions.

• Spearheaded the project to change the site’s video CDN to thePlatform and designed a PHP library to better use thePlatform’s [RESTful] APIs and webservices.

Development tool set: OO PHP, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JSON, CSS

Technical Analyst 12/2011 - 6/2013

The Tseng College, California State University, Northridge

• Built tools to automate many of the Tseng College staff work functions. Increasing productivity.

• Completely re-imagined, re-architected, re-designed and re-implemented Tseng College’s online admission application. The new system incorporated a custom-built CMS system and satisfied FERPA requirements.

Development tool set: PHP, MySQL, Salesforce, XML, HTML, CSS, Apache & Linux

President/Owner 8/2005 - 12/2012

Pensive Products - Chatsworth, CA

• Invented Math Flaps (U.S. Patent #7,354,272), the first manipulative designed to teach division.

• Responsible for all aspects of the design, manufacture, marketing and sales for Math Flaps.

• Performed all negotiations in the sale of the product line to The Wright Group / McGraw-Hill.

• Developed company and product websites with shopping cart capabilities

Development tool set: PHP, MySQL, XML, HTML, CSS, Apache & Linux

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Civil Engineering - University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor of Science in Engineering - California State University, Northridge

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

The following is an overview of my management experience. The positions are listed in the order I feel best represents my experience and strengths.

Offer To Close: Director of Software Development

• Perform data modeling, design system architecture and system infrastructure.

• Manage both on-site and off-shore developers. Assign project tasks, perform code reviews, mentor and guide developers.

ISX Corporation: Business Area Technical Manager

• As Business Area Technical Manager, I managed a team of three in-house software developers and architects creating “bleeding-edge” technologies under DARPA and other military contracts.

• Performed duties as primary technical contact of four concurrent subcontractors, culminating in the successful demonstration of our technology and follow-on contracts.

• Responsible for hiring and firing decisions, maintaining budgets, writing all contract reports, including budget reports, status reports and final reports.

• Maintained relationships with stakeholders and traveled to support communication efforts with existing and potential customers.

JMZ Consulting: Owner

• Primary focus on creating better, more effective business systems, through the use of digital technology.

• Worked with stakeholders and customers to define the organization’s needs and implemented the solutions necessary.

• Managed the multiple concurrent customers and delivered work on schedule and on budget.

• Solely responsible for earning new clients and maintained existing relationships.

• Projects have included Created the Performed analysis on demographic data to help evaluate the likely success of a run for local political office.

Pensive Products: Owner

• Invented Math Flaps (U.S. Patent #7,354,272), the first manipulative designed to teach division.

• Managed several sub-contractors to achieve the desired design, manufacture, marketing and sales for Math Flaps.

• Performed all negotiations in the sale of the product line to The Wright Group / McGraw-Hill.

• Developed company and product websites with shopping cart capabilities

Foundation for Innovative Learning: President/CEO

• Responsible for all aspects of management for the non-profit Foundation for Innovative Learning. The Foundation was dedicated to developing programs to make children better problem solvers.

• Developed and presented two different problem-solving curricula to elementary school students.

• Managed relationships with many large and small donors, and the organization board of directors. Negotiated a deal directly with the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District where LAUSD would provide over $1,000,000 and in-kind services to build a Challenger Learning Center. HomeStore: Software Engineering Manager

• As a Software Engineering Manager, I managed a team of six in-house developers developing a new product, an eCommerce site.

• Maintained relationships with various in-house departments, including, Production, Marketing, Merchandiser, as well as an outside widget developer.

• Participated in hiring and firing decisions.