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Fort Worth, TX, US

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Product Owner for critical 24/7 operations web application, leading 6 person Agile development team
• Lead communications between business stakeholders and software engineers to capture requirements and ensure product enhancements meet the needs of our end users
• Responsible for product vision, road map directing, feature prioritization, backlog refinements, sprint management, and leading user acceptance testing
• Host quarterly Program Iteration Planning days with development teams, project leadership, and product stakeholders, driving the product transformation to meet yearly goals
• Present executive updates and communications to department VPs, AVPs, Directors, and Stakeholder Leadership for showcasing and demonstrating SILC feature deliveries and application capabilities
• Integral to data analytics efforts to optimize railroad operations by leveraging SQL, PowerBI, Tableau, Azure Databricks, and Teradata Datawarehouse connections

Belton, Texas, United States

• Product owner of 11 member application development team within the PECOS 2.0 Agile Release Teams, responsible for backlog management in line with the broader product initiatives
• Presented and demonstrated product functionality to audiences of over 100 people including Federal Government CMS representatives, Health Care Administrator end users, and business leadership
• Owner of requirements for Advanced Provider Screening (APS) vendor integration feature into PECOS 2.0, spearheading fraud reduction and identity verification in the Medicare program, leading multiple organizations in.
• Vital liaison between developers and multiple end user groups in providing clarity to product requirements and obtaining additional technical details during active development under tight deadlines
• Performed Scrum Master duties at required times through leading daily standup, managing sprint delivery reports, coaching development team, and managing blockers

Fort Worth, Texas

• Managed EUC vendor contract transition by leading 3-month cutover for key infrastructure and help desk services
• Created and oversaw automated delivery process for contractual deliverables of BNSF - IBM workplace agreement
• Leveraged data analysis on cellular agreements ($15M annual spend) to identify strategic contract savings opportunities
• Coordinated and tracked removal of 1300 devices from cellular environment resulting in $0.5M in annual savings
• Lead Microsoft Office 365 license optimization effort resulting in claimed savings of $1.1M over 2 years
• Managed MacBook Pro Pilot program and inventory for limited BNSF user group, cultivating future business use

Belton, TX

• Communicated with business and technical stakeholders to establish application requirements for our primary client, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
• Managed team of 5 members from disciplines including functional, technical, and quality assurance for enhancement planning and scrum agile development
• Develop User Interface for Java Applications, leveraging Bootstrap framework, and HTML components
• Primary lead for over 21 enhancements to PECOS applications throughout 10 system version releases
• Co-lead analyst for Medicare Part D enhancement, streamlining Medicare application processes and reducing typical provider enrollment completion time from 4 weeks to 1 week