Eddie Caplan

Experience

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Sept 1983 - Aug 1990

  Sr. Research Programmer

  Co-Designed and implemented a programming environment for parallel-processing computers, supporting computer science researchers. Primarily C/Mach (UNIX) environments.

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  Fannie Mae

  Sept 1990 - Jun 1996

  Sr. Project Manager - Software Development

  Led 18-person group in multi-million-dollar software development projects. This was my final position, the result of two promotions.= Financial software development, primarily related to mortgage-backed REMIC derivatives= Sr. Manager in Fannie Mae’s “Object Factory”, which established the processes, UML analysis and design techniques, architecture, Objective-C libraries, and development methods for the company’s strategic initiative for corporate-wide adoption of Object-Oriented software and system development.= NeXT’s Objective C; OO data model over Sybase Relational database; UML modeling; C/C++; Unix Show less

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  Strouss & Associates

  Jul 1996 - Jun 1997

  Manager - Contract Software Developers

  Supervised the schedules, budgets, and deliverables of multiple and simultaneous software development teams (12 people total). Progress database & software development.

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  Primus Telecom (formerly Telegroup)

  Jun 1997 - Dec 2000

  Director of IT

  Led 70-person department, responsible for all Information Technology in Fairfield, IA offices. This was my final position, the result of three promotions.Oversaw and managed:= Strategic Planning, Objectives, Policies, Budgets= Software development teams using MS’ .NET framework, OO languages (Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Java), MS’ SQL Server= System and database administration teams= Vendor Bill Reconciliation team= Fraud management team

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  Star Archer

  Jan 2001 - now

  Software Developer, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

  Independent software developer of web-based and mobile apps:C#, Unity, PHP, MySQL, HTML, and JavaScript.

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  XCast Labs (formerly GlobalTouch Telecom)

  May 2006 - Sept 2011

  Sr. Software Engineer

  Development and support of Prepaid VoIP Reseller program, traffic reporting, vendor invoice reconciliation, and fraud management.Programming in PHP (w/Object-Oriented & MVC architecture), MySQL, and JavaScript/AJAX

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  Cambridge Investment Research

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2020

  Sr. Product Owner, Enterprise Technology

  Agile / Scrum Product Owner for multiple products -- dual-role business & technical.Products / Projects:= CIR2.com website (2018-2019): Redesign & Reimplementation & Outsourcing; execution oversight; contract oversight; Financial-Advisor facing; very high visibility.= Investor Center: New development & integration w/internal and multiple external vendor resources. Large robo-advice component. Individual investor-facing: very high visibility.= Retirement Center: New development & integration w/internal and multiple external resources (WMSI, CastleRock). Financial-Advisor facing; very high visibility.= CIR2.com website (2011): Redesign & Reimplementation w/internal and external resources (EpiServer, Valtech); vendor selection, contract management; Financial-Advisor facing; very high visibility.= AdView, Correspondence Review: FINRA-compliance functions; Financial-Advisor facing.= SAND: New development of staff-facing customer and account onboarding application= Several high visibility, customer-facing services from external & internal sources, crossing multiple platforms and applications, including numerous data-exchange projects via API, ETL, etc.= Manage off-shore vendor developers: contracts, planning, staffing -- Mphasis, Valtech= Agile & Tech tools: Jira, TFS, Gemini, Rally, MS-TSQL, MS-Office including PowerPoint, MS-Project, SharePoint, MS SQL Server Management Studio Show less