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Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Area

• Drove multi-year vision, roadmap, and feature backlog for a new SaaS solution aimed at accelerating MassMutual’s Life and Annuity product speed to market. Led an organization consisting of US-based business strategists and a Romania-based full stack Agile delivery team. • Owned accountability for sunsetting and replacing a legacy application that delivers product data to most major business processes across MassMutual.• Withing three months of the organization forming, delivered a live data prototype demonstrating value of centralizing MassMutual’s product profile data within a new platform.• Stood up a framework for analyzing contractual obligations of legacy policies and completed a proof of concept on a system for proactively identifying policy blocks that were too risky or cost prohibitive to migrate to a new administrative system.

• Led a cross-functional, matrixed team focused on automating complex data pipelines involving diverse datasets and applying advanced statistical modeling to generate actuarial assumptions for pricing teams in the Life, Annuity, Disability Income, and Pension Risk Transfer businesses. • Scoped new initiatives and define success metrics, business value, and KPIs for products that impact Pricing and Valuation stakeholders. Owned product delivery and tracked value throughout the product development lifecycle. Ensured compliance with AI governance controls around auditability, accountability, transparency, and fairness. • Developed multi-year roadmap for Data Science actuarial work, including a strategic plan to reinvent analytics and financial forecasting capabilities using an internally developed business intelligence tool..• Coordinated activities of the Data Science/Actuarial Steering Committee, which brought together leadership from Data Science, CABA, and Product Pricing to identify, prioritize, and schedule actuarial modernization projects

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Provided in-depth competitor research to foster innovation and increase sales. Research encompassed competitors’ product suites, distribution strategies, marketing campaigns, and customer experience enhancements. • Spearheaded initiative that created the data extracts necessary for MassMutual to participate in LIMRA’s LifeCompass and AnnuityCompass products. Wrote the business case and CBA, secured funding, assembled a project team, and coordinated technical requirement discussions between MassMutual and LIMRA developers.• Prepared quarterly sales reports and competitive commentary for the company’s executive leadership team. • Generated a weekly newsletter for business partners at all levels of the organization that specifically aimed to elucidate larger industry themes, highlight market opportunities, and suggest potential countermeasures for challenges faced by MassMutual’s Annuity business.

Enfield, Ct

• Researched and prioritized potential ideas for new retirement income products. Drafted data driven business cases using criteria of sales potential, feasibility, and fit with MassMutual’s overall strategic goals.• Assisted in defining the strategic direction for the annuity business. Proactively uncovered new opportunities and sized new markets using industry competitive data and feedback from leaders in MassMutual’s distribution system.• Analyzed a large dataset of fixed annuity available on the Ash and Crum p brokerage shelves and recommended field compensation updates to senior leadership in order to comply with the 2016 Department of Labor fiduciary ruling.• Applied continuous improvement tools to support ongoing value stream mapping of MMUS’s product development process.

Springfield, Ma

• Served as product rules subject matter expert in cross-functional research and development teams. Provided input on feasibility, salability, and overall business value of proposed product features.• Drafted product specifications for new product builds and enhancements. Drove resolution of open items throughout all stages of the product development life cycle.• Reviewed and approved business requirements, contract forms, test cases, and project change controls.• Analyzed defects in complex systems calculations to determine root cause. Prioritized defects and developed workarounds where appropriate to keep projects within allotted time, budget, and scope. • Supported post-implementation activities including product training and documentation of new workflows.

Enfield, Ct

• Facilitated business requirements elicitation sessions for annuity business partners. Projects included the launch of a new deferred income annuity product, changes to interest rate calculation methodologies used for existing products, and corrections to calculations used in producer compensation programs.• Under the guidelines of MassMutual’s Solution Delivery Life Cycle, documented and analyzed systems requirements for varied functional areas, such as Product, New Business, Tax Services, and Claims. Along with project manager, evaluated and communicated impacts to project scope for any new system functionality requested.• Partnered with vendors to develop technical specification documents regarding modifications to administrative platforms, interfaces between systems, and extracts used to create contract print output. • Assisted in validation of testing results and defect resolution.

Enfield, Ct

Hartford, Ct