Debra Montgomery Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California USA

• Managed multiple data analytics engineering projects, including data migration and server / application upgrades. Currently working with engineering teams in both Palo Alto and Glendale, CA on various projects.
• Established and documented UAT processes with data analysts for to ensure comprehensive testing and smooth launches.
• Documented and facilitated road map planning for BI Engineering teams.

• Managed multiple e-commerce projects, including Back to School 2011, 2011 Holiday Campaign, 2011 Holiday Tech Readiness, code base merge for two web sites, and product page updates.
• Program Manager for tracking engine projects.

• Project Manager for small to large projects for front end and back end web development which included site redesigns, data system setup, inventory cost calculation adjustments (and related report changes), and much.
• Program Manager for Reporting Program which averaged 100 projects per year. Worked with Engineering Manager to review, update, and document processes and templates for program

• Producer for creative development for projects including updates and redesign of item pages, cart, checkout, help, etc. Lead Producer for Pharmacy and Optical.
• Set up and monitored creative schedules, obtained approvals and completed as many as 25 projects at one time. Coordinated with technical, marketing and business teams. Updated html as needed.

• Key manager of QA department responsible for budgeting, scheduling and staffing department of up to 55 internal staff and off-site contract firm with up to 20 staff.
• Reviewed forecasts and plans weekly and represented QA at weekly status meeting with cross-functional team of dept. managers and directors.
• Under my leadership, automation of financial reports was developed which saved 60-80 hours/month of data input time by QA Leads and management staff.

• Built department to 20 people; worked with Sr. QA manager to grow and maintain staff of 30-50.
• Developed testing strategy, prepared / monitored budgets and forecasts, and managed staff.
• Co-authored, gained approvals, and implemented software milestone document for company. Monitored compliance to same which resulted in QA savings of over 30% the following year.
• Planned staffing and assigned tasks of leads and testers. Reported on status and issues of projects at weekly status meeting with cross-functional team of managers and directors.

• Produced Sierra CD-ROM title, “Backstage Pass: The Ultimate Rock ‘n Roll Trivia Game”. Wrote and updated functional spec and flow charts. Prepared and monitored project budget and schedule. Used proprietary content.
• Produced multiple on-line projects, including versions of themed games of the “Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, “The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps” and others as part of a Universal Pictures co-marketing agreement.