Chris Thorn Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

- Agile Program Management Leader for Global Product Delivery- Defining an agile transformation in a financial technology company- Leading a global program management team responsible for delivering product into market from idea to implementation through an agile framework

Atlanta

Atlanta

- Conducting Program & Project Management for an omni-channel commerce platform- Managing strategy, execution and delivery for multiple value streams including e-commerce, mobile, device and product integration- Using Agile Methodologies and tools to deliver innovative products to market- Working across multiple verticals for all aspects of Go To Market execution at enterprise scale- Rapidly responding to business value-driven needs within a highly regulated and secure industry- Supporting Converge and Converge Mobile

Atlanta

- Delivering large scale IT projects in a Big Data environment- Managing enterprise data ingestion and projection projects for high value customers- Leading a team of Business Analysts/CSMs within a dynamic environment- Working with Business and Product Owners to design, develop and deliver customer solutions- Managing Scrum teams throughout entire project lifecycles- Developing program, project and strategic roadmaps for software platforms- Coordinating resource management within an extremely leveraged environment- Prioritization Management for a highly requested software engineering team

MANAGING EDITOR/IT MANAGER (January 2007 - February 2012)IT - Led development of multiple commercial real estate news web sites from inception to ongoing internal management- Product Owner for design and development of the CMS functionality for the company’s primary commercial real estate news web site - Developed new company conference division’s marketing and registration process- Created the circulation email marketing strategy, process and policy - Lead member of team responsible for upgrading a 3-million name circulation database- Managed CRM transition from ACT to Salesforce for a 15-person sales department- Developed policy and procedures for editorial employees on any IT initiativesPrint- Responsible for overseeing the editorial teams on 12 different magazines- Responsible for working with the printer to maintain a production schedule- Editor of monthly Southeast Real Estate Business magazine- Develops print and online strategy for content distribution across multiple channels (print, web, email, conferences, etc.) in response to business environmentEDITOR, SOUTHEAST REAL ESTATE BUSINESS (October 2005 - February 2012)- Assumed Editor role of flagship regional magazine- Responsible for writing, editing, assigning and laying out articles for a monthly real estate magazine- Responsible for tracking and placing ads in the magazineEDITOR, HEARTLAND REAL ESTATE BUSINESS (April 2004 - October 2005)- Responsible for writing, editing, assigning and laying out articles for a monthly real estate magazine- Responsible for tracking and placing ads in the magazineASSOCIATE EDITOR, HEARTLAND REAL ESTATE BUSINESS (August 2002 - April 2004)- Responsible for coordinating and writing the News and Snapshots section of the magazine- Responsible for developing and writing feature articles and covers stories

Masters Of It, Internet Technology

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism