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Cultivating engaging digital solutions

Fulfilling user and business needs through strategic digital design and web/app development

Technical Project Management and Product Ownership

I am currently looking for full-time or contract employment that continues my history of helping design and development teams achieve professional, measurable results by benefitting their users. By focusing on users and their needs, while remaining cognizant of pre-existing solutions, I can help aim efforts to maximize value with the most efficient use of resources.

An ability to understand the nuances of business, design and technology helps me adapt conversations to each audience in order to ensure cross-functional collaboration, understanding, and alignment. An iron grip on brand standards, usability, and fine details helps me ensure that work meets or exceeds client expectations.
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Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

I have an active Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification and the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) certification. This training gave me insights into advanced techniques for using Agile methodologies to manage scope and priorities, as well as tips on how ChatGPT can accelerate product ownership tasks to obtain feedback and results sooner.

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Turnkey Design and Development

I can guide you through as much of the digital design/build process as you need help with.

  • Strategy and content planning
  • Information Architecture (IA) sitemaps
  • User Experience (UX) research and wireframe design
  • User Interface (UI) branded mockups
  • Site setup and development
  • Content management
  • Deployment and Maintenance
  • Managed Hosting

For smaller projects, I have experience building entire online and offline solutions like websites, eLearning courses and kiosks.  For larger projects, I have experience managing the efforts of designers and developers as well as evaluating new candidates for team expansion.

I am experienced in streamlining processes through the use of content management systems (CMS) like WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and Shopify.  I also have experience managing online learning through learning management systems (LMS).

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ABOUT

Career Highlights

With 25 years of work touching all points in the software development life cycle for web, mobile, games and live events, these are some of the highlights to my experience
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Planning

Solving Business Problems

Helping to understand B2B and B2C customer needs and architect user experiences for digital solutions, marketing/communications, games and eLearning. Skilled in technical product management tasks including roadmapping, scope estimation, timetabling, and resource allocation to help get beautiful functionality out the door, on time.
Creative

Visual Communicator

Helping to bring clarity through visuals such as UX/UI design, UML diagrams, concept sketches, storyboarding, presentations, and animation.
Scrum

Agile Aficionado

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) who is well versed in all scrum accountabilities. Skilled at defining user stories, prioritizing backlog tasks and conducting product reviews for complex digital solutions. Helpful in monitoring and conveying progress, explaining functionality and conveying value in key solutions for designers, developers and stakeholders.
Technical and Creative

Knowledge Transferer

A passion for unraveling complicated topics and helping to provide cross-functional understanding. Experienced in documentation, visualization, live training, eLearning development and continuous self-improvement. Plus two college degrees with coursework in computer science, mathematics, visual art and animation.
EXAMPLES

Past Work

Here are some of the types of projects I’ve been involved with.
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Responsive Web Applications

Management of .NET/SQL and LAMP-stack back-end dev as well as projects utilizing HTML5 (including React, Unity3D, Construct) on the front-end

Custom eLearning Deployment

Management, training and sales support for a proprietary LMS, as well as SCORM-compliant eLearning modules for use in any client LMS

Content Management

Information architecture for modular content entry, video and image asset optimization and site content updates

Customer Relationship Management

Lead acquisition integration for SalesForce and other CRM platforms

B2B and B2C Sales Tools and Configurators

Convey value propositions and simplify complex product solution configurations

Experiential Live Event Activations

Touchscreen and touchless installations, kiosks, VR and AR for conferences and conventions

Gamification

Casual and competitive games to promote mental acuity and fulfill business objectives

Intranets

Workplace process and resource needs identification and simplifying access to key files and information

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EXAMPLE 1

Fortune 100 Banking Firm

Challenge: A major force in banking (name witheld at client request) wanted a platform that showcased their value in the community.
  • Defined and designed UX Design system that drove component development for online Corporate CMS
  • Maintained mobile-first responsive site UX strategy throughout multiple site iterations for nearly 10 years
  • Ensure flexibility & brand consistency across non-designer client content admins
  • Scrum management of development and site evolution iterations
  • Trained client on system configuration and content administration
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EXAMPLE 2

Emerson Rosemount Pressure Transmitter Demos

Challenge: Emerson saw an opportunity to create an impact by demonstrating their newest global products, both online and at offline trade shows.
  • Helped to define a standalone React-based client-side web application with multiple language support
  • Managed Agile development of solution start to finish via multiple developers
  • Integrated real-time 3d product demos, animation, custom product simulators and eLearning tutorials
  • Inspired client to return for same solution to be applied across multiple product lines
  • Developed standalone touchscreen kiosk for use at conventions and live events
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EXAMPLE 3

Lund Boats Online Ecosystem

Challenge: Lund Boats needed an enhanced online experience for buyers, including product configurator and sales lead management integration
  • Conducted discovery interviews with client
  • Defined user stories and managed sprint backlogs for a wide range of features including: corporate website CMS, data-driven boat configurator and estimator, learning management system dealer portal, Lund Owner’s Club, fishing tip mobile app, 3rd party leads management API integration and more
  • Co-managed client relationship, leading year-after-year return business for over a decade
  • Graphics production of all boat model colors and variants
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EXAMPLE 4

Business Simulation Games

Challenge: Multiple clients including Cargill, Upsher Smith, American Medical Systems, MeritCare, Taylor Corp, GMAC Rescap, and others wanted to create lasting impact at their sales and leadership training events.
  • Defined business simulation logic and gameplay for competitive multi-player business simulations that allowed attendees to collaborate as cross-functional teams in real-world scenarios
  • Designed solution architecture to work flawlessly, even in venues with unreliable WiFi
  • SOAP API and XML interfaced rich media client applications with .NET game server to synchronize each team’s gamestate with project leaderboard
  • API migration from SOAP to WebOrb streamlined integration development via serialized objects on subsequent versions
  • Onsite event setup and facilitation to ensure a seamless experience for trainers and participants alike.
GET IN TOUCH

Contact

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