Ken Wells Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

Senior Specialist - Partner ServicesI drive success for my clients by focusing on building strong relationships with their staff, fostering a culture of clear and frank communication, and keeping us focused on the deliverables and timelines in our contract. I provide a clear, regularly updated communication framework so that all stakeholders have the same.

San Francisco, US

Part-time Generative AI prompt writing and AI response evaluation / grading / training with Remotasks (soon Outlier.ai)* Write, evaluate and grade GenAI Prompts to be ingested by GenAI chatbots* Grow expertise in multi-modal, multi-turn GenAI prompt/response engagement and ideal response writing* Evaluate and grade GenAI responses to prompts, grading on.

Los Angeles, CA, US

One-month contract to support the relaunch of the PlaiDay mobile app in partnership with Lionsgate Studios. Gave feedback on process improvement; managed releases to Test Flight and App Store; documented onboarding processes; created executive dashboards on project performance; onboarded third-party QA agency to provide pre- and post-launch app support.

Due to the layoffs in the tech industry and the resulting instability in the Bay Area, I have taken some time in 2023 to focus on both personal and professional growth. During this period, I have been working towards the following goals:- Reconnecting with my professional network and expanding it further.- Learning more about emerging trends, particularly.

Oakland, California, US

Built out project management and agile standards across engineering; defined standards of excellence; established key communication conduits between business pillars; drove alignment between product and business development roadmaps; built out reporting at the executive level to highlight progress on projects; taught agile fundamentals

San Francisco, California, US

As part of the project management team at Scribd, my role:* Drives adoption and continuous improvement of Agile methodologies across engineering teams* Leads large, complex cross-team project initiatives* Synthesizes relevant project details to share out with stakeholders* Manages escalations that cannot be solved within a project team to derisk project.

San Francisco, California, US

Leading effort in Agile Transformation among the Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AIML) group within Wells Fargo. Teaching / mentoring staff on Agile framework and toolsDeveloping reporting for Executives related to Agile transformationAdministering AIML instance of Jira (Atlassian Agile software) - Including configuration, Jira development.

San Francisco, CA, US

Coaches, mentors and trains team members on Agile methodologiesFacilitates and guides teams in all standard Scrum ceremonies (standup, planning, grooming, review, retrospective)Analyzes performance and team health trends over time and coaches teams on inspecting and adapting of those trendsDrives continuous improvement through deep understanding of Agile.

Oakland, California, US

Lead multiple, concurrent, multi-team software project initiatives on multiple platforms following Agile Software Project Management processesFollowed Scrum methodology (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.)Refined, organized, and prioritized software requests and requirementsCommunicated at all organization levels with.

Emeryville, California, US

Managed life-cycle for enterprise software and other products in an Agile environmentDeveloped requirements for software teams based on market analysis and customer feedbackDeveloped and implemented company-wide go-to-market plan for productsPromoted new features to internal staff and external customersVisited customers to collect user data for market.

Conducted global customer training on modules of all enterprise products via on-site visits (in English & Spanish), classroom and Web-Ex based training and at user group meetingsConsulted with and advised customers on training phase of the implementation processConsulted with customers and provided training for add-on products and serviceDeveloped online.

US

January - February 2008: Consulting job to migrate data from an existing website to a new Content Management System for the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) in Atlanta, GA.

US

Vendor partner relationship management and development; contract negotiation; data analysis; program assessment; trend / topical presentations; consulting; networking; maintenance of program data (both internally and externally); professional development

Management of approximately 30 statewide, consortial license agreements, preparation of order requisitions, and managing ongoing consortia-wide access issues. Creation and maintenance of usage assessment reporting solutions, including proprietary web page development, enhanced by the implementation of Open URL linking tools and a metasearch engine..

Management and processing of thousands electronic orders annually while monitoring fund activity, collaboration with library staff and dozens of multinational vendors, primarily in English and Spanish. Bibliographic record creation, invoice payment, online data processing, trouble-shooting, and monograph receiving. Analyzing and developing electronic.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts, Spanish Language/Literature, Minor In History