Michael Brent Email & Phone Number

Beaverton, Or, Us

Support cash and banking needs of wholesale and DTC finances worldwide. Support 5 staff. Build roadmaps and prioritize product backlogs for 3 Treasury products: IBM Cognos TM1 (exposure risk forecasting), Murex (hedging platform), and SAP Treasury Management Systems and Accounting Platforms. Associated systems: JIRA / Confluence power user, Aha!, Bloomberg FXGO, Bloomberg Market Data Platforms, SWIFT, Autosys.Collaborative Enablement• Remediate global banking issues by liaising between Product, Business (BSA), Agile Teams, treasury customers, and global bank partners to plan, define, and rank product features.• Define features by working with customers on requirements and workflow considerations.• Ensure work readiness and alignment with Product Roadmap; accept or reject results.• Validate user stories and acceptance criteria to clarify capabilities and ensure completion.• Remove roadblocks for Agile Teams to create viable solutions by business understanding.Program Strategy• Minimize costs by triaging critical issues with Production Support to remove roadblocks.• Prioritize solutions by analyzing budget, requirements, limitations, and program goals.• Inform Product Roadmap by recognizing cross-functional needs to identify risks/constraints.• Prioritize severe requests and backlog others based on 30-60 daily reported payment issues.Organizational Leadership• Served on the Jira Advisory Board in 2019-2020 as a power user and subject matter expert.• Reduced reporting time 15% by introducing Confluence to share organizational updates.• Trained new staff by building knowledge base documentation to standardize onboarding.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Ensured integration quality for the Nike Digital infrastructure: Nike.com, Geo Expansion / Global Store, Digital PiD, Converse, Hurley, Nike Membership, Supply Chain & Analytics. Managed Quality Engineers and Automation Developers. Engaged cross-functionally to ensure successful deployments•Represented end-consumer perspective by providing validation testing strategy for global expansion to ensure localization and proper functioning of website in 30+ countries•Boosted quality and speed of E-Com new feature delivery by introducing a streamlined end-to-end quality strategy to ensure accurate integration with new Supply Chain and Finance vendors•Increased visibility and tracking of supply chain tools and usage through quality testing•Maximize adoption of tools by demonstrating value and features•Streamlined feature testing by tracking variables to devise a strategy that validates changes•Enabled supply chain technology improvements by validating logistics capability changes•Supported supply chain localization from a software quality lens by traveling internationally•Eliminate code integration and environment roadblocks for successful project delivery•Contributed to productive relationships with Business, Quality, and Platform TeamsPeople Management•Trained staff by building knowledge base documentation and standardizing onboarding•Established reporting strategies in Confluence and developed Product Management KPIs•Led agile practices by meeting daily with 4 leads to discuss progress, challenges, and plans•Reliably met deadlines and budgets by creating a safe, secure, and adaptable team culture•Influenced strategic planning by presenting integration quality insights as an SME to the org•Operationalized product customization by testing technical and physical integration from order through shipping for Nike iD basketball socks featured in Sports Illustrated•Assisted in divestiture of Converse, Hurley & Cole Haan from Nike digital landscape

Beaverton, Or, Us

Led team of 9 Software QA and Automation Engineers to validate product quality using agile in alignment with Consumer Digital Tech (CDT) organization goals. •Authored E2E Geo Expansion Program integration strategic plans and managed product quality delivery to expand Nike.com.•Validated geo expansion / localization by hiring, training and leading team to run testing.•Accelerated delivery of quality software by developing test strategies and tracking progress.•Led cross-functional delivery by analyzing developments in relation to requirements.•Owned product quality assurance against cross-functional platform delivery spanning: check out, currencies, transactions, catalog, search terms, consumer information, and vendors.•Sustained green project during pre-launch using integration subject matter expertise (SME).•Maintained schedules amid rapid changes by partnering with CDT team on project planning. •Delivered quality product on Japan and China Nike.com for projects with $20M+ budgets.•Awarded Nike Maxim for Global Store Expansion Phase 1 for Japan and China in 2014.•Achieved highest quality release to date for 100K+ users by coordinating outsourced testing.Established blueprint for global expansion enablement through Japan expansion project.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Served as lead for product integration spanning Nike Digital eCommerce and retail partner POS sites. Drove product strategy E2E and managed a distributed team of 16 Software Engineers. Technical Program Quality•Validated replacement of eCom front-end framework by leading $5M project in 6 months. •Launched $1M/day global eCom site and mobile retail POS for Black Friday go-live.•Supported incremental lift of $12M+ by validating SEO changes on eCom product pages. •Integrated code for QA UAT for 80+ business users as product environment owner.•Integrated Hurley on Nike eCom and supply chain platforms by partnering with their team. Organizational Leadership•Led efforts for continuous integration by guiding adoption of Agile SDLC across team of 50+. •Drove Dev/QA Release Strategy by executing and managing E2E best practices for program.•Regularly requested to participate in projects due to team adaptability to product needs.Implementation Automation Strategy•Eliminated broken builds by introducing on-demand product feature testing used 3x daily.•Automated 40% of core code QA testing by adopting Selenium to validate web applications.•Reduced manual testing 90% by automating a daily regression of all completed scripts. •Facilitated daily scrums, retrospectives, planning, and forecasting of product milestones.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Utilized Scrum and agile to drive program and product integration quality and meet user needs.•Reduced the product backlog 40% by defining the Agile SDLC within the Brand NetX team.•Increased consumer confidence as cross-functional liaison to integrate requirements.•Served as product advocate by conducting demos of actual versus requested features.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Served as Lead for integration quality assurance on key projects spanning Nike+ Global, Nike+ Active, Nike+ Store Locator, and Nike Training Club (NTC) Collections as a contractor.•Ensured smooth global relaunch of the Nike+ and iPod running system and website.•Co-launched new pedometer on 5th gen iPod by partnering with Apple and RG/A.•Delivered store mapping function integrated with Google Geo API as QA/BSA with vendor. •Expanded NTC Collections by deploying Nike’s first iOS app for Women’s Training Club.•Established reporting strategies in Confluence and developed Product Management KPIs.

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