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Fishers, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, In

Manage the largest and most strategic application in the Herff Jones portfolio that enables thousands of schools (and tens of thousands of users) to teach Journalism and create their yearbooks online. Also manage three additional complimentary applications. Responsible for all aspects of each product’s lifecycle including:● Collaborate with business unit and executive leadership to understand the business drivers and goals,and to socialize product vision.● Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to create the go-to-market strategy for each new product andmajor feature enhancement.● Create and maintain the product roadmap, prioritizing new features, enhancements and technical debtfor further socialization.● Manage the enhancement and maintenance backlog to insure high impact features and issues areprioritized.● Collaborate daily with internal and external engineering team members to execute the roadmap usingAgile (Scrum) methodologies.o Record User Stories with acceptance criteria and success metrics in Jira.o Run user experience story mapping sessions with Development Tech Lead, UX Designer andQA Lead.o Work continually with software and QA engineers, UX designers, server and networkengineers, and database administrators making strategic and tactical product decisions whileaccounting for user experience, scalability, supportability, cost, and market dynamics.o Coordinate all pre-launch activities including UAT, documentation, support training, andSales\Customer communication.

Carmel, In

Managed a newly created Product Management department responsible for the advancement of the current product suite designed to facilitate the supplier management, contract management and e-procurement activities for the Fortune 1000 market space. • Mentored the Product Managers as they transitioned into their new roles.• Developed and implemented an innovation program designed to foster and capture new product ideas. • Conducted the company’s first client focus group to gain feedback on current development efforts. • Assisted corporate marketing in simplifying the pricing and positioning of all products and services.• Focused Development on enhancing workflow and the user experience to facilitate user and enterprise adoption.

Managed a four module SaaS suite designed to facilitate the client management, loan administration and portfolio risk analysis processes for lending institutions during a period of rapid revenue and client growth. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders in the creation, development and prioritization of requirements to insure development efforts were optimized. Worked directly with the development staff to insure market requirements were addressed. Assisted in the creation of marketing campaigns and collateral to support the solution's sales and marketing efforts.

Managed the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll, and the timely production and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements. Coordinated the preparation and timely filing of the company's quarterly and annual reports with the SEC. Responsible for the insurance, accounting and banking relationships, and served as the company's primary liaison with its outside investors, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Managed the five member Accounting Department to insure the preparation of timely financial statements and the integration of our activities with the company's Japanese Treasury department. Managed cash flow and prepared cash flow projections during a period of unprecedented capital investment and change in this $130MM Tier 1 Japanese automotive component manufacturer.

Managed all of the financial matters of this $7MM company, including tax planning, estate planning, business and health insurance, budgeting, investment portfolio administration, financial administration, and 401(k) Plan administration. Also administered all facets of the company's information system, including upgrading of software and hardware.