- Project Manager - Design Systems, Front End Build Systems and Accessibility Teams- Worked with teams using a hybrid of Agile and more traditional project management strategies.- Running of all Agile ceremonies: daily stand-up, sprint planning, story grooming, sprint retro, sprint demo. Tracking of all work using Jira and Confluenct- Working with the front-end UI / UX teams and managing the hand-off from design to development.- Deep dive into long term planning: Quarterly, yearly, 3 year and 5 year.- Status reporting and presentations to leadership.- Building relationships between different teams and coordinating enterprise-wide projects. Reporting back on status.- Process development, optimization and documentation.- Align work across the priorities of UI teams and manage roll-out of large projects.

- Program Manager development and launch of new market entry Spanish web site for the international team.- Planning and preparation for next wave of international web sites including development of international site playbook.- Management of program and project including timeline, resources, daily connects, reporting, communication with all teams including leadership.- Working with all verticals and workstreams to ensure the sucess of all ongoing projects. Intake and coordination with all internal teams.- Working / coordination with legal and business teams to execute project requirements.Management of third party vendors.- Agile team management and leadership.- Ongoing planning for international sites including timeline and new site planning.- Working on project from conception to completion.- Management of dependencies.

- Sr Project Manager / Program Manager for implementation of new Consumer Data Platform as the new data management and communications backbone for digital marketing.- Working closely with digital product, technical product and engineering teams to translate marketing and business requirements into coordinated evolution of the digital platform.- Management of implementation for capabilities and features, partnering with all major stakeholders.- Working with extended team to coordinate training, transition management and roll-out for new platform.

- Project manager for implementation of two new social commerce platforms / new revenue channels.- Project manager for development of new product and inventory feeds to a leading feed optimization service that feeds social commerce platforms.- Consecutive requirements gathering and documentation creation for two high profile projects.- Budget management and tracking.- Contract review and coordination with internal legal team.- Ongoing dialog and management of third party major vendors for implementation of their social commerce platforms.- Ongoing dialog and management of major consulting company who are assisting with strategy and implementation of new social platforms.- Overall management of project timelines, tasks and sprints using Agile technology and Jira Confluence software for a cross-company team of c50 resources.- Ongoing team management, coordination and reporting.- Weekly reporting to company leadership.

- Technical project manager for software development agency - client facing and management of internal team of developers. - Design and build of new software system with customer facing Web and App that implements data gathering, user tracking and personalization. - Implementation / management of Contentful CMS.- Requirements gathering working with client stakeholders.- Design / UX / UI work using Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD.- Overall management of project timelines, tasks and sprints using Agile technology and Jira software for a team of 5 developers.- Management of client feedback using Jira Servicedesk / Zendesk integration.- Ongoing reporting to client stakeholders.- Production of online training documentation and in-person training with client.- QA / QA management.- Launch planning and management.- Working with third party integration service providers and requirements definition for implementation.- Development of project metrics, milestones and success criteria.- Strategic planning for future projects.

Corporate and individual/executive coaching, team building, conflict resolution, career transition and initiation, public speaking. With focus in the IT environment.Rachel brings thirty years of experience in corporate and NGO / non-profit environments. She worked in Rome for 5 years for NGOs including the World Food Programme, IPGRI and IFAD. Born in the South West of England, she has been living in California since 1996 and has worked for corporations including Pioneer Electronics, DirecTV, BrightSolid and Herbalife. She is a certified yoga teacher and CTI trained life coach.She brings an understanding or corporate and governmental culture together with a passion for personal and spiritual advancement, holding the vision of supporting clients to live their best possible life - in relationship with themselves, work, people in their life and the extended world.Rachel likes to get results but also have fun in the process.

Responsibilities include:- Product and project manager for key initiatives, working with DEV and QA teams, business stakeholders and 3rd party vendors. Managing new implementation from start to go-live including budget management, requirements, development and QA management, launch planning and product support.- Monitor industry trends and evaluate new technologies for implementation in Herbalife suite of sites.- Agile Project Management utilizing TFS.- Heading up daily stand up meetings and bi-weekly sprint planning meetings. Requirements definition, TFS user story creation, developing functional specs, procedures and other related project documentation.- Information architecture, including production of wireframes and comps.- Project management including exploration phase, developing project plans, tracking progress, user reviews and sign-off and production and distribution of regular status reports.- Management of project management systems for budget and resource management.- Release planning for all site launches and site enhancements.- Management of QA.- Management of content implementation and functionality for core sites in 88 different countries.- Management of external consultants and vendors.- Developing project metrics, milestones and success criteria.- Reporting on project status.

Brighsolid is an established internet company in the UK in the genealogy field. As Project Manager, I was responsible for project management, implementation and overall web-site development for the new US site. Responsibilities included:- Strategy development.- Project management including developing project plans, tracking progress, user reviews and sign-off and production and distribution of status reports.- Developing project metrics, milestones and success criteria.- Information architecture, including production of wireframes and comps.- Coordinating with the UK team of project developers and external consultants.- QA and project testing.- Researching new online and mobile software technologies and solutions.- Developing training materials.- Executing vendor selection and ongoing vendor liaison.- HTML and .css.- Daily management of web development and implementation.I was also the first employee at the US office and was also responsible for setting up the Los Angeles business. Responsibilities in the business manager role included: obtaining business licenses payroll set-up, office sourcing and lease negotiation, office interior design, and day to day office management amongst others.

In this position, I managed multiple web projects simultaneously that cover a range if web disciplines from technical to creative. My last project with Pioneer involved project management, production and launch of the revamp project to apply a new look and feel to the Pioneer Electronics consumer web site. This included graphic design for site templates, information architecture, project documentation (technical and design), strategy,recruiting of skilled resources for the project, HTML and .css, coordination with IT operations, technical configuration of content management software, vendor management.- Project Manager for all web related projects.- Project documentation (design and technical).- Web and e-Business strategy development.- Design and graphic creation for all web sites.- Information architecture.- Flash development.- HTML and .css.- Daily management of web department including recruiting of new staff and resource coordination.- Documentation of training materials and training of staff and external resources.- Vender liaison.- Budgeting and budget management.- Project management for other IT projects as required.

Strategic planning, project conceptualization, project management, art direction, information architecture, implementation of business/marketing requirements, customer liaison and account management, vendor management, implementation of legal guidelines, training and production of training documentation, new web technologies research, production management, day-to-day management of corporate web sites.

Project management, design and production for SLAC web site and Virtual Visitor Center.Project management, design and production for print projects (technical publications; CDs; business cards; stationery; t-shirts; posters; magazines; brochures; calendars; annual reports; books).

Project management, design and production for the 1994 World Food Programme Annual Report produced in three different languages (English, French, Spanish), from initial design concepts through to delivery of final printed publications. Sole consultant on project.Web master and web site designer for the first World Food Programme web site.Reports Officer responsible for content coordination, design and production of the monthly Situation Reports for the former Yugoslavia and the Baltic States.

Print designer, web designer and production manager on the following projects: Institute annual reports; institute corporate identity and stationery; institute web site; brochures; calendars; posters; descriptor lists; technical publications; CDs; magazines; books.

Product manager responsible for promotion and marketing of books, journals and magazines for one third of the company’s title list.