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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Aligning with long-term strategy to consolidate functions and streamline analysts operations by leading 2 of 6 teams for a sizeable transition of homegrown tools and security functions to a 3rd party platform. • Dissect functions from homegrown tools and design their aligned replacements in the new architecture in conjunction with teams developing API and UI/UX.• Revived relationships and development efforts for a suite of applications, each with its stakeholder team, cleaned backlog back to 2019, and brought JIRA projects into compliance with bank agile practices

Utilized time between contracts to attain Product and SAFe Certifications, soul search, develop relationships, upskill, bring personal affairs into order, and prepare to get full steam into a dedicated product role

Westlake, Texas, Us

• Consolidated product management initiatives and realigned strategic roadmap towards business goals, resulting in $3M+ of savings and reduced duplicative product requirements.• Acted as product manager to the internal team of 30 product managers. Recommended an internal product management tool (road mapping, product ideation, prioritization, budgeting) with anticipated time savings to PMs of 15%.

Denver, Colorado, Us

• Managed the full product lifecycle of a $10M annual budget, including customer discovery, requirement development, testing, and deployment.• Completely redesigned customer support and compliance business functions, resulting in a 20% increase in user satisfaction while the company grew from 80 to 240 employees.

Greenwood Village, Colorado, Us

• Aligned multiple teams on product strategy and requirement prioritization (IT, Product Management, Customer Success, and Sales) to increase development speed from requirements to implementation.• Enhanced process for QA and User Acceptance Testing to catch more edge cases through testing of prototypes, resulting in a 10% reduction in bugs.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Director of IT and Facilities Manager• Increased user satisfaction by 25%, implementing appropriate technologies, incrementing processes, and leading change management of IT services supporting cross-functional groups in a $60M Enterprise.• Realized a 90% success rate, leading projects to completion on time and within budget.• Reduced per-employee overhead by 10% by managing construction projects, negotiating vendor contracts, and executing maintenance operations.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Increased profitability by 23%, implementing an order management system and streamlining fulfillment processes for transition to low-cost labor.• Realized 17% growth in YOY revenue into a multimillion-dollar field service offering, gaining trust from channel partners through relationship building and incremental improvements to operations based on customer and front-line feedback.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Reduced failure rates by 20% and reduced onboarding costs by 200% by initiating IT services and end-to-end processes while ensuring dependability, scalability, and defensibility.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Led Google Workspace and telecommunications managed services, offering from 0 to 1.

Englewood, Colorado, Us

• Won $300,000+ in direct sales and additional revenue from support activities.

New York, New York, Us

• Tailored personalized investment experience from client needs, interests, and values discovery.• Licensed to sell health and life insurance.• FINRA registered representative holding series 6 licensing for variable products.

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Declared best• Expo in the restaurant by management and kitchen staff.• Bus boy by the entire staff in Boulder's largest restaurant.

Denver, Co, Us

• Managed administrative and customer service responsibilities for Arbiters and Mediators. • Trained and managed new Interns.• Created a statistical summary of Colorado jury verdicts by injury type and award; finalized product created using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, three volumes to date.• Liaised for communications between judges, lawyers, and office staff.

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Initiated a territory Franchise from 0 to 1 while maintaining a full-time course load at CU Boulder. • Closed $50,000 of booked contracts. • Recruited, trained, and managed 12 employees over a 1 year internship.• Solicited 80 estimates from cold calls and customer referrals. • Managed door-to-door appointment setting team.• Completed $38,000 in production.• Maintained a 42% profit margin.• Conducted accounting, payroll, and communication with the central office.• Negotiated all business between painters, homeowners, College Works, and regional managers.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics, Political Science, International Affairs

Product Leader Certification, Product Strategy And Data Analytics

Product Manager Certification, Product Management