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Devscale

"The honest mechanics of software development" -- Devscale is a boutique software development agency. We build custom software for scaling businesses. Mobile apps + Web apps

Co-Founder

Dogtown Media

Director Of Innovation

Hacksmith Labs

We rebranded Hacksmith Labs to Devscale in March 2019.

Partner

Nomful, Inc.

• Nomful provided personalized nutrition support to help you achieve your health goals
• We connect our users with expert nutrition coaches to facilitate positive behavioral changes
• DreamIt Health Baltimore Winter 2015 cohort
• Investors included Johns Hopkins and The Abell Foundation

1871

• Grand prize winner of the inaugural Chicago College Startup Competition
• 1871 is an entrepreneurial hub for digital startups. Located in The Merchandise Mart, the soon-to-be 75,000-square-foot facility provides Chicago startups with programming, access to mentors, educational resources, potential investors and a community of like-minded entrepreneurs that help them on their path to building successful businesses.

Member & CCSC Winner

San Francisco Digital Innovation Center

• SFDI is a semester-long immersive experience for Miami University students in the Bay Area 
• Selected by Ryan Graves [Uber] to iterate and grow our company, Hutster, in San Francisco
• During my time there, I lived, worked, studied, and played in heart of innovation

Incubator Program Participant

The Miami Student

•	Developed more than 60 new clientele relationships by providing exceptional customer service
•	Generated over $55,000 in sales within the first 8 months

Marketing Representative

Hutster LLC

•	Finalist for The Brandery - Class of 2014 (Top 10 Accelerator in USA) 
•	Began as a solution to allow students to find off-campus housing more efficiently 
•	Signed on 80% of the local housing market property managers/landlords as paying clients
•	Secured venture funding from Miami University Student Venture Fund
•	While in SFDI Incubator, pivoted to a curated sublet matching service and developed new platform

Founder

Miami University

•	Promoted and provided assistance to prospective Miami University students and their parents to discover the best suited opportunities there are in engineering
•	Lead private tours of the different departments and opportunies the College of Engineering and Computing has to offer

Engineering Student Ambassador

All the things about me:
 - With Sean, I co-founded Devscale - the friendliest and sharpest software development agency you'll ever meet :)
 - My wife, Heidi, and I adventure around the PNW in our free time with our son, Adrian. Can't get enough of the outdoors :)
 - I also pretend to be an awesome woodworker / DIYer, and a wannabe cyclist. I'm trying REAL hard
 - We also have two cats, Felix and Panini - cats are crazy but cool

Thomas Gorczynski

Rhythmic

At Rhythmic, we're dedicated to revolutionizing the Agile landscape through cutting-edge technology and human-centric solutions. We specialize in developing tools and frameworks that enhance Agile capabilities, drive innovation, and empower teams to excel in an ever-evolving environment.

CEO / Co-Founder

Sigao Studios

I help organizations challenge their assumptions and build great teams and great products. My focus is on how a culture of servant leadership, entrepreneurship, and risk-taking can help organizations outperform and grow. When you work with empowered teams, you can make faster decisions, experiment more, and stay ahead in a brutal business world. We know that it takes a lot of bad ideas to find a good idea, and a lot of good ideas to find a great idea, so we must try more things to stay ahead. I help companies learn how to do that.

President

Scrum Inc.

As a Partner Coach, I work with a leading team of Scrum coaches to support large scale, enterprise level Scrum transformations.

Partner Coach

CAVU

CAVU helps people and companies reach better career outcomes through transformative learning experiences. I have the honor of leading the team that is making all of this happen!

Centralized Alabama Recipient Eligibility System (CARES)

CARES is an ambitious undertaking of the State of Alabama’s Department of Human Resources, Public Health and Medicaid to create a single, integrated eligibility system. As Deputy Program Director at CARES, I was responsible for building an agile software development team of over 100 individuals tasked with the development of a state-wide eligibility system. This involved building a scrum-based software development lifecycle; identifying means to improve communications and understanding across multiple teams working on a single, enterprise level system; and working to build a strong agile software development culture, while simultaneously navigating an organization through a rapid startup and maturation phase.

I worked hand-in-hand with the Director to create program policy and process; plan and manage a $60+ million-dollar budget; build best-practice recruitment, hiring and employee development practices; and build and follow a strategic plan for organizational growth and maturity. 
At CARES, we focused on building a leading approach to software development that introduced single team scrum, scaled scrum (using the LeSS framework), DevOps practice, and CI/CD approaches to the state of Alabama. These approaches stand as a model in how state governments can build advanced enterprise IT solutions without the involvement of outside systems integrators. 

In two years, CARES grew from two people to over 100 people and 10 teams working that were able to handle weekly releases of multiple enterprise systems while working closely with key stakeholders to continuously improve processes and deliverables.

Deputy Program Director

Center for Advanced Public Safety, University of Alabama

As Principal Investigator with The University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, I was responsible for building a consulting practice focused on Health and Human Services applied research. During this time, I developed strategic initiatives that aligned with the overall strategic plan of the center and grew from a single project to over 12 projects totaling in $1.45 million dollars in research expenditures in just 3 years.

Additionally, I was responsible for hiring software engineers, building a retention plan for those employees and creating a culture of open communications and innovation.

While doing this, I also worked on several research and development initiatives including advanced data mining, machine learning and visualization techniques that were applied to various eGovernment solutions for the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

Project Manager

NHS Management, LLC.

At NHS Management, I began as a software developer focusing on the management and implementation of an enterprise level electronic medical records system that supported a geographically diverse system of long term care facilities with over 5,000 patients and 1,000 nurses, doctors and office staff.

During my time there, I grew my position to include working with the Chief Nursing Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Accounts Receivable to build integrated solutions for improving daily operations across a variety of eHealth areas of focus. This included envisioning, designing and building an advanced decision support system that provided near-real-time analysis of patient health, nurse performance and census management.

Senior Software Specialist

Bates Enterprises, Inc.

Bates Enterprises, Inc. is a small business focused on providing recycling and safety management for the automotive industry. Being a small business, my focus ranged from managing a million-dollar IT budget to building a team of marketing and sales personnel to develop a comprehensive branding and marketing strategy that increased the value of the corporate brand and generated awareness throughout a variety of industrial sectors.

While there, I supported the executive team in identifying technical and marketing solutions to decrease product cost and increase profit margin across all product areas.

Finally, I was responsible for designing, architecting and managing the development of a factory floor automation system that integrated with multiple business support systems to develop a comprehensive enterprise resource planning system for a 50 employee industrial service provider.

Executive Coordinator

City of Sylacauga, Alabama Utilities Board

Designed and built a central control system that allowed for the maintenance and operation of multiple water and waste water facilities from a variety of remote user interfaces.

Implemented an advanced “self-healing” algorithm that was able to automatically resolve a variety of water and waste water plant systems failures by detecting a failure, diagnosing the problem and using an expert system to resolve the issue. 

Integrated advanced remote visualization techniques to support the reduction of third shift positions that significantly reduced city expenditures.

SCADA Systems Analyst

Chris Sims, CEO and Chief Product Officer at CAVU, brings over 20 years in engineering and product leadership. Under his guidance, CAVU has excelled in delivering innovative and high-performance solutions. Chris's deep understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies has significantly impacted organizations, including industry leaders like John Deere and WESCO Distribution, guiding them through transformative Product Innovation and Agile processes.

Chris’s expertise in Product Coaching stands out in his career. He has been instrumental in enhancing the product management capabilities and strategic vision of teams and executives alike ranging from startups to some of the world's largest enterprises. Recognized as one of the first Scrum Fellows by Scrum Inc., Chris plays a vital role in mentoring Scrum Trainer candidates and shaping the Agile community. His leadership is characterized by a steadfast commitment to the core values of Scrum, and his ability to drive growth and positive change is evident across the diverse organizational landscapes he has influenced.

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