Angie Staton
Technology Professional
Mayodan,NC
Summary
Successful Global Director with over 10 years of demonstrated ability in delivering mission-critical results. Offering outstanding communication and cross-cultural team management skills. Ideal balance of strategic and tactical attitudes for optimal profitability and efficiency. Driven team leader highly skilled at creating strategic alliances with organizational leaders and effectively aligning with and supporting key business initiatives.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Director, Digital Products and Solutions
Center For Creative Leadership
Greensboro, NC
06.2020 - Current
- Collaborates with and facilitates communications across various stakeholder groups throughout the organization to include senior Technology management, the Executive Team, and other internal and external staff.
- Collaborates with executive leadership and business partners to define and execute the Digital Enterprise Portfolio strategy. Ensures alignment of product roadmaps created in partnership with product managers.
- Acts as a trusted advisor, building and maintaining relationships with organizational leaders to develop a clear understanding of business and client needs; ensures cost-effective delivery of Technology services to meet those needs.
- Facilitates alignment of enterprise level prioritization efforts through negotiation, influence, and comparative analysis of investment and return opportunities.
- Facilitates communication between project teams across the enterprise to ensure coordination and minimize duplication of effort.
- Creates greater consistency across teams in project processes, ensuring compliance to externals audits, internal process guidance, client data and security requirements.
- Establishes and manages strategic technology vendor and integrated partner relationships to apply a best of breed approach to development and integration services.
- Assesses, approves and oversees implementation of new external technologies into the Technology strategy and enterprise roadmaps, ensuring appropriate alignment with the enterprise's strategic planning process and business strategies.
- Manages resourcing needs including onsite, near shore and offshore resources. Selects and partners with recruiters and staffing vendors to supplement short- and long-term work efforts as needed.
- Defines the annual need and manages the operational development and capitalized portions of the Technology budget – typically 4-6 million annually.
- Manages resolution of escalated issues associated with various projects or products. This includes solution development, coordination across teams of resolutions, and communications.
IT Project Director
Center For Creative Leadership
Greensboro, NC
03.2018 - 06.2020
- Developed and oversaw project operations and managed multi-functional issues through resolution
- Managed a portfolio of enterprise applications while directing support and release schedules across the portfolio
- Resource management of staff, consultants and contractors including recruiting, selection, training, performance planning, and disciplinary action
- Led core project teams to establish and document project protocols (vision, DoD), project sprints, status, and project artifacts including the sprint and product backlogs - 7 teams, 41 indirect reports
- Communicated project status, deliverables and conflicting priorities to all org levels, including executive presentations
- Maintained alignment with strategic objectives and other project initiatives, and ensured assignments met quality standards and deadlines
- Worked across organizational boundaries to remove obstacles and impediments to efficient progress
- Implemented systems to improve process efficiency and reduce project duration.
- Built relationships with core and extended project team members and other stakeholders to facilitate transparency and trust in all interactions
- Defined and managed a 2-3 million capital budget
IT Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master
Center For Creative Leadership
Greensboro, NC
06.2011 - 03.2018
- Planned and managed a variety of complex software development projects using an Agile/Scrum methodology (PMI standards through 2012)
- Established and documented project protocols - vision, DoD, sprints, status, and all project artifacts
- Communication at all levels related to project status, deliverables, and conflicting priorities, including presentations
- Provided project leadership to the project team and oversight of projects to maintain alignment with strategic objectives and other project initiatives
- Worked within and across functional areas to remove impediments to progress for team members
- Ensured assignments met quality standards and deadlines
- Managed a suite of applications while directing support and release schedules in support of those applications
- Direct resource management for a small cross-functional team
- Built strong relationships with core and extended project team members to facilitate transparency and trust in all interactions
- Project accounting and budget responsibility per project
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 08.1995 - 12.1997
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 08.1993 - 05.1995
Skills
Over 10 years leading technical teams
undefinedAccomplishments
Portfolio Management: Supervised the development, testing, implementation, integration, support and maintenance of dozens of software products used internally and externally by more than 350,000 staff and clients annually.
People Management: Effectively managed up to 50 resources across 7 teams while maintaining high engagement levels and minimal turnover.
Contract Negotiation: Close involvement with Legal, allowing them to leverage my technical expertise to reduce initial and ongoing costs when partnering with technical or assessment vendors.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills, including presentations and conversations with the Board of Governors and Executive Team; an innate ability to connect well with all org levels.
Timeline
Global Director, Digital Products and Solutions
Center For Creative Leadership
06.2020 - Current
IT Project Director
Center For Creative Leadership
03.2018 - 06.2020
IT Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master
Center For Creative Leadership
06.2011 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
08.1995 - 12.1997
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics
North Carolina State University
08.1993 - 05.1995
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