Alex Ortiz

The Jira Life

Co-Founder and Co-host

APETECH LLC

Helping teams around the world with their Jira, Technical Program Management, and Cybersecurity needs.

Work with clients to stand up and configure Jira based on their specific needs.
Train employees on how to effectively use Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian based tools.
Develop training material to improve cybersecurity awareness and minimize risk of getting hacked.

Co-Founder

Brain Corp

As a TPM at Brain Corp, I was responsible for the overall planning, development, and delivery of complex software that is used to power the world's largest fleet of commercial autonomous floor cleaners.

I oversaw a major software upgrade that required 95% of software code base to be rewritten.  This required many conversations with key stakeholders to ensure all the moving parts came together at the end.  New requirements were developed, almost all legacy software was refactored, and new testing plans/techniques had to be developed.  In the end, customers received the biggest software update to their autonomous floor cleaners in company history.

I orchestrated a major overhaul of the robot's safety components.  New safety mandates required the team to develop new strategies for meeting regulatory requirements.  I was essential in ensuring that safety overhaul did not interfere with overall software development of main software.  I coordinated with product management and developed roadmaps and integration plans to ensure that all stakeholders understood the impact of implementing a new safety system.  Managing dependencies, lab assets, and engineering capacity was key to successfully delivering an enhanced safety system that could not be delivered past established delivery date.

I was Instrumental in helping the company initiate a transition from AWS to GCP.  I worked with all the cloud engineers to develop a plan for migration, performed discovery activities to determine what work needed to be done for successful migration, and coordinated all team members to execute on the plan.  There were a lot of unknown unknowns which made this project challenging.  Through my discovery methods, I was able to guide the team through a period of uncertainty and relentlessly worked to lead the team towards a migration strategy that would meet requirements and exceed legacy performance.

Technical Program Manager

Northrop Grumman

As the TPM for the Ground Segment Modernization Program (GSMP), I was responsible for overseeing a complete redesign of the Global Hawk Ground Station software system.  This was the first update in over twenty years and every piece of the user interface was updated and had to integrate back with existing hardware.  Relying on metrics to conduct data driven decisions, I helped turn around a program that was three years behind schedule.  I introduced new processes for communication, exchange of technical information, and pushed for greater accountability to help the program get back on track.

Technical Project Manager

As a DevOps engineer, I was responsible for helping autonomous programs adopt agile principles and tools.  I served as a guide for many software teams that were transitioning from legacy software development styles and antiquated tools to modern continuous integration tools.  I was also part of the team responsible for assuring that the on premise tools were available, up-to-date, and scalable for software teams.  This included folding in new continuous integration tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, and Jama.  Additionally, I also had the responsibility of administrating and configuring Atlassian product tools such as Jira, Atlassian, and Bitbucket.  I also conducted all the cybersecurity requirements for the tools by developing disaster recovery plans and updating systems to patch vulnerabilities.

Software Engineer

Boeing

DevOps engineer supporting build automation, release management and source control management.  Bash scripting to automate tasks and facilitate software deployment to customer.

PowerShell Scripting.
Automated processes using scripting techniques.

System Design and Integration Spec

Was responsible for deploying and maintaining Microsoft's Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012, and 2013 for the entire Boeing enterprise.
Worked with Application Lifecycle Management tools and develop processes for maintaining and deploying, and supporting the tools.

Computing Architect

Worked with the LAMP stack to update an internal application.

ITCFP Application Development Rotation

ITCFP SQL Rotation

THALES RAYTHEON Systems

Systems Engineer

Wimmer Solutions

Represent and market Microsoft products to university students.

Microsoft Senior Student Partner

California State University, Long Beach

Coldfusion and PHP development and maintenance.

Web Development Student Assistant

The Boeing Company

Student Engineer Intern

I help engineering teams deliver large scale software projects.  By building a system of trust and accountability, I influence cross-functional teams and release complex software products on time and within budget.  In a nutshell, I transform how a teams plan, develop, and release software.

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