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California, United States

California, United States

Strategist accentuating company growth strategy, scalable operations, strategic branding and GTM strategy- Consultant on migrating teams to agile/iterative workflow processes, including team roll-out and accountable change management- Audit and strategy consultant steering retail ops facilities towards Government compliance requirements- Clarified client’s GTM strategy through productizing services into a more consumable marketecture- Advised clients on migrating teams to agile/iterative workflow processes, including team roll-out and accountable change management- Clarified clients GTM through developing a clear marketecture and productizing services into an easily consumable menu

San Francisco, California, Us

Answering directly to the SVP of Growth, I supported a cross-functional team of marketers, designers, and researchers in the achievement of their OKR-aligned outcomes. Fostered partnerships across the org to establish empowering and systemic infrastructures with finance, procurement, IT-Ops, and engineering. - Accountable for team forecasts, annual estimation and budget management, defining cross-functional roadmaps structured to inform cost capitalization and resource planning models- Led cross-functional planning for OKR-aligned strategic discovery and prioritization, scoping and resource planning through iterative delivery - Centralized team vendor and software spend in Operations (plan vs actual), and created a sub-ledger reporting system to inform ROI for all cross-team initiatives- Operated as executive-in-proxy for contract negotiations and risk analysis increasing procurement though-put by 80%- Day-to-day work-stream management, aligning cross-functional delivery targets across AppD and with stakeholders at State Farm

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Strategist accentuating company growth strategy, scalable operations, strategic branding and GTM strategy- Brand strategist for a dance studio as an identity, supporting individual teacher brands- Specified and managed client migration to a new web platform enabling better monetization for content consumption with integrated teacher identity and class scheduling

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Team Program Manager aligning internal team and vendor partners to successful outcomes.- Aligned Stakeholders, internal Marketing Team, and Event Vendors in production of Ripple's annual event in Singapore, Swell 2019 (https://swell.ripple.com/)- Improved inter-team process and planning across engineering team, content team, digital creative production, and video production to yield smooth and successful cross-team deliveries

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Answering directly to the Chief Creative Officer, established working processes to align team member work-streams to Company V2MOM. Managed team budget and vendor partners to enable strategy and planning for team member value streams. Joined inter-team strategy sessions as a valued strategist.- Transitioned roadmap planning to a Software Capitalization and Revenue Recognition model to better inform long-term estimation, team resource planning, and clearly defined team member goals- Established a bi-monthly governance forum garnering input from cross-functional stakeholders resulting in more impactful value steam prioritization- Led prioritization forum to stack-rank incoming external against annual roadmaps and in-flight value streams- Established Roles and Responsibilities and engagement models to align the value streams across stakeholders, vendor partners, internal creative and engineering teams- Day-to-day work-stream management, aligning cross-functional delivery targets across AppD and with stakeholders at Cisco

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Client-facing engagement definition and delivery manager. Successfully managed internal team members and third-party engineering vendors in the delivery of delightful experiences in enterprise-level CMS systems, predominantly in SiteCore. - Using LEAN-Agile methodologies, delivered a POC prototype integrating ‘Watson bots’ (AI-engine) into a media-rich, searchable company Knowledge Base- Successfully managed redesign of an Online Banking System, leveraging an Atomic Design Pattern approach, using iterative wireframe and design comp workflows to satisfy an aggressive deliver schedule- Director, PMO said it was “fantastic” how quickly I mastered Extractable’s financial and project systems to straighten out several ‘problem’ projects, finding $150,000 in unbilled invoices

Richardson, Texas, Us

Company SME on the development process for an enterprise-level SaaS Software Development Company. Day-to-day Scrum Master for a 40-person development group, with both local and dispersed team members. Customer-facing Project Manager for customized software integrations and customer feature requests. - Working directly with the SVP of Engineering, successfully defined and rolled-out an iterative development approach focused on fostering more collaboration between the Product Teams. This affected 1000+ developers dispersed across Malaysia, India, Dallas, TX, and San Francisco, CA- Successfully planned and managed the execution of a complete software ‘reIP’ to accommodate a physical move and upgrade of RealPage’s server farm, resulting in 0 affect to customer business- Applauded by Senior Management for fostering a more reliable delivery process within my SCRUM teams, including increasing both visibility to and actionability from my Product Leads

Redwood City, Ca, Us

Senior Project Manager of Start-up to Enterprise-sized native Application Development for iOS and Android platforms, smart phone and tablet.• Product Owner and Project Manager of client development engagements, ensuring applications are successfully released on-time and on-design• Lead LEAN Design workshops with clients to establish business requirements and problem cases • Translated business requirements into user stories ensuring alignment across all team members• Applied modern project management methodologies to manage successful deliveries from local and dispersed design, development, and QA teams

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Product Manager for a SaaS start-up, preparing an internal service tool for commercial launch.• Defined Product Road map and used LEAN and Agile Development Methodologies to meet product deliverables• Defined Business Requirements blending problem case input form Product Team, Design Team, and feedback from user group• Aided in Information Architecture definition, User Experience Design, and Usability Tests to ensure successful adoption of functionality when released to user group

Oakland, California, Us

Senior Project Manager of a Product-focused Digital Agency, specializing in Native Application Development – iOS and Android, and Responsive Website• Awarded three Platinum Design Awards by Hermes Design Awards – 2 for Native Applications, 1 for a Responsive Website• Lead agency Process Engineering Committee to improve efficiency and quality across all agency processes from initial sales call, through successful delivery of all client engagements• Lead immersive Ideation workshops with clients to establish business requirements, and define design functionality and user stories to ensure alignment across all team members• Applied Aglie(ish) project management methodologies to manage successful deliveries on-time and on-budget from all team members

San Francisco, California, Us

Senior Producer of a Digital Advertising Agency, specializing in Responsive Website Design and integrated branding campaigns • Meet with clients to negotiate SOWs, establishing project requirements for cost, scope and schedule • Internal Subject-Matter Expert on client products, advising on content and digital strategy to improve User Experience• Maintained project schedule and milestone deliveries• Day-to-day point of contact for client-side communications• Managed change control negotiations

Senior Producer of a premium art service and game development studio specializing in casual, social and mobile games – iOS, Flash, and HTML5• Managed all phases of multiple complex concurrent projects across company’s project program• Met with clients to negotiate SOWs, establishing project requirements for cost, scope and schedule • Collected raw production data and analyzed business intelligence to yield well-articulated action plans for process improvements • Met with production teams between project cycles to ensure learned efficiencies are used moving forward • Managed the successfully delivery of 67 project cycles across 21 game titles

Established, managed, and maintained an e-commerce site that sold high-end hair products - e-tail, wholesale, and retail

Worked with development team in the front-end design and execution of 2 (iPhone) iOS applications

Responsible for the planning and execution of projects in support of a Consumer Advocacy and Product Portal web site• Successfully facilitated the cross-functional team in the completion and release of a web-based educational product “How to Buy a Home in a Crazy Market” • Conducted multivariate online marketing campaigns and banner ad placements, collecting traffic data from DART, Google Affiliate Network, and NCS analyzing the data and reporting on campaign success• Conducted usability analysis on customer-facing website portal, developing action plans for Executive team• Effectively managed and tracked all marketing projects, reporting success to all project stakeholders

Alameda, Ca, Us

Successfully managed the validation efforts of software feature releases to existing Visual Basic 6 Laboratory Information Management System, while also modularly converting the system to a web-based Java system• Negotiated scope and schedule for release efforts with Software Development Team Leads• Successfully planned, managed and delivered the validation efforts for 4 major and 12 minor version releases within an Agile SDLC• Added automated testing effort to existing manual testing efforts resulting in a savings of $4,800 per roll-out (approximately $38,400 per year), while tripling the number of executed tests with 1/3 less time-to-completion• Managed the Roll-out and Acceptance Validation Team comprised of Executives, Scientists, Developers and Testers to validate the post-install software within a 4 hour down-time window

Managed the receipt and production of product images in the support of an online calendar store

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Successfully managed internal creative staff in the completion of all non-repeating creative projects. • Brand strategist in the redesign of all corporate materials - print fulfillment, corporate website and online store • Accountable for the successful coordination of third-party vendors in the timely delivery of web, print, video, and audio corporate collateral• Working from budget set by Director of Marketing, planned and managed the efforts of the marketing team in the production of Corporate Collateral, the Corporate Website, and Online Store• Compiled Cost Assessment Reports for Executive Team to communicate project success• Communicated project expectations to all project stakeholders

Project Management

Bachelor Of Fine Art, Graphic Design, Business, Philosophy