Ben Hale

Experience

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  Thomson Reuters

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  System Engineer

  Web Application Tech Lead advancing to Technical Project MangerWorked on projects with the Federal Judicial Center creating custom Java applications.Developed online products and functionality for the Carswell Company (legal content provider), creating their first capabilities to sell digital content on a pay as you go model.

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  SapientRazorfish

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  Director of Engineering

  Led cross functional teams of engineers and digital experts to develop custom applications for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Re-architected www.concierge.com at Condé Nast, destination site for Condé Nast Travel Magazine.Implemented a new content management system at Chrysler in order to relaunch some of their flagship digital products such as www.Jeep.com and www.Dodge.com.Led the effort to design and develop www.gecareers.com, GE's corporate recruiting site.Architected and implemented one of the first full ecommerce web applications for the Danaher Corporation with www.matcotools.comDefined the business case and led full development of www.wholehealthmd.com as a new start-up and content/ecommerce destination for healthcare practitioners, health-tech. Show less

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  Marriott International

  Feb 2005 - Aug 2017

  Senior Director of Mobile & Web

  As Sr. Director of Mobile & Web, led a team of Directors, Scrum Masters, Developers, Architects, and Quality Control experts supporting a diverse set of business partners in order to define, design, and develop applications and enhancements for Marriott.com with a high degree of engagement.Led a transformation effort of cross functional teams throughout Digital in order to adopt a full Product Model methodology within our Web & Mobile area based on Agile, Scrum, and Lean. Identified process adoption, organizational changes, and tools to drive positive change through the organization resulting in higher levels of productivity, speed to market and enhanced value to our customers.Championed an overhaul of DevOps practices and adoption of tools such as GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube and migration to the Cloud as we transformed our web architecture framework to Play, Node.js, Couchbase, NGINX, and micro-services.Led the first Marriott/Starwood acquisition project to consolidate our online capability and presence. Show less

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  ATPCO

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  Director of Solution Delivery

  Led a team of 85+ engineers and managers at ATPCO providing ever improving means to collect and distribute Airline fare related information in the most advanced ways to the market place. Led the transformation from waterfall to a full Agile Product focused methodology.

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  ViaPath Technologies

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2022

  SVP of Engineering

  Head of all software development and product engineering, delivering best in class SaaS solutions for communications, monitoring, and financial services. Leading a diverse set of 200+ global technologist across multiple North American offices and remote locations, building an integrated platform that serves customers in both the private and public sectors while enabling data analysis and monitoring at all levels.

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  Tawkify

  Jul 2022 - Jan 2024

  VP of Engineering

  Head of all IT and Software Development, working closely with our product team to evolve and improve our capabilities and services that allow us to serve our clients in the most efficient and beneficial manner.Tawkify is a personalized matchmaking service which brings the best of human driven intuition and experience paired with ML/AI based technology to deliver authentic connections for our customers.

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  Stealth Consulting

  Jun 2024 - now

  IT Consultant

  Working with Private Equity firms to evaluate buy, sell and optimize opportunities. Providing full IT and Engineering evaluation, assessment and optimization strategies. Taking a deep dive into tech stack, infrastructure, security, people and process in order to identify risk and opportunities for improvements.