Daniel Walker
Product Manager
Conroe,TX
Summary
Highly organized and ambitious product manager with 13 years experience in product management, product development, marketing, and agile methodologies. Proficient in developing and implementing long-term business strategies by collaborating with both project and cross functional teams to quickly provide solutions to increase revenue and customer delight
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager
Checkr, Inc
Houston, TX
04.2022 - 09.2023
- Launched net new Form I-9 product in 6 months by leading and coordinating project team on track to bring in 3 million dollars in revenue within 12 months
- Analyze and gather product requirements by meeting with stakeholders and reviewing sales, customer, and opportunity data
- Coordinate with Product Marketing on enablement initiatives and GTM strategy, with over 500 customers using the new Form I-9 product in the first 2 months
- Collaborated with both project and cross functional teams, including UX, engineering, enablement, operations, customer experience, vendor management, and legal to launch new products
- Facilitated vendor legacy API migration to REST decreasing daily API usage cost by 15%
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed PRDs and Epics in order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
Product Manager
Inflection (Acquired By Checkr, Inc)
Houston, TX
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Improved customer attach rates by 10% for third party payroll integration automation product for employment verifications
- Overhauled the customer dashboard usability, functionality, and efficiency by working with UX team and talking with customers for quick feedback loops
- Led discovery and requirement gathering for feasibility of net new biometric screening offering, which led to finding the need for a new I-9 product at Checkr post acquisition
Product Owner
PrimeroEdge
Houston, TX
10.2020 - 07.2021
- Oversaw the development and deployment of three global scrum teams comprised of 20 team members including engineers, QA, and UX Designers
- Write and prioritize epics and user stories that incorporate user feedback and ways of improving overall customer experience
- Communicate regular updates to senior leadership and stakeholders of overall product status using reports and dashboards
- Led a team consisting of two Product Owners and a Business Analyst to redefine and revolutionize Menu Planning and Supply Chain Management for our School Nutrition product
- Collaborate with Development Engineering Manager and Scrum Master to successfully deliver results every sprint
Business Analyst - Product Management
PrimeroEdge
Houston, TX
06.2019 - 10.2020
- Directly oversaw development and deployment efforts for two global scrum teams comprised of 14 team members including engineers, QA, and UX designers, focusing on Menu Planning and Inventory Management
- Facilitate sprint planning, review, and backlog refinement sessions as a Product Owner
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements
DevOps Business Analyst - Product Management
Infinite Campus
Blaine, MN
08.2017 - 06.2019
- Improved engineers code testing time by up to 10% by designing and building a net new internal tool allowing them to spin up automated VMs with VMware with the core application preinstalled using Chef automation
- Manage multiple cross team projects simultaneously, including new internal system designs from the ground up to migrating data from old servers to new
- Facilitate agile planning, sprint, estimation, execution, and communication
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders such as product managers, architects, developers on software design and architecture
- Test product functionality, analyze and debug product issues
- Break down high-level business cases into functional written requirements and UI designs
IT Product Owner
Renewal by Andersen
St. Paul, MN
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Administered and maintained the testing platform, Testrail, to spread adoption through the company
- Created user stories for enhancements and bug fixes to the mobile canvassing application by managing Agile methodology and JIRA
- Created test scripts for the iPad sales application and was subject matter expert (SME) for rSuite
- Worked with Business Product Owner to enhance and maintain the mobile canvassing application
- Partnered with data vendor, MapAnything, to load and maintain canvassing data
- Planned and ran the cutover plan for data migration from legacy system to Salesforce for a company owned location
Technical Release Manager
3M, Crew
St. Paul, MN
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Managed SAP code transports through development and testing environments into production for major & minor releases
- Worked with HP ALMQC to write and execute test scripts
- Used MS Visio to create process flows
- Built and maintained the cutover project plan with functional and integration team project managers
- Managed completion and follow up on project plan task items communicating with multiple teams to ensure timelines are met
- Managed daily transport meetings, and resolved general transport questions regarding go live and cutoff of transports
- Assisted with training new resource on Lotus Notes and MS Project integration
Implementation Consultant
NetSuite, SPS Commerce
Minneapolis, MN
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Integrated and tested EDI with a multitude of ERP systems, such as QuickBooks and NetSuite
- Analyzed and interpreted EDI specifications to assist in building data translation maps
- Managed dozens of projects while working with a project manager for departmental prioritization
- Developed and maintained a new training regimen for new hires
- Worked with NetSuite VAR to develop an easy to understand approach to EDI integration
- Integrated and tested 60+ NetSuite EDI connections
- Provided NetSuite training and troubleshooting during implementation
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Finance, Marketing
Bethel University
St. Paul, MN 08.2006 - 06.2010
Skills
Software as a Service (SaaS)Project ImplementationProduct Development
Product Lifecycle Management
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Requirements AnalysisProduct MarketingProduct LaunchProduct StrategyData AnalyticsProduct Led Growth (PLG)Leadership
Project Management
Research and trend analysis
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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Timeline
Product Manager
Checkr, Inc
04.2022 - 09.2023
Product Manager
Inflection (Acquired By Checkr, Inc)
08.2021 - 04.2022
Product Owner
PrimeroEdge
10.2020 - 07.2021
Business Analyst - Product Management
PrimeroEdge
06.2019 - 10.2020
DevOps Business Analyst - Product Management
Infinite Campus
08.2017 - 06.2019
IT Product Owner
Renewal by Andersen
01.2016 - 01.2017
Technical Release Manager
3M, Crew
01.2015 - 01.2016
Implementation Consultant
NetSuite, SPS Commerce
01.2010 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Economics And Finance, Marketing
Bethel University
08.2006 - 06.2010