Consulting firm focused on helping companies with agile transformation, product management, release train development and software development maturity.

Product Management Consultant for The Nature Conservancy via Oliva Consulting llc

product manager through the Gorilla logic consulting agency for the Arrow Electronics account

Product Manager/Owner on the Nagrastar UX team dedicated to agile application development for cable/satellite companies. In my 2 years here, I have managed multiple simultaneous projects ranging from 1 month-6 months of development. I enjoy collaborating with our clients and the team to ensure we provide an application that not only fits the customer's expectation, but exceeds them. CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING:Certified SAFe for teams, Scaled Agile FrameworkCertified SAFe Product Owner and Manager, Scaled Agile FrameworkOratory Training--> Steller relationships with team members and stakeholders, fostered by an empathic approach to others, increases communication, gaining efficiencies throughout the entire SDLC.--> Successful record delivering quality features on time is accomplished by creating detailed project roadmaps and ceaseless coordination with release cycles in effort to release dependencies prior to becoming a blocker.--> Analyze collected viewer measurement data to determine success of new features/apps, and the health of existing applications, and build reports on the success and areas of improvement for current apps.

Business Analyst in a joint effort between Highmark and Pega to create a new one-stop-shop Utilization Management system, customized to the end user's specific needs, to replace multiple existing applications. Using open communication and use case development, I defined and executed the requirements for multiple large capabilities of this application including third party data integration, the entire Precertification process, and SLA turnarounds. My favorite aspect of this position occurred during our transition from RUP to Agile. I enjoyed being on the forefront of such a monumental change for the company, and acted as an advocate and guide for many coworkers new to the process.--> Phenomenal use cases and stories are developed by having a deep understanding of the application and filtering through customers’ desires to find the true user need of the application. --> Slashed time spent on defect fixes by strongly utilizing the “5 why's” approach to root cause analysis of defects, effectively identifying the true cause of numerous defects instead of adding band aids to multiple related defects.--> Collaborate with scrum team to determine sprint plan from an elaboration, construction, and testing perspective, while tracking team's progress using RTC to assess Scrum team's velocity and sprint burndown.

Cofounder of start up company. Company is involved in cutting edge biotechnology for monitoring the biometrics of the body. Managed multiple projects and implemented an agile approach to the development of products.--> Use functional and technical specification documents to define features and projects.--> Use data aggregation and mathematical concepts to provide quality assurance data to developers.--> Implement SDLC methodologies in order to take projects from their birth in preliminary analysis to their deployment.