Kelly M. Brant

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650.387.2576 | Palo Alto, CA
kelly.miller.brant@gmail.com

Kelly M. Brant

Lead teams that consistently deliver on their commitments

Seasoned executive with expertise managing product development from inception through launch.

  • Technology Leadership
  • Systems Engineering
  • Project Management
  • Budget Management
  • Startup Operations
  • Business Planning

Experience

Veredus, Seaside CA

May 2013 – Now

Sr. Java Developer, Application Development

Work with product owners to convert business rules into business logic. Refactor legacy code and develop new code on a standard java stack (Oracle 11g, WebLogic, Spring) and in a standard java development environment (eclipse, jUnit, maven).

LearnFind Online, Redwood City CA

Nov 2012 – Apr 2013

Consultant, System Refactoring

Review LearnFind's backend data importer and recommend system updates that use current tools (stable, supported). Install and configure Hadoop to run Map/Reduce functions that (i) process large data feeds and (ii) serialize results for further consumption by a key:value store. Refactor language processing to extend service features.

Swarmin, Palo Alto CA

Nov 2012

Consultant, Outsource Methodology

Assessed Swarmin’s current engineering efforts and recommended an appropriate methodology. Presented a brief overview of Scrum and Kanban.

Iron Dragonfly, Palo Alto CA

2011 – Now

Coach, Professional Performance

Operate a coaching practice (previously established in conjunction with my graduate studies.) Coach individuals on issues related to job performance and personal effectiveness.

Sofia University, Palo Alto CA

2010 – 2012

Graduate Student, Masters Program - Psychology

Began gradutate studies part time in March, 2010, moving to full time at the end of SonicSwap's acquisition by Raditaz. My primary interest was in the individual's impact on group performance.

SonicSwap, Palo Alto CA

2005 – 2011

Vice President, Product Development

Managed all java, php software development projects. Analyzed web application systems, synthesized architectures, contributed to and managed engineering of architectures that reduce cost (60%), improved uptime (from crashes per day to crash-free months), and improved web performance (50x.) Managed domestic and offshore (India) engineering. Refactored application: i18n, decoupled XML processing and moved to AWS, decoupled metadata processing and moved to Flex, and migrated 95% of MySQL data to key:value store. Managed technology transfer and integration during company acquisition (Raditaz.)

XINC Media Engines, Palo Alto CA

2001 – 2005

President

Developed prototype for multi-car synchronized audio playback and light show. Collaborated with a partner company (KeyUp) on R&D for a home jukebox (hard drive).

PortalPlayer, Santa Clara CA

2000 – 2001

Technical Marketing Director, Embedded Systems

Managed three groups: pre-sales engineering support, publications, and application engineering. Created and delivered distributor training (Asia-Pacific) for new embedded system products. Advised customers during the pilot-project manufacturing phase.

C Level Design, San Jose CA

1998 – 2000

Technical Marketing Manager, Design Methodology

Managed issue tracking, feature requests and product backlog priority. Delivered technical sales training (worldwide) for the company's compiler and its associated C-based hardware modeling methodology.

Niwa, Palo Alto CA

1997 – 1998

Vice President, Operations

Managed engineers (Hong Kong) to complete die procurement, industrial design, microcontroller firmware and PCB for health and fitness personal monitoring devices.

National Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA

1995 – 1997

Technical Marketing Manager, PC Products

Researched industry developments and recommended product strategy for personal computer ICs. Created and delivered sales training for new products (IC).

1993 – 1995

Marketing Engineer, Federal Contracts

Managed proposal process for joint public/private R&D projects in the areas of radiation tolerant commercial VLSI processes, smart sensing munitions and information security.

1990 – 1993

Applications Engineer, Graphics Products

Designed and fabricated graphics cards (PCB) for new graphics ICs, including marketing collateral: documentation, software, hardware kits, and tutorials. Wrote a compiler (C) to compile device driver routines (x86 assembly) into simulation test vectors (Verilog.)

Biomedical Data Systems, Arlington TX

1988 – 1989

Software Engineer, Digital Image Processing

Ported application from proprietary frame work (Pascal) to Windows (C). Built high performance image processing routines (x86 assembly.) Refactored motion detection and measurement subsystem to meet performance requirements (100x improvement).

Education

1988

(ΤΒΠ/Tau Beta Pi; ΗΚΝ/Eta Kappa Nu)

2007 – 2009

(Intro to Heidegger; Mandarin 1,2,3)

2012

Sofia University, Palo Alto

Certification

2011

Scrum Alliance

Service

1978 – 1982

Sergeant, Infantry