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Building better systems.<br>
Leading stronger teams.<br> <span class="accent">Delivering results.</span> </h1> <p class="heroSummary">
Senior engineering leader with 25+ years of experience guiding application strategy, distributed engineering organizations,
				DevOps modernization, and portfolio execution across enterprise, SaaS, and regulated environments.
				I align roadmaps to business priorities, strengthen release governance, and improve production reliability—so teams ship with confidence.
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I help organizations translate business priorities into engineering roadmaps that teams can execute.
					Across enterprise platforms and regulated environments, I lead distributed teams to deliver reliably—without sacrificing quality or operational control.
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My focus areas include application delivery leadership, DevOps modernization, release governance, and production reliability.
					I balance feature delivery with platform health: reducing technical debt, improving observability and incident response readiness, and strengthening continuity.
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I also champion practical AI-assisted workflows—using them to improve planning, communication, engineering support, and documentation.
					The goal is simple: faster execution, less rework, and higher stakeholder confidence.
</p> </div> </div> <aside class="sidePanel" aria-label="Education and Certifications"> <div class="card sideBlock"> <h3 class="sideTitle">Education</h3> <ul class="sideList"> <li><strong>MBA</strong><span>Liberty University</span></li> <li><strong>M.A. Education</strong><span>Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary</span></li> <li><strong>B.A. Political Science</strong><span>University of Central Florida</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="card sideBlock"> <h3 class="sideTitle">Certifications</h3> <ul class="sideList"> <li><strong>PMP</strong><span>Project Management Professional</span></li> <li><strong>CSM</strong><span>Certified ScrumMaster</span></li> <li><strong>ITIL</strong><span>Foundations</span></li> <li><strong>ITIL</strong><span>Intermediate: Operational Support and Analysis</span></li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </section> <section class="section" id="experience" aria-label="Experience"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="sectionTitle">Experience</h2> <p class="sectionLead">A career built on enterprise delivery, modern engineering practices, and teams that ship.</p> <div class="timeline" role="list"> <article class="timelineItem" role="listitem"> <div class="timelineDot" aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class="timelineCard card"> <div class="timelineHeader"> <div> <h3 class="timelineCompany">Segue Technologies / Tetra Tech</h3> <p class="timelineTitle">Software Development Manager III</p> </div> <p class="timelineMeta">2013 — Present · Arlington, VA (Remote)</p> </div> <p class="timelineSummary">Provide strategic leadership for a multi-application enterprise portfolio supporting workflow automation, approvals, analytics, reporting, and field-facing operational use cases.</p> <ul class="timelineList"> <li>Lead distributed delivery teams through roadmap execution, sprint governance, staffing strategy, and release planning.</li><li>Established a predictable biweekly release framework, improving consistency, visibility, and production confidence.</li><li>Direct platform governance across AWS sandbox infrastructure and multi-stage client-hosted environments; oversee incident response readiness and operational continuity.</li> </ul> </div> </article><article class="timelineItem" role="listitem"> <div class="timelineDot" aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class="timelineCard card"> <div class="timelineHeader"> <div> <h3 class="timelineCompany">POLITICO</h3> <p class="timelineTitle">Senior Software Engineer</p> </div> <p class="timelineMeta">2010 — 2013 · Arlington, VA</p> </div> <p class="timelineSummary">Scaled high-traffic digital publishing platforms and internal editorial systems while improving release quality during rapid growth.</p> <ul class="timelineList"> <li>Partnered with product, UX, and editorial teams to improve CMS workflows and delivery outcomes.</li><li>Strengthened deployment automation and release confidence through CI and peer review practices.</li> </ul> </div> </article><article class="timelineItem" role="listitem"> <div class="timelineDot" aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class="timelineCard card"> <div class="timelineHeader"> <div> <h3 class="timelineCompany">Inspirus</h3> <p class="timelineTitle">Software Development Manager</p> </div> <p class="timelineMeta">2005 — 2010 · Irving, TX / Fort Worth, TX</p> </div> <p class="timelineSummary">Led delivery teams supporting enterprise SaaS recognition and engagement platforms, strengthening SDLC maturity and engineering quality through repeatable practices.</p> <ul class="timelineList"> <li>Improved SDLC maturity through coding standards, peer review, and consistent Agile delivery practices.</li><li>Coached developers and strengthened delivery effectiveness during periods of rapid organizational growth.</li> </ul> </div> </article><article class="timelineItem" role="listitem"> <div class="timelineDot" aria-hidden="true"></div> <div class="timelineCard card"> <div class="timelineHeader"> <div> <h3 class="timelineCompany">Earlier leadership experience</h3> <p class="timelineTitle">Development leadership and consulting</p> </div> <p class="timelineMeta">Early career · Various organizations</p> </div> <p class="timelineSummary">Built foundational leadership experience across delivery, operations, and internal platform work in fast-moving environments.</p> <ul class="timelineList"> <li>Development Manager — The Isphere Agency</li><li>Founder / Technology Consultant — Benore &amp; Associates</li><li>Intranet Developer &amp; Sales Innovation Lead — BellSouth International (AT&amp;T)</li> </ul> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section" id="leadership" aria-label="Leadership Focus"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="sectionTitle">Leadership</h2> <p class="sectionLead">The themes I bring to teams to improve delivery and outcomes.</p> <div class="gridCards"> <article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">Engineering Strategy</h3> <p class="cardBody">Align application strategy and roadmaps to business priorities, with clear governance, measurable outcomes, and an execution cadence teams can sustain.</p> </article><article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">Application Delivery</h3> <p class="cardBody">Build predictable delivery through planning discipline, sprint governance, and release readiness—improving velocity without trading away stability.</p> </article><article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">DevOps Modernization</h3> <p class="cardBody">Modernize CI/CD and platform workflows to reduce toil, improve repeatability, and strengthen delivery confidence across environments.</p> </article><article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">Operational Reliability</h3> <p class="cardBody">Strengthen reliability through operational governance, incident response readiness, backups and recovery planning, and continuous improvement loops.</p> </article><article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">Team Leadership</h3> <p class="cardBody">Lead distributed teams with clear expectations, coaching, and staffing strategy—building healthy high performance and stakeholder trust.</p> </article><article class="card focusCard"> <h3 class="cardTitle">AI-Assisted Engineering</h3> <p class="cardBody">Apply AI-assisted workflows to planning, communication, engineering support, and documentation—improving execution and reducing rework with responsible guardrails.</p> </article> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section" id="resume" aria-label="Resume"> <div class="container"> <div class="resumeHeader"> <div> <h2 class="sectionTitle">Resume</h2> <p class="sectionLead">A concise view of roles, education, and certifications.</p> </div> <a class="btn btn--primary" href="/resume/kevin-benore-resume.pdf?v=20260603151700" download>Download Resume (PDF)</a> </div> <div class="resumeFrame card"> <object data="/resume/kevin-benore-resume.pdf?v=20260603151700" type="application/pdf" aria-label="Resume PDF preview"> <p class="small">
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