Ryan Chapple

Experience

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  Price Waterhouse Coopers

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  Consultant

  Served as architect/integrator for PricewaterhouseCooper's Global eBusiness solutions practice. The practice focused on helping clients integrate content management systems into existing business processes. By researching solutions for content management system requirements, ensured that solutions were tailored to properly target business needs within specific industries. Modeled the solution practice using corporate methodology and sound development practices. Produced professional and effective documentation for knowledge transfer. Served as technical subject matter expert on several client related matters. Show less

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  AnyDevice / HiddenMind Technology

  Jan 2000 - Dec 2001

  Senior Developer

  Experience as a Senior Software Engineer for HiddenMind wireless products. Developed wireless information systems using Java and components of XML-based mobile information publishing system, which intelligently produced output appropriate for the requesting client application. Extensive work with XML and XSLT. Customized a wireless product device for a Sales Force Automation (SFA) application relating to healthcare industry data. Worked closely with client and subsidiary partners to develop applications for their specific business requirements. Show less

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  Ermas Consulting

  Jul 2002 - Apr 2006

  Senior Consultant / Software Engineer

  Boutique consulting practice focused on SAS BI and Marketing Automation systems.

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  Allconnect, Inc.

  Mar 2006 - Aug 2011

  Senior member of Enterprise Core Services Team, charged with migrating the company's core business functions from a client/server model to a Service-Oriented Architecture.● Major contributor to the design of the corporate data model, through both database entities and XML Schema definitions.● Responsible for architecture and development of company's Mule-based ESB.● Provided technical guidance to fellow architects to ensure all designs were aligned with technology roadmap. ● Grew development team through hiring activities; work with recruiters, review resumés and conduct in-person interviews.● Work closely with Production Support to define the capacity planning metrics and threshold limits for the application infrastructure.● Designed and managed all aspects of the software version control and build system. Responsible for all building and packaging of all QA/Production deployments. Show less Original member of the "Allconnect.com" team. Led staffing and technology selection for the development team that was charged with implementation of the new e-commerce enabled website. Hired to initiate the development of the company's first commerce-enabled website. Built out and led a team of developers, and served as point person for overall design of the new site. ● Contributed to the creation of project plans, provided work estimates, and timeframes for delivery. ● Manage/create all release builds and source control activities. Contribute to development of site as well. Show less

  • Senior Software Architect

    Mar 2008 - Aug 2011

  • Web Architect

    Mar 2006 - Mar 2008
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  Sharecare, Inc

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Application Architect / Team Lead

  Member of 'Framework Team' which created framework libraries to be used by multiple large, community-driven web properties. These libraries provided a standard 'repository' interface to the underlying document datastore, as well as common business logic like user profile management and forum management. Our framework also integrated with a 3rd party content management product which enabled content authors to create content that was stored in our custom backend. Services were written in Java and used Spring for environment configuration / DI. Show less

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  Omnience

  Jul 2013 - Mar 2015

  Application Architect

  Part of a team working to refresh and re-implement a core company system using OSS and contemporary web application design. This marketing support system manages the planning and approval of marketing meetings and produces clear analytics on the effectiveness/ROI of those meetings.

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  Slalom Consulting

  Apr 2015 - Dec 2018

  Consultant

  Worked with clients to implement digital transformation initiatives, typically via containerized applications or orchestration systems.

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  VMware

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2023

  • Worked with account teams to help shape engagements to ensure success and value to customers.• Ensured engagements would keep team busy, challenged, and engaged.• Maintained open and honest communication with team members to ensure smooth operations.• Achieved excellent team retention, not losing a single team member during a time of great uncertainty and change. Manage field engineering engagements across North America. Responsible for team selection, workstream planning and operational support for the project team. Interface with client sponsors to report status and handle all escalations related to engagement. Apart from engagement work, also manage a team of consultants, helping with career development and professional growth. Various side projects to help formulate team processes and culture. Joined VMware as part of Heptio acquisition.Work directly with clients to help them adopt Kubernetes as their cloud native operations platform. Advise and consult on many CNCF ecosystem tools to compliment Kubernetes as well. Member of small (2 person, typically) engagement teams where we were called upon to wear many hats; from architecture to enablement to advocacy, we focused on helping our clients level up their organization, not just their tech stack.

  • Manager, Solution Architecture

    Feb 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Field Engineering Manager / Delivery Lead

    Dec 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Senior Cloud Native Architect

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
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  Broadcom

  Nov 2023 - Nov 2024

  Manager, Solution Architecture

  Broadcom acquired VMware in November 2023• Continue similar work to VMware, but with new business strategy goals• Shift focus to find ways to improve services work profitability• Retool/retrain parts of the team to focus on new product areas

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  Amplify Federal

  Nov 2024 - now

  Delivery Lead / Consultant Manager

  Part of a new team, working exclusively within the government contracting space, building a consulting practice within the larger organization. Leveraging our experience and success helping government entities adopt modern software development processes and to establish 'Software Factories', this practice focuses on :• Modern Software Practices• Automate All the Things• Platform-as-a-Product mentality