Sarah Buenaobra

• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion for a non-profit.
• Assisting with the family business that manages rental properties
• Proactively taking certifications through remote learning

• Main focus was on improving cloud demand and efficiency. Achieved this by implementing effective processes to manage the budget allocation and optimize usage in public cloud
• Developed automation and release management tools along with scripts necessary for construction, continuous integration, and deployment of software releases
• Collaborated closely with Software Engineers, Data Scientists, QA, and Product Managers to ensure high-quality products and features throughout the software development cycle
• Facilitated large programs within the organization, implementing agile and scrum methodologies across different product groups. Identify potential issues and ensure to the heart of the problem and provide a solution
• Produced deployment, implementation, and run book plans

Programs: Capacity Planning, Billing and Efficiency Metrics, Public Cloud Management, and Budgeting Financial Data

• Managed setup of hardware infrastructure and software releases for Software Engineers, Data Scientists, and Application Owners. Involved managing project schedules and tracking to ensure that different teams work together effectively to achieve goals
• Oversaw the setup of servers in the data center for all applications. This involved working on projects that included 500 to 1,000 servers at a time. Managing multiple projects at the same time, which involves obtaining budget approval, procuring hardware, installing and deploying, and ensuring maintenance, upgrades, and decommissioning when necessary
• Managed the development of deliverables into production environments for email servers for spam filtering.

Programs: New Product Introduction, Data Center Infrastructure and Email Security

• Coordinated scheduled releases and updates
• Identified priorities, conflicts, dependencies, and risks for the release, and made sure that plans were in place to address those risks in coordination with all stakeholders
• Collaborated with developers, database administrators, quality assurance teams, and customer-facing teams to ensure that high-quality products and features

Programs: New Product Releases, Customer Data Upgrades, Business Planning

• Managed Support Engineers, Sales Engineers, and TAMs who serve as escalation point for APAC region.
• Developed reporting frameworks and dashboards to monitor and track goals and OKRs. Established monitoring systems operations in California, USA, and Shanghai, China.
• Led Incubation support team, which involved identifying opportunity or market need, developing and testing concept, refining product based on feedback and data, and finally launching it to market.

Programs: New Product Development, Monitoring Security and Service, Security Compliance