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Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Hampton Roads, Va, Us

I spearhead the development and implementation of digital strategies that align with our company’s vision and business objectives. This includes innovating and delivering engaging, relevant content to enhance our digital presence.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

My role encompasses ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software products and services. I lead the product development process, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. My primary focus is on understanding business objectives, user needs, and market trends to define a clear product vision and strategy. I facilitate agile ceremonies, and work closely with the development team, providing guidance and clarifications on requirements, managing the product backlog, and making critical decisions to optimize the product's value and align it with our organization's goals. I actively engage with stakeholders, conducting user research, gathering feedback, and maintaining strong relationships to ensure their needs are met and expectations are managed effectively. I leverage my expertise in agile methodologies, product management practices, and technical understanding to drive the successful execution of projects. By constantly monitoring progress and adapting to changing circumstances, I ensure that our product development remains on track and delivers the desired outcomes. I am responsible for delivering valuable software increments, fostering a culture of collaboration, and continually seeking opportunities to improve the product and development processes.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Assisted a wide range of companies, from small to Fortune-sized, in planning and implementing complex IT projects and staffing needs. I handled technology vendor and channel partnerships to identify, evaluate, and pursue new projects with both on-site and offshore partners. Additionally, I oversaw multiple projects and solutions during their development lifecycle, whether it be through solutions, managed services or staffing. I acted as a liaison, building strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and ensuring alignment in strategy and planning to achieve our shared objectives.

Hampton Roads, Va, Us

Led multiple scrum teams and collaborated with numerous partner and dependency teams to develop and deliver Web and Mobile features for various user groups. I was responsible for scoping initiatives, gathering requirements, setting expectations and providing ongoing support throughout the development process. I also used input from stakeholders and market research to identify best practices and plan projects. I coordinated between stakeholders and execution teams to deliver high-quality and high-performance features, while also conducting market research and analysis to identify customer needs and opportunities for new or improved products. Additionally, I managed product budgets and worked closely with finance and business teams to ensure profitability. I utilized Atlassian tools to plan and track projects, and implemented strategies to reduce defects by 50% and improve application and feature deployments by 200% through automation and increased release cadences. Furthermore, I organized professional development and monitoring strategies to ensure product and development expectations were met.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Owned critical functions such as determining planning and project scope, developing resource, risk, quality, cost, and scope management plans, and reporting on process improvement and execution in partnership with initiative leaders and stakeholders. My goal was to scale high value, technology-enabled solutions and services through deployments at-scale. I also applied Agile methodologies, by refining JIRA Epics and Stories to ensure that upcoming projects were fully evaluated and met the definition of ready for execution team deliveries. Additionally, I owned program responsibilities such as leadership reporting, project communications, issue tracking, facilitating project meetings, managing deliverables and ensuring resolution of escalated issues. I also managed timelines, presenting and communicating progress to IT and Product leadership, and prioritized and executed multiple major projects/programs with broad scope and strategic business impact with minimal oversight. I tracked outcomes and managed activities and program performance in accordance with budget and strategic direction. Furthermore, I established and maintained collaborative relationships across the Agile Release Train to drive results.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Applied the use of the SDLC/Agile (Scrum/Kanban) models to ensure that my team delivered a high-quality product within a specified timeframe. I coordinated and organized system requirements across program and team levels to support business and IT initiatives, and prepared release documentation for multiple applications to be deployed on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Additionally, I led the coordination between other analysts to ensure transparency across multiple scrum teams and created epics, stories, defects, use-cases and standard issue-types for development teams and partners to track and document efforts within JIRA and Confluence. I also utilized JIRA/AgileCraft to generate reporting for current and upcoming initiatives for team and leadership visibility. I led knowledge transfer sessions with other analysts, developers, testers and business partners to guarantee understanding of requirements and expectations and documented all pertinent technical and business information for team clarity and consistency. Furthermore, I evaluated team processes and implemented strategic initiatives to improve quality and delivery times.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Facilitated the design and implementation of web architecture and back-end software for the Medicaid and Medicare health markets. My responsibilities included researching, analyzing, and tracking internal and production issues, and then developing and implementing solutions. I was responsible for creating business objectives, processing requirements and specifications, and identifying problems and making recommendations for improved procedures. Additionally, I wrote SQL test scripts needed for internal and production support and served as a liaison between the IT and Business teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Monitored adherence to reference architecture and conducted tests to ensure that developed products met requirements and design specifications. I provided guidance and consultation to project teams and application support groups on matters related to quality and testing, and participated in the transition of software and systems into production.

Norfolk, Va, Us

Orchestrated events by collaborating with clients, updating and maintaining the company website, and creating marketing materials. I effectively managed the company's schedule, events, email, and phone communications. I organized workshops and conferences and provided support with clients' business documentation. I also performed administrative tasks including filing, scanning, and data entry for both office staff and clients.

Executed various cooking techniques and implemented efficient production methods to maintain high quality standards. I effectively organized the kitchen, managed inventory and prepared the restaurant for daily operations. As my tenure progressed, I took on additional responsibilities, including supervising and training kitchen staff, and overseeing kitchen operations.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Held dual roles as a cook and cashier. I was responsible for managing drive-through operations, maintaining the organization of the restaurant, and ensuring product quality and quantity. After my first year, I was promoted to assist management and coordinated employee productivity and training programs.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication, Professional And Interpersonal Comm.

High School Diploma, Veterinary Medicine