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Building a team of program managers to lead the omni and stores portfolio. This includes leading team OKRs, performance management, career development, and managing third-party vendor relationships, contracts and resources to meet staffing needs beyond core team.Collaborating with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate the planning and execution of defined outcomes and priorities. Contributing to the execution and advancement of PPM practices across one or more… Show more Building a team of program managers to lead the omni and stores portfolio. This includes leading team OKRs, performance management, career development, and managing third-party vendor relationships, contracts and resources to meet staffing needs beyond core team.Collaborating with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams to facilitate the planning and execution of defined outcomes and priorities. Contributing to the execution and advancement of PPM practices across one or more portfolios.Networking with business, engineering, and product leaders across the portfolio to maintain a unified approach and alignment on priorities. Show less

Lead strategic planning and ongoing product roadmap breakdownCollaborate with partner department directors to establish a roles and responsibilities matrix for the Global Technology BOE roleLead the department Corporate Strategic ReviewPartner with Human Resources to prioritize and track the allotted incoming talent positionsLead the department space planning for the return to Nike buildingsDrive role standardization and establish a common model for vendor engagement… Show more Lead strategic planning and ongoing product roadmap breakdownCollaborate with partner department directors to establish a roles and responsibilities matrix for the Global Technology BOE roleLead the department Corporate Strategic ReviewPartner with Human Resources to prioritize and track the allotted incoming talent positionsLead the department space planning for the return to Nike buildingsDrive role standardization and establish a common model for vendor engagement, leading Global Procurement to optimize for speed Show less

Beaverton, Or

Re-envisioned, established, and managed a set of engineering services in a product modelPartnered with Cloud Acceleration, Audit, Risk, and Compliance teams on Quality and Release tools and pipelinesAligned resources to engage and teach engineering teams how to release autonomously, including training on toolsManaged release process alignment to Scaled Agile (SAFe) ceremoniesSupport end-to-end, cross-train test strategiesEnabled software license assessments, forecasting… Show more Re-envisioned, established, and managed a set of engineering services in a product modelPartnered with Cloud Acceleration, Audit, Risk, and Compliance teams on Quality and Release tools and pipelinesAligned resources to engage and teach engineering teams how to release autonomously, including training on toolsManaged release process alignment to Scaled Agile (SAFe) ceremoniesSupport end-to-end, cross-train test strategiesEnabled software license assessments, forecasting, provisioning, procurement, and maintenance Show less

Beaverton, Or

Developed and implemented Release Management process for Product Creation Solutions and evolved that practice Resourced, managed, and coordinated the execution of the Release Management processes, including Go/No-Go, Cutover, and stabilization.Drove department environment planning with project leads and DevOps.Collaborated with Release Management community to lead best practice implementation.

Nike Whq

NikeManaged QA team resources, tasks and priorities, including prioritizing Quality Center changes, report creation, and testing support.Presented the QA assessment, findings, and recommendations of the enterprise SAP release to the SAP platform leadership team.Utilized Kanban and Agile methodology for resource planning and reporting.Managed completion of testing for the HR replacement of PeopleSoft with SAP.Managed the SAP test automation project, including the… Show more NikeManaged QA team resources, tasks and priorities, including prioritizing Quality Center changes, report creation, and testing support.Presented the QA assessment, findings, and recommendations of the enterprise SAP release to the SAP platform leadership team.Utilized Kanban and Agile methodology for resource planning and reporting.Managed completion of testing for the HR replacement of PeopleSoft with SAP.Managed the SAP test automation project, including the implementation of TAO and BPCA for improving the testing of SAP. Show less

Managed project releases, including adherence to IT Governance controls and presenting to the Change Advisory Board.Managed test environments for all information technology, including new initiatives, renewals, maintenance, projects, and operations.Managed environment projects.Led process improvement initiatives supporting the Release Management function

Managed department-level projects.Represented the IT Infrastructure organization on projects and initiatives.Provided a single-point of contact for projects to the Infrastructure resources.Solicited and managed requirements for the enterprise IT Service Management tool set project.

Standard Insurance

Developed roadmap and process improvement plan for the IT Incident Management process.Led IT infrastructure process revision effort with technical and department management.

Infrastructure EngineerConsulted on projects, including providing architecture, design, estimates, and implementations for middleware related projects.Led a cross-functional team that managed and coordinated enterprise middleware services across worldwide locations.Drove integration standards through the enterprise architecture committee.Jr. Web Integrator (contract)Architected and implemented enterprise application platforms and integration services.Collaborated with… Show more Infrastructure EngineerConsulted on projects, including providing architecture, design, estimates, and implementations for middleware related projects.Led a cross-functional team that managed and coordinated enterprise middleware services across worldwide locations.Drove integration standards through the enterprise architecture committee.Jr. Web Integrator (contract)Architected and implemented enterprise application platforms and integration services.Collaborated with Marketing on web application implementations and reporting.Analyzed infrastructure capacity for future application implementations. Show less

Administered and monitored network devices and workstations. Constructed network cabling patch panel for network core. Generated Wi-Fi site surveys and located rogue Access Points.