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Danny T. Rollins II

Danny T. Rollins II

Bloomfield,NJ

Summary

Professional Scrum Product Owner with 10+ experience in product development and agile methodologies. Known for driving collaboration and delivering high-impact solutions in large-scale data project deployments for large enterprises. Skilled in stakeholder management, backlog prioritization, and iterative development.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Consultant - Product Owner, Business Systems Analyst

CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC.
02.2015 - 09.2024
  • Fannie Mae - AWS Cloud Platform Migration, in year-long assignment, successfully migrated application and data for over 18 million loans to their AWS cloud-based solution and environment, leading to a 15% efficiency improvement in financial analysts' loan processing tasks.
  • Defined product vision and multi-phase roadmap for the Single-Family (LAVA) team's migration to AWS cloud storage, enhancing financial reporting and analysis.
  • Championed a new bi-weekly story prioritization meeting, reducing backlog refinement time by 50%.
  • Authored detailed product user stories and acceptance criteria, enabling the delivery of an upgraded GUI interface and reducing sprint refinement delays by 30%.
  • PNC Bank - Debit Authorization System (DAS), in multi-year assignment with a Fortune 150, $64B national bank, successfully deployed a new Debit Authorization System (DAS) which updates current processing of 20 MM daily debit card transactions stored on MongoDB.
  • Defined a clear product vision and multi-phase roadmap for the DAS Scrum team, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs for faster and more accurate transaction processing.
  • Authored job & user stories in JIRA using INVEST guidelines and Gherkin acceptance criteria, ensuring comprehensive documentation for MongoDB-based microservices.
  • Designed over 20 debit card processing flowcharts to shape the functionality their MongoDB-based microservices.
  • Presented post-launch metrics and dashboards to senior leadership, showcasing a 25% increase in transaction processing efficiency and improved customer engagement.
  • PNC Bank - DAS Research Portal, as the Product Owner, successfully launched a UI-based interface, allowing DAS stakeholders the ability to research millions of debit card transactions.
  • Defined the product vision and created a detailed roadmap for the DAS Portal used by PNC's Banking and Legal stakeholders.
  • Developed, prioritized, and maintained the JIRA-based product backlog for new features, facilitating weekly collaborative meetings with developers to align on progress and milestones.
  • Presented progress updates and post launch updates to senior leadership, showcasing a significant reduction in administrative processing time and improved user engagement.
  • PNC Bank - DAS Mainframe Enrichment Module, in the DAS assignment, successfully launched a real-time ETL scheduler to process and settle 20 MM mobile phone debit transactions.
  • Defined a clear product vision and developed a comprehensive roadmap covering the design and functionality for real-time debit card transaction processing and settlement.
  • Authored hundreds of detailed user & job stories in JIRA outlining the requirements to facilitate the ETL transfer of data between PNC mainframe and their new MongoDB.
  • Merck - Dossier Change Control Management (DCCM), in assignment with a Fortune 100, $334B pharmaceutical company, transitioned Merck's 2-year Appian-based Dossier Change Control Management (DCCM) project from Waterfall to Scrum to align with Merck's SDLC guidance.
  • Created a product roadmap detailing the transition plan and key milestones for implementing agile practices in the DCCM project.
  • Led Backlog Refinement meetings and update the product backlog with a 13-member development and business team to clarify and size previously written and new user stories.
  • Merck - Market Research & Compliance, in assignment with a Fortune 100, $334B pharmaceutical company, worked with Market Research & Compliance Directors with their Global Human Health compliance team on multiple SharePoint and IT projects.
  • Delivered a market research project portal & repository platform that improved usability, increased vendor and researcher engagement, and streamlined compliance monitoring processes.
  • Led the product vision & product roadmap design of a replacement market research portal by over 100 client market researchers and 400 global vendors, enhancing compliance and usability.
  • Defined detailed product requirements for over 170 input and output fields, including data input specifications, field definitions, and accessibility requirements to enhance portal functionality.
  • Successfully deployed an on-line, automated Adverse Experience training certificate repository that ensured compliance for 400 global vendors while meeting project milestones and timelines.

Program Lead & Mentor

National Black MBA Association
08.2013 - 06.2017
  • LOT National Case Competition Finalists, 2013 & 2015

Education

MBA - Information Technology Management

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
South Orange, NJ
05.2014

Bachelor of Science - Corporate Finance and Accounting

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
Waltham, MA
05.2007

Skills

  • Scrum Methodology
  • Agile Methodology
  • Product Ownership
  • Product Management
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Backlog Refinement
  • User Story Writing
  • Job Story Writing
  • Business Analysis

  • Technical Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Business Process Model and Notation
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • MS Office
  • Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing
  • MongoDB
  • Postman

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner, 12/2024, SCRUM.ORG
  • Professional Scrum Product Backlog Management Skills Certification (PSPBM), 12/2024, SCRUM.ORG
  • Product Manager Certification, 02/2023, PRODUCT SCHOOL

Core Skills

Product Ownership, Stakeholder Relationship Managment, Product Backlog Management, Backlog Refinement, User Story Writing

Timeline

Senior Consultant - Product Owner, Business Systems Analyst

CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC.
02.2015 - 09.2024

Program Lead & Mentor

National Black MBA Association
08.2013 - 06.2017

MBA - Information Technology Management

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science - Corporate Finance and Accounting

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
Danny T. Rollins II