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Vanguard Anti-cheat Release Manager. Valorant, League of Legends, and everything in between.

• Created and improved the backward compatibility publishing and release process• Maintain all-up publishing and release calendar• Implemented a new bug triage process, reducing shiproom triage time by up to 50%• Plan and track release milestones and work closely with Program Management, Development and Quality Assurance/Test to ensure all teams are on track for task completion• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners, including 1st Party and 3rd Party Publishers• Manage all Test and Pre-Release environments• Manage full cycle production release process; built, published, and released all titles in the Backward Compatibility program. Full title list here: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/backward-compatibility

• Built and managed release schedules, and managed resource utilization• Led daily Scrums, and monthly Sprint reviews• Created Change and Config Management process for the newly formed Infrastructure Team

• Owned all 1st & 3rd Party AAA+ releases, scheduling, resourcing, driving, and ensuring Production Readiness and cross team visibility• Ran daily Change Advisory Board (CAB); approving, scheduling, and resourcing change requests through Xbox Live Service Delivery team for all supported environments• Coordinated datacenter builds, server life cycle management and ensured overall partner success• Metrics and Reporting for the Xbox Live Service Delivery team. Designed and delivered Weekly & Monthly change reports

• Partnered with the Zune product teams to ensure their success on the Xbox LIVE Service• Funneled all change requests through the Xbox Operations Team to ensure awareness between the Product Team and the Operations Team

• Owned Setup and the OOBE components of both Zune and the Windows Media Player Easy Start software• Managed test for the Easy Start project creating test plan and test cases• Developed Build Verification Test process for Zune 1.0 desktop software• Shipped Easy Start 2.0, Zune 1.0, Zune 1.2 & 1.3 • Worked closely with Microsoft development team to develop and test new builds, regress old bugs and report status in weekly meetings

• Collaborated directly with clients to capture requirements and refine processes within the Store Lifecycle Management ERP and Real Estate Management ERP tools• Built and configured client software implementations, typically working from a remote location • Provided client administrative and end user application training • Created test cases used to validate client configurations• Created test plans for new product releases, client implementations, migrations and initial configuration from requirements gathering sessions

• Build and led the Seattle & Dallas test team• Directly involved in business development initiatives; marketing initiatives; client research, and management of projects• Authored product User Guide and Administrators Guide