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Irving, TX, US

• I am the Senior Product Leader responsible for addressing customer needs by offering solutions through emerging technologies that leverage our unique organizational skills. In this capacity, I am responsible for.
• Launched 4 partner products in 7 months including one solution reducing client costs by 77%.
• Developed operations and support strategy for Robotics offerings in 2 months.
• Created sales enablement strategy for 9-member sales team improving sales response time by 50% including coaching and mentoring.
• Developed lead generation playbook for autonomous robotics offerings in 3-month project.
• Panelist, 2023 Smart Cities Conference: Leveraging Technology to Automate Physical Security.

Stamford, CT, US

• As the leader of Product Management Analytics across various product lines within the Product Management Operations Organization, I applied my expertise in Product Management and Data Analytics to enhance product.
• Improved data reporting cycle times 90% through standardized KPI and reporting strategy
• Increased Product Manager engagement 65% through “One Dashboard” strategy.
• Improved EMEA region retention 10% identifying 7 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Reduced entitlement waste ~12% for Product Management organization and ~32K customers.
• Created KPI strategy and data taxonomy for 5 platforms in 4-month transformation project in collaboration with executive stakeholders.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• I was the Product Management leader for Smart Solutions as well as developed Product Management Excellence standards for a 10-person product team w/P&L of $150M+. I led multiple SaaS Smart Solutions within IoT Connect.
• Established new IoT/SaaS/Analytics product strategy generating MQLs worth $600M+.
• Created the Product Management & Product Development Process, reducing cycle times ~15%.
• Formulated sales enablement strategy for 100+ Sales team while aligning to business objectives and customer requirements.
• Developed data reporting strategy to include KPIs for 10-person Product Management Team.
• Built business case and financial model for joint venture between Avnet and AWS with a 50% reduction in time to market for clients (IoT Connect Platform)

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Cross-functional team leader of SaaS, IoT and analytics products with $30M+ P&L. Managed the Product Action Committee (the product decision making body) to address issues across finance, customer services and support.
• Increased product line revenue by $7M over 3 years.
• Launched SaaS/IoT Fleet Management product valued at $50M-$110M for 300+ locations.
• Led technology transformation project reducing annual costs by $2M+ and improving KPIs by 60%.
• Reduced product pricing cycle time KPI 66% by optimizing the annual pricing process.
• Led product line Hackathon (80+ data scientist, SW developers, Product Owners, UX designers) which enhanced product via new feature ideation based on must have Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Led product development phase with $5M annual budget, 5 direct reports and 35+ FTEs including resource planning, cost containment, risk management, milestone development, metrics, and reporting.Some notable.
• Executed project within 2.5% of financial and schedule targets.
• Eliminated a Quality Assurance & supply chain process risk (via root cause & corrective action) reducing a 6-month product repair/return backlog to 2 weeks.
• Delivered all designs and hardware in accordance with requirements for first 5 test aircraft.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Managed and led data analytics for project across financial, schedule, risk, and resource management domains for $20M annual project. Organized, manipulated, and segregated these raw data into formats suitable for.
• Utilized advanced tools and techniques to develop insights which maintained program performance within 2% of budget target.
• Developed training program for 13 Program Analytics Leads.
• Reduced program risk profile by $25M through active risk management and mitigation strategies.

Dulles, VA, US

• Led and reviewed the work product of engineers, program analysts and data analysts in the Launch Systems Group. Utilized both waterfall and agile program methods and conducted independent design reviews to validate.
• Utilized MATLAB / Simulink, C, C++ to obtain and analyze large data sets, extract insights assessing product performance and reducing failures. Validate schedule and budget using EVM.
• Lead engineer on multiple programs. Mentored and reviewed the work product of engineers and analysts to ensure quality and adherence to best practices.
• Mentored and reviewed work of engineers for quality, accuracy and best practices. Lead engineer on multiple product development programs.
• Inactive Secret Clearance.

Arlington, VA, US

As part of the integrated product team, developed autopilot designs for multiple programs. Designed, coded and tested programs using MATLAB / Simulink, C / C++, advanced algorithm design, nonlinear artificial neural networks in a waterfall program management approach. Utilized structured and unstructured large complex data sets to generate and analyze.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Master'S Of Science, Data Science

Master'S Of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance

Bachelor'S & Master'S Of Science, Aerospace Engineering