Michael Larter

Experience

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  AMS Services

  Jan 1984 - Jan 2002

  Managed the direction of the company’s diverse set of applications by working with Customer Service, Sales, and Customer Focus Groups. Assembled and led development teams in implementing the product strategies and sales/marketing approaches.* Designed and developed application frameworks based on customer focus-group input, reusing legacy data stores and algorithms thus reducing the cost of implementation by $1M+. * The product was chosen to replace all legacy products in two-thirds of the Nation. The DHTML/XML/XSLT based framework was the cornerstone of the product offering, and reduced customer attrition by 50% in key markets and increased sales by more than 50%.* Designed and developed a new consumer-oriented internet-based insurance rate quote product opening up an entirely new market/product offering for the company. This generated initial sales of several million dollars, and a recurring revenue stream in excess of $1M per year. Show less Managed P&L and daily operations of the Western Region, including largest single market, CA. Managed customer support, product development/support, sales and marketing, accounting and distribution. Turned around this unprofitable region.* Increased sales 114% and decreased cancellations 50%. Designed and implemented new automated quality assurance and testing programs, dramatically raising product quality.* Reduced overall COS 25% by designing and developing an internet-based software distribution and update system. This technology was implemented in all legacy systems across the nation, significantly reducing operational costs and cost of sales. * Increased customer satisfaction using the new systems ability to update customer software in under an hour, versus the 3 days the old system took. This system was rolled out nationally over the following 18 months, saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in expenses. Show less

  • National Product Manager / Sr Developer

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  • Managing Director of Western Regional Operations

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  • Senior Developer / Development Manager

    Jan 1984 - Jan 1995
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  Michael Larter

  Sept 2002 - now

  Software Consultant

  With a focus on delivering practical pragmatic technical solutions to a wide range of business situations, I have successfully delivered software solutions, both web and client based to a growing list of clients. I prefer to remain language agnostic, instead focusing on the problem/solution. I've developed and continue to develop solutions using the latest Microsoft Technoligies using .Net and C# or VB along with solutions in PHP/MySQL. I would say that my biggest skill is the ability to think from the business perspective (as opposed to a straight technologist) and map that seemlessly back to a viable solution. If you're faced with a technical software problem, and don't feel that the estimates you've recieved thus far are reasonable, I can and will help you work through the difficult decision making process to create a balance for your growing business. Show less

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  Duck Creek Technologies

  Aug 2006 - Apr 2008

  Field Engineer / Tech Sales

  Customer implementations and integration specialist. Work directly with customers to assist in setup and implementation of their Duck Creek Technologies Platform, an enterprise-class insurance policy rating and management system. Develop customized client documentation, and training materials. Create custom products and extensions to the Platform as needed. Develop custom integration strategies and implement them per customer requirements. High use and creation of webservices, XML and XSLT for integrating with legacy and third party systems. Also, traveled abroad to the UK to assist with their new office setup, training, interviews, sales presentation, and initial customer implementation. Show less

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  OneBeacon

  Nov 2009 - Nov 2011

  Technical Lead

  Providing technical leadership, design strategy, and optimal implementation of insurance policy administration and rating systems for multiple specialty business units, based on various versions of the Duck Creek Technologies Platform. Key responsibilities include:• Serve as the internal Duck Creek expert to development teams providing design and implementation strategies.• Lead teams of offshore development staff providing daily direction, code reviews and general oversight.• Deliver project estimations and design specifications to Senior Management.• Act as primary development contact to business analysts and business managers to refine system requirements and functionality.• Design and implement business and underwriting rules within Duck Creek; Enhance Duck Creek system performance; Provide streamlined integration with downstream systems and centralized data warehouses.• Designed a methodology and wrote a white paper on how to use Duck Creek in an object-oriented fashion, resulting in more robust and maintainable policy administration systems. This paper was shared with Duck Creek senior management and is partially incorporated into an upcoming Duck Creek platform release.• Implemented a multi-threaded policy data conversion application to import 4 years of legacy policy information from 4 different data sources into a common Duck Creek implementation.• Called on by senior management to join a team of 3 technical leads asked to take over and deliver a significantly overdue and over budget specialty policy administration project originally started by an outside consulting firm. The project was fully delivered in under 6 months. Show less

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  Aspen Re

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Sr Software Engineer

  Sr Engineer responsible for the successful delivery of a multi-line Policy Administration and rating solution using the Duck Creek platform.

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  Duck Creek Technologies

  Nov 2012 - now

  Manage a team of Pre Sales Subject Matter Experts (SME's), balancing the incoming team demands with the teams overall capacity. Build teams to target specific opportunity presentation needs.Design, build and present to technology audiences, including C-Level, presentations highlighting the technical architecture of the solution, including implementation experience and strategies.Work collabratively with Sales, Marketing/Product Management, and Account Management to hone the product messaging and sales delivery methodology. Show less

  • Principal - Product Strategy

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Product Manager - Platform & Tools, Policy, Billing

    Nov 2014 - Feb 2024

  • Senior Business Architect & Technical Evangelist (Pre-Sales)

    Nov 2012 - Nov 2014