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Autocar

Senior Director of Software Engineering2014 – 2022
  • Platform Modernization
  • Cloud Migration
  • DevOps
  • Leadership

Overview

Autocar is the oldest surviving motor vehicle manufacturer in the United States, specializing in custom severe-duty Class 8 trucks. The engineering organization modernized a large portfolio of custom internal and operational systems.

Work & impact

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  1. 01
    Led migration of 40+ custom applications from on-premises infrastructure to AWS and Azure (CAPEX → OPEX).
  2. 02
    Designed and developed digital displays to replace analog truck dashboards.
  3. 03
    Built mobile applications supporting over-the-air software updates for internal-combustion and EV platforms.
  4. 04
    Reduced typical project delivery time from 6 months to 6 weeks through a low-code/no-code platforms.
  5. 05
    Cut preparation and deployment time from 3 hours to 3 minutes via DevOps governance and CI/CD automation.
  6. 06
    Enabled continuous data processing for real-time analytics and centralized more than 50% of the technical stack.
  7. 07
    Delivered multi-million-dollar ROI by replacing legacy ERP/eCommerce systems and launching a custom MES that eliminated significant manual overhead.

Leadership

Directed a team of ~40 with 6 direct reports. Combined hands-on technical architecture with team leadership, mentoring, and client-facing delivery.

Jason is extremely proficient technically, he is able to architect and code. Jason is also a good manager, mentor and coordinator. He is very good at directing teams to project conclusion, and success. Jason is very detail oriented and is driven to produce quality solutions. Jason also has excellent communication skills and is able to diffuse conflict, and promote collaboration. Jason also has excellent client facing skills and is able to understand client needs and translate them into software systems.

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