CHRISTY MAIERS
McKinney,TX
Summary
Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Business Analyst-/Agile Product Owner
TruStage Life Insurance
Madison WI
12.2020 - Current
- Creating and prioritizing product backlog (list of features and requirements) that aligns with product vision and goals, and continuously refining it based on feedback and changing business needs
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams (e.g
- Developers, designers, marketers, and quality assurance) to ensure that the product meets customer needs and is delivered on time and within budget
- Ensuring that product backlog items are clearly defined, well understood, and properly estimated by development team
- Create user stories in Azure Dev Ops with ALIS agile team Spearheaded the creation of over 300 comprehensive user stories in Azure DevOps, ensuring alignment with ALIS (Agile Lifecycle Management Software) framework, leading to streamlined workflow and 15% increase in sprint completion rate for agile team
- Facilitating bi weekly sprint planning
Business Analyst
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana
Shreveport, LA
04.2017 - 10.2020
- Weekly presentations with Executive Director to design virtual platforms and procedures for organization’s needs and infrastructures
- Responsible for analyzing business processes and methodologies
- Responsible for analysis of existing business processes, design, and implementation of streamlined processes
- Articulating insights to senior management, presenting to all levels of leadership
- Managing small and large scope projects
- Conducting requirements gathering team meetings with business users.
Sales Consultant
Swarovski
Houston, TX
06.2008 - 08.2016
- Assist clientele in selecting and obtaining merchandise to fit their specific needs and wants
- Educated customers on merchandise features, care, and maintenance
- Consistently exceeded weekly sales quotas, bringing in significant sales revenue weekly
- Achieved and maintained outstanding performance reviews and service ratings throughout employment.
Education
MBA -
University of Dallas
Irving, TX12.2020
Bachelor of Science -
Art Institute of Houston
Houston, TX06.2010
Skills
- System Development
- Sprint Planning
- Requirements Gathering
- Release planning
- Product Planning
- User Story Creation
- Product Backlog Management
- Agile Methodology
Certification
- Business Strategist, Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, 2020
- Business Analyst, University of Dallas, 2020
Skill Sets
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Azure
- ServiceNow
- Jira
- Business Planning
- Information Technology
- Data Analysis
- Business Analysis
- Project Management
- Customer Service
- Consulting
- Relationship Building
- NetSuite
- Microsoft Office Sales
- 360
- Visio
- Cherwell
- ALIS
Timeline
Business Analyst-/Agile Product Owner
TruStage Life Insurance
12.2020 - Current
Business Analyst
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana
04.2017 - 10.2020
Sales Consultant
Swarovski
06.2008 - 08.2016
MBA -
University of Dallas
Bachelor of Science -
Art Institute of Houston