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Austin, Tx, Us

Owned the execution of technology and infrastructure modernization programs for platform scalability during the merger and acquisition phase. Collaborated with cross-functional business leads, technical program managers, stakeholders, PMO, and acquisition partners to oversee the strategy and implementation. Responsible for ideation to launch of security programs and the 3rd party vendor management.

Greater Detroit Area

Recognized as a transformational leader on a Global platform as "STEM Women of Color- Technology All-Star" for two years - 2019 and 2020 and as a "GM Woman Diversity and Inclusion (DI)" lead. As an executive partner, implemented $25M tech modernization, joint venture scaling, and $12M security investments with operational excellence for 330+ sales applications. Pioneered DevSecOps, reducing breaches by 10%, saving $2M. Achieved 98% security compliance for GDPR and CCPA regulations; Launched security governance board. Ensured 100% GDPR & SOC2 compliance, leading cloud migrations for 17 markets, yielding $50M EBIT/yr. Led large complex programs with competing priorities, conducted SWOT/risk assessments, proof of concept studies, and provided recommendations and implementation strategies for B2C and B2D systems. Engaged in Scaled Agile framework and PSI delivery with CI/CD philosophy. Managed and led 2 pizza development teams with product increment. Defined annual business planning and budgeting for fixed-capacity product teams. Oversaw Software and Product Development, Content Management, Security, Operations, Reporting, and Analytics teams with 15+ resources, and a $3M budget. Shifted from a project-centric to a secure product-driven model, driving 18% productivity gains and cost reduction through servant leadership. Managed end-to-end products and programs from inception to decommissioning. Managed Vendor contracts, Sourcing, Resource management, Purchase Orders/requisitions, and direct people management.

Managed product development team with an annual budget of $2M. Accountable for cross-collaborations with the product owners, architects, and product development teams for export and growth operations for international markets. Instrumental for order-to-delivery market features, capacity, and volume sales of $7M. Critical product launches for improving Ford's footprint in global markets like Europe, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and India.

Greater Detroit Area

Lead the development activities for LDAP security controls. Administered content data and vendor management services on Oracle database, applied Dynatrace analytics on infrastructure, user issues, and traffic monitoring, resulting in 17% server efficienciesDeveloped industry standard data categories, performed data analysis, offsite data management, data mining, and reporting using queries on Business Objects for 100% data consistencyReduced P1/P2 incident count by 15% by implementing Dynatrace monitoring tools, and T2O guidelines

Ai For Decision Making: Business Strategies And Applications

Masters, Computer Applications

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science