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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Provide thought leadership, SRE methodologies, and insights to the myriad of stakeholders who are involved in the operations, transformations, or implementations of utilizing Google Cloud Platform. Doing this through bidirectional advocacy, empathetic listening, and proactive communication, I have enjoyed success and seeing teams I work with being able to focus on the impactful aspects of their jobs and minimize the toil.Additionally I improve and own workstreams for internal processes that involve thinking outside the box and finding creative ways to solve long-standing process debt issues.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Ensure that Google Cloud's strategic Gaming Industry customers have what they need from Google to have a successful partnership. I act as dual facing advocate and trusted advisor to create that success and mutually beneficial relationship occurs.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Act as Google Cloud's primary point of contact for key strategic, enterprise accounts. Establish and maintain relationships with executive teams as well as development teams. Lead QBR's to maintain alignment on projects, proactively identify blockers to remove, and coordinate cross-functional teams to maximize their velocity in GCP.Identify needs of the customer during their migration/operations in GCP, bringing in Google's technical experts and leading sessions to enable customers to succeed. Also act as a champion of innovation and guide through enterprise change management as teams embrace the processes that come with being in the public cloud.Provide best practices and accelerated support for Google Cloud Platform and G Suite Solutions. Develop best practice recommendations for Google Cloud partners based on the experience gained during customer engagements.Drive customer feedback to Google product management and engineering to ensure the best possible production experience, and assist in prioritizing product requirements by communicating customer needs and impact.

Houston, Texas, Us

While on engagement with clients, my responsibilities include:- Generate and implement best practices for cost management, prevention of cloud sprawl, governance policies, and cloud migration strategies.- Training leadership teams on how to maintain financial / capacity best practices.- Performing as project manager and Scrum Master for 2-10 person teams on projects combining CTP and client resources.- Mentoring and Training of Technical Business Analyst team.- Creation and implementation of enterprise level Cloud Business Office transforming how enterprises operate while migrating to or using the public cloud.- Perform TCO and ROI analysis on potential cloud migration.Other responsibilities I took on:- Co-lead service offering around Cloud Economics- Shape new business offerings and create company playbooks for those business offerings- Enhance and expand on boarding for new BA's- Actively recruit at career fairs- Conduct phone and onsite candidate interviews

Houston, Texas, Us

My responsibilities include:Identify cost savings for proper utilization of cloud technologies and creating strategic plans, in one case resulting in $2M+ in savings over three years.Creating and refining financial modeling tools.Training leadership teams on how to act on new financial/capacity best practices to curtail spending sprawl.Presenting and developing best practices for clients on my own.Acting as the liaison between technical teams and business leaders both internally and within client teams.Assess requirements for technical projects and assist in managing the team/project.Consult on recommendations and planning for developing cloud strategies and vendor selections.Analyzing different potential vendors of cloud based tools to enhance operations and financial management.Other projects I've taken on:Develop internal Service IP, one case leading to a new business offering.Enhancing and expanding the on boarding process for future BA's.Actively engaging potential new hires via interviews and career fairs.Cloud Technology Partners is the professional services firm leading hundreds of the world's most advanced cloud computing initiatives. We specialize in enterprise cloud application development and application migration, with deep expertise in: - Cloud Strategy and Economics - Security and Governance - Application Portfolio Assessment - Infrastructure Modernization - DevOps - CloudOps

First ever production intern for the studio.----- Red Cross's Monster Guard -----Held playtesting sessions with children aged 7-12, designed the survey for those sessions, and assisted in reporting the feedback to the Red Cross and the development team allowing for a better product to be made.Extensive QA work that identified bugs in the game reported through Jira and tracked progress on those bugs.Designed levels and analyzed the layout of levels to make sure the experience of the player was what the Red Cross wanted.----- The Amazings -----QA Testing for The Amazings application.Reported and tracked bugs through Jira.Lead on organizing and implementing Scrum methodologies as studio transitioned away from traditional waterfall.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Only certified person with this position in the Northeast Region.Held and led training sessions for referees, focusing on conflict resolution, professionalism, and consistency.Evaluated 20+ referees to see if they were qualified to earn Head Referee certification and provided feedback and guidance based on their results to help facilitate growth.

Worked on porting games to different systems through the Unity 3D engine. Learned about the process of game publishing when it comes to different systems, how to utilize different coding styles, and improve upon existing code.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Organize and ran events on campus including Imagine RIT and the Liberty Hill Breakfast Series as a member of the Student Team. Also maintained databases and other miscellaneous tasks as needed by the office.

New York, Ny, Us

Developed assets for games using the Unity3D engine and participated in discussions about games going through the design process.Was the sole developer of the main project given and had to juggle other projects working with a team.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Management And Entrepreneurial Leadership

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Game Design And Development