Ross Sickora
Senior Engineering Manager at MyFitnessPal
West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolRoss Sickora is a Senior Engineering Manager with 8 years of software leadership experience, currently guiding teams at MyFitnessPal from West Des Moines. He has a track record of scaling delivery and cross-functional teams—managing multiple product tracks and improving implementation time from weeks to hours in consulting engagements. Comfortable toggling between hands-on engineering and organizational coaching, Ross has filled roles from senior engineer and SRE to software coaching and built a development dojo at Principal Financial Group. His background blends technical depth (Java, DevOps, security, databases) with an MBA and formal MIS training, enabling him to translate business goals into measurable engineering outcomes. Known for bringing Lean principles into product development, he has led rapid prototyping efforts that turned ideas into paying customers in days. Colleagues can expect a pragmatic, delivery-focused leader who values communication, quality, and continuous improvement.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Business Management, Bachelor of Arts Business Management at University of Northern IowaMaster of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General at The University of Iowa Tippie College of BusinessBachelor of Science Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science Management Information Systems at Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business
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Github Skills (15)
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java6
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kotlin2
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react-native1
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
RossSickora/devOps-leader-class
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:17 commits, 5 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 months
RossSickora/fund-market
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
sample project for demonstrating CI and CD Principles
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
j2eeprinciplesliquibasecontinuous-integrationcicd
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