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Anderson, In, Us

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Product Backlog Ownership: Effectively manage the product backlog for two software products, ensuring features and improvements align with business objectives and user needs. Prioritize backlog items to maximize value and streamline development efforts.Agile Scrum Leadership: Lead an Agile Scrum software development team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Guide the team through iterative development cycles to deliver high-quality software… Show more Product Backlog Ownership: Effectively manage the product backlog for two software products, ensuring features and improvements align with business objectives and user needs. Prioritize backlog items to maximize value and streamline development efforts.Agile Scrum Leadership: Lead an Agile Scrum software development team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Guide the team through iterative development cycles to deliver high-quality software solutions.Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage closely with business stakeholders, business and system analysts, and external vendors to gather requirements, provide feedback, and ensure alignment on project goals. Work hand-in-hand with internal IT operations to coordinate the development and deployment of new features while maintaining product health and security.Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate across various functions, including business and IT, to build and deploy new software features. Ensure seamless integration and effective communication to meet product needs and deliver optimal solutions quickly.Technical Roadmap Management: Oversee product features and dependencies, following the technical roadmap to ensure timely and high-quality feature delivery. Balance stakeholder expectations with technical feasibility to deliver products that meet or exceed business goals.Product Health & Security Maintenance: Proactively maintain and enhance product health and security. Implement best practices to ensure the ongoing reliability, security, and performance of software products.Expectations Management: Manage stakeholder expectations by communicating progress, challenges, and solutions effectively. Ensure transparency in development processes and foster trust through consistent delivery of high-quality features. Show less

Remote

Use Case Development & Requirements Gathering: Expert in developing use cases and producing comprehensive requirement-gathering documentation. Skilled in writing and directing the grooming of user stories using Rally, ensuring alignment with business goals.Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as a crucial link between technical teams, high-level business partners, and an offshore team of developers. Facilitate clear and effective communication to ensure project success.Agile Support &… Show more Use Case Development & Requirements Gathering: Expert in developing use cases and producing comprehensive requirement-gathering documentation. Skilled in writing and directing the grooming of user stories using Rally, ensuring alignment with business goals.Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as a crucial link between technical teams, high-level business partners, and an offshore team of developers. Facilitate clear and effective communication to ensure project success.Agile Support & Delivery: Provide robust agile support to the technical team, driving the delivery of incremental, high-value product releases. Ensure continuous improvement and adaptation to meet evolving business needs.Story Backlog Management: Actively prioritize the story backlog for sprint and release planning. Balance business needs with technical capabilities to deliver features that maximize value.Business Modeling & Requirements Standards: Support the definition of business modeling and requirements standards, including templates, artifacts, roles and responsibilities, and process and tool usage. Ensure consistency and quality across projects.Scope & Requirements Definition: Define detailed business needs, project scope, and requirements. Lead the timely closure of the initial requirements phase for projects, setting a solid foundation for successful project execution.Effective Communication: Communicate complex business and technical information across the organization, tailored to the needs of diverse audiences. Facilitate understanding and alignment among stakeholders.Global Team Collaboration: Clearly articulate functional and non-functional requirements to a global team. Ensure all team members have a clear understanding of project goals and requirements.Problem-Solving & Reporting: Prepare detailed reports, track progress, and devise effective solutions to IT problems and issues. Maintain a proactive approach to identifying and resolving challenges. Show less

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Assessed and Optimized Business Processes: Evaluated business processes and technology, analyzed data, and created strategic IT and infrastructure assessment documents to identify improvement opportunities.• Developed and Communicated Strategic Solutions: Created data visualizations, translated business requirements into technical requirements, and prepared feature specifications with acceptance criteria to guide implementation.• Engaged and Collaborated with Stakeholders: Led… Show more • Assessed and Optimized Business Processes: Evaluated business processes and technology, analyzed data, and created strategic IT and infrastructure assessment documents to identify improvement opportunities.• Developed and Communicated Strategic Solutions: Created data visualizations, translated business requirements into technical requirements, and prepared feature specifications with acceptance criteria to guide implementation.• Engaged and Collaborated with Stakeholders: Led meetings and presentations, gathered critical information, and provided training to support teams and clients, ensuring alignment with customer needs and effective use of new features. Show less

Carmel, Indiana

• System Requirements and Agile Development: Collected and analyzed system requirements for PEGA application development, wrote business-driven user stories in JIRA, and provided agile support for delivering high-value product releases.• Stakeholder Collaboration and Technical Consultation: Facilitated business meetings with various management levels, provided expert-level system knowledge, and consulted on software system development to ensure alignment with technical… Show more • System Requirements and Agile Development: Collected and analyzed system requirements for PEGA application development, wrote business-driven user stories in JIRA, and provided agile support for delivering high-value product releases.• Stakeholder Collaboration and Technical Consultation: Facilitated business meetings with various management levels, provided expert-level system knowledge, and consulted on software system development to ensure alignment with technical requirements.• Product Backlog and Troubleshooting Management: Prioritized story backlogs for sprint and release planning, managed escalated ticket issues, and conducted cross-track analysis and validation of system integrations and performance. Show less

Carmel, In

• Data Research and Analysis: Researched and analyzed long-term care premium rates and market competitor data, optimized stored procedures, and provided actionable insights through SQL queries and data visualizations in Excel.• Regulatory Compliance and Reporting: Drafted legally compliant state DOI responses, managed state DOI rate filings, and collaborated with actuaries to support actuarial data generation, ensuring accurate communication with state departments.• Cross-Team… Show more • Data Research and Analysis: Researched and analyzed long-term care premium rates and market competitor data, optimized stored procedures, and provided actionable insights through SQL queries and data visualizations in Excel.• Regulatory Compliance and Reporting: Drafted legally compliant state DOI responses, managed state DOI rate filings, and collaborated with actuaries to support actuarial data generation, ensuring accurate communication with state departments.• Cross-Team Collaboration and Project Management: Functioned as a liaison between teams, oversaw project management using Wrike, and facilitated communication between third-party administrators, legal professionals, actuaries, and Senior Leadership. Show less

Carmel, Indiana

Had direct oversight of the Fuzion rate filing and policy form process, rate increase results, and post implementation analysis of actual vs. expected resultsLearned to query the database using SQL scripting language and create visualizations in Excel to aid in providing recommendations to drive major decision makingCoordinated communication and provided oversight of the outsourced actuarial team and implementations related to rate increasesReviewed financial reports and… Show more Had direct oversight of the Fuzion rate filing and policy form process, rate increase results, and post implementation analysis of actual vs. expected resultsLearned to query the database using SQL scripting language and create visualizations in Excel to aid in providing recommendations to drive major decision makingCoordinated communication and provided oversight of the outsourced actuarial team and implementations related to rate increasesReviewed financial reports and extrapolated necessary information for communication with state departments of insurance Show less

Carmel, Indiana

I performed Front-End Web Development- Translated static pages from PHP and JavaScript to HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to make them more easily accessible for maintenance.

Chicago,Il

I innovated grass-roots marketing initiatives and Streamlined operational procedures including scheduling software, invoicing procedures, and financial reconciliation. I was responsible for obtaining new company affiliations and maintaining client relations and customer satisfaction. I constructed wellness initiatives for approximately 30 patients per week and implemented specific techniques according to physician recommendation and healthcare goals.

Highland Park, Il

Managed staff of 6 spa professionals. Managed inventory, accounting, budget, and goal setting. I was responsible for all hiring and staff training and development. Managed marketing outreach events to create relationships with surrounding, complimentary businesses and internal members to drive spa revenue.

Chicago, Il

Directed the development and implementation of all internal operations processes to drive revenue/fund recoveryImplemented, tested, and supported development of new softwarePerformed quality analysis and audit of all claims records and paymentsStreamlined the internal billing and payment collection process Developed metric system for annual review process to deliver key company performance dataDesigned all employee training materialGuided company through successful… Show more Directed the development and implementation of all internal operations processes to drive revenue/fund recoveryImplemented, tested, and supported development of new softwarePerformed quality analysis and audit of all claims records and paymentsStreamlined the internal billing and payment collection process Developed metric system for annual review process to deliver key company performance dataDesigned all employee training materialGuided company through successful accreditation and compliance efforts Show less

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Data Analytics

Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering

Refining my skills in HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, JavaScript, OOP, Digital Visualization, React, Sass, and more as I work toward becoming.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Informatics

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Social And Behavioral Science