Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
I am a Product Manager, Software Engineer, and Inventor. I am innovative, a business leader, and entrepreneur. With 15 years professional business experience and proven record of leading and creating innovative technology solutions I can solve complex business problems and visualize beginning to end solutions that focus on the end-users needs and creating an incredible experience. I have a history of developing effective partnerships and inspiring team innovation across multiple departments and companies. I seek out, identify, and solve complex challenges through thoughtful reviews and planning of all aspects of the project. As an operations leader, I identified, planned, and led changes to processes, resulting in reducing loss by over $1 million within the first year. My Core Values Continuous Learning - I continually look for ways to improve myself through education and experience, building and practicing new skills and expanding my talents to other disciplines Solve Real-World Problems through Critical Thinking - I strive to understand, measure and solve the most important problems, asking why it should be built. I focus on understanding the end-user and building simple, elegant solutions that deliver value to both the end-user and the owner Leave it Better - I make every effort to leave it better than I found it. I go beyond writing code to innovate and create useful technology that will help others. I strive to improve everything around me through thoughtful and effective innovation
Product Owner working to bring product up to speed before release. Building a new job application system modeled around having a conversation. Currently in the process of bringing the website and associated datasets online.
• Analyzed staffing and scheduling data – Identified a need to track security cast deployments to improve staffing and scheduling best practices • Communicated complex ideas across various departments and stakeholders earning total buy-in • Built roadmap and led the design of an application that reduced staffing cost by 10% – Collaborated with peers and engineers to design and build an effective application and corresponding reports
• Designed, developed, and deployed a suite of custom business software tools for retail management – Including: Customer, Inventory, and Financial management systems • Reduced manual input time and improved business efficiency and reporting – Helped management led business to double digit sales increases for three years • Managed all stages of the product including sunsetting when the business was sold
• Designed, planned, and managed installation of security systems for new store opening – Completed project on-time and under budget • Communicated with vendors and internal stakeholders to plan and oversee installation - 120 Surveillance Cameras, Electronic Article Surveillance System, Intrusion Detection, Fire Suppression • Designed camera system to connect with point of sale reporting for quick review of transactions
• Analyzed SQL data to identify key performance indicators of various business operations – Built dashboards and visualization for all stakeholders to view data • Gathered input and collaborated with users throughout the company to optimize data reporting and dashboards – Created data visualization format that was adopted region-wide • Identified errors within business operations and planned improvements – Operations metrics improved from being ranked in the bottom quartile to the top quartile company wide