Darren Van Soye, BSCS, MBA, PMP, CSM
Life Mission
Highly-networked individual who is able to pull together a diverse group of people at a moment’s notice in order to solve important problems/bring about positive change in the areas of fitness, hunger/obesity and education.
Personal/Professional Summary
- 25-year Veteran in High Tech industry including long-terms engagements in Aerospace, Financial and Justice industries (Software and Web Development)
- Project Manager (PMP), Certified 2006, Recertified 2009
- Board member, 100 Mile Club®, Corona, CA
- Race director, 100-Mile Endurance Challenge, 2010-2011. In 2010, raised over $7,000.
- Race director, Race4Kids 24 Hour Ultramarathon, 2011
- Assistant Meetup organizer, Gone-Running, Orange County, 2010-2011
- Marathoner, Ultramarathoner, Ironman
- Visited over 40 countries on 6 continents with over half this time in developing nations
Relevant Skills
- Website Development
- Social Networking
- Fundraising
- Project Management
- Coaching and personnel development
- Office automation
- Strategy development
Ideal Time Allocation
- 33 1/3% make a difference in the areas of fitness, hunger/obesity and/or education
- 33 1/3% see the world, train, race
- 33 1/3% earn some money
Professional Summary
Manager of Software Development with over 10 years of experience. BS Computer Science and MBA. PMP and Scrum Master certifications. Some professional highlights include:
- Personally participated in the definition and hands-on construction of new web-based site leveraging ASP.NET 3.5/C# 2008.
- Hands-on experience with implementing Agile (Scrum) development methodology. Also, certified Scrum Master.
- Led a series of complex projects that resulted in the five-fold growth of eCommerce profits.
- Implemented website analytics and then leveraged that information to drive project roadmap.
- Led the effort to select and implement content management system as first enterprise-wide (global) content management system.
- Led project that leveraged two vendors through five successful merger-related security engagements.
Education
University of California, Irvine, CA
Bachelor of Science, Information and Computer Science
Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, CA
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
