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Sioux Falls, Sd, Us

Calgary, Ab, Ca

• Accountable for Product Vision, Product Goals and Technology Roadmap as part of a Massive Transformative Purpose of accelerating the transition to autonomous farming • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to build a Go-To-Market strategy to align engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success for product launch and subsequent growth• Guide the empowered product development team through Scrum methodology utilizing ceremonies such as portfolio and release planning as well as sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives to reduce time to market and improve quality of the product• Responsible for recruitment, performance management, resource allocation and financial planning of the product development team

Clovis , California, Us

• Responsible for managing a portfolio of four technology products and solutions aligned with company goals to double-digit growth four years running• Directly manage a team of four product managers with responsibilities for all aspects of product direction including build vs buy decisions, competitive analysis as well as relationship management and direct engagement of enterprise customers• Guide the product team to envision and establish a more modern thematic roadmap which more accurately represents the ever changing business needs, resource availability, and market priorities the technology world lives in• Empower sales, marketing and customer success teams with customer facing product roadmap, documentation of functionality and training sessions• Developed and implemented a sunset strategy to deprecate legacy features in an effort to focus development efforts on current market needs

Clovis , California, Us

• Gather user problems from the quiet 80% of the market• Develop user stories using the if-when-then methodology that focuses on the what and maintain prioritized story backlogs• Expanded while simplifying the remote sensing feature suite by reducing the number of data providers while increasing their impact • Set direction on map-based tool for viewing and analysis of layer data utilizing powerful filtering and simple, easy-to-use workflow with a “mobile first” focus • Manage relationships with equipment manufacturers to integrate existing connectivity solutions • Stakeholder and influencer in team AGILE development process• Collect and monitor performance metrics and user data to adapt tools based on data for more delighted users Logged DataManagement ZonesRemote Sensing - Set direction for remote sensing products such as satellite and aerial imagery in Agrian 6 web and mobile precision agriculture productsAsset Managment - Generate derivitive products and services from tracking hardware that creates a seamless integration between the field and office

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Us

• Product Owner for Cruiser, Envizio Pro, Viper Pro and Viper 4 line of field computers • Set vision and direction for future operating software development• Gathered user functional requirements from end users and OEM customers for existing embedded software• Developed business case for new field computer hardware combining a lower cost microcontrollers with improved screen and interface technology at an overall unit cost reduction• EOL (End of Life) and LTB (Last Time Buy) analysis for mature hardware • Ceased development and initiated the deprecation process of legacy products

Operations Director• Oversaw planning, collection, processing and delivery of all data and information• Provided field cost estimates for all potential remote sensed imagery projects• Collected and monitored performance metrics to update budgeting models for particular collection methods, and adapted operations based on data for more efficient collections • Defined requirements for and implemented an internal operational website for planning, managing, and tracking projects which could include customer feedbackInternational Business Development• Forged relationship with Argentinean partner to expand remote sensed imagery operations and agriculture sales in South America• Oversaw all South American projects within the companySales & Marketing, Agriculture • Developed nationwide pricing and execution models for accepting small orders consistent with the agriculture business over a wide range of image resolutions• Designed a marketing plan which focused on adding value to third-party customer-facing products which could utilize medium-resolution imagery; this focus was pivotal in increasing the usability of imagery in the eyes of the grower while at the same time minimizing complexityProduct Development, Agriculture Online Order/Delivery (AgOrder and Summit)• Developed all market and technical requirements for initial roll-out of online system including test and production environments• Expanded agriculture market scope by integrating 3rd party order/delivery software applications via application programming interface (API), and integrated existing operational workflow.Product Development, Agriculture Mobile Scouting Application• Sourced development partner to create iPad mobile scouting application and defined user interface requirements within SCRUM development for crop scouting using near real-time imagery• Coordinated the integration of AgOrder image server with iPad cloud based storage for near real-time imagery in the field

Operations Manager• Reintegrated assets and infrastructure from John Deere service delivery organization• Coordinated 100+ planes, pilots, and flight service providers• Provided field cost estimates for all potential remote sensed imagery projects• Collected and monitored performance metrics to update budgeting models for particular collection methods, and adapted operations based on data for more efficient collections • Defined requirements for and implemented an internal operational website for planning, managing, and tracking projects which could include customer feedback• Experience with international approval of FAA STC and non-STC modifications to aircraft including: Brazil, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and Philippines

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Project Manager, Operations• Interacted with sales to estimate, budget, and plan non-standard imagery collection projects as well as acquired outside quotes for requirements not directly fulfilled by the organization• Worked within existing operational organization to plan, execute, and deliver on projects that fell outside and above the expected level of serviceProject Manager, Software Development • Coordinated with stakeholders to define requirements for flight system software upgrades• Managed two person outsourced C#/C++/VB development team to implement requirements • Created customized test scenarios used in unit testing real-time sensor system software• Designed automated transfer mechanism for software and data migration to field-based systems

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor'S Degree, Aerospace Engineering