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Orange County, California, United States

Managed all stages of business, technical and compliance projects for this multinational fintech company that services businesses of all sizes worldwide, have an annual transactional volume exceeding $120 billion, and employs a staff of 5,000 employees across 10+ countries. Report Directly to the CTO and SVP.Built global teams in the U.S., India and Mexico, comprised of Developers, SDET, Delivery/Project Leads, Project Managers, and SCRUM Masters. Indirectly oversee Lead Developers, Product Owners, Software Testers, and Release Engineers. Communicate with all business units on strategic planning, product/project viability, operational ability and projected results. Assign and coach SCRUM teams and resources. Provide operational excellence and reduce incidents.Defined, authored and implemented the Merchant Solutions Group Agile Program SDLC Policy.Prioritize roadmaps, demand go-to-markets, and budgets. Determine program scopes and analyze risks. Estimate and manage annual budgets for CAPEX and OPEX projects valued at up to $10 million.Streamlined the Agile end-to-end delivery practices through collaboration with business teams, product teams, infrastructure teams, data management teams, production support and development teams.Established a mechanism to analyze data and track KPI’s at the program, value stream and work stream levels along with procedures that significantly improved the product backlog.Produced program-level quarterly operational reviews to indicate progress of strategic initiatives, velocity, incident tracking deployments, product performance and individual team KPI’s.Revenue Generation for Direct Marketing Division - Successfully implemented initiatives that increased the number of merchants resulting in a 20% increase in revenue.Compliance ProjectsOperations/Lead Time Reduction - Defined clear roles for each team/stakeholder. Determined allocation of resources, and focused efforts. Achieved overall cost savings of 25%.

El Segundo, California, United States

Directed teams of 10-15 software testers, working both locally and remote, in performing enterprise functional and performance testing, including ESB testing. Executed complex IT projects relating to customer care and billing systems (ICCB), Salesforce, ESB, satellite operations, and a self-care portal. Interviewed, hired, trained and mentored staff. Wrote performance reviews.Tracked and prepared reports on testing results, test case coverage, and required resources. Identified any defects, and reported on their status across performance baselines.PROJECTS INCLUDED:CRM Upgrade - Conducted extensive benchmark and performance testing. Migrated systems to a web operation with a seamless experience. Utilized scalable applications, resulting in enhanced staff efficiency, costs savings, and significant revenue enhancement.Broadband Video (Streaming) for Latin America - Served as Testing Manager. Acted as liaison with developers, software architects, and business analysts. Achieved $100 million in new revenue.

Torrance,Ca

Irvine ,Ca

Master'S Degree, Electrical Engineering, A

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering