Alexandra Krive, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

• Manage ongoing enhancements and new feature development for the VitalLaw legal research platform from problem discovery to delivery
• Collaborate with cross-functional team consisting of product manager, editorial, UX design, solution architect, QA, and developers to deliver the global vision
• Gather business requirements and create user stories, develop and maintain a backlog of user stories and prioritize work for development team
• Manage Product Backlog is constantly prioritized to secure delivery of maximum business value
• Ensure the Agile Teams always have an adequate amount of prepared user stories and tasks to work on
• Engage with customers to gather feedback and identify enhancement opportunities

Northbrook, Illinois

• Manage and lead a variety of agile and waterfall projects throughout a geographically disbursed Operations team. Cybersecurity Project Manager
• Manage and lead complex cybersecurity initiatives within Encompass Operations.
• Develop, communicate and implement project schedules, project issue and risk management plans and strategies
• Track project metrics and provide reporting for project stakeholders.
• Work on complex cybersecurity projects where deadlines and scope shift frequently
• Execute complex agent-facing cybersecurity changes while properly identifying and minimizing agency impact.

• Plan, Structure, and Operate e-commerce business on Amazon and Ebay platforms.
• Responsible for managing Amazon and eBay account/sales, listing content, order processing, and other tasks on multiple marketplaces.
• Develop and maintain product descriptions and keyword research for optimal performance in multiple marketplaces.
• Analyze business performance and growth opportunities on a consistent basis.
• Continue to grow and develop business from initiation to over $700K in annual sales.
• Deliver excellent customer service for marketplaces resulting in 98% feedback rating.

Greater Chicago Area

• Originated, Founded, and Managed Program Management Office within a Law and Business organization of an industry giant publisher of legal information responsible for providing professional software solutions along with.
• Identified and aligned crucial projects with the organization’s overall strategy and specific strategic initiatives.
• Established effective Program Management Office (PMO) governance processes and tools to support organizational strategic planning processes by partnering with Business leaders and Executives to create detailed business.
• Managed organizational project portfolio to ensure PMO project managers bring the most value to a very complex organization with rapidly changing priorities.
• Managed and mentored six Project Managers within the PMO and oversaw the successful management of upwards of 30 projects at a given time.
• Identified and engaged internal resources and collaborated with Business Leaders to set realistic and attainable completion dates.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed projects within a complex multi-year program replacing multiple proprietary order management, billing, invoicing, CRM, and various other systems with SAP.
• Managed a wide variety of projects and programs (i.e. new product/software development, business process improvements,, and various enterprise-wide projects.
• Created and managed WBS and project plans from inception to delivery, including risk and mitigation plan management.Managed project dependencies within current and with inter-related projects.
• Managed ongoing critical path and project plan maintenance and status of Project activities, including issues and actions.
• Facilitated a vast variety of work through multiple highly-complex teams as Project Manager on an intricate large-scale SAP implementation.
• Managed stakeholder communication & reporting including status on project scope, costs, schedule, risks, and issues.

Greater Chicago Area

• Worked on the content generation side of an electronic publishing system which provides full-text research and information retrieval capabilities and is built on a 3rd party FAST search engine as a member of the team.
• Performed various proprietary tasks leading to updating and developing electronic product data.
• Coordinated efforts with in-house development team and offshore vendor.Provided electronic product support to numerous teams throughout the organization.

Mism / Pm, Information Systems Management W/ Concentration And Graduate Certificate In Project Management

Bachelor Of Science In Finance, Management, Certificate In Entrepreneurial Studies