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Brian Gaudreau

Seattle, WA

About

Title: Lead - Solutions Quality

 

Profile of Brian Gaudreau

What I Can Do:

Develop and lead a high performing IT Department that supports organizational strategy and growth.  This includes managing quality and business value at all stages of the software or solution life cycle.

Which Key Competencies Do I Use:

Staff & Resource Management

Process Definition & Optimization

Solution Architecture

Vendor Management (On & Off Shore)

Risk Management

Agile & Waterfall software life cycles

Performance Optimization

Software Quality Assurance

Organizational Leadership

Change & Release Management

Fiscal Management

Metrics

What It These Be Called:

Software Quality Assurance Manager

IT Manager - Applications

Application Development Manager

Software Test Manager

Director of Development

IT Program Manager

Starting Scenarios Where I Add Value:

  • Project delivery is not matching the project cost estimate, timeline or requirements
  • The organization has developed software delivery functions but remains stuck in legacy process without scalable and efficient delivery.
  • The organization’s focus has been on new application development and a high percentage of defects are showing in Production.  Business units need to be able to trust that software is being delivered without cost overruns that affect the ability to create new functionality.

References:  You can visit my LinkedIn profile at:    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-gaudreau/0/874/b28