Anthonius (Andy) Collins
Canton, MI 48187
anthonius.bruce@gmail.com
Back-end Developer
Technical Director
Web & Software
Canton, MI 48187
anthonius.bruce@gmail.com
Back-end Developer
Technical Director
Web & Software
Quick learner that will adapt quickly to your stack and make a difference in your organization.
Results-oriented Director with decades of experience in the software industry, leading cross-functional teams and large-scale projects across global regions. Expertise in managing development teams, driving process improvements, and implementing technical solutions to improve efficiency and quality. Adept at overseeing budgets, guiding architectural decisions, and mentoring leaders to achieve organizational goals. Proven track record in cloud technologies, Agile methodologies, and delivering strategic value through leadership and innovation.
Experienced software engineer with hands-on programming expertise across multiple languages, frameworks, and platforms. Skilled in developing web services, building internal tools, and delivering high-quality, efficient software solutions. Passionate about coding and returning to a hands-on programming role, with deep technical experience in C#, C++, Rust, and AWS. Strong advocate of best practices like pair programming and test-driven development, continually learning and embracing new challenges to grow technical expertise.
Company: Thomson Reuters
Organization: Tax and Accouting - Latin America, and Enterprise Management
- Led a global team of 270 engineers across Brazil, Argentina, India, and the U.S., focusing on aligning remote teams with core U.S. development centers.
- Managed a budget of over $8 million, including employees, contractors, capital, and operational expenses.
- Spearheaded process improvements, including the introduction of monthly AWS infrastructure reviews and Agile methodologies to enhance operational efficiency.
- Developed a Blazor Web Server application for progress tracking, improving visibility into project status and team performance.
- Relocated CRM development from Ann Arbor to Bangalore, enhancing cost efficiency and resource utilization.
Company: Thomson Reuters
Organization: U.S. Payroll and Accouting
- Directed the restructuring of development teams to improve capacity and streamline delivery processes for accounting and payroll applications.
- Introduced Kanban to improve quality and efficiency, while reintroducing a quality assurance function to ensure robust testing cycles.
- Arbitrated between stakeholders and product management to prioritize key feature deliveries, enhancing the development cycle and increasing feature velocity.
Company: Thomson Reuters
Organization: U.S. Payroll and Accounting
- Oversaw architecture for web-based small business applications, coordinating with development teams across Argentina, Brazil, and the U.S.
- Implemented Agile processes within the payroll development team and expanded desktop payroll solutions for Thomson Reuters MYPAY.
- Solved complex architectural challenges and streamlined communication between international teams, resulting in higher productivity and cross-team collaboration.
Company: Thomson Reuters
Organization: U.S. Payroll and Accounting
- Provided technical leadership on critical projects, designed training for global engineering teams, and played a central role in developing tax and accounting solutions.
- Championed pair programming and code review practices, contributing to higher code quality and team collaboration.
Company: Thomson Reuters
Organization: U.S. Tax and Payroll and Accounting
- Built core modules for tax and accounting software, with a focus on delivering maintainable, efficient code that supported long-term product growth.
- Early adopter of test-driven development and pair programming, leading to higher quality and reduced defect rates.
Applications written in Rust to gather recent stock close history and to simulate near future stock prices. Chosen as a non-trivial project to deepen my knowledge of Rust. The simulation does not accurately predict future prices.
2024A Python project used to demonstrate Test First development. The application is a blockchain application designed to allow people to nominate kudos to others. The seminar not only covered test driven development, but how to use TDD to learn a new language.
2018A Blazor Server that makes OData calls into ADO.Net to produce cumulative flow diagrams, scatterplot cycle time charts, flow efficiency ratings and user story completion simulations. The server is designed to deploy to MS Azure.
2021 - 2023This website, written in a combination of HTML and CSS. The website uses GitHub actions to post changes to pre-prod in an S3 bucket which then has a manual approval step to get changes to prod.2025