Identified product gaps and generated innovative ideas to expand market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
Defined and analyzed product metrics to facilitate growth of product.
Worked with engineers to improve user experience and confirm builds meet user specifications.
Defined and implemented cost reduction strategies throughout product development lifecycle to maximize profitability.
Developed business plans to evaluate market opportunity and strategic fit for new product concepts.
Conducted ongoing market research and competitive analysis to possess in-depth knowledge of markets, procedures and customers.
Lead Product Manager
Senior Life Insurance Company
Thomasville, GA
05.2022 - 06.2023
Spearheaded the launch of a new insurance product line that increased company revenue by 30% YoY in the first quarter of 2023
Supervised 34 projects and ensured that the project teams adhered to Agile
methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban, in the first 6 months of resuming
Performed A/B testing with inside and outside employees to determine which software's worked the best
Led multi-disciplinary 10 person team to design, develop and launch a new company wide menu system
Increased revenue by $10 million through analysis of data surrounding customer behaviors, vendor relationships, stakeholder goals and workflows
Managed relationships with 15 external vendors and advisers and balanced IT vendor relationships, negotiating the development of project plans and appropriate status communication to upper management
Defined program and project goals, objectives, products, services, constraints, assumptions, risks and facilitated processes by working with the project team, sponsor, and stakeholders to baseline the scope of the work
Conduct conference calls, demos, presentations with clients, developers, testers and Bas from PM and BA level
Led projects and served as a primary liaison between client and multiple stakeholders to clarify requirements and meet standards and deadlines
Identified product gaps and generated innovative ideas to expand market share, improve customer experience and drive growth.
Contributed to maintaining company databases in conjunction with data development and software engineering teams
Identified and analyzed user requirements, procedures and processes to develop optimization strategies.
Product Manager
Danimer Scientific
Bainbridge, GA
08.2017 - 06.2022
Coordination and communication between multiple departments, including Manufacturing, Process Science, Quality and other functional areas
Implemented A/B testing to determine reasoning behind customers' top financial services choices, and suggested solutions
to improve underperforming services, increasing revenue by $3.0M
Manage annual product development budget of $6.2 million,while also coordinating between 5 teams to ensure punctual delivery of high-quality products
Assist in the development and delivery of test plans, procedures, checklists and reports for testing events including unit, regression, integration, user acceptance, cyber security and system testing
Exceeded revenue goals, increasing revenue by 20% in 2020 with the development of 3 key software products, despite COVID-19 pandemic
Gathered 25% more development ideas from team members through implementing agile ideation planning, streamlining development processes and decreasing timelines by 10 percent
Technical knowledge in as many of the following areas as possible: Quality, Regulatory, Process Sciences, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain
Establish objectives and manage 5 IT Agile team members in execution of concurrent projects while adhering to best practices
Focused on project monitoring and management by developing forecasts and tracking expenses
Analyzed and forecasted financial budgets to make sure our technical projects were delivered on time and on budget
Defined key data points and data sources to track against measurable performance indicators and produce useful reports.
Data Analyst Intern
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
07.2016 - 07.2017
Worked with scientist to culture multi-cell bacteria for Matrix- assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and DNA
Developed predictive models using machine learning, natural language and statistical analysis methods
Designed models, algorithms and visualizations to distill insights from huge volumes of data
Improved the efficiency of the MicrobeNet software while working in a team setting designing and perfecting a more concise and accurate bacteria Identification
Analyzed and understood system data models for data flow development.
Education
MBA - Executive MBA
Louisiana State University And A&M College
Baton Rouge, LA
11.2025
Master of Science - Informatics and Computer Science
University of Maryland Global Campus
01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Thomas University
01.2015
Skills
MS Project, Excel Reports, Visio, Clear Case, SharePoint Operating System
Agile and Scrum
Java, SQL, Python, AS400
Database Management
Business recovery and sustainability
Product management
Staff training and development
SAP
Workday
A/B testing
User Testing and Data Studies
[Type] marketing
Research and trend analysis
Negotiation
Product development
Strategic planning
Business planning
Brand building
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Product Manager
GreenDot/TPG
06.2023 - Current
Lead Product Manager
Senior Life Insurance Company
05.2022 - 06.2023
Product Manager
Danimer Scientific
08.2017 - 06.2022
Data Analyst Intern
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
07.2016 - 07.2017
MBA - Executive MBA
Louisiana State University And A&M College
Master of Science - Informatics and Computer Science