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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Lifetouch organization including sales, operations, photo team, and marketing to define business needs, refine requirements and develop strategic short term and long term plans for the field organization• Lead product strategy, roadmap, backlog and implementation of Salesforce enhancements

Eden Prairie, Mn

• Lead the planning and implementation of software development projects via Agile Methodology• Provided direction, prioritization and support to the projects development team• Assisted with product requirement gathering when there were resource constraints• Served as the project’s main contact for business sponsors• Assisted in ensuring quality assurance• Participated in creation of BDD Feature Files• Consistently monitored and reported on progress of the project to stakeholders and leadership team• Tracked project progress and status via Atlassian development tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo)

Minneapolis, Mn

• Responsible for the successful and on-time delivery of the functional and technical aspects of software implementation projects• Managed the delivery of Oracle Retail implementations and Oracle Retail support projects• Responsible for identifying, tracking and managing the project risk, issues, action items and status of deliverables• Provided direction and support for both the onshore and offshore project development team• Served as primary contact for client stakeholders• Developed and communicated weekly and monthly status reports to client

Golden Valley, Mn

• Purchased all product and managed inventory levels for over 500 SKUs valued at over $6 million, that support a diverse base of retailer needs and timelines• Obtained RFQs and maintained company’s relationship with multiple DVD manufacturers and print vendors• Reduced cost of goods by blending domestic and Pacific Rim manufacturing without compromising on-time fulfillment• Managed the design and sourcing of in-store displays• Provided department updates in weekly management team meeting

Minneapolis, Mn

• Managed and directed all aspects of software marketing programs for both retail and computer OEM clients including Hewlett-Packard, one of the company’s longest established clients• Prepared financial analysis presentations, for the client and internal executive team, that evaluated revenue and margin potential through a program lifecycle• Managed timelines to ensure on-time launch of programs• Developed processes and procedures to support various program requirements and to train new project/program managers• Provided customer support via phone calls and emails• Coordinated company’s involvement in retailer’s achievement tradeshows

Edina, Mn

• Managed the placement of newspaper, magazine, direct mail, register tape, mall display and yellow page advertisements• Coordinated the internal approval process of advertisements• Researched available media for grand opening advertising across the United States