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Product Director

Civix

• Product management by leading cross-functional product teams in software development, testing, and market strategy.

• Conduct market research needed for new product development, determine product requirements for minimum viable product, plan the development schedule, and lead new product development efforts.

• Design system architecture with architect and developers.

• Manage product installation, product configuration, and training of new clients.

• Build and maintain working relationships with industry professionals and perform research to develop new sales leads and maintain knowledge of software.

• Perform product demonstrations and presentations to prospective clients.

Product Manager

GCR Inc.

• Led requirements workshops including planning, execution, and follow up with clients.

• Translated client requirements into functional specifications for the software development team and led reviews of these specifications.

• Communicated requirements for complex implementation tasks such as integrations/interfaces to web APIs for third-party systems and data migrations from currently used or legacy systems.

• Led 3 business analysts to deliver 10 software specifications per week to meet 6 week deadline for $2 million project.

• Mentored 4 new business analysts.

• Developed comprehensive lists of project deliverables and coordinated with the project managers to ensure that all items were delivered.

• Used strong communication skills and a variety of tools including process diagrams, visual wireframes, and mockups to help clients see problems from different angles and how software could meet their needs. 

• Improved the business analysis process by collaborating with business analysts and project managers to develop and communicate new process standards.

• Led software developers to drive projects to completion within budget.

Lead Business Analyst

• Participated in workshops and interviewed clients to elicit requirements for developing software applications to solve business problems for aviation and public sector clients.

• Coordinated with internal stakeholders and clients to understand business goals and requirements. 

• Communicated requirements to the development team and ensured business goals were implemented into software for clients.

• Used process diagrams, visual wireframes, and mockups to design software user interfaces.

• Identified and resolved technical challenges to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

• Developed functional specifications for software applications.

Business Analyst

• Built a GIS address database from over 2.5 million address records for Superstorm Sandy grant funding reporting.

• Automated data import process using Python and SQL scripts, saving at least 2 hours of time per day importing data.

• Learned and assumed responsibilities for weekly data imports to web applications. Wrote SQL scripts for import enhancements and performed troubleshooting.

• Wrote SQL scripts and used GIS to troubleshoot issues with database records for a land records management web application.

• Analyzed New Orleans vehicle-pedestrian accident data to identify hot spots to target safety, education efforts.

• Analyzed GIS and demographic data and produced maps, pivot tables, and reports to communicate data analysis results.

GIS Analyst

CSRS

• Collaborated with GIS team to meet a 1 year deadline to digitize data showing damaged infrastructure in all 73 New Orleans neighborhoods for the Recovery Roads project and reconstruction of citywide infrastructure.

• Coordinated and delivered presentation of the Recovery Roads GIS public works project at the 2013 Louisiana Remote Sensing and GIS Workshop in Lafayette.

• Provided management guidance to reduce field data collection by 25% and meet deadlines.

• Produced digital GIS data of infrastructure repair locations and analyzed the data to produce maps showing city streets eligible for federal grant funding.

• Troubleshot and fixed communication and data collection technical issues with GPS units.

GIS Specialist

Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP)

• Implemented a digital method for 9-1-1 address field data collection and processing.

• Provided GIS mapping support during flood events and a chemical release exercise.

• Collected and performed quality assurance of GIS address data for 400-1,000 residences per day.

• Designed a database and dynamic report to reduce daily report production time from 1-2 hours per day to 15 minutes per day.

• Created address database to help first responders reach residents in Louisiana's low income parishes.

Information Technology Applications Specialist

Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

• Performed aerial photo quality assurance review for a statewide aerial imagery review project and oversaw submission of deliverables for 16 of 64 Louisiana parishes.

• Collected GIS critical infrastructure, businesses, public facilities data for 200-450 sites per day.

• Produced maps and data for flood events in 1 to 4 hour deadlines.

NASA DEVELOP Program

• Coordinated Virtual Poster Session between NASA and Earthzine (https://earthzine.org/initiatives/vps/vps-archive/) showcasing NASA DEVELOP Internship National Program Projects for Summer 2011, Fall 2012 terms.

• Created project evaluation criteria including use of videos, social media to educate stakeholders about project benefits.

• Provided input about how to reduce project scope and still meet objectives in weekly conference calls.

• Wrote 4 project proposals for Fiscal Year 2009, 2010. 

• Performed research, gathered and analyzed GIS data from various sources, and wrote reports.

Intern and Consultant

University of Southern Mississippi

• Taught a weekly 50-minute Weather and Climate lecture class to 100 or more students per class for 2 years.

• Taught 2-3 weekly labs to 10-30 students per lab for 4 years.

• Led team of 6 teaching assistants, provided guidance to them, and helped resolve teaching problems.

• Filled in on emergency assignment to teach an extra course during the Fall 2010 semester.

• Created and administered tests for the Meteorology section of the Mississippi Science Olympiad (2010-2011).

Instructor

Product Manager with 5 years of experience in product management. Expertise with software requirements and development, web/mobile application and web services architecture, database design, and UI/UX enable me to work effectively with software developers to implement client and executive stakeholder visions into user friendly software. Strong leadership, written and verbal communication skills, and being personable allow me to maintain a success record leading cross-functional teams to deliver software products on time and under budget.

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