Lead Instructor/Consultant Resume St. Louis, MO - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Enthusiastic, innovative, and results - driven self-starter with over 13 years of experience in the tech industry with demonstrated ability to successfully align skills and talents to achieve project goals and objectives. Experience working for industry leaders such as Confidential, Sega of America, Disney, and Confidential Inc. Enthusiastic leader with strong industry knowledge, proven ability to consistently produce quality results and succeed in fast-paced environments and effectively manage multiple tasks through proven process driven methodologies. Seeking to utilize experience and exceptional work ethic in a cutting edge technology company that understands its customers and strives to create an optimal user experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Lead Instructor/Consultant

Lead 3-day instructional administration classes on-site and within rented classrooms around the country.
Taught at military bases, software development companies, and leading manufacturers.
Performed high-level administration tasks for the same companies in some cases.
Performed installation, maintenance, and migration of Atlassian software for various major corporate clients

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Lead Instructor/Consultant

Continued JIRA Administration services for Confidential
Perform installation, maintenance, and migration of Atlassian software for various major corporate clients

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Process Management

Implementation of new project management software JIRA
Met with all departments to design and implement unique solutions for all processes
Acting as project manager of all existing projects under platform
Managed all System Administration change requests, support requests and weekly maintenance via Service Desk project within companies JIRA instance
Process tracking implementation and administration.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Lead Consultant/Project Manager

Using expertise to advise companies on Mobile Application design and launching process
Setup and maintain JIRA and Confluence instances for companies of all sizes
Worked with iPayment, BJA, VGMarket, and more

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Vice President. Product Development and Project Management

Provide visionary leadership and direction in all aspects of product development, including effectively managing the development process of all titles.
Streamline operations and implement agile processes to maximize effectiveness of development.
Skillfully negotiate budgets as well as pricing with 3rd party vendors.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Product/Project Manager

Oversaw and effectively managed the development process of iOS titles.
Managed entire Game Studio (both San Francisco and Shanghai) to ensure optimal daily productivity.
Implemented JIRA agile process across entire studio to maximize effectiveness of development.
Managed development and live operations of iOS title Raccoon Rub.
Skillfully negotiated marketing funding with 3rd party vendors such as Tapjoy and 6waves in excess of 100K.
Skillfully negotiated budget for in-house Engineering and Marketing teams.
Handled recruiting, hiring, and interviewing processes for multiple candidates and interns.
Managed daily requirements to ensure transparency and on time delivery.

Confidential, Santa Monica, CA

Product/Project Manager

Directly managed engineering tasks via JIRA ticket tracking system.
Managed QA efforts for the iOS application, Mojo Masks.
Handled all customer support tickets received directly from the application and through the Zendesk Helpdesk service.
Managed development of products related to Faceware tech.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Product Manager

Oversaw all aspects of the small mobile gaming studio that developed iOS games and also experimented with other crossplatform development environments.
Managed entire Game Studio (both San Francisco and Shanghai) to ensure optimal daily productivity.
Flew to Shanghai to implement new agile processes.
Implemented Redmine process across entire studio to maximize effectiveness of development.
Managed development and live operations of iOS title Raccoon Rub.
Managed 3 different unreleased titles through various stages of the Greenlight process.
Skillfully negotiated marketing funding with 3rd party vendors such as Tapjoy and 6waves in excess of 100K.
Skillfully negotiated budget for in-house Engineering and Marketing teams.
Handled recruiting, hiring, and interviewing processes for multiple candidates.