Jeff Glenn

Profile

I am a highly motivated tech professional with a passion for technology and learning. With over 18 years of engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps experience I have a proven track record of bridging the gap between technical and non-technical teams and successfully implementing solutions across a variety of platforms and technologies. I bring a positive attitude to every project and I'm able to motivate teams, inspire collaboration and excite clients.

Experience

VP, Technology at MERGE

2022 - Present

Provide technical guidance and oversight for multiple $1MM+ web projects
Serve as the bridge between non-technical and technical client teams to successfully execute solutions
Plan and execute process improvements and agency-wide engineering standards
Lead a high performing engineering department of 30+ backend and frontend engineers
Lead DevOps team managing hosted environments across Rackspace, Azure, and AWS
Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple regions and disciplines
Shape agency-wide vision around platform capabilities and service offerings
Led the technical team for a large healthcare client and built client relationship and trust, growing account from $200K annual agreement to $1.2MM services retainer and paving the way for client to establish MERGE as Agency of Record

Director, Technology at MERGE

2021 - 2022

Provided technical leadership on web and app development projects
Coordinated engineering efforts with cross-functional project teams to ensure successful project execution
Led technical architecture discussions and decision making
Identified departmental knowledge gaps and developed cross-training plans
Led client training sessions and sprint demos
Refined DevOps infrastructure and processes
Implemented blue / green release model for zero-downtime deployments

Solutions Architect at MERGE

2019 - 2021

Designed and implemented application architecture for multiple web projects
Provided high-level functional planning and strategy for web projects in partnership with client teams
Created technical documentation and system diagrams
Participated in tech leadership meetings to guide technology strategy and initiatives
Streamlined engineer onboarding process using Docker and custom image builds for complex platforms
Provided mentoring to 5 engineering direct reports
Implemented CI/CD processes using Gitlab, custom Docker build agents and Octopus Deploy

Senior Web Developer at MERGE

2017 - 2019

Developed custom web solutions in a variety of CMS platforms such as Sitecore, Sitefinity, Drupal and WordPress
Served as technical point of contact and lead engineer for multiple web projects
Provided development assistance and mentoring for junior engineers
Developed technology adoption strategies and recommendations
Participated in client calls to discuss project progress and milestones
Performed code reviews and managed pull requests
Documented best practices and code standards for engineering team

Web Developer at MERGE

2014 - 2017

Developed websites, custom web applications and mobile applications for healthcare clients using C# / .NET and JavaScript
Translated wireframes and high-fidelity designs into functional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Implemented custom web solutions using a proprietary content management system
Standardized core CMS functionality for easier reuse across projects
Upgraded legacy CMS code from VB to C#
Served as lead developer on multiple award-winning projects
Provided recommendations on new technology and process improvements

Application Programmer / Systems Administrator at The University of Georgia

2006 - 2014

Developed custom web applications using C# / .NET MVC4, PHP, and JavaScript.
Designed and documented application database structure.
Trained users on web application and content management system usage
Managed VMWare ESXi cluster and 20+ production application servers running Windows and Linux hosting environments
Administered MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases
Developed custom WordPress themes and plugins
Migrated legacy WebForms applications to .NET MVC
Created reusable developer tools and project templates

Skills

Web

HTML
CSS
REST APIs
Less
Sass
jQuery
Vue
React
Next.js
Angular

Languages

C#
PHP
Javascript
Perl
Java
Ruby

Platforms / Frameworks

.NET
.NET MVC
Laravel
Xamarin

DevOps

Gitlab CI
GitHub Actions
Octopus Deploy
Jenkins
TeamCity
Terraform
Docker

Tools

Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code
Webpack
Git
Powershell
Bash

Databases

SQL Server
MongoDB
Oracle
MySQL
DB2

Content Management

Sitecore
Sitefinity
Drupal
Wordpress

PaaS / IaaS

AWS
Microsoft Azure

Server

Linux
Windows Server
VMWare ESXi
Apache
IIS
Tomcat

Full Stack Engineering Leader