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Houston, Texas Area

Database designer and data architect for startup offshore floating wind market intelligence company.• Collaborated with our wind subject matter expert to design and build the MS SQL QFWE database• Held overall responsibility for company's data architecture, data delivery and authentication system across the product suite• Designed, implemented and tested Power BI reports for the Q Vision data subscription product• Drove the strategy of new data products and coverage• Developed an estimated cost model for Offshore Wind Project CapEx & LCoE analysis• Initiated a contract sequencing algorithm to identify available contracts in the supply chain

Houston, Texas Area

Senior Product Manager / Agile Product OwnerAgile Product Owner for Powertrain, back office content management system which contained 15K+ global assets for IHS Vantage, an online application providing detailed valuation analysis for upstream oil and gas projects. Managed overall strategy of system building and maintenance, from user requirements versus business needs to usability, writing features and stories, implementation, testing, and deployment.• Worked directly with IHS Vantage Executive Leadership and Product Manager to define business requirements and prioritize development backlog, achieving regular on time releases to production environment.• Directed UK and Denver development teams on simultaneous development of different modules of Powertrain, optimizing teams’ overlap for greater efficiency.• Supported weekly publish of required content to Vantage platform, ensuring deadline achievement for new functionalities and geographic coverage.• Improved transparency and precision of upcoming release planning.• Advised leadership on feasibility and potential duration of new features, especially regarding contingencies and/or critical path prerequisites, driving prioritization based on business needs versus technical challenges while delivering maximum user benefit.• Achieved continually improving product with better overall data quality and fewer defects by resolving complex data issues through all stages of process development and engaging with internal users to understand system requirements and determine feasibility of change requests.• Continued to serve as subject matter expert (SME) and legacy Product Manager for RigPoint, responding to advanced user inquiries and solving data query issues.

Houston, Texas Area

Project Manager / Product Manager, RigPointDesigned ODS-Petrodata (ODSP) Rigs database and RigPoint version 2, an online application market intelligence system tracking worldwide offshore drilling rigs. Data Architect for Rigs database and RigPoint version 2.• Provided data quality assurance oversight for Rigs database and RigPoint version 2.• Improved product offering by writing detailed specifications and managing development teams.• Designed and managed company’s circulation package development which tracked all clients, billings, subscriptions, products (inventory), and users for invoicing and fulfillment.• Facilitated sales closings by serving as Product SME, giving expert training at client locations, answering user questions and gathering first-hand client feedback.• Ensured consistent workflow and terminology across all ODSP online applications by acting as Web Application Standards czar, in collaboration with cross-departmental teams.

Ba, Liberal Arts

Mba, Mgmt Information Systems, Management