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Portland, Oregon, United States

Managing national business to government software platform. Managing software products that interact with Government Agencies.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Wholly responsible for a variety of digital products including discovery, development, maintenance, evolution, performance, and sunsetting. Guided products through synthesizing business needs, market trends, legal compliance, and development constraints. Collected customer feedback from interviews, phone calls, and support cases. Defined OKRs and tracked metrics. Produced roadmaps, competitive analyses and other product documents. Advocated for the products needs… Show more Wholly responsible for a variety of digital products including discovery, development, maintenance, evolution, performance, and sunsetting. Guided products through synthesizing business needs, market trends, legal compliance, and development constraints. Collected customer feedback from interviews, phone calls, and support cases. Defined OKRs and tracked metrics. Produced roadmaps, competitive analyses and other product documents. Advocated for the products needs within the organization. Managed local and remote development teams by grooming backlogs, defining deliverable increments, and protecting the teams from context switching. Explored viability for business shifting initiatives. Led development in response to rapidly changing technologies / legislative environments. Worked to establish core innovations as a positional rather than tactical advantage. Challenged assumptions. Show less

Developed curriculum for A3 Charter School that instills fundamental businessconcepts, digital design/fabrication skills, and professional soft skills.Managed program roll out and integration with external systems that includeuniversities, certification programs, internship opportunities, accelerators, and incubators.Flagship courses include:Humanitarian Design - Solving marginalized problems in a design studio format. Design Fund - Students run a real world… Show more Developed curriculum for A3 Charter School that instills fundamental businessconcepts, digital design/fabrication skills, and professional soft skills.Managed program roll out and integration with external systems that includeuniversities, certification programs, internship opportunities, accelerators, and incubators.Flagship courses include:Humanitarian Design - Solving marginalized problems in a design studio format. Design Fund - Students run a real world product company to fund scholarshipsDigital Sculpture - Students take a hand sculpture and learn to manufacture it. Show less

Eugene, Oregon

Owned and operated this digital fabrication firm. Prototyped physical products using CAD, laser cutters, 3d scanners, 3d printers, CNC machines, silicone molding, casting, etc. Managed suppliers, contractors, clients, equipment, etc.