Brent Brantley
Dallas,TX
Summary
Perceptive Senior Delivery executive with 15+ years driving successful business processes for Fortune 500 companies. Demonstrated success maximizing impact of key performance metrics to enhance and expand business operations. Known for leveraging both macro and micro-scale analyses to generate holistic images of ongoing business operations for immediate actionability. Recognized for inclusive leadership style that empowers teams and individuals to optimal performance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
EY, Ernst and Young LLP
03.2019 - Current
- Client-facing executive responsible for managing complex delivery strategy and execution leading cross functional teams across multiple work streams
- Managed large-scale integration projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
- Developed reputation as strong people leader that empowers cross functional teams to address highly complex client problems
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures to drive business imperatives
- Performed as part of technical leadership team that developed and presented business case to C suite that included initial funding of $12M for first year to develop proprietary employee experience management solution for global professional services firm
- Served as client facing executive responsible for standing up and leading PMO function for enterprise financial services client to align technical development teams with business stakeholders for $38M multiyear cybersecurity remediation engagement
- Performed in role as product management executive that worked across multiple work streams in large-scale multiyear digital transformation implementation totaling $195M for energy client
- Part of leadership team that developed and presented business case to C suite that included initial funding of $12M for first year to develop proprietary employee experience management solution for global professional services firm
Digital Product Manager
Capital One
08.2015 - 03.2019
- Responsible for creating guiding principles and setting the strategic direction for digital products in financial services
- Applied customer-first strategy to product development and marketing materials, presenting solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders and executives
- Owns product roadmap and prioritizes technology investments to drive maximum business value and create new customer experiences
- Championed macro view approach to developing products and services, focusing on multi-disciplinary brainstorming and inter-team meetings to identify and mitigate redundancies and dependencies.
- Served as intermediary between product development and research groups, filtering feedback to prioritize maximally important data points and user experiences
- Collaborated with UX (User Experience) team to incorporate customer feedback and User Acceptance Test (UAT) into future features and capabilities
- Synthesizes and translates intent across stakeholders to deliver innovative customer experiences and business outcomes
Sr. Business Analyst/Product Owner
GameStop
08.2014 - 07.2015
- Responsible for leading teams (both Agile and Waterfall) through entire SDLC process to create or enhance digital products for the organization
- Delivered analysis of market, sales and consumer trend impact on long and short-term strategies.
- Guided teams and refined Agile techniques throughout journey and evolution of delivery cycles, establishing documentation framework to support Agile methodology implementation
- Directed business analysts in executing and delivering various tactical and strategic plans.
- Developed diverse reporting packages to meet individual needs of sales, marketing, product management and senior leadership.
- Primary technical lead representing business interests in resolving production issues and maintaining backlog of outstanding items, including defects and new features
Product Owner – Technical Consultant
Southwest Airlines
06.2013 - 07.2014
- Responsible for delivering software solutions that support business operations and enable new user experiences by defining, documenting, and prioritizing business requirements elicited from users, stakeholders, and business leaders
- Manages software development cycle of strategy, design, development, testing, and launch activities as Product Owner
- Primary technical contact representing business interests in resolving production issues and maintaining backlog of outstanding items, including defects and new features
- Consistently demonstrates business, technical, and functional knowledge in software product development at intermediate level, ensuring on-time delivery within budget.
Product Owner - Consultant
Mary Kay
05.2012 - 06.2013
- Responsible for providing product-focused business solutions to global customer
- Manages software development cycle of strategy, design, development, testing, and launch activities in Agile role of Product Owner
- Leveraged SharePoint, SQL, Oracle's Endeca, and other 3rd party applications together to deliver robust user-friendly site for global customer base
- Document requirements elicited from stakeholders for new features and functionality
- Primary technical contact representing business interests in resolving production issues and maintaining backlog of outstanding items
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Yale University
New Haven, CTSystems Administration - Applied Science
Southern Methodist University
Skills
- Executive Leadership
- Product Management
- Business Strategy
- Solution Design (Integrations and Transactions)
- Competitive Market Analysis
- Agile and Scrum Methodology
- Solution Testing and Implementation
- Application Deployment
- OKR/KPI Development and Tracking
- Forecasting and Planning
Timeline
Senior Manager
EY, Ernst and Young LLP
03.2019 - Current
Digital Product Manager
Capital One
08.2015 - 03.2019
Sr. Business Analyst/Product Owner
GameStop
08.2014 - 07.2015
Product Owner – Technical Consultant
Southwest Airlines
06.2013 - 07.2014
Product Owner - Consultant
Mary Kay
05.2012 - 06.2013
Some College (No Degree) -
Yale University
Systems Administration - Applied Science
Southern Methodist University
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