Michael Terrell Vanover Email & Phone Number

Over 25+ of experience in Information Technology which includes 17+ years of exclusive experience in programs/projects focused on innovation and product as a Product Owner and Product Manager for fortune 500 companies like IBM and Lenovo. Certifications and Educations(Agile and more)• Certified Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM) from Scaled Agile SAFe • Master of Science - Computer & Electrical Engineering – University of Texas at Austin (3.80 / 4.00)• Bachelor of Science – Chemistry – Wheaton College, IL (3.98 / 4.00)• Intellectual Property Protection – 41 Patents filed across HW, SW, Services and Business ModelsNotable Roles and Key Accomplishments Built the Program and Product backlog for complex programs and projects which includes the innovative products and modern technologies like, modern Web Products - Mobile enabled web products, PC based software products, and Cloud based software products and Services Defined and experienced at driving end-to-end product roadmap for products in Program, Project/Product levels in Agile environment and socialized with key business and IT stakeholders and sponsors. As a Sr. Product Owner/Manager trained and mentored group/s of Business Analysts and Led business SMEs and transformed them into Product Owners and coached them to continue in the practice Extensively experienced in UX leveraging design thinking (Agile product) and created Empathy Maps, User journey maps, Personas, Mockups and Prototypes and turned them into Themes, Epics and Stories. Lenovo Experts Live - Released the product in the market as a Product Owner of 1st Lenovo Agile Product Given title of Visionary for innovations in IBM products with novel Technology and Business ModelsNotable Presentation & Communication Experience:• Lenovo Spokesperson for Augmented Reality Tech World 2016 : Michael Vanover talk AR (https://youtu.be/N374IRkExQA)• Lenovo Spokesperson Announcing Global Launch of Lenovo Cloud (https://youtu.be/7CHnzJot7Zo)• Featured Live on CNN: Demonstrated IBM Product Rapid Restore (PC Image Restore After Blue Screen of Death)• Presented Regularly to Lenovo CEO YY and his C-Suite

Listed skills include Computer Architecture, Leading Small Teams From Concept Validation To Business Unit Adoption, Creative Problem Solving, Technology Integration, and 38 others.