Amelia Goynes
Beaverton,OR
Summary
Results-driven Technical Lead Project Manager known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in software development lifecycle management, agile project methodologies, and cross-functional team leadership. Excel at communication, problem-solving, and time management, ensuring successful project outcomes through effective collaboration and strategic planning.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Lead Project Manager
Cvent
Portland, OR
01.2022 - Current
- Streamlined prioritization, intake, and portfolio management procedures
- Serve as a project management coach to ensure project managers within various programs follow best practices for project status reporting, including maintaining high-quality, concise, complete, and correct project data.
- Work closely with program managers and their teams on an agreed-upon cadence to ensure monthly project updates are delivered on time and meet defined data integrity standards.
- Reference and enforce the established process and guidelines for creating and updating tech projects, as documented in the project management wiki.
- Provide project management expertise and support to help project managers improve their project maturity and deliver stakeholder confidence in the program management group.
- Tailor the coaching approach based on the specific needs and project management maturity level of each program or team.
Quality Engineer | Project Manager
Cvent
12.2013 - 01.2022
- Rose through ranks, becoming a Project Manager
- Managed sprint reviews, PI planning sessions, and other agile team practices
- Assured comprehensive quality control of all products
- Enhanced productivity by mentoring team members on Lean principles
- Led Advanced Product Quality Planning initiatives
- Implemented Test Spec creation company-wide
- Ensure timely corrective actions to maintain project standards
- Aided implementation of automation in feature teams
- Handpicked for interviewing and training responsibilities
Test Lead - Experis IT
Microsoft Game Studios
09.2010 - 11.2013
- Contributed to Xbox One launch development
- Supervised several testing groups focused on Microsoft game releases
- Developed comprehensive training programs
- Oversaw project details ensuring tasks were finished significantly ahead of deadlines
- Formulated detailed use cases, specifications, and test documentation
- Formulated detailed testing requirements and plans
- Analyzed testing documentation
- Oversaw project schedules
- Coordinated problem-solving discussions between geographically distributed teams
- Compiled productivity measures across projects
- Participated actively in quality assurance for superior level assessments
- Developed test metrics for effective communication of testing status
Test Lead
Electronic Arts
01.2008 - 08.2010
- Promoted rapidly from tester to Test Lead
- Contributed to development in MAXIS on various Sims games
- Participated in sessions for feature development
- Created detailed manuals for staff development initiatives
- Enhanced testing processes through dev pairings in development of Sims 3
- Designed comprehensive test plans
- Identify necessary technology for app testing processes
- Conducted tests based on documented procedures
- Developed onboarding curriculum for Sims 3 team
- Trained offshore team in Argentina for two months
Education
Sonoma State University - Psychology
Sonoma State University
01.2008
Skills
- Project/Program Management
- Agile/Waterfall methodologies
- Scrum Methodologies
- Strategic Planning
- Continuous integration
- Data-driven decision-making
- Product Management
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Scrum Framework
- Requirements Analysis
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Project Management Tools
- Stakeholder Communication
- Business process improvement
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Competitive Analysis
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Policy Interpretation/Compliance
- QA Testing
- Process Automation
- Relationship Building
- Creative Problem Resolution
- Milestone Management
- Staff Development/Training
- Team Leadership
- Basic Ruby
- Basic Python
- Charles Proxy
- Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- JIRA
- Tableau & Sigma
- Xray & Big Picture
- Quality assurance processes
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Stakeholder Management
References
Available upon request.
Selectedhighlights
- Recognized by peers and management for commitment to quality and operations excellence - consistently receiving 'Above Target' on Performance Reviews, granted a quarterly award in Q1 of 19., 01/01/19
- Went to India in the Spring of 17 to conduct training internally in the Cvent-CrowdCompass department., 03/01/17
- Selected to visit Argentina to train the Globant outsource QA team during the month of July 09., 07/01/09
- Completed several management courses such as Managing within the Law, Difficult Conversations, Effective 1:1's, Agile Trainings, Scrum master trainings, PMP courses and Toast Masters.
- Proven expertise supervising and managing QA Testing team, both internally and externally - consisting of up to 60 people.
- An apt Documentarian and Skilled researcher, proven at documenting processes, training material, test specifications, test plans and test cases.
Timeline
Technical Lead Project Manager
Cvent
01.2022 - Current
Quality Engineer | Project Manager
Cvent
12.2013 - 01.2022
Test Lead - Experis IT
Microsoft Game Studios
09.2010 - 11.2013
Test Lead
Electronic Arts
01.2008 - 08.2010
Sonoma State University - Psychology
Sonoma State University