Product Owner & Technology Consultant
Orchestrating development cycles to create customer-centric solutions that drive business success through technology
Summary
Education
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
I completed my degree in Computer Science from Florida A&M University. During my studies, I focused on web programming & design, principles of management, and mathematics for computing.
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
Professional Experience
I have worked at ABC News for 4 years as a multimedia journalist. During my time there, I was responsible for producing news stories for the web, TV, and radio. I also collaborated with a team of producers and editors to create engaging content for the company's social media channels.
Skills
Professional Experience
Skills
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Certified Scum Master
Career, Projects, and Clients
Tyson Foods, Inc.
After two summer internships with Tyson Foods I began my career in January 2014 as a Programmer/Analyst on the Information Systems Transportation team where I provided 24/7 on-call support for the software that managed our private fleet of ~1k trucks and ~3k trailers.
Project: In-Cab Hardware & Software Implementation
After 18 months as a Programmer/Analyst I changed teams and was promoted to a Project Manager & Technical Business Analyst for the Transportation Department. My primary focus was the configuration, implementation, and testing of an upgrade to our existing McLeod trucking software and upgrade to our existing ALK Maps software. Additionally I coordinated the hardware upgrade to the in-cab units and trained existing & new drivers weekly on its uses and capabilities.
Project: Omnitracs Trailer Tracking Software Implementation
Simultaneously, the department decided to decommission and modernize the trailer tracking system being utilized from the in-house legacy application to Omnitracs. I coordinated the configuration, testing, implementation, and training of the users on the new software.
Project: TMW Fuel Purchase Optimizer Implementation
In trucking and transportation in general, managing fuel costs is critical. A few cents on a gallon of diesel for 250 standard gallons in a tractor with an additional 50 gallons in a refrigerated trailer across a thousand vehicles could mean the difference of hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per year. Because of this, in 2015 I project managed the implementation of a new fuel purchase optimizer from TMW Systems and worked directly with our fuel vendors to identify and lock in opportunities for better discounts across our fuel network.
RevUnit, LLC
In August of 2016 I attended a technology conference where I sat in on a panel to listen to CEOs of startups discuss why people and culture are vital to the longevity of a company. Joe Saumweber was speaking about his software agency and I was so inspired I stopped him getting off the stage and told him I wanted to work for him. The following month I was employee #34 as a Product Manager of this budding software development company.
Project: Walmart Academy
The global Walmart Academy serves Associates (employees) through a combination of digital and in-person offerings across a variety of skills to provide career-driven training and development. This project revamped their HRM Tool and digital training tools used to administer tests and provide lessons at home for students in the academy.
Project: AutoZone
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Project: Iowa Children's Museum & National Science Foundation Grant
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TEKsystems: WeGoLook
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Project: Global Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)
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Trimble MAPS
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TEKsystems: LegalShield
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Client: Under Armour
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27Global
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Project: Populous
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Project: Income Lab
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J.B. Hunt
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Project: Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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