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I’m Carmela Quintana, an Engineering Leader and Certified Scrum Master with over 20 years of hands-on leadership and software engineering experience across Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Analytics. I’m committed to building self‑organized, inclusive, high‑performing teams and delivering scalable, secure software that customers love.
I thrive on coaching engineers to become leaders, aligning technical delivery with business goals, and fostering collaboration across product, design, QA, security, and DevOps to accelerate value and uptime.
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Work Experience
Platform Engineering Manager at CodaMetrix
May 1, 2024 - March 1, 2025Managed day-to-day development activities of onsite and offshore engineering teams to ensure efficient development of features for CodaMetrix’s AI-powered autonomous coding solution. Facilitated scrum processes for 3+ teams to enable successful roadmap execution of the multi-specialty AI platform that translates clinical information into accurate medical codes. Collaborated with cross-functional domains in Software Development, Product Management, UX/Design, Data Engineering and DevOps to maximize customer satisfaction and on-time delivery of revenue-cycle management software.
Software Engineering Manager at Medidata Solutions
January 1, 2017 - April 30, 2023Managed onsite and offshore engineering teams to ensure efficient development of Clinical Studies Search and Discovery tools as well as Clinical Trial Safety Explorer SaaS solutions. Organized and facilitated all scrum processes for the portfolio, collaborated with Product, Design, Data Privacy, Compliance, InfoSec, DevOps, Process and Validation teams to optimize customer satisfaction, UX, and on-time delivery while maintaining security and compliance.
Senior Software Engineer and Certified Scrum Master at SHYFT Analytics (Acquired by Medidata Solutions)
April 1, 2016 - January 31, 2017Organized and led scrum processes for a portfolio of patient-centric data analytics solutions. Built and configured AWS infrastructure, performed periodic security scans, and implemented KPI-driven quality improvements (e.g., defect per 1000 lines of code). Implemented an onboarding framework pairing new engineers with mentors and promoted Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) testing with Gherkin.
Technical Lead Manager and Certified Scrum Master at Clean Harbors
April 1, 2010 - April 30, 2016Led a 5-person team in the Customer/CRM domain; reviewed code and ensured data integrity for a 1.8 million-record customer base. Built external REST API for Salesforce integration and WCF service for data lookups; designed SQL Server back-end structures and led cross-domain data integration across acquisitions.
Senior Chemist at Clean Harbors Analytical Services
September 1, 1988 - December 31, 1999Performed analyses using EPA methods for wastewater, drinking water, and hazardous waste; operated GC/GC-MS, ICP-MS, and other instrumentation; evaluated and reviewed data results.
Research Assistant at University of Connecticut
August 1, 1985 - August 31, 1988Studied phototoxicity and photochemistry of pharmaceutical drugs; used HP GC/MS ChemStation for structure elucidation and identification of decomposition products.
Education
Master of Science in Chemistry at University of Connecticut
January 1, 1985 - December 31, 1988Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at University of Santo Tomas
January 1, 1980 - December 31, 1984Qualifications
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026Client/Server Programming Certification
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026Industry Experience
Healthcare, Life Sciences, Software & Internet, Professional Services
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