

Effective at building and deepening productive relationships with all product stakeholders. Skilled at guiding operations, supporting deployments and implementing quality control standards. Analytical problem-solver with excellent judgment and a detail-oriented nature. Eclectic work experiences from small business to Fortune 100 enterprises, from operational to strategic management and IT management, Exceptional collaboration skills at all levels of an organization, and internal and external vendor leadership experience. Personal interests include golf, hiking, fishing, campaign reading, courses for new and updating skills, wine, culinary experiences and traveling.
• Collected, modeled and analyzed data in order to make proactive adjustments to plans and meet all milestones.
• Collaborated with project developers, quality assurance team members and business analysts.
• Coordinated scheduled releases and updates.
• Adhered to internal release development guidelines and processes to mitigate liabilities and align with business goals.
• Responded to emergent issues in production releases to quickly iterate and remediate weaknesses in subsequent releases.
• Managed release validation through development, testing and production phases.
• Recruited subject matter experts to tackle advanced release deficits and unforeseen development obstacles hindering scheduled iterations.
• Set release management lifecycles according to internal business goals and ongoing development realities.
• Provided strategic plans to senior management for approval by internal stakeholders and aligned development teams.
• Oversaw deployment of operating system patches, security improvements and hardware compatibility updates.
• Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
• Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
• Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
• Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines.
• Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
• Coordinated with external vendors to deliver IT project components.
• Devised test plans to validate accuracy of IT projects.