Christopher Akins Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

• Facilitate effective communication between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring alignment and clear communication.
• Define and maintain the product vision and development roadmap, guiding the team towards strategic objectives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Drive product enhancements that boost efficiency and user satisfaction, leveraging stakeholder feedback to ensure strategic alignment.
• Lead workshops and focus groups to identify user needs, prioritizing features that enhance functionality and usability.
• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering high-impact software solutions, consistently meeting project milestones and stakeholder expectations.

Houston, TX, US

• Consulted with clients on best practices and software usability, enhancing user satisfaction and improving client productivity.
• Assisted new clients in data conversion and software implementation, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Trained users and internal staff on software functionality, improving operational efficiency.
• Led team regression and performance testing, ensuring high-quality version releases.
• Managed multiple projects from conception to completion, delivering on time and within scope.
• Designed customized reporting and software enhancements to address unique client needs, driving operational improvements.

Houston, TX, US

• Provided technical support and resolved complex issues, enhancing client satisfaction and retention.
• Developed custom reporting solutions, improving data accessibility and decision-making efficiency.
• Created SQL scripts for data querying and modification, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Conducted thorough testing on application enhancements, guaranteeing functionality and reliability.

• Researched and analyzed well production capacity, creating forecasting models for future reserves and revenue.
• Built and maintained MS Access database for client production data, aiding engineers in strategic planning.
• Configured Aries software to process production data and generate forecast reports.
• Developed marketing material from client data for sales presentations, contributing to an estimated $300M in client revenue.

Dayton, OH, US

• Collaborated with stakeholders and developers to align program requirements and communication protocols, ensuring product viability.
• Designed more than 20 applications/interfaces for seamless data transmission between end-users and manufacturers.
• Led QA processes for annual software releases, focusing on black box, regression, and performance testing.
• Delivered comprehensive software training to end users and staff through one-on-one and classroom sessions.
• Reduced maintenance efforts by more than 90% by designing an enhancement to an existing proprietary software interface.
• Received Product/Project Management awards April 2004, May 2006 and June 2007

UCS merged with R&R in November 2006

Bs, Computer Science

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