Victor Torres Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Co-Founder of First Tracks Outdoors, an outdoor lifestyle media company who's mission is to cultivate a lifelong passion of the outdoors, for everyone. We believe that connection to nature is a continuous journey, with lessons learned at every stage. We honor the diverse paths of hunters, anglers, and adventurers, fostering a community where aspiring and experienced individuals empower one another. Through knowledge sharing, inspiring stories, and responsible resource management, we strive to be the best stewards of our lands and wildlife, ensuring a vibrant future for generations to come.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Managed a $1.5M portfolio of Gas Technology initiatives, encompassing diverse areas such as safety regulations, compliance, and enhancing payment processing technology.• Transformed my portfolio to Agile/Hybrid delivery, collaborating with Agile delivery leadership to optimize and tailor the standard project delivery lifecycle to fit the needs of Agile/Hybrid projects, resulting in an increase in project efficiency.• Implemented an Agile Planning Increment to align on shared environment/resource constraints and streamline the team's release management process, resulting in a reduction in release time by 60 days.• Trained Teams on Agile Processes, Artifacts and Events reshaping the planning process, providingincremental business delivery and value.• Partnered with cross-functional teams, including Digital Product, UI/UX Design, Engineering, Legal,Change Management & more, to ensure on-time integration and delivery of solutions.• Spearheaded an initiative to share Agile transformation insights within the Agile PMO organization, reaching the broader project management team. This initiative resulted in a 10% improvement in projectsuccess rates.

Windsor, Berkshire, Gb

• Recommended and implemented an Agile hybrid delivery approach and triggered a second solution design review to align with IHG's cloud-first strategy, leveraging modern cloud technologies such as GCP and AWS, saving $300k annually in operating expenses.• Led teams of teams through the implementation of Agile processes, events, and artifacts. Conducted formal and informal Agile training and coaching.• Played a pivotal role in guiding the $5.3 million revenue project for IHG's Commission Services to a successful turnaround, ensuring it achieved green project status in terms of budget, scope, schedule, and risk within just six months of the project's relaunch.• Modernized IHG's Travel Agent Commissions (TAC) application, increasing efficiency and streamlining the distribution of commissions to travel agents.• Optimized and automated an antiquated, high-touch business process to ensure timely commission distribution to all booking partners, reduce costs, and saved $250k of project capital in the first 2.5 months by partnering with Finance to optimize accounting definitions.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Created and led the Emerging Tech Intake pipeline, a rigorous process and framework for evaluating, incubating, implementing, and operationalizing emerging technologies ensuring tight OKR alignment.• Established and trained the team on new 'Ways of Working' focused on agile principles, including team structure, norms, and operational guides. This training became standard for onboarding new hires.• Led a cross-functional teams to achieve significant business value through standardization of new Emerging Tech evaluations, doubling the number of end-to-end technology evaluations from 3 to 6 in under years, resulting in a more informed and rigorous decision-making process.• Orchestrated the implementation strategy for NCR Finance's Customer Pre-bill Program, which achieved 90% automation of a critical revenue process using Appian's automation platform, resulting in a significant $120 million improvement in cash flow within its first 90 days of deployment.• Curated the vision, strategy, and implementation plan of NCR's first multi-channel intelligent virtual agent, transforming the way we engaged with our managed services customers.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Led the transition to agile methodologies, serving as the SDLC expert and managing cross-functionalprojects of increasing complexity to deliver successful software products and drive successfuloutcomes.• Established NCR's first Robotic Process Automation Center of Enablement, achieving a $1.3M ROI in itsfirst year and managing over 250 IT and Business-owned RPAs.• Enabled NCR's first self-sustaining agile practice team in Serbia by planning, developing, implementing,and executing agile adoption practices within cross-functional project teams.• Led the UX/UI design of NCR's first homegrown Field Services Android mobile application, used by over2k users and eliminating a $1M recurring subscription expense.

Bellevue, Wa, Us