SUMMARY
Seasoned software development manager with over 15 years' experience building large websites and
software for e-commerce in retail and finance. Adept at driving teams and projects through to completion
while continually improving the software delivery process. Exceptional ability to uncover and solve technical
issues. Strong people development skills, building relationship with partners and teams.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
J.Crew, New York, NY
2010--Present
Director, E-Commerce Engineering (2015--Present)
Senior Manager, Product Engineering (2014-2015)
Manager, E-Commerce Architecture (2011-2014)
Lead 3 web development and architecture teams (total 15 employees) supporting J.Crew's three e-
stakeholders, product management, marketing and creative teams to create roadmaps, provide estimates
and timelines, and implement requirements to achieve desired business results. Responsible for software
and system architecture for direct-to-consumer digital systems (websites and call centers).
· Led the architecture and development of a new responsive website; doubled conversion rates and expected
increase of online revenue of $20MM in 2016
· Re-architected web page construction; increased CDN bandwidth offload from 20% to 60%, eliminating cost of
extra server capacity and downtime during Cyber Mondays since 2013
· Transformed J.Crew's e-commerce platform to enable multi-site support; launched J.Crew Factory as a
standalone site with earnings of over $200MM/year
· Decreased time to deploy new code to website using continuous integration (Jenkins), automated functional
testing (Selenium), and deployment automation (Ansible); new features and bug fixes delivered weekly vs.
quarterly
· Promoted twice over 5 years; driving innovation and growing team from 2 to 15 software engineers
Client Solutions, Dublin, Ireland
2006--2008
Technical Lead
Responsible for software development on various projects for telecommunications companies. Worked on
projects remotely and on-site with clients. Met with clients to gather requirements and provide status
updates
· Led a team delivering an automated "roaming prices" publishing application. This system posted updated
foreign exchange prices for customers, and replaced a team of 3 content analysts updating prices manually
DAIRE McKENNA
236 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY
310.99.0482
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Application Development
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Mobile Web Development
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Systems Architecture
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Driving Innovation
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Budgeting
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Strategic Thinking & Planning
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Leading Tech Teams
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Hiring, Developing & Retaining
Talent
DAIRE McKENNA
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TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
J.Crew, New York, NY
2010--2011
Senior Software Engineer
Responsible for delivering new features for the J.Crew brand websites. Worked with Business Analysts to
finalize requirements. Implemented features using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSPs and Blue Martini e-
commerce framework.
· Implemented a geolocation + weather API using feature to recommend weather-appropriate apparel to users
based on their location
· Modified Blue Martini framework to add an "estimated cost" feature, using tax and shipping APIs
Ballista Securities LLC, New York, NY
2009-2010
Senior Software Developer
Designed and implemented software for an options trading system. Wrote high performing and very robust
Java code to match options and stock trade requests.
· Led the development and orchestrated the acceptance testing of the transition of the system to the Options
Symbology Initiative
· Designed and implemented an AIM based trade advertisement system which lead to a 10% increase in trades
National Australia Bank/MLC Ltd., Sydney, Australia
2004--2005
Software Engineer
Responsible for development of a wealth management system for customers of the bank; including full
SDLC tasks from analysis and design to development and releases. Ported the system from WebLogic to
WebSphere enabling significant cost savings and easing security compliance.
Hewlett Packard International Bank Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
2002--2003
Senior Programmer
Designed and implemented of a Lease Management System used globally by Hewlett Packard Financial
Services Ltd. As one of five software developers, worked from the requirements gathering phase through
development and successful launch of the project.
Orbism Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
1999--2001
Software Developer
Worked on in-house development projects and on contract to a number of Orbism's clients. Projects
included implementing an e-commerce system, performance improvements for large websites, and
developing a suite of sample programs and documentation for a CORBA server. Provided training courses
for clients on topics such as J2EE, XML and Unix.
EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SKILLS
BSc. in Software Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
· Six month internship at Logica-Aldiscon as a UNIX support engineer
· Graduated with First Class Honors
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Web Architectures, CDN configuration, Linux, Java/JEE, HTML/CSS, Javascript, SQL