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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Designed and implemented a company-wide adoption of SAFe Agile, reorganizing AAII's product development process to drastically improve efficiencies in product refinement and project roadmappingConducted refinements to clearly define overdue projects and get them back on track, leading to the release of the enhanced AAII.com homepage and navigation, Retirement Investing Newsletter, and SI Pro Updater• Transitioned IT Services to Scrum, facilitating their development as both an Agile Coach and a Scrum Master by setting up and running all Agile ceremonies and maintaining the backlog with clear, actionable stories and enhancing the ability to prioritize work, remove roadblocks, and communicate progress to other teams and stakeholders• Restructured company-wide use of Jira to improve collaboration• Ensure stakeholder engagement by acting as the primary point of contact between the Agile teams and Executive leadership, ensuring clear communication and shared understanding and engaging with stakeholders to gather feedback, validate requirements, and incorporate user input• Develop and maintain real-time performance metrics for both team-based project performance and product functionality and the accompanying dashboards to ensure the organization is making progress towards goals• Act as an advocate and servant leader for my team members to remove roadblocks and foster high performance

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Lead Scrum Master and Agile Coach for multiple high impact and high priority initiatives spanning Supply Chain, Demand Forecasting, Data Science, and Precision Marketing• Founded the Data & Analytics, Precision Marketing Content, and Supply Chain Network Optimization Scrums as the lead Agile Coach responsible for molding the new groups into mature Scrum teams, all of which I continue to lead as Scrum Master• Coordinated the Data & Analytics Scrum from initial data acquisition into a mature Scrum team providing data modeling, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning capabilities

Chicago Festivals (Swift) May 2018-2021 • A list of festivals and major events in Chicago. Users can sort based on date or location, save events in which they are interested, and share the events with friends• Events are stored in and pulled from Firebase. The app furthered my understanding of Firebase, Core Data, Map Views, and customized Table View Cells10/60 Cubs Tickets Reminders (Swift) June 2018-2020• The Cubs provide a raffle for home games during which fans can win discounted tickets. Registration takes place 48-24 hours before each game. The app allows users to receive notifications when it is time to register for a games• Data provided via Firebase and User Notifications form the core of this app along with customized Table View Cells utilizing UILabels and UISwitches.Bulls & Blackhawks Bars Official List (Swift) December 2016-2020• The Blackhawks and Bulls provide a list of bars at which their games are guaranteed to be shown on TV. The app provides a complete list of the bars as well as a map view allowing users to find Blackhawks/Bulls bars nearby• Created to begin experimenting with Swift and furthering my understanding of Location Manager, Map View, and integration with Apple MapsBinge It (Swift) January 2017-July 2017• Users could search for any TV show or movie and get a list of which streaming services offered the show or movie, ordered by price. If no free option was available, users could sign up to get a notification when available for free• Further developed my understanding of making API calls, utilizing data from third-party data sources, and notificationsCustom School App (Objective-C) January 2015-January 2017 • Schools could have their own app consisting of a newsfeed, links to important documents, and a calendar. White label and free to use. Schools unable to afford pricier options could still have an app for students and teachers• Included the use of Parse, CGRectMake, and NSSortDescriptor

Chicago, Il, Us

• Updated the Oplytic SDK, which provides attribution tracking for mobile app affiliate marketing, to remove a Sqlite dependency and instead use Core Data• Created a CocoaPod for the Oplytic SDK to allow Oplytic partners to more easily incorporate the SDK into their own applications

Chicago, Il, Us

• Lead project management for the Morningstar Mobile Chicago division consisting of 25 individuals and 10 iPhone, iPad, and Android applications in the United States and Canada• Managed communication with upstream data dependencies and direct Agile practices such as sprint planning, daily standups, and story estimation sessions to ascertain requirements and plan project timelines• Maintained active communication between our Chicago and Mumbai team members to discuss, identify, and address project risks and ensure team members are aware of project and individual responsibilities• Reviewed sprint commitments with JIRA issue and project tracking software and update business and technical leaders on team progress

Chicago, Il, Us

• Complete thorough analysis of current and proposed product functionality, processes, systems, and data to fully define project functional and technical requirements and maintain documentation on the management wiki• Coordinate project timelines and progress development with all stakeholders, such as Technology, Quality Assurance, Design, and Product Management, to ensure projects are completed on schedule• Identify process improvements that focus on improving the overall effectiveness of the project team• Managed the development and release of six new programs on Morningstar.com, coordinating with several divisional groups in the United States, the European Union, India, and China, which resulted in updated interfaces, greater stability, additional data points for users, and the reduction of maintenance for our team• Redesigned the Morningstar.com Subscription Center and user sign-up process in conjunction with Morningstar.com Product Manager to increase user acquisition and retention and provided consultation on the database transfer of all active intraday email alerts to an updated and more stable delivery system• Monitored and created email communications, such as the monthly Best of Morningstar newsletter, and increased awareness of site offerings among relevant demographics using onsite advertisements, Google Adwords, Twitter advertising, and Facebook advertising• Directed the Social Media Team, consisting of four individuals, which was responsible for the management and monitoring of Morningstar.com's social media presence on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook• Twitter Followers for @MorningstarInc increased from 4,700 followers to over 21,000 through consistent and active user engagement rather than paid advertising• Oversaw the retirement and transition of the Mutual Fund Binder for individuals to related products, meeting corporate goal for successfully transitioned users by over 300%