About me
Jon Nelson is a software development manager and technology veteran with 20+ years in cross-industry, cross-platform development & management roles. Currently seeking opportunities in the Greater New York City Area.
For business goals, Jon is innovative, results-oriented, and fiscally-responsible, with a proven ability to lead teams local or offshore. Self-directed and effective in dynamic environments. A passion for solving complex problems with clean, efficient, high-quality software solutions.
For stakeholders, Jon is uniquely adept in communicating with business users, technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements - and equally effective in describing software features, technical designs, and product strategies.
For the team, Jon provides good, actionable feedback that prepares employees for wider roles and responsibilities, fostering every team's professional growth and development. Skills include budgeting, hiring, performance evaluations, coaching & mentoring, and more.
Leadership
Working effectively and closely with key stakeholders and individual teams to solve complex problems and drive change programs that fulfill business goals and objectives.
forms document library
I worked with the business sponsors, project management team and the offshore development team to successfully provide a consolidated single enterprise solution that provided a searchable forms library for our employees and partners. We were task to merge various corporate and departmental document repositories and file shares into a single system. The application also incorporated a forms creation workflow with a built in approval system and application admin functionality.
corporate intranets
Managed multiple teams to maintain and enhance the existing application and integrated custom interfaces leveraging web services to tie into multiple back-office systems and data. I also work with a dedicated team that created custom e-forms that provided business process efficiencies.
partner and corporate portals
Experienced in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
custom reporting applications
Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between.
Staff Management
20+ years leading all levels of software engineers with great efficacy; from hiring processes and performance evaluations to budgeting and scheduling.
Praise and reward
Nothing motivates like recognition, and there are many ways to reward staff while staying on budget.
Communicate intelligently
Straightforward and honest, I don't beat around the bush or avoid explaining the problem exactly. I take the time to learn how to effectively communicate with each of my employees.
Accept responsibility
If I make a mistake, I own it. If my team makes a mistake, I own it. Once owned, it is corrected and steps are taken to ensure it doesn't recur. By accepting responsibility, the team is more likely to work harder for the cause.
Deal with confrontation
Whether it's lagging performance or interoffice disputes, I have great success in setting expectations and maintaining harmony in all working environments.
