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.
• 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

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.
• 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

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.

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

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.

Corvallis, OR, US

US

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Bba, Business

As, Business

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