Jeff Glenn
Full Stack Engineering Leader
- Email: jeff@jeffglenn.info
- Web: signaltrace.net
- GitHub: https://github.com/signaltrace-dev
- Phone: +1-706-614-3341
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