Christina Parrish
Greensboro,NC
Summary
I have 2.5 years of experience as a product owner with 3+ years of software development experience. Prior to this career path, I spent nearly a decade in the field of veterinary medicine as a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) in a specialty hospital. During that time, I developed critical skills such as triage, working under pressure, managing several tasks at a time, documentation, emotional regulation, and effective communication. I also learned the importance and value of individual work and collaborative work. I attribute much of my ongoing success to the use and refinement of these skills as my career journey continues.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner (Remote)
Strix LLC
01.2022 - 03.2024
- Improved development team productivity by providing detailed user stories and feature documentation that included business use case(s) and relevant domain knowledge
- Managed ADO backlog prioritization based on stakeholder expectations and business needs
- Coordinated with the development team manager to plan sprints and shift resources within the agile team
- Facilitated daily stand-up meetings to review progress towards sprint goals
- Improved transparency between stakeholders and the development team by hosting weekly or biweekly stakeholder update meetings, initiating discussions when conflicts arose or were foreseen, and translated technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
- Communicated regularly with stakeholders to ensure alignment on product strategy and vision
- Gathered and prioritized product feature requirements from stakeholders
- Worked closely with customers to determine their business needs and gather feedback to identify the impact of feature requests and prioritize them according to value
QA Lead
Strix LLC
01.2022 - 03.2024
- Improved application function and user experience by thoroughly and continuously testing the application
- Collaborated with developers to implement a process for testing and feature review integrated with existing git policies that resulted in fewer developer reworks
- Reported bugs with detailed reproduction steps and screenshots to reduce developer startup time
- Collaborated with the development team when reviewing pull requests to ensure no feature functions were missed and processes are working as intended
- Ensured compliance with requirements set by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Software Developer (Remote)
Strix LLC
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Co-developed, created documentation for, and maintained a standalone application for US Customs Entry filing using Blazor framework
- Worked directly with stakeholders to understand customer needs for the above mentioned application to make a simple and efficient user experience
- Identified and fixed bugs and user experience improvements to improve a US Importer Security Filing application using ASP.Net Zero with .Net Core C# and Angular
- Participated and contributed in team Agile training
Software Developer/Technical Support Team Lead
SPI Software Solutions
02.2018 - 07.2021
- Updated and maintained a data import process using SSIS and client customer reports using SSRS
- Added features to a furniture warehouse business application using MVC C# with a bootstrapped UI
- Added and expanded features to an insurance commission management application using Webforms C#, VB, XSLT, SQL, and Selenium
- Managed, triaged, and assigned technical support tickets using Jira and Sharepoint
- Created training and major feature documentation leading to more organized and faster new-hire onboarding
- Implemented Scrum methodologies that helped improve team efficiency and productivity
Education
Professional Certificate -
Google Project Management
Coursera09.2023
Full Stack Boot Camp Completion -
Coder Foundry
Kernersville, NC11.2017
Associate of Applied Science -
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford, NC05.2009
Bachelor of Science -
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
Wilmington, NC05.2005
Skills
- Stakeholder relationship management
- User Acceptance Testing
- Scrum Methodology
- Agile Methodology
- Feature Prioritization
- Requirements Elicitation
- User Story Creation
- Software Development Fundamentals
- Product Backlog Management
- Training and Onboarding
- Team Recruiting and Hiring
- Cross-departmental Alignment
- Written Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Excellent Communication
- Client Relationship Management
- Attention to Detail
- Decision-Making
- Creative and Innovative
- Team Collaboration
- Multitasking
Timeline
Product Owner (Remote)
Strix LLC
01.2022 - 03.2024
QA Lead
Strix LLC
01.2022 - 03.2024
Software Developer (Remote)
Strix LLC
07.2021 - 01.2022
Software Developer/Technical Support Team Lead
SPI Software Solutions
02.2018 - 07.2021
Professional Certificate -
Google Project Management
Full Stack Boot Camp Completion -
Coder Foundry
Associate of Applied Science -
Central Carolina Community College
Bachelor of Science -
University of North Carolina At Wilmington
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