Responsible for release and change management of spend over $25 million-dollar portfolio. Direct tactical and strategic testing and release management practices. Provide solutions to executives on efficient release methodologies. Support the design, implementation, and management of team processes to continuously improve performance and meet overall objectives. Develop comprehensive communications strategy to assist development organizations and executive management.

Supported and managed 25 test manages and test leads. Oversee testing activities for the largest of the four major business units within Ally Financial. Managed testing activities for functional and non-functional testing, as well as tactical and strategic goals. Partnered with third-party vendors with development and managing testing efforts.

Responsible for 9 senior QA analysts/Quality leads and the oversight of 250 decentralized testing resources across 100 individual application teams. Provided program-level management of several concurrent quality initiatives and mapped progress for executive consumption. Researched and resolved software and security issues and concerns. Managed budgeting, personnel and project forecasting.

Collaborated with business units to identify and document quantifiable application requirements. Provided consultative support to the business, development team and other IT functional areas throughout the development, testing and installation process. Ensured viable alternative solutions, which took into account budgeting, resources, time constraints, as well as overall tactical approach of the organization.