About
I have a track record of execution. Product strategy and leading innovation for B2B, B2C, mobile, and other digital technologies.
I am a results-focused Product Manager.
With extensive experience in driving requirements and strategizing initiatives for development to optimize efficiency and deliver customized solutions. Skilled in delivering projects within tight deadlines and budgets by leveraging expertise in process mapping, user research, and requirements design. Accomplished in taking projects from concept to launch using scrum and agile methodologies. Credited with a strong ability to identify trends and develop competitive strategies for execution.
Accomplishments & Experience
Released a centralized app platform using a custom design system and frontend framework that enables teams to work more quickly and efficiently. (Beam Benefits, 2022).
Released a new brand-refreshed marketing site built on a modern low-code solution. (Beam Benefits, 2022).
Released a functional experiment and collaboration platform for the materials science community (ITX Corp, 2020).
Released two brand-new life insurance products as part of a best-in-class eCommerce platform (ITX Corp, 2018 - 2019).
Released a third-party integration for talent acquisition and recruitment for a labor union (ITX Corp, 2018).
Released a mobile app to drive user engagement and increased visibility for the business (XPO, 2017).
Released a modern customer & carrier portal that provides transparency to make better business decisions (XPO, 2016 - 2017).
Released a mobile travel and expense app to increase automation and reporting that was white-labeled for a partner company (Verian, 2015).
Released an improved user experience and adoption by replacing the existing UI stack of a platform for a more modernized UI using Bootstrap, jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3 while working alongside a team of three in one quarter (Verian, 2014).
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2022 - Present
Collaborating with stakeholders to identify strategic initiatives while defining, shaping, and delivering a product strategy from ideation to launch. Conduct discovery and present innovative and elegant ideas and recommendations to unlock new growth within our business. Conducting a detailed analysis of their competition through industry trends, market & data analysis, and user research and using this data to develop effective strategies to drive revenue for our stakeholders and customer satisfaction for our users and cultivating strong partner relationships while executing various projects.
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2021 - 2022
Collaborated with stakeholders to identify strategic initiatives while defining, shaping, and delivering a product strategy from ideation to launch. Conducted discovery and presented innovative and elegant ideas and recommendations to unlock new growth within our business. Conducted a detailed analysis of their competition through industry trends, market & data analysis, and user research and used this data to develop effective strategies to drive revenue for our stakeholders and customer satisfaction for our users and cultivated strong partner relationships while executing various projects with complete financial responsibility for budgets between 100K and 1M across the company.
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2017-2021
Collaborating with business partners to achieve strategic initiatives while defining, shaping, and stewarding their product strategy from ideation to launch. Present innovative and elegant ideas and recommendations that can evolve into prioritized new scope. Conducting a detailed analysis of their competition through industry trends, market analysis, user research, and A/B testing. Leveraging this data to develop effective strategies to achieve trust, loyalty, and advocacy for all stakeholders and users. Managing and developing strong partner relationships while executing projects with complete financial responsibility for budgets between 100K and $3M+ for different organizations and industries.
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2015 - 2017
Partnered with business operations to achieve strategic initiatives for the $1B line of business by leading a team of five software developers and QA engineers through the agile development process by driving requirements and bridging communication from within the team to clients and stakeholders. The scope required a detailed analysis of the competitor environment and data to develop effective strategies to stretch resources, define features, and schedule delivery. Achieved results by negotiating costs and executing plans with complete financial responsibility for budgets up to $200K and ROIs up to $2M for the $15B organization that is #151 on Forbes.
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2013 - 2015
Navigated the complexities of leading the team in delivering customized products by communicating and documenting the vision and scope of the product development plan. Led a team of four employees in executing multiple projects by quickly resolving operational issues of employees, logistics, service, and response to critical development issues. Managed the $100K budget and reported to the VP of Product Strategy directly.
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2008 - 2013
Helped position the product for the future by designing testing requirements focused on future development needs. Prepared test cases, business process models, case diagrams, implementations, and on-site training.
Data Flow Diagrams
Budget Oversight
Influencing Vision & Strategy
Requirements Gathering
Stakeholder/Vendor Relationships
Policy & Procedure Development
Product & Feature Development
User and Human-Centered Design
Define and Tracked Metrics
Scaled Frameworks
Data Analysis & Reporting
Market & User Research
The process for gathering and analyzing customer feedback, defining product requirements, and collaborating with engineering and design teams to deliver a successful product update.
