Dane Sorensen
Downs,IL
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Summary
Analytical and outcome-oriented professional with a passion for learning and diverse experience in technology. Demonstrates proven coordination skills through ITIL Foundations certification and hands-on experience in SAFe Agile and KanBan methodologies. Seeking a formal leadership role to leverage skills acquired through COUNTRY Financial's Future Technology Leadership Rotation, ROTC, Boy Scouts, and leading E3.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
COUNTRY Financial
06.2024 - 07.2025
- Provided strategic analysis across infrastructure engineering on projects and strategies
- Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
- Created dashboards to support decision-making processes using Power BI.
- Organized, presented, and drove the Modern Office Strategy
Agile Product Owner
COUNTRY Financial
06.2023 - 06.2024
- Tracked, and escalated the resolution of risks, issues, and tickets
- Managed and monitored team capabilities and designed training and development plans on a high turnover MSP team
- Interacted with internal stakeholders as the voice of the customer
- Conducted and facilitated the hiring process for team members
Security Analyst
COUNTRY Financial
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Coordinated work across multiple divisions to deliver a new SSO system across COUNTRY
- Managed stakeholder expectations in a difficult environment with rapidly changing project requirements
- Motivated and inspired others in an otherwise high stress environment
Application Developer
COUNTRY Financial
06.2020 - 06.2022
- Intern from June 2020, converted full time in January 2022
- Worked closely with peers to identify issues and provide suitable resolutions.
- Developed reports using SQL server reporting services.
- Analyzed source code to identify functionality issues.
Education
MBA - STEM
07-2025
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
12.2021
Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategy development
- Agile methodology
- Resource planning
- Team facilitation
- Power BI
Accomplishments
- Accelerated tier 3 infrastructure problem analysis by introducing a data driven process with powerBI
- Significantly reduced development team backlog through resource planning and prioritization
- Owned an UpSkill incentive program from inception to launch
- Led a 10-person employee engagement team during and after COVID
Awards & Certifications
- Kanban Training, 03/24
- Leading SAFE Agile Training, 09/23
- ITIL4 Foundations Certified, 02/23
- Living Our Values, COUNTRY Financial, 03/22
- Eagle Scout, 12/17
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