Dan Kovacs Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, US

- Supporting the web application used to generate advertising deals, manage ad agencies, and schedule commercials for all programming at CBS by identifying and implementing new functionality and enhancements- Collaborating with the business and development teams to prioritize work from the backlog for each quarterly release while engaging with testing.

Long Island City, New York, US

• Worked on the IT Loyalty team and supported the continuous enhancements to the TrueBlue customer experience by analyzing upcoming projects and developing a plan for execution
• Collaborated with the Loyalty Marketing team and translated business requirements to the third-party partners who maintain the TrueBlue ecosystem
• Led the analysis effort for the Delay Accruals project by identifying scope, seeking sign-off on requirement documentation across multiple teams, and working with the business to understand timelines

Dallas, TX, US

• Practiced SAFe methodologies by setting program increment objectives for the team, defining iteration goals, prioritizing the back-log, and leading ceremonies such as backlog refinement, iteration review, and planning
• Ensured the successful migration of on-premise functionality to the Cloud by collaborating with technical and business customers to build out features and deliver value per stakeholder expectations with each user story
• Created a web application and completed detailed documentation to be leveraged as the framework for technical teams across the enterprise through the Reference Architecture initiative
• Assisted the development team in navigating competing priorities of work for establishing enterprise-wide microservices implementation standards in Cloud environments

Dallas, TX, US

• Facilitated working sessions with multiple teams to achieve vision alignment, map business processes, conduct a gap analysis, and collect data from various sources to improve the satisfaction score for College Hire.
• Streamlined communication amongst several departments, increased pre-start engagement with College Hires, and seamlessly engaged with hiring managers early and often, which resulted in a higher satisfaction score

Dallas, TX, US

• Led a committee of 5 Technology Employees to ensure the 50 incoming College Hires each year were given a revamped onboarding experience to ensure retention within the company
• Organized and executed multiple 3-day Rapid Innovation Workshops which included generating the problem statement, establishing the workshop guidelines, and showcasing results to senior leaders
• Conducted retrospective sessions and analyzed survey results to understand how to continually improve the College Hire experience

Dallas, TX, US

• Led and optimized the Program Change Request (PCR) process within the One Res Program Team for the $500 million reservation replacement project, which received over 2,500 new scope requests across 40+ application teams
• Tracked status and collated updates on the PCRs from program team members and application teams to facilitate a weekly readout to program leaders for go/no-go decisions
• Contributed as Business Analyst for successfully delivering the business critical, functionally and technically complex SWA ETOPS project for expanding Southwest's presence to Hawaii. Responsibilities included building.

Bethesda, MD, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US