Joshua

Joshua Guy

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About Me

Joshua

I am a technology engineering leader with over 25 years of software engineering experience. My well-established career is marked by a proven track record of leading high-performing teams, driving product innovation, and delivering cutting-edge solutions in the complex landscape of international trade and customs compliance software.

As the driving force behind the industry-leading FTZ Inventory Control and Record-keeping system (ICRS), QAD FTZ, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to innovate and excel in all aspects of software engineering, product management, and people leadership.

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Experience

Apr 2021 - Present

QAD, Inc. - Senior Engineering Manager

  • Honored with the 2024 QAD Excellence Award for my contributions
  • QAD FTZ is the #1 best-selling product in the entire QAD portfolio
  • QAD FTZ has consistently had the highest revenue to engineering ratio across all engineering teams
  • Appointed to manage the post acquisition integration efforts of all engineering and support systems
  • Developed internal REST APIs to allow other QAD products to leverage existing electronic interfaces with US Customs and Border Patrol
  • Directed cross-functional teams within support, services, implementations, and sales to grow and improve product and industry knowledge
  • Developed a prototype ISF web client portal using MySQL, GraphQL, React, and Mantine UI
  • C# | .NET | SQL Server | SSIS | ERP | EDI | ABI | ETL | REST API | React | GraphQL
Dec 2013 - Apr 2021

FTZC - Vice President of Software Solutions

  • Managed engineering, cloud IT, support, and implementation departments and was engaged in sales and marketing efforts
  • Led a large capital investment to completely overhaul our cloud environments to add a substantial capacity increase as well as improved overall HA and DR capabilities
  • Oversaw the migration of the company from fully on-site to a permanent remote-first company
  • Involved in the QAD M&A due diligence to vet our software and technology
  • C# | .NET | SQL Server | SSIS | ERP | EDI | ABI | ETL | GIT
Aug 2011 - Dec 2013

FTZC - Director of Product Development and Information Technology

  • As we transitioned to a SaaS company, I assumed all IT responsibilities for our cloud environment in addition to all product and engineering responsibilities
  • Brought online a second data-center in Las Vegas for replication with our existing Phoenix data-center
  • 100% completion of on-premise customers into our SaaS environment
  • Worked with the implementation team to design and deploy expanded and flexible integration options using SQL Server Integration Services
  • C# | .NET | SQL Server | SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) | MQ | EDI | ABI | ETL | TFS
Dec 2006 - Aug 2011

FTZC - Director of Software Development

  • Directed team in a large scale, multi-year effort to re-architect SmartZone from the ground up
  • Transformed SmartZone from an on-premise based application to a multi-tenant SaaS application, including transitioning from a perpetual license model to subscription based pricing
  • Architected migration strategies and built tools to move company data and integrations from on-premise into our SaaS environment
  • Designed and deployed our highly available cloud environment and established our Phoenix datacenter
  • Established electronic filing capabilities with US Customs and Border Patrol for reporting via ABI
  • C# | .NET | SQL Server | Citrix XenServer | MQ | EDI | ABI
Sept 2003 - Dec 2006

Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation - Senior Developer

  • Contributed to maintaining an existing FTZ system called SmartZone
  • Spearheaded effort to overhaul the entire UI design system
  • Created a hybrid embedded web browser dashboard system that integrated seamlessly with the VB6 MDI application
  • Visual Basic 6 | SQL Server | Access | Oracle | Visual SourceSafe
Jan 2000 - Sept 2003

Mississippi Underwriters - Web Developer

  • Created an online portal for agents to connect and submit automotive and homeowners quotes to underwriters. Underwriters would review, message with agent, and return the rate to the agents
  • C# | .NET | SQL Server | ASP.NET | Alpha4

University of South Alabama

Computer Science

Testimonials

Chris Gutheil

Chris Gutheil

Chief Engineering Officer at QAD

FTZ has been a highlight product for QAD over the past year and a good share of the success is due to the dedication of Joshua. Joshua demonstrated his Company focus; always evaluating the best options for QAD (costs/margin, people development) and our Customers (building trust and improving QAD reputation in the FTZ area). The outstanding sales results for QAD FTZ this year (for FY24) are tied to his personal contribution to the pre-sales meetings and domain expertise.

Projects

  • Everything
  • Apps
  • Awards
Award

2024 QAD Excellence Award

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2024 QAD Excellence Award

"FTZ has been a highlight product for QAD over the past year and a good share of the success is due to the dedication of Joshua. Joshua demonstrated his Company focus; always evaluating the best options for QAD (costs/margin, people development) and our Customers (building trust and improving QAD reputation in the FTZ area). The outstanding sales results for QAD FTZ this year (for FY24) are tied to his personal contribution to the pre-sales meetings and domain expertise."

Chris Gutheil - Chief Engineering Officer

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App

Photo Booth Classic

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Photo Booth Classic

I developed and released a personal photo booth application for the iPhone to capture the iconic vertical photo strips. The app allowed users to take a series of timed photographs and then use a combination of filters. drawing tools, and overlays to create a memorable photo booth like experience. During its time on the App Store, PBC was featured multiple times and broke into the Top 50 paid apps list. PBC was featured in Star magazine's HOTSheet after Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher posted strips to Twitter from the app.

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The Hangover Part II Photobooth

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The Hangover Part II Photobooth

Worked with Warner Brothers to create a branded version of the Photo Booth Classic application to be used as part of the marketing effort for the movie.

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Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway Photobooth

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Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway Photobooth

Worked with Pee-Wee Herman team to create a branded version of the Photo Booth Classic application to be used as part of the marketing effort for the Broadway show.

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InStyle HotSheet for Photo Booth Classic

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InStyle HotSheet for Photo Booth Classic

I developed and released a personal iOS photography app called Photo Booth Classic. It recreated the tradition vertical photo booth strip along with other variations. It also allowed users to write on the strip and place virtual Photo Booth props over their pictures. During its time on the App Store it was a featured app by the App Store review team and was in the top 50 paid apps. The app was also released in branded forms as part of the Pee Wee Herman Broadway show and by Warner Brothers as part of the release promotion for The Hangover II. In addition the app was featured in Star magazines HOTSheet after Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher posted strips to Twitter from the app.

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