Chris Navta
Innovative architect and leader with over 10 years of experience with Majors in Theatre and Television Arts, Graphic Design from Valparaiso University (1994-1998), Director, IT Research & Development / Innovation at First Advantage since Sep-2008.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Management, Perl, PHP, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services |
| Schools: | Valparaiso University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | First Advantage |
| Position: | Director, IT Research & Development / Innovation |
| Time period: | September 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Responsible for conceptualizing, developing and proving new product ideas.
Works with senior and product management to establish each concept's feasibility. Evaluates and implements new technologies and architectures. Designs and develops mockups and proofs of concept for new products. Works with clients and end users to gather input on new product concepts. |
| Employer: | First Advantage |
| Position: | Director, Recruiting Technology Solutions |
| Time period: | July 2007 - September 2008 |
| Description: | Responsible for technology department P & L.
Manages an onshore team of three developers, an implementation manager and one business quality analyst as direct reports. Manages an offshore team of 4 developers. |
| Employer: | First Advantage Recruiting Solutions |
| Position: | Software Development Manager |
| Time period: | October 2005 - July 2007 |
| Description: | Managed three developers as direct reports.
Responsible for the technical architecture for all technology product offerings. Championed and implemented Scrum as standard development methodology. Achieved Certified ScrumMaster status. Trained management and team members in Scrum and Agile Development techniques. Performed the role of ScrumMaster, working with the team and product owners to create and manage to Sprint and Product Backlogs. Developed media and job posting effectiveness tracking applications. |
| Employer: | TruStar Solutions |
| Position: | Senior Technical Manager |
| Time period: | July 2004 - October 2005 |
| Description: | Lead development team on all software projects.
Designed, architected and lead the development of a complete rewrite of an enterprise class job distribution and tracking software, utilizing Spring and Hibernate. Consulted with clients and implemented custom technology solutions to their recruiting challenges. Performed basic Linux system administration. |
| Employer: | International Internet Recruitment Consultants |
| Position: | Web Analyst Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2002 - July 2004 |
| Description: | Designed and developed a major point release for a job aggregation software.
Created centralized integration framework to enable easy integrations with partners. Developed integrations with PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8. Designed and developed the data model for a career site hosting application. Responsible for providing technical support for all clients. Developed custom features for clients. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Valparaiso University |
| Time period: | 1994 - 1998 |
| Degree: | Theatre and Television Arts |
