Dena Saunders Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Leading a multi-discipline organization developing a diverse portfolio of initiatives focused on growing daily active users for Search, News, and Content Experiences- This team is at the forefront of next generation experiences and new product integrations. We develop, plan and execute on strategy for optimizing high-volume product opportunities- This team is high impact, agile, result's focused, and skilled at delivering unique user experiences through data-driven experimentation- Deep focus on building cross-organizational partnerships with an emphasis on collaboration to support product growth

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Leading a team of program managers working on a diverse portfolio of growth initiatives focused on growing daily active users for Search and News Experiences- This team is high impact, agile, result's focused, and skilled at delivering unique user experiences through data-driven experimentation- Deep focus on building cross-organizational partnerships with an emphasis on strong collaboration to support product growth

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Leading a team of program managers working on a diverse portfolio of growth initiatives focused on growing daily active users for Search and News Experiences- This team is high impact, agile, result's focused, and skilled at delivering unique user experiences through data-driven experimentation - Deep focus on building cross-organizational partnerships with an emphasis on strong collaboration to support product growth

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Product Lead and Manager Search Entry User Experience and Relevance Teams- Manager Monetization Team

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Manager Monetization, Search Entry, and Intelligent Insights (This team includes Monetization, Query Formulation / Autosuggest UX and Relevance, Growth Initiatives, AI Experiences and Incubations, and Strategic Partnerships) - People Manager Monetization Team- Product Lead Personal Search- Feature Lead Bots Experiences - People Manager Bing Entities Team- People Manager Bing Query Formulation Team

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Feature Lead for Bing UX Visual System Team- Feature Lead for Bing UX Answers Team

Redmond, Washington, Us

- PM Owner for the Visual System Framework for the Bing Search Results Page as part of the Core User Experience Group- Drove the cross-team Visual System and Framework redesign for Bing’s Metallica May marketing launch. This effort involved more than 12 feature teams spanning 6 geographical locations. The redesign involved deep collaboration across our design, program management, development and test teams.- Worked with Data Mining team to provide updates on metric analysis to executive leadership for visual system A/B flights- Business Manager within Bing Program Management team helping drive Execution and Planning in partnership with the CVP and Partner Executives for Bing releases. Prepared executive communications for release planning and release execution as well as material for weekly checkpoints with Online Services Division President- BM for Bing Core Relevance team supporting Relevance Shiprooms and Planning

Redmond, Washington, Us

- PM Owner for the Algo and Captions UX Feature Team. Managed agile scrums for the development and test teams. Coordinated with design team to create functional specification for algo features - PM Owner for the Answers UX Feature Team. Developed release backlog and feature specifications for answers framework and common templates. Coordinated cross-team answers common control migration with answers partners in Hyderabad, Beijing, London, Cairo, and Mountain View. Managed Answers leads meetings and daily scrums for development and test teams.- Drove cross-team Social Integration effort for Answers UX. Delivered social framework components for a rapid marketing release. Created materials for marketing to help define the customer story and contributed to early iterations of the first run experience.- Helped establish the team spec process and timeline - Helped with recruitment and mentored multiple team members

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Owner for the next generation collaboration user experience framework for Office Communicator Wave 14 - Managed multiple feature teams and cross team activities as part of the Collaboration team- Designed and managed schedule user experience design reviews for my feature areas- Coordinated relationship with Silverlight team for the Unified Communications Group including client, platform, and web client teams- Drove weekly meetings for collaboration program managers to resolve cross team design issues- Delivered high quality, detailed specifications used by developers, testers and program managers for their collaboration features - Coordinated with the web client team to help develop web client features with equivalent functionality to native client

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Designed features for the Voice Team for iterative under the Unified Communications Group. - Managed multiple feature teams and delivered high quality specifications- Features included call controls, voicemail enhancements, and high definition video shipped as part of Office Communicator 2007 R2- Co-authored patent related to user experience for contextual based call routing- Helped drive meetings related to Exchange Server integration and tracked partner requests

Redmond, Washington, Us

Designed and specified features for the Office Integration team under the UnifiedCommunications Group.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Created functional specifications for software features for Microsoft Office Live Meeting.Managed a design change request and a cross-group project schedule.

Washington, Dc, Us

Developed programs to process satellite data from Stanford’s Wilcox Solar Observatory and theVoyager 2 spacecraft.

Performed database entry and participated in early stages of website design.

Rockville, Md, Us

Lead Programmer for an online application associated with digital media.Additional responsibilities included HTML production and Account Management Assistance

Met with local business leaders and community members to encourage youth workforce andemployment development.

Greenbelt, Md, Us

Designed a website for a NASA laboratory focusing on Rock Magnetism.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Operations Research And Information Science

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Leadership