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Huntsville, AL, US

Huntsville, Alabama, US

Lead Product Strategy: Shape the technical vision and development of product portfolios to align with company objectives.Team Leadership: Manage developers and engineering staff, fostering innovation and collaboration.Client-Centric Approach: Drive product success by providing comprehensive client support and feedback management to ensure continuous.

Wilmington, North Carolina, US

• Assist in the development of overall program plan for the concurrent implementation projects for software systems COLYAR and TITAN for school districts in the state of Alabama.
• Manage program plan ensuring program plan governance.
• Manage communications between LINQ and ALSDE teams and their SFAs and sponsors, keeping all stakeholders fully informed according to the program communication plan
• Continuously monitor execution, change management and risk as outlined in the overall program plan, ensuring that all activities, changes, risks, and mitigations are communicated to stakeholders.

• Manage the development and updates of a discipline tracking software solution for schools, from requirement development, concept creation, design, training development, implementation, and continued customer support.
• Manage product development from inception to implementation through management of cross-functional teams and stakeholders for school software needs including a grade management system, social service referral system.
• Monitor and manage support needs for clients working with development teams for system issues, updates, and enhancements.
• Work with developers to create UI models, workflows, and demos to gain feedback from stakeholders for new software development providing business rules for final system development.

Dayton, Ohio, US

Led strategic growth initiatives and aligned the product roadmap with company goals with an IOS app to improve efficiency of unit turnovers to reduce the off line time of lease unit properties.Managed cross-functional teams, defining product requirements, and ensuring effective communication.Improved processes, delivered training, and fostered data-driven.

Huntsville, Alabama, US

• Led business and system assessments using Lean Six Sigma methodologies and tools such as Kaizen (VSM) events, and DMAIC to identify industry best practices and improve efficiencies to reduce costs resulting in annual.
• Developed and implemented training for process improvements, process documentation and management, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) system deployment, and software system training and management.
• Facilitated client leadership update meetings, public updates, and provide support as a liaison between leadership and legal counsel.
• Spearheaded the development of BLOOM, a custom software solution for schools, from concept, design, training development, implementation, and continued IT customer support.
• Managed the audit/review, creation, and updating of system processes and documentation to ensure compliance with federal and state requirements.
• Developed and implemented tools to improve transparency of project planning, scheduling, cost tracking, and project close out for all consultants and company leadership.

* Managed renovations in county and state correctional facilities to upgrade control systems and mechanical door systems with cost effective solutions across multiple states concurrently. * Managed a specialized technician crew ensuring compliance with correctional facility constraints, work conditions, and security for successful repairs and service of.

San Francisco, CA, US

* Represented the Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment (AFCEE) onsite for the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) at Maxwell/Gunter AFB in Montgomery, AL. * Inspected completed units to ensure completion, quality, and compliance with design criteria by providing “Acceptance Notices”, “Certificates of Compliance”, and other close.

* Represented general contracting company as builder spearheading a $5 mil new multifamily development project from preliminary engineering to onsite supervision of the new product. * Drafted construction drawings for conceptual development of two townhouse products. * Managed product development, estimating, subcontractor bidding, subcontractor selection.