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Edmonton, Ab, Ca

Just Appraised is an organization building software to help form the connective tissue between government agencies at the county level. I was hired by the Director of Product Management to take ownership of our Property Valuation software and bring the product to market from part way through its early development.- Launched the Property Valuation software in an MVP state to 8 launch customers- Led early discovery of a new product for second level property value appeals -… Show more Just Appraised is an organization building software to help form the connective tissue between government agencies at the county level. I was hired by the Director of Product Management to take ownership of our Property Valuation software and bring the product to market from part way through its early development.- Launched the Property Valuation software in an MVP state to 8 launch customers- Led early discovery of a new product for second level property value appeals - Unlocked revenue for the Property Valuation software by expanding the scope from only Commercial Appeals to handling Property Valuation tasks for all kinds of properties Show less

Vendasta is used by 60K+ Channel Partners (inc. agencies and enterprise) to market, sell, bill, fulfill and deliver white labeled digital solutions to more than 6M small and medium-sized businesses.Hired by the VP of Product to take ownership of Website Pro, a B2B SaaS shared WordPress hosting platform, and drive growth and profitability- Drove a 37% subscription increase in 12 months through strategic feature enhancements- Achieved 20% net profit margin turnaround within 12 months… Show more Vendasta is used by 60K+ Channel Partners (inc. agencies and enterprise) to market, sell, bill, fulfill and deliver white labeled digital solutions to more than 6M small and medium-sized businesses.Hired by the VP of Product to take ownership of Website Pro, a B2B SaaS shared WordPress hosting platform, and drive growth and profitability- Drove a 37% subscription increase in 12 months through strategic feature enhancements- Achieved 20% net profit margin turnaround within 12 months from unprofitability- Pivoted the product strategy of Website Pro from a DIY website approach to focusing on the needs of web development agencies- Defined the strategy for the implementation of generative AI into Website Pro focusing on interpreting data coming out of the hosting system- Reduced the frequency of phishing websites on the platform by 97% in 3 months and reduced the impact when they do occur- Built a high performing, globally distributed, multicultural development team to deliver value on Website Pro Show less

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ghostlab is a FinTech company that developed ATM software for Bitcoin ATMs and also a marketplace for purchasing Bitcoin online.- Hired by the Director of Product Delivery to manage dependencies between multiple teams and drive execution of the roadmap as defined by the Product team- Slashed DevOps implementation costs by 90% in just 3 months- Managed and trained 3 direct reports (2 QA Analysts, 1 Jr. Project Manager) with a 100% retention rate- Led delivery of 30+ features… Show more Ghostlab is a FinTech company that developed ATM software for Bitcoin ATMs and also a marketplace for purchasing Bitcoin online.- Hired by the Director of Product Delivery to manage dependencies between multiple teams and drive execution of the roadmap as defined by the Product team- Slashed DevOps implementation costs by 90% in just 3 months- Managed and trained 3 direct reports (2 QA Analysts, 1 Jr. Project Manager) with a 100% retention rate- Led delivery of 30+ features across 5 Scrum teams in 3 B2C FinTech lines in 12 months- Served as the Agile Scrum Master for 5 teams, managing dependencies and facilitating Scrum ceremonies- Coached product teams on Agile practices, driving iterative process improvement Show less

Edmonton, Canada Area

Driving Force is a vehicle rentals, sales, and leasing organization with a small internal development team focused on creating custom applications to support operations.- Promoted to Agile Lead by the Director of IT to maintain a portfolio of 10 internal applications and to take on a coaching role to improve the development team's Agile practices- Doubled the capacity of the Accounting team through accounting automations in our custom inventory management system- Coached 2 Jr… Show more Driving Force is a vehicle rentals, sales, and leasing organization with a small internal development team focused on creating custom applications to support operations.- Promoted to Agile Lead by the Director of IT to maintain a portfolio of 10 internal applications and to take on a coaching role to improve the development team's Agile practices- Doubled the capacity of the Accounting team through accounting automations in our custom inventory management system- Coached 2 Jr. Product Managers to improve product strategy and feature prioritization- Implemented Continuous Delivery, reducing average cycle times from 14 days to 2 days- Promoted just-in-time requirements delivery which minimized waste in discovery and allowed the organization to change direction quickly- Created systems for gathering user analytics data in our internally developed applications Show less

Edmonton, Alberta

Driving Force is a vehicle rentals, sales, and leasing organization with a small internal development team focused on creating custom applications to support operations.- Hired by the Director of IT to translate business goals set by the executive team into a concrete product roadmap, while managing stakeholder concerns throughout the delivery process- Executed product launches for 5 applications from ideation to production- Modernized a legacy company and took Driving Force from… Show more Driving Force is a vehicle rentals, sales, and leasing organization with a small internal development team focused on creating custom applications to support operations.- Hired by the Director of IT to translate business goals set by the executive team into a concrete product roadmap, while managing stakeholder concerns throughout the delivery process- Executed product launches for 5 applications from ideation to production- Modernized a legacy company and took Driving Force from waterfall to an empowered product organization- Introduced automations in the creation of vehicle leasing contracts significantly reducing the amount of rework by the sales team- Created systems for automating the management of vehicle lease payments increasing the capacity of the Accounts Receivable department- Collaborated with contractors to create a bespoke CRM system suited to the unique organizational structure of Driving Force Show less

Edmonton, Canada Area

CodeHatch is an indie game development company that released Starforge. It was crowd funded with an extremely ambitious plan. I was hired by the company founders to drive delivery of the product with the development team and content creators.- Collaborated with the founders to reduce scope of the project to be able to deliver within budget while still meeting backer promises

Edmonton, Canada Area

Hungry Moose Games was a mobile game development studio that partnered with 3rd party controller peripheral companies.- Delivered 9 Lives: Casey and Sphynx where we partnered with a peripheral developer to integrate a bluetooth controller to be used with mobile devices.- Delivered Scopey’s Nano Adventure where the team took on a contract to teach kids about nano technology in a fun and gamified way.- Analyzed business and client needs to create a release plan.- Helped the team… Show more Hungry Moose Games was a mobile game development studio that partnered with 3rd party controller peripheral companies.- Delivered 9 Lives: Casey and Sphynx where we partnered with a peripheral developer to integrate a bluetooth controller to be used with mobile devices.- Delivered Scopey’s Nano Adventure where the team took on a contract to teach kids about nano technology in a fun and gamified way.- Analyzed business and client needs to create a release plan.- Helped the team grow their Agile practice. Show less

Edmonton, Alberta

- Managed small process improvement and focused testing projects with borrowed team members- Expanded upon the integrated Frostbite automated test framework written in C#- Added debug functionality into the Frostbite engine written in C++ to support automated testing- Documented the functionality and standard operating procedures for previously undocumented technology- Worked closely with other teams within the organization to help understand and communicate department needs

- Led a team of roughly 10 solution testers- Was responsible for the performance management of the technical testing team- Responsible for the development of testing strategies- Created training documentation and facilitated training- Participated in the quality management process- Developed tools in C# to support testing tasks- Worked as part of the development team for “Dragon Age II”

- Executed system testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, smoke testing, and performance testing- Created test cases and test plans from use cases, non-functional requirements, and design documentation- Generated test data and test scenarios- Created automated tests written in the Eclipse Engine’s scripting language- Took initiative to develop test tools written in C# as a solo effort- Worked as part of the development team for “Dragon Age: Origins”

Project Management Certificate

Project Leadership Certificate

Course Work, Computer Science

High School Diploma