Aaron Mcwilliams Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, TX, US

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

At Vantage, our innovative, solutions-oriented bankers are ready to take action, find creative solutions, and help bring your vision to life. We are Texas-born, family-owned, community-based and internationally experienced. Your partner in financial victories since 1923.I oversee Enterprise Program Management, helping align the company’s programs and key.

I help small business owners organize the chaos of work and get life back on track. Most entrepreneurs are great at creating a vision to pursue and jumping in with both feet. But what's next?I help you super-charge your team (and your self) by getting the right people in the right seats, aligning everyone toward the same vision, then leveling up execution.

• Led strategic planning for company, including OKRs and all employee communication.
• Oversaw daily activities of IT/DevOps, Development and Marketing.
• Acted as Program Manager overseeing Product Owners’ successful work on core infrastructure, website, and payment tech overhauls.
• Key marketing strategist for brand in the health and financial services space.

• Agile Change Agent responsible for transitioning development and marketing teams to scrum framework and increasing efficiency by over 50%.
• Product Owner/Project Manager responsible for scoping and implementing planning software for client in the transportation and shipping space.
• Trained & managed three Product Owners, plus state-side and off-shore development teams.
• Served as Scrum Master on multiple teams and presented project reporting to leadership.
• Authored company agile development process and supporting documentation.

Fort Worth, TX

• Grew team from 5 to 15 and managed over $3 million ad budget for multiple brands.
• Introduced Business Operating System for company and oversaw implementation.
• Created Program Management Office and project managed first software build for an external client.
• Started agency side of business from ground up to 29 clients.
• Led executive team meetings and key internal communications.
• Expert in CRO and analytics; hired and trained my replacements in email and SEO.

Fort Worth, TX

• Managed insurance products from concept to marketing, including licensing.
• Launched and tested new products in lifecycle marketing campaigns.
• Created new email marketing campaigns and became company SEO expert.

• Built up new Recruiter position and led company in lowering employee turnover 28% and saving an estimated $300,000 in 2 years.
• Responsible for recruiting process, employee training and development, branding and engagement programs, payroll and benefits support.
• Led in creation and management of first company-wide review process.
• Co-developed company branding material and implemented new customer service training.
• Change agent for vacation benefit overhaul, new time clock software implementation and many new employee engagement initiatives, including employee survey.
• Wrote numerous policies and revisions for employee handbook.

• Responsible for: studying local language and culture to prepare for future business and educational endeavors in southern region of Russia; organizing and managing all overseas aspects of inter-cultural exchange.
• Surveyed educational institutions throughout a city in southern Russia of 700,000 and negotiated terms and conditions between Russia and visiting American team.
• Developed pioneering and successful model of overseas inter-cultural exchange program and summer English course in volatile, Muslim area of Russia.
• Created and led English groups and introduced weekly events impacting hundreds of local students for developing English skills and expanding global perspective for future career endeavors.

• Responsible for: planning and running student events and conferences; coaching and training students in small groups and in one-on-one counseling situations; taking part in weekly staff meetings for compiling company.
• Led team in planning week-long conference and ski trip in New Mexico for several hundred students.
• Developed and conducted training for summer course, prepared and organized materials, and coached students one-on-one and in small group setting.
• Successfully trained students to assume positions of leadership.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication, Minor In Business

Certificate, Russian Language And Teaching Methods

Studied Russian language and received certification in Russian Language Instruction

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