Business, Technology and Management Expert

EMail: david.allen @@ at @@ mercois.com

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With more than 18 years of professional work experience, David is an expert problem solver in the areas of business, technology, management and software development. He specializes in multiplying productivity while cutting costs, procuring exceptional talent, providing clear and powerful leadership, and pairing creative thinking with analytic solutions. He is exceptional at handling multiple projects and responsibilities, perfecting processes and procedures for optimal efficiency, and ensuring resources are producing and operating at unprecedented levels. He builds state of the art software and services through utilizing the most advanced and reliable technology and resources available. He also specializes in business plans, startups, financial projections and overall business infrastructure.

Specializations

• Project & Product Management
• Architecture and Development Planning
• Software / Technical Product Design
• Talent Acquisition & Personnel Management
• Startup Planning & Funding (including Business Plans and Financials)
• Investment Due Diligence
• Technology Integration
• Business Consulting
• Financials & Cost Analysis
• Confluence & JIRA Integration
• Best Practice Integration (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)

David has more than 15 years of technical, business, project management, architecture, enterprise and development experience with a prior focus on designing, developing, managing, and shipping a commercial massive multiplayer online (MMO) product and social network system containing some of the most advanced and complex systems on the market. His business experience includes management of funds in excess of $10,000,000, acting as Business Lead (incorporation, fundraising, executive responsibilities), Director of Technology (responsible for resource/knowledge/experience relative to technology, problem solving, architecture design, IT, programming and development), Producer (product designer, manager, milestone assignment, vision) and Lead Software Architect (leader, designer, mentor, coordinator, communicator, assignment regulator). He also has an extensive background in software architecture and development (.NET, C#) and database development (MSSQL). Additional experience includes CDN distribution, e-commerce integration, social network design & architecture, hardware infrastructure architecture and virtualization. I have a history of procuring quality talent and establishing unprecedented company process and productivity with a focus on virtual environments, collaborative work systems, task tracking and asset control. Experience also includes hiring and managing of remote and off-shore teams.