Tara Steed

IT Service Management | IT Operations | IT Product Owner

Greater Seattle Area

About

When I'm not working, I enjoy dancing, good food, and bad movies.

Experience

  • Costco IT (Issaquah, Washington, United States)
    • IT Product Owner - IT Service Management
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      - Developed and pitched the Service Management Office (SMO) strategy, secured executive buy-in, and led initial implementation to establish governance, alignment, and ITSM maturity. - Key contributor for Greenfield ServiceNow transformation, aligning ITSM processes and stakeholders to OOTB tools, coordinating stakeholders across enterprise teams. - Identified, defined, and delivered program scope to launch a new Major Incident Management team. - Introduced automation and redesigned Post-Incident Review processes, enhancing Problem Management efficiency and increasing practice value. - Supported governance and process maturity across Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge and IT Service Desk practices. - Played a key role in steering the strategic direction of the enterprise Virtual Agent project by aligning conflicting team priorities, facilitating consensus among leaders, and translating stakeholder needs into actionable guidance for delivery teams. - Collaborated with executive stakeholders to prioritize roadmaps, manage department-level backlogs, and translated visions into actionable user stories

    • Sr. Ecommerce IT Operations Analyst
      Aug 2022 - May 2023 · 10 mos

  • Ascendance Pole & Aerial Arts (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Board President
      Jun 2023 - Mar 2024 · 10 mos

    • Co-founder & Program Director
      Feb 2018 - Mar 2024 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      - Co-founded and directed operations for the nation’s first nonprofit pole dance studio, driving the organization to generate $250,000+ in revenue annually. - Developed and implemented strategic business plans, resulting in 40% membership growth and 54% revenue increase during the pandemic. - Secured and managed grants, ensuring financial stability and growth. - Oversaw financial administration, including budgeting and financial reporting, to maintain transparency and accountability. - Managed a team of 35 staff members, fostering a positive and productive work environment. - Created and executed innovative marketing campaigns to attract new members and retain existing clients. - Designed and developed a comprehensive curriculum, enhancing the quality of classes and member satisfaction. - Produced and directed annual fundraising events, overseeing planning, marketing, performer management, ticket sales, and emceeing, contributing to increased community engagement and revenue

  • Expedia Group (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Sr . Problem Manager
      Sep 2014 - Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Coordinated across multiple organizations and teams to reduce incidents, improve system uptimes, and increase IT systems resiliency in a fast paced e-Commerce technology company. Investigated and managed complex technology problems and incidents, with emphasis on root cause analysis, process improvement, and documenting problem resolutions to prevent recurrences. Translated technical and incident information into concise, easy to consume communications for Sr Leadership.. Produced weekly financial loss and incident/problem reports for Executive CTO Leadership team.

    • Network Engineer
      Jun 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Implemented and maintained total network node monitoring, alerting, access, asset management, and accounting for an advanced e-Commerce network infrastructure of over 20k components.

  • DaVita Kidney Care (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Network Engineer
      Jan 2010 - Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Provided upper tier support for multiple business offices and a data center by helping to troubleshoot, configure, and maintain a network with over 300 switches, routers, firewalls, and other network devices.

    • Data Center Operator/NOC/Incident Management
      Oct 2007 - Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Maintained and assisted in managing an environment for large-scale, 24/7 data center. Hold a working knowledge of disaster recovery, redundant data communication connections, backup power supplies, generators, environmental controls, suppression systems, data restoration, and security devices. Experienced with cabling and racking servers, and well as server hardware repair and maintenance. Monitored NOC alerts and ran major incident bridges to drive effective resolution of the most impactful issues in IT Infrastructure.

  • Instructor/Associate Artistic Director at Washington Contemporary Ballet
    Jun 2006 - Jul 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Trained dancers in the art and discipline of ballet.Used creative talents to create new works, as well as set and polish older bodies of choreography on a company of pre-professional dancers.