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Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Functional Lead/Product Owner for Application Development (8 mo.):-As functional lead, gathering requirements and leading design sessions with 10+ different lines of businesses in order to establish scope, user journeys, and product features of the application.-Acting as a scrum master and facilitating value delivery by removing roadblocks, providing business clarifications and guidance to development teams on how the product should function. This included utilizing tools such as Microsoft DevOps to actively track user stories, epics, features, bugs and issues.-Hosting demos to all lines of business including upper level leadership of Phase I, II and III functionalities of the application. -Facilitating end-to-end UAT testing and sign-off with different lines of business to ensure expected product functionality.Business Development Consultant (5 mo.):-Identified six client opportunities in which the campaign could ignite and drive market momentum within the Telecomm, Media & Entertainment industry.-Created sector-specific & outcome-focused Point-of-Views (PoVs) on the value of Cloud and what Cloud makes possible with 4 guiding key initiatives: Priority Account Activation, Client Engagement, Sector Activation, & Market Evangelization:Data Transformation Consultant (1 yr):-As part of the Migration execution team, supporting data migration cutover of a Fortune 500 Financial Institution. This involved deep-dive sessions with the client technical/business teams and documenting all critical tasks required for a successful migration event.-Determined migration strategy and scope involving client stakeholder engagement to migrate over 3,000 applications & 4,000 servers.+Additional 3 yrs experience not listed, but include:-Product ownership of: Data Warehouse & Reporting, Data Sync, Data Quality and Data Migration-Application Readiness for migrating to the Cloud

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

•Designed and fully implemented a Microsoft SharePoint cloud platform to enhance user-interface, as well as assisting in database migration & management to improve the overall functionality of the web-application by utilizing filters and meta-data tags.•Leading weekly SharePoint training sessions to guide users (locally and globally) on how to navigate through the new platform and utilize the functionalities. Lastly, executed and assisted in the launch of multiple SharePoint sites among different business groups within BASF. •Adding ~€20,000 back into the company by reinventing and developing a market intelligence (MI) tool from scratch through SharePoint and HTML/Javascript coding. The tool provides competitive/market intel on BASF's top competitors through the use of dynamic RSS feeds, stock tickers, market forecast graphs, social media and competitor dashboards. This tool eliminated BASF's pre-existing third-party MI tool, which was being paid for. •Gathering market intelligence on BASF's top competitors and creating "competitive one-pagers"​ which allow executive members of the organization to quickly understand key information such as (mergers & acquisitions, product pipeline, financial forecasts, etc.) about each competitor.