Daniel Scherzer, Pmp, Dasm Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Denver Metropolitan Area

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Enterprise Program Management Office Senior Technical Program Manager
• Work with Business, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Content Operations, Ad Operations, etc.. teams to bring new Features from inception to realization and helping raise VIZIO's Platform+ net revenue.
• Lead dozens of multi-quarter projects to successful completion year over year.
• Run weekly meetings with stakeholders from Engineering, Business, Legal, Marketing, C-Suite to ensure communication and alignment across the organization for all Program initiatives.
• Continue to build out company PMO processes and best practices to keep everyone aligned, informed, and striving for Kaizen (改善-Continuous Improvement).
• Support other program initiatives, and program managers as new initiatives are started.

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Program Manager and Scrum Master for the Smartcast Services' Client Team and WatchFree+ Team.
• As a Scrum Master, push the Client and WatchFree+ team to perform at their best and grow as a team with better processes by being a servant leader.
• Manage Smartcast Services’ Confluence pages, documents, and processes.
• From May 2022 started leading company revenue initiative programs managing new feature projects' teams, timelines, and outcomes in an ever evolving industry. - WatchFree+ Live and AVOD (On-Demand Video) Program Manager.

Littleton, Colorado, United States

• Program Manager for Messaging and Voicemail functions for the upcoming DISH Network wireless O-RAN network “Project Gene5is”.
• Lead nationwide programs and projects end-to-end from deployment through market integration using Agile, Lean, and Waterfall methodologies.
• Act as Scrum Master for engineers laying out the foundational data centers for the network throughout the United States. Lead scrum huddles, team retrospectives, and sprint planning ceremonies.
• Manage vendor relations for various programs, coordinate troubleshooting sessions, mitigate risk, and negotiate outcomes and timelines.
• Implement change management processes to address issues, keep projects moving, and adjust constantly shifting priorities.

Littleton, Colorado, United States

• Managed programs and projects for National Site Development’s Startup & Development Programs Division to effectively incorporate strategic, innovative, and effective changes for market teams.
• Led cross-functional project and projected budget for the install of new RF dedicated servers in order to facilitate remote virtual desktop sessions, increase computing capacity, and increase the number of RF designs.
• Maintained executive and market leadership weekly meetings to create new project initiatives, address issues and risks, and prioritize resources.

Littleton, Colorado, United States

• Initiated and managed the the coordination, synchronization, and housing of all standards, processes, and documentation for 36 US market teams
• Co-created and led the process for the Vendor Management department outreach program, managed progress tracking, created executive reporting metrics, and created process for start-to-finish document and contract.

Englewood, Colorado, United States

• Coordinated, mitigated risk, and pushed over 160 tower site deployments from design to core integration for the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Built a tool to successfully translate raw database data into an efficient project tracker to ensure tight deadlines were met and prevent scope creep.

Kyoto, Japan

• Led and directed the purchasing team in forecasting, presenting, ordering, quality verifying, invoicing, and closing of international purchase projects.
• Managed and negotiated with suppliers in the USA, India, Belgium, Hong Kong, and Japan with yearly purchases totaling over 4 million dollars.
• Implemented PMI methodologies and stricter risk management to successfully bring in and close purchases before deadlines.
• Streamlined the planning process to reduce resource needs by 30%, and negotiated with vendors to decrease costs by 15%.

Toyama City, Toyama Pref., Japan

• Devised a yearlong curriculum to teach Japanese children the basics of English in order to be able to read English books by the age of five.
• Coordinated with Japanese staff to ensure parental learning expectations and goals were met.

West Sacramento, California

• Acted as the representative and translator for the Japanese CEO and Executives to ensure proper communication between the company and American entities.
• Main point of contact for the California Chamber of Commerce, the West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, and the California Employers Association.
• Advised Upper Management on Human Resources issues, OSHA legal compliance, and localization. Stood as a cultural liaison between Japanese and American staff to resolve and smooth out cultural differences.

Yatomi City, Aichi Pref., Japan

• Headed up new sales and market research for exporting Japanese cars to Africa, Asia, and Caribbean markets.
• Led the online marketing and sales accounts to take online sales from 2% to 35% of monthly sales profit and increased sales contacts by 50%.
• Personally made ship space reservations through multiple Japanese ports, arranged inspections, and ensured all export paperwork was finished for each vehicle sold.

Takayama, Gifu, Japan

• Immersed myself in the Japanese culture and language, and pushed myself to think and reason with different approaches to new challenges.
• Coauthored and planned a new elementary school English curriculum to prepare students for Middle School and High School English classes.
• Implemented new curriculum in three schools totaling over 600 students.