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Portland, Or, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Partnered with clients in the energy, telecommunications, footwear and apparel industries to deliver verified and objective project recommendations. Proactively researched process improvements. Developed and led user-centered training sessions and materials for clients.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Collaborated with Product Owner, QA, and development team to translate requirements into value-driven user stories with valid and verifiable acceptance criteria.Identified needed business improvements and determine appropriate systems required to implement solutions.Synthesized current business intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations, dashboards, highlighting key findings and recommending a path forward.Lead cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities for technological improvements.

Reston, Va, Us

Transformed internal bug triage process by analyzing the underlying business process and optimizing workflow of over 3,000 stalled JIRA tickets.Reverse-engineered data dictionaries for each of our data provider raw files by gathering historical documents, reviewing code, and eliciting clarification from our data providers.Coached teams in Agile practices and created workshops to facilitate and capture cross-functional brainstorm sessions related to project design, potential risks, and uncover new opportunities.Facilitated Scrum events including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Portland, Or, Us

Spearheaded project to guarantee contract compliance with all client subscriptions resulting in the identification of $100,000+ upsell opportunities by analyzing business processes and identifying improvements.Created and led tailored training for new clients on the Rentrak product suite.Identified, researched, and resolved client-reported issues and pulled in inter-departmental assistance as needed.

Portland, Or, Us

Revised and updated training manual to reflect changing procedures and developed buy-in with internal stakeholders.Worked with clients and third-party providers to ensure accuracy of television schedules for network and affiliate station clients.Designed and implemented a new process for Coordinator team to better track station edits, daily data entry and verification.Revised and updated training manual to reflect changing procedures and communicated to internal stakeholders.

Dundee, Oregon, Us

Took daily tank and barrel samples and tested for sugar levels, pH, titratable acids, and temperature.Kept thorough and accurate records of fermentation progress and notified enologist of important changes/issues.Conducted chromatography, alcohol, and residual sugar tests and additional work as needed.

Created a memorable and informative wine tasting experience.Responsible for re-stocking and tracking wine inventory and other merchandise.Developed relationships with returning customer base in order to cultivate sales and brand loyalty.Contributed to the successful execution of special events by providing high-energy and efficient customer service.

Herndon, Va, Us

As Product Owner in a Scrum team, streamlined data acquisition and reduce internal maintenance costs by over 33%.Utilized SQL to analyze spending data to create historical trending analysis and forecasted future business opportunities of public sector companies.Company liaison and subject matter expert to clients and government officials at industry events in order to increase product engagement.Chaired the Outreach Committee and was responsible for organizing charitable fundraising events and activities as well as coordinating executive participation.

Expanded database quality and depth through the identification of new government contracts, as well as finding, updating and tracking spending information on identified government programs.Consulted with client executives to provide insight into the task order product and describe the ultimate business value to their company.Developed and communicated written and oral briefings as well as product training to both staff and clients.Collaborated across departments to assist sales and member services to sell, support and further the reach of the Task Orders Product.

Published approximately 3 times more monthly research articles that recapped spending trends on expiring contracts than the RA average.Identified, qualified and synthesized project statements of work, contacts, and vendor metadata relating to previously awarded government contracts.Made regular calls to government officials in order to negotiate the release of public contracting information.Provided member and sales support including ad-hoc research and data extraction.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Represented the Rimmel Cosmetics brand remotely in Central New York regional market at national retail store locations.Developed strong working relationships with retail associates and managers at host stores to ensure consistent brand building.Kept retail associates and managers informed of new products and changes to product displays.Utilized plan-o-grams and hand-held retail technologies to ensure store displays met company expectations.

Represented company clients remotely in Connecticut and New York regional markets in order to provide point-of-sale support at national retail stores. Developed strong working relationships with retail associates and managers to ensure consistent brand building and maximize retail awareness and sales of client products.Researched client products and services as well as their competition in order to best represent the client in-store.Utilized plan-o-grams and hand-held retail technologies to ensure store displays met client expectations.

Coordinated programming with partner community-based organizations, volunteers, and others in order to orchestrate child-run fundraisers.Assisted in development and monitoring of after school curriculum for elementary school students.Built relationships with both children and parents to ensure active engagement and consistent behavior management.

Chicago, Il, Us

Master'S Degree, Engineering And Technology Management

Graduate Certificate, Project Management

Cepe Business Analysis Certification

Certified Specialist Of Wine

Media Studies

B.A., Major: Psychology, Minor: Communications

A.A., Liberal Arts - Social Sciences