Christopher R McGuire
Professional Engineering Resume

Mesirow

At Mesirow, I lead the end-to-end application development strategy across multiple business lines, driving modernization, innovation, and technical excellence. My focus spans architecting scalable solutions, mentoring a cross-functional development team, and embedding AI into workflows to accelerate delivery and elevate software quality. I accelerated product feature delivery by 30% through training teams on AI, guiding prompt engineering best practices, and pioneering GPT/Claude/LLM workflows for application documentation, requirements generation, and code design and development. I’ve transformed the team from siloed and reactive to collaborative and forward-thinking—introducing structured career growth, deprecating legacy systems, and aligning all tech efforts with business strategy. By championing strong design, rigorous standards, and seamless stakeholder engagement, we’re redefining what’s possible for Mesirow’s technology platforms.

Akuna Capital

Serving as VP of Engineering, UX/UI Design, and Director of Front-End Development, I started a course of transformation at Akuna Capital. The team initiated the organization of application logs into a single, consolidated dashboard. In the face of team-building, I cultivated an environment of knowledge-sharing, significantly reducing onboarding time and boosting satisfaction. With this strategic and collaborative approach, I accelerated product delivery by 25%, merging speed with quality in a testament to efficient innovation. Firm-wide, I ignited discussions around defining career paths for the technology teams, helping to support the career progression of development and IT individuals.

SpiderRock Platform

During my tenure as SpiderRock's Director of Product Design and Engineering, I kicked off a process to modernize our application designs, nurtured a productive development team, and effectively transitioned our work processes amidst a global pandemic. A firm believer in the power of good design, I also implemented a design system library transforming UI/UX strategies across the firm.

Citadel, LLC

At Citadel, I held several roles, where I notably built and led a the largest UX/UI team with frontend engineering focus within the firm. I reduced UI development time by 50% by introducing styled control libraries that promoted consistency across applications and intuitive workflows. Additionally, the team increased performance with a scalable microservices architecture. I facilitated cross-departmental communication, fostered vendor relationships, and laid the foundation for effective product marketing and training campaigns.

GE Medical

At GE Healthcare, I designed various software tools and automated processes, significantly improving the efficiency of design and testing procedures. Apart from testing Radiology Information Systems and PACS software products, I was instrumental in implementing a digital document management system and advancing common design and test processes.

Motorola

During my time at Motorola Mobility, I supported all stages of the software lifecycle for Motorola's GSM, GPRS, and UMTS products. I provided robust field support, designed an in-house GPRS IP Network, automated testing efforts, and contributed significantly to the testing of key functionalities within the telecommunication systems. As a team lead in Vancouver, I also coordinated cross-location test efforts and conducted training sessions for the local test team.