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New York, NY, US

Madison, WI, US

• Define product strategy, manage release scope & timelines resulting in successful launch of regular product enhancements & individual state mandates, eliminating financial risk to the company resulting from.
• 0.0 Defects per 70 state rate changes monthly average delivered for 6+ months running during corporate reorg.
• 0.1 Defects per 325 story points monthly average delivered for 6+ months running during corporate reorg.

New York City, NY, US

• Build video transformation, enrichment and delivery products that provide essential capabilities to enterprise level entertainment company & internal / external partners for media distribution.
• Own product roadmap, epics, user stories, deliverables, technical specifications, workflow capacity & velocity.
• Run sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, sprint retrospective and product backlog grooming.
• Delivered 144 user stories, 20 epics & 6 sprints in 12 weeks, with a team of 5 software development engineers, 2 quality assurance engineers, 1 scrum lead, & 1 product owner, enhancing existing video delivery platform.
• Enhanced video delivery platform, enabling launch & rollout of new SVOD platform in 20+ European markets.
• Troubleshoot issues related to product features and capabilities.

• Project managed and produced ticketed live theatrical production in virtual reality where 10-20 active audience members play roles and interact with 5 live actors in a branching narrative escape room quest in VR, while.
• Project managed and produced pioneering annual film festival on a cruise ship with worldwide ports of call.
• Distributed Event Marketing for 7 ticketed events for live virtual reality production for VR / XR / AR festival.
• 300% increased bottom line resulting from process improvement for luxury goods designer / fabricator.
• Content Management for 1.2k piece direct mail consumer marketing campaign, doubling sales for travel industry.
• Raised net $15k in contributions partnering with industry celebrity & biographer for non-profit foundation.

Jersey City, New Jersey, US

• Define product vision, strategy, communications and roadmap for 5 existing product offerings. Prioritize and manage multiple projects for 2 new product offerings. Developed new products and strategies using Agile.
• Exceeded by 630% in strategic initiatives launch & rollout goals of B2B & B2C web, mobile & API framework by monitoring QA & user acceptance testing to refine flexible product features, pricing, & customer experience.
• Fundraised over $16K in matched funds as company leader for healthcare initiative, retaining company’s premiere status with non-profit. Received high marks for project management skills and strategic thinking.
• Awarded 2nd prize in hackathon competition for attention to detail in designing IFTTT machine learning prototype using light & color to solve problems while improving disability compliance.
• Created data-driven enterprise architecture using JIRA for collaboration with data scientists, developers, & technical engineering, with a focus on performance analysis & digital experience to meet customer needs.
• Translate business strategy into JIRA for 3 existing & 2 new B2B & B2C Agile Software Development Lifecycle digital products.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Recommended new product and distribution opportunities for video newsmagazine.
• Edited raw video footage using Apple Final Cut Studio, including sound correction and color correction.
• Researched multimedia content related to current video projects in the pipeline.
• Compiled digital reference library.

US

• Produced 6 episode proof of concept for web news and feature show.
• Grew user base of over 60,000 in 2 months.
• Developed economically viable business model to put series into mainstream production with attractive ROI.

New York, New York, US

• Awarded admission as 1 of 50 motivated participants out of 200+ industry do-er's who applied.
• Developed new collaborative skills & adapted existing corporate skills to solve innovation problems for startups.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Accomplished SAS-70 readiness assessment of venture-funded startup specializing in Internet, Mobile and IPTV Video.
• Authored needs assessment and business requirements, detailing both tactical and strategic solutions to pass audit.
• Interfaced with some of most respected individuals in broadband media and Internet ad serving.

New York, NY, US

• Pioneered applying Agile SDLC methodology to software development and SCRUM for design phase of front-end replacement for legacy online trading, foreign exchange as well as cash instruction system.
• Reduced product development costs by over $2.1M via responsive design replacement of mainframe Ui/Ux.
• Decreased expenses by $750K evangelizing enhancement with compelling value proposition.
• Streamlined 60-day process to 6 hours via simple, effective, prioritization process emphasizing flexibility.

New York, New York, US

• Recruited to lead 90-day tight deadline regulatory effort with Chief Intellectual Property Counsel remediating Citigroup electronic communications to comply with SEC 17-A4 ruling. Led projects related to SEC 17-A3 &.
• Defended combined revenue at risk of $3,160,000,000.00. Completed unprecedented 90-day SEC 17-A4 regulatory project on time, within scope, and under budget, leveraging diplomacy for issue escalation.

New York, New York, US

• Executed progressively responsible collaborative projects of SWIFT message based securities, cash, foreign exchange & trade client/server technology. Installed & configured software at client sites worldwide, including.
• Expedited $80,000,000,000.00 asset transfer from prior custodian, contingent upon timely delivery of SWIFT compliant web-based securities trade instruction product.
• Increased revenue by $3,000,000.00 and increased share of wallet by $1,000,000.00. Launched controls to third party vendor platform on schedule and within budget, resulting in increased sales in Scandinavia.
• Program managed 8 interactive e-Commerce web initiatives for institutional clients worldwide.

New York, New York, US

• Reconcile accounts and provide comprehensive account administration for multiple institutional clients.
• Supervised and developed staff of 17 direct reports serving institutional clients in North America with integrity.
• Increased ROI by 20% via best practices for an institutional Defined Contribution plan.

Completed progressive assignments in Accounting, Relationship Management and Financial Analysis with Citibank and MONY Financial Services.

INDUSTRY SKILLSAccountingAgile SDLCBankingBrokerageBusiness AnalysisChange ManagementCompliancee-CommerceEntertainmentFinancial ServicesInsuranceManagement ConsultingMediaProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipProgram ManagementProject Closure and EvaluationProject ManagementSAS-70ScrumSix SigmaSprint PlanningStakeholder CommunicationsWaterfall SDLCMANAGEMENT.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry French Double Major

Diploma, Chemistry, French