Sr. Technical Program Manager Resume Palo Alto, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Senior Program Manager experienced in all aspects and processes of the product development life cycle.
Background includes software development, algorithm development, big data, requirements analysis, process re - engineering, executive briefings, planning, scheduling and delivering complex projects in a variety of advanced technology environments.
Led the Research and Development (R&D) two generations of the online advertising optimization engine, branded AdLearn, transitioning from a monolithic, linear program solution to a more distributed system based on feedback control and signal processing algorithms and next to a big data, machine learning optimization system. Improved scale by 5x and accuracy (campaign management, learning, prediction and bidding) by 15 - 25 %.
Managed the research and implementation of user targeted Predictive Segments which used big data from our combined ad logs to generate over $200MM in revenue in 2015, one of the most successful revenue generating products for the company.
Supervised the design and development of the ContentLearn project, which optimally placed content (news stories, videos, etc.) on publisher sites based on observed performance (and optionally sponsorship objectives).
Provided Program Management and Business Analysis leadership to the initiative that enabled the first and largest Confidential satellite program to deliver, review and dispose of their contract data requirements (CDRLs) electronically. This included both classified and unclassified documents.
The program saved the customers over $17M in the first year.

EXPERTISE IN:

Business Strategy
Agile Scrum/Kanban
Leadership
Team Development
Communication
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Connecting Dots

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Sr. Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Oversaw Program Management team for the R&D group of Confidential . Provided program, project and product management to several R&D initiatives.
Managed the development and deployment of the AdLearnLive Decision Engine which selects the media to serve on bid requests from both the Ad.com network and RTB
Facilitated the research efforts to develop the next generation click prediction model in support of AdLearnLive.
Drove an automation initiative for campaign setup and configuration (auto-pilot) which resulted in a 25% improvement in revenue and changed inventory contribution from a negative to positive 21%.

Technical Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Coordinated R&D team, with business, operations and engineering to further improve accuracy of algorithms by approximately 15% and responsiveness (system delay improvements) by 4x.
Managed the transition of the engineering team from waterfall to agile scrum.
Coordinated requirements and roadmaps with other Business Units and communicated with Stakeholders on plans and progress.

Technical Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Established Project Management function in the R&D organization of Confidential and helped manage the growth of the office from 15 - 55+ people.
Developed tools, processes metrics, templates, reporting to improve program delivery efficiency and predictability. Established deliverable-based schedules for engineering team and milestone based schedules for research teams.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Sr. Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Provided Program Management and served as primary customer point of contact for IT managed service provider (MSP) serving mid-size businesses.
Managed multiple simultaneous implementations of IT network, server and MS Exchange migrations from client’s IT department to Confidential ’s leveraged solution. Served as primary Customer Interface for implementations in planning, scope and schedule. Insured common understanding with customers of transition plans and timing and drove planning, design, test and conversions of network, server, desktop and messaging teams.

Principal Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed implementation plans and schedules for development and roll out of new IT and workplace security initiative.
Advised and consulted on development, definition and acceptance of new Project Management Office (PMO) within IT department for Sr. Manager of IT Operations of IBM Rational Software. PMO was successfully launched.

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