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Castle Rock, Co, Us

Centennial, Colorado

Created a total addressable market assessment report using technographics and historic sales data to quantify DHI’s partner integrations opportunity. Worked with internal and external stakeholders to present an ecosystems business case to executive stakeholders resulting in allocation of $500k toward product strategy.Negotiated iPaaS agreement within DHI budget providing opportunity to pilot and prove integration strategy leading to full investment in partnership integrations.Created objectives, key results, and initiatives roadmap that align to DHI’s ecosystem strategy ensuring measurable outcomes for delivered products.Collaborated with architecture, lead developer, and contractor stakeholders to define integration user journeys, build technical diagrams, and prioritize user stories.Led product interviews with client business and technical stakeholders to understand customer problems & translate them into technical solutions.

6465 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #800, Centennial, Co 80111

Beeline is a software-as-a-service company dealing with solutions for sourcing and managing the extended workforce. The company ranks among the largest VMS providers in terms of total temp/contract spend and outsourced spend in Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2013 VMS and MSP Supplier Competitive Landscape reportAs a Beeline Product Manager I:- Develop the product roadmap and integration strategy for integration partnerships and web services - Work closely with engineering teams to develop and deliver against our strategic product roadmap- Delivered the first fully integrated background check solution for a VMS platform- Designed and managed to delivery our Workday Connect partnership integration- Provide direction to client product enhancement requests- Support Product Marketing and sales with launch and promotion activities- Consulted to introduce Lean planning practices within the Beeline product lifecycle, which resulted in product leadership’s ability to present a strong convergence message and strategic product vision to the company board that is backed by a measurable plan of execution- Test product hypothesis through interviews, market research, wire-frames, and mock-ups- Work with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple time zones- Conduct product demos, consolidate feedback, and prioritize enhancements- Interact with SVP stakeholders on a regular basis- Define and catalog target customer personas & their needs

Centennial, Co

Centennial, Co

IQNavigator provides intuitive technology and innovative solutions that allow the world’s best companies to intelligently manage their procured services through their ecosystem of people, partners and suppliers. IQNavigator’s multi-tenant SaaS Vendor Management Software (VMS) processes tens of billions of dollars in yearly services spend for clients. Our VMS automates the entire life-cycle of the non-employee workforce — enabling hiring managers, category owners, MSPs and suppliers to better manage contractors, consultants, temporary workers, independent contractors and outsourcers.• As an Agile Program Manager I continued to coordinate and communicate feature release milestones between product managers and development teams• I managed the quarterly release milestones & objectives with input from sales, product, and professional services• Through a live feature Kanban Board, I maintained visibility into current feature development and updated the feature roadmap as necessary• I was a conduit for sales to understand the state of their client commitments and I negotiated trade-off decisions based on development capacity• I administrated Jira and Confluence as a central product management and strategy hub for internal stakeholders• Having cut the administrative effort of i2r by 75%, my role was expanded to integrations product manager• I influenced the vision and strategic direction for BeeLine/IQN's ecosystems and partnerships• I defined the features and milestones for integration products and work with the development team to break the features into user stories and micro service tasks• I prioritized and maintained the product backlog and use various visualization techniques to make the necessary product changes that drive product adoption• Resulted in a defined integration strategy and actionable initiative backlog

Centennial, Co

IQNavigator provides intuitive technology and innovative solutions that allow the world’s best companies to intelligently manage their procured services through their ecosystem of people, partners and suppliers. • Role was expanded to extend the i2r framework and SAFe practices to the entire product development organization to bring additional structure to the software delivery lifecyle and drive results• Tailored the Big Room Quarterly Planning process to the culture and environmental context of the IQNavigator development organization• Formulated a “Zero Estimation” development model, which could give accurate delivery forecasting without weekly level of effort estimations by using cycle time, and weekly delivery variance• Refined the idea to roadmap delivery framework so that it could be effectively managed with 50% less effort• Resulted in a traceable software delivery lifecycle that set accurate delivery windows with minimal distraction to development

Centennial, Co

IQNavigator’s multi-tenant SaaS Vendor Management Software (VMS) processes tens of billions of dollars in yearly services spend for clients. Our VMS automates the entire life-cycle of the non-employee workforce — enabling hiring managers, category owners, MSPs and suppliers to better manage contractors, consultants, temporary workers, independent contractors and outsourcers.• Hired to proactively manage program, project, and phase plans for new product development and insure alignment with corporate goals and accountability of delivery for agile software development projects• Created an idea to roadmap (i2r) product delivery framework that became the underpinnings of IQNavigator’s product development process and gave our organization a consistent method for planning and road mapping agile development initiatives aligned with our 3-year Product Strategy• Developed the internal product strategy portal to capture the product vision and clearly tie the development user stories to the designated corporate IQNavigator objectives• Built software delivery models, which gave executive management a data driven approach for measuring progress and communicating software delivery expectations• Resulted in equipping our executive technology leadership with the ability to present a compelling technology vision with a measurable plan for delivery

Centennial, Co

Privately funded, IQNavigator, Inc was founded in April 1999 and focuses on helping companies achieve competitive advantage through talent management. The company has headquarters in Denver, Colorado and London, England, along with satellite locations throughout Europe and Asia. IQNavigator's Vendor Management System is a SaaS platform. Accessed from over 100 countries daily, IQNavigator clients manage billions in spend on contingent labor and outside services.• Hired to provide top tier support and configuration analysis for clients with complex business processes• Created specialized training programs for program offices supporting my key accounts• Developed various application knowledge bases, including Single Sign On, Core System Behavior, Web Services• Supported Clients through difficult HRIS transitions and consulted on integration change requests• Managed client expectations concerning their critical escalations and enhancement requests

United States

Bona AB is a family-owned company founded in 1919. With its headquarters in Sweden, Bona is now present in more than 70 different countries all over the world through subsidiaries and distributors. We provide products for the installation, maintenance and renovation of wood floors.• Promoted to oversee operations, deliver product scope, assure timeline accuracy, and provide management visibility into a variety of projects.• Refined existing project templates to streamline the product delivery lifecycle from conception through delivery • Organized project communications between Product Management, Sales and Marketing, Operations, Legal, Compliance, R&D, and external suppliers• Presented clear trade-offs for key decisions affecting the critical path of time-sensitive projects• Assessed the effectiveness of each completed project and refined PM practices based on findings

United States

The Retail Specialist holds a key position within the company as the information entered by this person affects all retail aspects of the business including accounting, inventory, shipping, and ultimately the customer. Heavy data entry and accuracy is required when entering customer orders while taking into account special pricing and product specials which can change frequently. The ideal candidate must have an understanding and working knowledge of accounting, a strong aptitude for accuracy and detail, and be able to proof-read his/her own work. This position has a training period of 4-5 months.

United States

The Distribution Specialist holds a key position within the company as the information entered by this person affects all professional channel aspects of the business including accounting, inventory, shipping, and ultimately the customer. Heavy data entry and accuracy is required when entering customer orders while taking into account special pricing and product specials which can change frequently. The ideal candidate must have an understanding and working knowledge of accounting, a strong aptitude for accuracy and detail, and be able to proof-read his/her own work. This position has a training period of 4-5 months.

United States

The Account Specialist position has an important role within the organization as he/she will be the main point of contact for customer communication: promotions, back-orders, tracking, damages/shortages, status, etc. This candidate will have a strong working relationship with his/her customer base.