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Aurea Buonauro

Minneapolis,MN

Summary

Dedicated, personable, and solution-oriented IT professional, adept in project lifecycle management and quality assurance. Excels in cross-functional collaboration and enhancing program quality through strategic process improvements, ensuring project success and stakeholder satisfaction. Demonstrates a strong work ethic and detail-oriented approach, committed to achieving excellence.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Implementation Manager

BI Worldwide
Minneapolis, Minnesota
09.2021 - Current
  • Lead agile project implementations as the principal technical liaison for customers and internal teams, scoping, defining, and configuring new technologies.
  • Gather business requirements, and collaborate with developers to create technical solutions encompassing Oracle database procedures, file ingestions, and SQL-based reporting structures.
  • Create estimates, project timelines, and resourcing needs for SaaS platform implementations.
  • Manage the delivery and execution of program setup, content, SAML configuration, and product catalog integrations.
  • Partner with product owners and key stakeholders to define and prioritize enhancements driven by both internal and external customer needs.
  • Document business processes, software requirements, implementation steps, UX feedback, recommended software, and solutions.
  • Perform validations and accessibility testing in lower environments, coordinating the release into production.

Application Director

BI Worldwide
Minneapolis, MN
05.2016 - 09.2021
  • Managed projects leveraging custom technology solutions for automotive clients, driving project success.
  • Defined project requirements and managed scope, monitoring timelines to deliver on time.
  • Managed client relationships and communicated project status, health, scope, and risks from design through delivery.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to develop and deliver Requests for Proposals, and Statements of Work for sold projects.
  • Optimized productivity and quality by implementing new procedures.
  • Created ad-hoc reports utilizing SQL.

IT Project Manager

E Group, Inc
Minneapolis, MN
02.2010 - 04.2016
  • Coordinated and oversaw all stages of the software development life cycle, from discovery through launch, in alignment with budget and time constraints.
  • Developed and maintained integrated project schedules in MS Project and Excel to monitor scope and timeline to meet project deadlines.
  • Collected business requirements, and created program documentation.
  • Coordinated resource allocation, task assignment, and prioritization for a team of 7 developers.
  • Assisted in scoping out new projects and developing proposals for internal and external clients.
  • Performed testing and proofreading of web applications.

Education

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities
4 2009

Centro De Estudios Internacionales De Toledo-Fundación Ortega Y Gasset
Toledo, Spain
2008

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced functionalities in Excel (VLOOKUPs/macros/etc), Word, PowerPoint, Visio
  • SQL query and report writing
  • Project management
  • Resource management
  • Requirements gathering and documentation
  • Quality assurance
  • Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
  • Agile framework
  • Project lifecycle management
  • Change management
  • Scope management
  • Data analysis

Timeline

Product Implementation Manager

BI Worldwide
09.2021 - Current

Application Director

BI Worldwide
05.2016 - 09.2021

IT Project Manager

E Group, Inc
02.2010 - 04.2016

University of Minnesota

Centro De Estudios Internacionales De Toledo-Fundación Ortega Y Gasset
Aurea Buonauro