Jeffrey Anthony
Technology Practice Leader and Chief Technology Officer
Jeffrey Anthony heads Synaptic’s Technology Management and Engineering practices and serves as the firm’s Chief Technology Officer.
Prior to joining Synaptic, he held senior global technology and business leadership roles at companies ranging from startups to US$30 billion global businesses throughout the United States, The U.K., Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and Mexico.
He has led the development of numerous innovative products serving industries such as
• Payment Systems
• Data Security
• Industrial Controls
• Manufacturing Systems
• Physical Access Control
• Fast Moving Consumer Goods
• Vending
Throughout his career, he has taken a disciplined approach to continuous learning in both emerging technologies as well as management theory and practice. His primary focus has been achieving continuous profit growth through continuous improvement in
• Customer-focused innovation methodologies
• Highly disciplined, systematic execution through Agile Project and Program Management
• Compliance to precisely defined quality standards
• Synthesis of proven and emerging technologies to create segment- and market- leading products
• Engineering capabilities through effective training and development
His mission at Synaptic is to help customers achieve the results they want. Sooner.
Jeffrey’s key practice areas include
• Methodologies
• Risk Modulated™ Project Management (RMPM)
• Distinctive User Experience (UX) Design
• Value Engineering
• LEAN Engineering Principles
• LEAN Process Improvement
• Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMEAC)
• Platform Architecture
• Technologies
• Web Development
• Server Side
• NET including ASP.NET MVC, ADO.NET, WCF
• Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python (LAMP)
• Node.js
• REST API Design
• Cloud Computing Using OpenStack and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Client Side
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript / ECMAScript, jQuery, AJAX
• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight
• Mobile application development on the iPhone and Android platforms
• Data security via Cryptography, Biometrics, and Smart Cards
• Telecom infrastructure components, particularly provisioning and messaging
• Credit / Debit card transaction systems
• Neural Networks supporting
• “Mechatronics” and Robotics
Prior to joining Synaptic, Jeffrey
- Served as Vice President of Global Engineering at Mars, Inc.’s technology subsidiary Mars Electronics International (MEI), specializing in cash and cashless transaction devices (coin and bill acceptors) and systems (monitoring and transaction networks)
- Taught as a Guest Lecturer (Pro Bono) at Lehigh University in the Computer Science and Business program
- Headed Engineering and Product Development / Localization in the Americas for German Smart Card producer and systems developer ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH
- Held a variety of positions at access control and security systems manufacturer Corby Industries, among them leadership roles in Engineering, Product Development, and Marketing
Jeffrey attended Penn State University and Moravian College and is a member of The Project Management Institute (PMI), The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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