Product Owner
Current• Successfully led the transition of the Firefly Reservations Software team from a Senior PM, Scrum Master, and Kanban-style delivery to a more efficient structure. This was achieved by implementing Scrum and agile methodologies in collaboration with the Principal Architect, resulting in significant improvements in team performance.• Created and managed the Firefly Reservations Software backlog, leading over 42 sprints that consistently delivered 15-20 feature enhancements per month while maintaining a strategic release cycle with a ratio of 60% new features, 20% technical enhancements, and 20% bug fixes.• Optimized critical business practices, including issue resolution workflows, beta testing structures, and a comprehensive development workflow from product discovery to deployment. This initiative streamlined operations and significantly improved team efficiency.• Developed comprehensive one-pagers and setup guides to enhance user adoption, conducted product demos to showcase value to stakeholders, and managed a comprehensive product roadmap in Asana while maintaining Confluence pages with release notes and application support documentation to ensure stakeholder alignment and enhance communication.• Managed the onboarding of a contract testing engineer to oversee automated test cases and regression tests using Cypress.io and led the integration of E2E Cypress testing and manual testing protocols, ensuring sign-off before each PROD deployment and transitioning those practices to the development team.• Took the initiative to achieve PCI DSS certification in early FY24 by leveraging Confluence for detailed documentation, maintaining a risk status list, implementing necessary security features, securing documentation from payment processors, and collaborating closely with the Security team to ensure full compliance with all standards.