John Giacalone

Led a global Quality Engineering organization of 120+ professionals across 45 scrum teams, focusing on quality, innovation, and operational excellence in delivering Fintech SaaS products. Streamlined SDLC and Agile processes, achieving significant reductions in testing time and release cycles through automation and strategic process changes.

Managed cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality web and mobile applications, ensuring performance and security for a high-volume transaction system. Oversaw mobile app development and directed the delivery of key projects, leveraging full stack technologies to achieve scalable solutions.

Led cross-functional collaboration and mentored engineering talent while enhancing features for trading and fixed income systems. Championed agile best practices and provided technical vision for multiple teams, implementing microservices and improving system functionalities.

Optimized backend systems for trading applications, leading a data center move and designing a real-time cost basis system. Enhanced order placement servers to manage increased trading traffic effectively.

Developed backend systems for active trader platforms and led testing for key trading applications. Designed a QA software release tracking program, enhancing the quality assurance processes.

Supervised Computer Science proctors, managing performance and providing programming assistance to students. Developed grading criteria to ensure academic standards.

Grade: 3.91/4.0

Completed a Master of Business Administration with a focus on strategic management and operational efficiency, achieving a high GPA of 3.91/4.0.

Grade: 3.37/4.0

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, gaining foundational knowledge in programming, algorithms, and software development, with a GPA of 3.37/4.0.