Sr. Program Manager / Product Owner Resume Edison, NJ - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Entrepreneurial thought leader offering 22+ years’ leadership experience pioneering IT solutions for complex business pain points.
Known as an expert at bridging the divide between highly technical development teams and profit - oriented business owners to successfully streamline operations and drive sustainable growth.
Aggressive strategist and patient mentor adept at rallying cross-functional team talents around core mission.
Highly praised for skills at forging lasting business partnerships at the C-suite and Boardroom level.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Sr. Program Manager / Product Owner

Responsibilities:

As the program manager/product owner responsible for leading the Development, Product Roadmap, Project Management, UX/UI teams, and training.
Rolling out SaaS application to customer(s)
Manage multiple work streams across multiple organizations
SasS Platform powered by Marklogic®, AWS®, Node.js, and Angular for both Mobile and Web interfaces
Conduct daily stand-up meetings using an Agile development methodology.
Meet with potential customers to both sell and understand customer requirements.
Examples meeting with NGO’s, lobbyist, business leaders and State officials to drive awareness of the new product.
Support Company CEO securing buy-in from State and Counties representatives.
Provide potential customer demo and presales activities.
Organized project quickly and now preparing for initial launch.
Managing and hiring project resources and staffing (35+ team members)
Lead product management and conduct research for system and guide UX teams

Confidential, Iselin, NJ

DIRECTOR

Responsibilities:

Rallied team to launch online portal Ansellguardianpartner.com in <6 months expanding knowledge base to 2K distribution partners, internal customer service teams, and customers within 1st year.
Helped secure $300M+ in additional customer revenue with +3% boost in margins, by marshalling innovative thought and leading the invention of pioneering cloud-based value proposition tool.
Assembled support team of 8 to sustain new service organization, enabling consistent support for growing client base of 3K+ enterprise assessments and 16K+ individual chemical assessments and counting.
Strategic leader in the Program Management, Delivery of Strategy, Product Roadmaps, Planning and Execution of application development, Innovation and recommendations to CIO and VP of Sales Excellence; Provided C-Level communiques regarding product delivery and strategy.
Produced 2 AI prototypes employing natural language processing and machine learning -
Whiz.ai - Leveraged existing system to automatically recommend products for specific chemicals.
Peltarion - Simulated internal recommendation habits using keyword algorithms for product suggestions.
Developed sales messaging and technical training, rolled out to industrial sales teams in 250 people across 15 countries.
Advanced thought leadership as 1st male member of North American Woman Leadership Forum and as member of Innovation Awards Committee.
Coached team to 4 Innovation Awards and to finalist spot at 10th Annual Media Excellence Awards.

Confidential, Red Bank, NJ

SR. MANAGER

Responsibilities:

Promoted to lead the Program Management of Ansell Guardian® Leading software development and develop proficiencies using the methodology and sales messaging.
Served on steering committee to spin off special project group as separate organization.
Boosted margins 5%, propelled retention rates to 95%, catapulted assessments 225%, and doubled employee adoption of value proposition system, riding along on 50+ sales calls for 1:1 mentoring.
Contributed to $26M sales growth developing training program improving proficiency with new tool.

Confidential, Red Bank, NJ

IT BUSINESS ANALYST

Responsibilities:

Decreased rework 60% by designing and implementing new contract system, improving accuracy.
Enhanced global CRM systems used by 150 end users across 3 regions, increasing availability and speed.
Led team of 3 completing comparative analyses of HR modules on Oracle.