Jonathan Kertland

Select Medical

Manages both the DevOps team and the Enterprise Development team for a total of 10 direct reports
Mentors colleagues in their career progressions, identifies and provides growth opportunities to team members
Builds strategic roadmaps for several custom developed applications that support multiple stakeholders including HR, Finance, and other teams inside of Information Services
Drives standardization and reusability of both code and technologies used in the development and application administration lifecycle
Manages vendor relationships for applications the team administers including evaluations of new tools and consolidation of older ones
Establishes contracted engagements and oversees lifecycle of the contracts
Architects new custom developed applications and builds project plans for implementation
All the below responsibilities

January 2023 - Present

Select Medical

Founding member and leader of the DevOps team; developed team structure and expectations for team members
Works closely with software development, networking, security, and infrastructure teams to better integrate and optimize processes and tooling to increase efficiency by advocating for DevOps practices
Established a Cloud Center of Excellence consisting of both a steering committee of executive leadership and a technical scrum team
Owns administration and standards for Cloud tenants including Azure, M365, and AWS
Guides the team in selecting, purchasing, and administering tools that enable the developers
Functioning as the technical lead for the enterprise’s migration to the M365 platform
Implemented a Kanban to deliver on requests and project work internal and external to the team

January 2022 - January 2023

Select Medical

Lead a team of developers responsible for 38 applications
Interfaced with Business Analyst management to build a cohesive team by establishing agile practices and ceremonies
Sat on a review board that provided guidance and decision making for the Software Development department’s architecture and technology standards
Built upon current DevOps practices and took ownership of the system administration of many platforms that support the development department
Designed repeatable patterns for CI/CD pipelines and hosting architectures of web and console applications
Performed code reviews

November 2020 - January 2022

Select Medical

Helped to drive team standards and processes for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), MicroStrategy, and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
Metric and ETL development for Epic EMR’s Cogito Ergo Sum application including Clarity and Caboodle
Translated business functional requirements into business intelligence technical requirements that provide the best user experience possible, leveraging the data and tools available
Completed technical and implementation peer reviews

January 2020 - November 2020

Select Medical

Led efforts to improve Select Medical’s project management and agile capabilities and toolset
Performed the responsibilities of scrum master for two scrum teams
Administered Linux Servers for multiple applications
All the below responsibilities

July 2019 - January 2020

Select Medical

Provided technical and functional leadership in regards to the tooling for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), and Collaboration
Developed and implemented project management and collaboration strategies that increased automation, improved efficiency, and expanded the capabilities of the tool stack
Helped to increase the maturity, stability, and consistency of Select Medical’s scrum, business analyst, and project management processes

May 2017 - July 2019

Johnson Controls

March 2015 - May 2017

Johnson Controls

Part of the applications team responsible for air handling unit projects in the sale’s submittal and release to the factory phases
Functioned as a technical specialist helping to design nonstandard options and procuring special quotes specific to each project
Worked closely with the sales team and the factory to ensure successful integration of customized options into the standard product line
Performed a rotation as a product Technical Support Engineer. Responsibilities during this three month period included:
- Supporting the sales team and the service technicians in installation and start up of air handling units
- Providing quality assurance by advising on factory faults, granting warranty dollars and replacement parts
- Conducting airflow analysis on systems as well as other assessments and performance related diagnostics
In 2015, led an office team of 13 tasked with creating a tool/resource library for the department
In 2014, led a team of 7 tasked with improving interdepartmental support

MSeptember 2013 - March 2015

Skills