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Menlo Park, CA, US

Columbia, Maryland, US

Democratizing ML and big data (B2B SaaS)- market and competitive research- roadmap and functional spec creation (ideation to launch)- working closely with UX, Engineering, and Product Marketing- working with Machine Learning (ML) teams on solutions via forecasting and computer vision

Houston, TX, US

Worked daily with five product teams in the Production Optimization program.- Recognized for advocating for an MVP that was scheduled to be canceled; the resulting product is now providing $10MM+ annually in increased revenue and workflow efficiencies. - Introduced practices to make data-informed product decisions, through OKRs and outcome-based goals.

Houston, TX, US

Products mainly focused on data analytics and machine learning space:- real-time performance data analytics, including a POC using Azure IoT - physics simulation and field optimization- mobile application for field users- real-time data presentation and anomaly detection for offshore drillingHelped cross-functional teams maximize impact and drive value.

Jacksonville, FL, US

• Customer-, business- and development-facing role in the Securities Finance program, working on product management, implementations, upgrades, delivery and product support for B2B SaaS customers.– Communicated daily.
• Assisted Product Owners and Dev Team to identify and focus on MVP
• Customized JIRA processes to create flow between Dev, Ops, Change Management and Customer Service
• Facilitated transition to Kanban, Git and Continuous Integration to respond faster and deliver earlier
• Improved predictability and reduced risk in releases via Scrum, JIRA and internal process improvementsImproving Quality
• Facilitated communications in scrum ceremonies, and across teams and roles

Wayne, PA, US

• Assisted customers with inquiries, and fielded feature requests for suite of solutions
• Recruited by CTO office to coach external teams through their Agile transition
• Developed Powershell utility to automate parts of the SDLC
• Led group's transition to Agile from waterfall
• Introduced Kanban as an alternative to Scrum for a team, increasing their performance and response time

Wayne, PA, US

• Working on cross-functional and cross-product teams in the Capital Markets division
• Analyzed product logic and customer data to help develop new product module
• Redesigned customer report to reduce Broker/Dealer effort during FINRA audits
• Designed document templates to aid in consistency across all products
• Identified inconsistencies across 90 customer reports
• Led exploration and POC for initiative to integrate product documentation into product web applications

• Internship through the CUNY Research Foundation
• Significantly increased process automation and efficiency via analysis and design, reducing users' data entry and paperwork by 95%
• Recognized via an internal award program for an effective presentation to stakeholders
• Maintained financial applications using C#,.NET and SQL
• Worked with dev team and internal customers on the analysis and design of an application to claim federal reimbursements for program expenses
• Conducted user interviews, led weekly stakeholder meetings, analyzed business requirements and created requirements documentation

• Worked across animal, life sciences and operations teams to complete projects efficiently while minimizing impact to animals and guests
• Implemented positive reinforcement principles to train Pacific walruses, harbor seals, sea otters, Northern fur seals and African penguins husbandry and enrichment behaviors.
• Cleaned exhibits weekly via SCUBA diving.
• Maintained detailed diet and medical records for each animal via Excel worksheets and formulas.

Worked in Communications, Development and Grant Management, but always ended up being drawn back to technology to develop utilities to expedite and standardize processes - Created web applications to automate acceptance and assignment of organizational grants across five programs- Maintained organizational and grant-related websites via hand-written HTML.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communications & Politics

Master'S Degree, Computer & Information Science