Elizabeth Spolyar

Experience

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  Control Data Systems

  Jun 1980 - Feb 1995

  Mechanical Design Engineer/ Manager

  Progressed through Engineering and Management roles with focus on hardware and software new product development. Experience includes: Mainframe computer hardware, Quality Improvement and Customer Satisfaction, Operational Effectiveness, ISO 900, Real Time Operating Systems, and Marketing Communications.

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  Datacard

  Feb 1995 - Sept 1999

  Manager, Strategic Planning/ Director, Software Development

  Led software engineering department responsible for Photo ID solutions and desktop color printer drivers including new product development, test, build and maintenance. Drove multiple process and resource management improvements, resulting in predictable, on-time releases with measurably improved quality.Selected to lead the team development of Datacard’s strategic architecture and accompanying new venture plans. • Delivered a 15-year strategic vision and six plans for new businesses in emerging markets. • Began a cultural transformation process to create an adaptive, learning, and outwardly curious company. • Planned and executed a communications strategy to mobilize the 2,000-person company around this new direction. Show less

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  Parametric Technology Corporation

  Jan 1999 - Mar 2011

  Vice President, Software Development

  Led department of up to 120 Software Engineers and Project Managers during a time of significant organizational growth for the Windchill Product Data Management Suite. Managed geographically distributed teams within North America, Europe, and India. Collaborated with and managed development work by both on-shore and off-shore consultants.• Delivered 10 major software releases along with quarterly maintenance releases. Led cross-functional teams through all phases of the product lifecyle: requirements development, product definition, development, test, documentation, localization and technical support. • Directly managed large-scale software development projects during critical transition periods involving project planning, monitoring and control, to on-time delivery.• Aligned staff to changing business priorities by regular communication of release tasks and priorities via meetings, newsletter, blog postings and anonymous feedback portal. First Executive to use an internal blog which attracted more than 300 subscribers.• Drove key customer recovery plans resulting in a successful go-live experience and customer retention. Provided project leadership across continents, and met directly with escalated customers.• Established a new outsourcing partnership in India to successfully productize and introduce a field-developed module resulting in new customer revenue.• Led Software Engineering Process Team during the transition to the Agile/Scrum Methodology. Created an on-line, wiki-based corporate process-documentation repository. • Developed an on-line dashboard to monitor defects, including an out-of-plan indicator. Established thresholds to continuously reduce defects and release-stabilization schedule. Show less

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  Spolyar Consulting LLC

  Jan 2011 - now

  Principal
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  MentorMate

  Apr 2012 - now

  MentorMate is a full scale custom, web and mobile software design, development, management & consulting services firm. We've developed mobile software since 2001 with both local and off-shore (Bulgaria) teams. MentorMate provides systems design, architecture, infrastructure, UX. development, quality assurance, and product continuation services to our clients.

  • Global Director of Continuation Engineering

    Jul 2018 - now

  • Director of Project Management

    Apr 2012 - Jun 2018