Vanessa Roberts Email & Phone Number

Glen Allen, Virginia, United States

Glen Allen, VA

Richmond, Virginia Area

Manage software development teams to delivery and release to Production. Teams include a Product Owner and Business Systems Analyst. Facilitate weekly grooming sessions, planning sessions, demos and retrospectives. Work with centralized teams, DBA and Configuration Management to draft and execute release plans. Coordinate releases to Production. Coach team.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Manage custom software application projects (mobile and web) for a wide range of clients across the country. Utilize agile framework to guide clients through the development process based on organizational function. Handle all aspects of project delivery including up front quotation, contracts,budget, requirements gathering, UX / UI design, implementation.

• Manage medium to large scale projects for mobile messaging company serving almost 300 mobile operators in traditional and leading edge messaging technologies.
• Utilize agile methodologies to deliver major software releases for the Acision Messaging platform. Perform standard project responsibilities including risk, budget, scope of work and time management.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, team retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions for teams ranging from 5 to 20 people. Conduct release and iteration planning sessions.
• Support and coach Product Owner(s) to perform job duties such as story writing, team collaboration, managing sprint trade-offs and keeping the program level in sync.
• Evaluate project and team statistics, quality metrics with regard to project risk landscape in order to provide analysis and recommendations to stakeholders for critical decisions and course corrections on projects..
• Facilitate process improvement initiatives (project reporting, software development estimation, ISO, quality initiatives) to streamline current processes while elevating customer value.

Managed IPTV development and program including IPTV features, user - trial.

Managed base of high end accounts and a staff of approximately 8-10 employees. Responsible for account retention and problem resolution.Responsible for maintaining account margins and overall revenue within the base of accounts.

Managed a team of 6-8 folks spread remotely across the eastern U.S. who supported large and enterprise accounts.