John Copelan Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Serves as Product Manager responsible for shaping and executing product strategy to meet company goals, engage in business case development. Collaborates with internal and external teams to drive forward progress of value to customer and business. Conducts overall prioritization of tasks, including leading scrum teams, scope of projects, and maintaining backlog of projects. Maintains responsibility for reporting ongoing status of projects to senior management teams. ❖ Directed reorganization of scrum team to be 20% more efficient. ❖ Managed special projects from start to finish, while maintaining product vision, scope and product expectations. ❖ Collaborated with stakeholders, users and customers to understand needs that are used for sprint work prioritization.❖ Oversaw ADA compliance on sites to meet industry policies and standards❖ Focuses on identifying opportunities and implementing best practices for efficiency and process improvement

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Serves as the primary E-Commerce Product Owner responsible for shaping and executing product strategy to meet company goals, engage in business case development, and creation of internal processes. Collaborates with internal and external teams to drive forward progress of value to customers and determined scope of projects. Implemented Agile practices to have efficient internal processes. ❖ Directed direct communication with internal systems achieving minimal downtime.❖ Managed roadmap and leading discovery for priorities for future products and prioritization of backlog. ❖ Collaborated cross-functionally with the internal stakeholders and software engineering to drive stability of new projects and functionality.❖ Oversaw implementation of ADA compliance on sites to meet industry policies and standards❖ Focuses on implementing Agile best practices for efficiency and process improvement

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Serves as Product Owner responsible for shaping and executing product strategy to meet company goals, engage in business case development, and ensure adherence to internal processes. Collaborates with internal and external teams to drive forward progress of value to customers. Conducts overall scrum master tasks, including leading scrum teams, assigning work to developers, and maintaining backlog of projects. Maintains responsibility for reporting ongoing status of projects to senior management teams.❖ Directed migration of Jewelry TV website from Demandware to Oracle Commerce achieving minimal downtime❖ Managed special projects including Refer-A-Friend, Stretch Pay Self Service, and integration of third party software❖ Collaborated cross-functionally with marketing department regarding driving traffic to site with vendor software❖ Oversaw organization and implementation of ADA compliance on sites to meet industry policies and standards❖ Focuses on identifying opportunities and implementing best practices for efficiency and process improvement

Hanover, Md, Us

Knoxville, Tn, Us

New Orleans, La, Us

SharePoint Development and administration.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Cleveland, Tn, Us

• ColdFusion programming and database development on new and existing applications that has over $500,000 in residual revenue.• Developed new software that increased revenue and has been integrated in whole or in part by E.W. Scripps newspapers.• AJAX development and use of Google maps API to develop rich applications.• Maintenance and improve the quality of specialized websites.• Flash development with video and clients branding.• Internal and external support and troubleshooting with software vendors.• Assist in internet software implementation in an individual and team environment.• Developed and produced complex web features for advertising and marketing departments.• 3rd place winner for best Internet ad by the Tennessee Press Association in 2005 and 2006.Assisted upper management in quality control with vendor software and improve internal applications.

• Analysis and implementation of new software, hardware, and network functionality.• Network maintenance and support of Cisco firewall and routers.• Network administration on a Windows NT server.• Developed and tested Club Maintenance application using Visual Basic and Access.• Software training, support and troubleshooting of new and existing programs.• Reported Directly to Assistant General Manager and General Manager. Analysis and implementation of new software, hardware, and network functionality.

Computer Science And Information Technology, Programming

Bachelor'S Degree, Organizational Management