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Kelly Golden

Township of Washington,NJ

Summary

Results-oriented Vice President of Product/Program Management with over 20 years of experience developing and delivering Technology solutions to global market.

Diplomatic leader with exceptional planning, organizational and management abilities. communicate effectively across all organizational levels. Coordinated with boards of directors and C-suite executives to initiate and execute strategic business plans that achieve key objectives

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

VP Product Management

MarketCast
New York, NY
12.2023 - Current
  • Serves as "Single Source of Truth" for all product development efforts.
  • Responsible for weekly C-suite portfolio reporting across all Product, Data Science, Technology Discovery and Development efforts.
  • Drives Steering Committee Meetings for key strategic and commercial initiatives.
  • Maintain roadmap for product development initiatives that aligned with company objectives.

VP Technology

MarketCast
New York, New York
02.2022 - 12.2023
  • Implemented cost reduction initiatives to enhance profitability.

  • Oversee the development and implementation of robust data management and analytics systems to optimize customer insights and operational efficiency
  • Lead the development and maintenance of Heyday's technology infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement technology solutions
  • Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing technology team
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative culture within the technology department.

VP Tech Strategy

Phoenix Marketing International
New York, NY
05.2021 - 03.2022
  • Provide strategic leadership to the technology team, fostering innovation and driving continuous improvement
  • Managing Hardware and Software Licenses
  • Manage schedules and organize budgets to the IT department
  • Working with the marketing team to improve strategies.

Director Tech Strategy

Phoenix Marketing International
New York, NY
01.2019 - 05.2021
  • Overseeing Technical Projects
  • Devising and establishing IT policies and systems to support the Analyzing the business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs
  • Working with other departments to develop budgets and plans for the programs
  • Develop reliable metrics for software, hardware and storage while ensuring strategic capacity planning
  • Identify security vulnerabilities and eliminate them with strategic solutions that increase the safety of an organization's data
  • Identify and recommend new technology solutions and direct and support the implementation of new software and hardware
  • Manage schedules and organize budgets to the IT department
  • Formulate short- and long-term IT implementation goals.

Product Owner / Transition & Delivery Lead

Nielsen
New York, NY
09.2017 - 12.2018
  • Organizing daily activities based on the goals of the organization
  • Evaluating and assessing the programs’ strengths and weaknesses
  • Monitoring projects and overseeing project managers to ensure goals are met
  • Meeting with stakeholders to discuss program status and goals.

Scrum Master/Program Manger

Nielsen
New York, NY
01.2016 - 09.2017
  • Implement Project Management/Best Practices
  • Keep all Parties on Track and Informed
  • Introduce Agile Engineering Practices
  • Coach Team Members
  • Host Daily Stand-up Meetings
  • Assist the Product Owner With the Product Backlog
  • Remove Roadblocks
  • Teach Scrum Practices and Principles.

Project Manager

Nielsen
New York, NY
03.2013 - 01.2016
  • Setting project goals and coming up with plans to meet those goals
  • Maintaining project timeframes, budgeting estimates and status reports
  • Managing resources for projects, such as computer equipment and employees
  • Coordinating project team members and developing schedules and individual responsibilities
  • Implementing IT strategies that deliver projects on schedule and within budget
  • Using project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence
  • Conducting risk assessments for projects
  • Organizing meetings to discuss project goals and progress.

Principal Software Engineer

Nielsen
New York, NY
11.2011 - 03.2013
  • Taking ownership of software-related complaints and working toward finding solutions
  • Overseeing initial software rollouts and updates to ensure smooth implementation
  • Training other Engineers on software development or project-related tasks
  • Assisting with designing, coding and debugging software as needed.

Application Data Architect

Nielsen
New York, NY
04.2009 - 11.2011
  • Designed and implemented database structures to support on-going application development efforts.
  • Ensured that all applications adhere to established data governance policies and practices.
  • Analyzed Business Requirements to deliver ERD and data flow diagrams.

Database Administrator

IAG Research
New York, NY
08.2007 - 04.2009
  • Implementation and management of data warehouse ETL
  • Developed scripts for automating routine maintenance tasks
  • Defined database design specification and developed stored procedures based on project specific requirements.

Team Lead/Database Administrator

Comverse
New York, NY
02.2001 - 06.2007
  • Manage resources estimates and deliverables for development projects; conduct full code review of all components delivered by team members, including procedures for deployment and packaging
  • Designed, developed and deployed 6-way multi-master database environment which housed 16 different telephony applications
  • Built a repository of Unix and PL/SQL scripts to support the custom installation and maintenance of all database components including backups, disaster recovery, replication, space management, database and schema creation
  • Actively support large customer base in over 20 countries.

Database Administrator

Earthweb, Inc.
New York, NY
06.2000 - 01.2001
  • Installation and migration of production environments from Oracle 8.0.5 to 8.1.6
  • Managed the daily operations of the production environments, troubleshoot of problems, and maintained backup and data dumps for recovery situations
  • Performance tuning of database to increase the speed of the system

Education

MBA in Finance and Computer Information Systems -

Baruch College
02.2007

BSBAD in Management Information Systems -

West Virginia University
05.2000

Skills

  • Data-driven decision-making
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Program Management & Oversight
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Scheduling expertise
  • Scope Definition
  • Team Development
  • Financial Leadership
  • Systems Optimization
  • Quality Control
  • Resource Management
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Budget Development

Certification

  • SQL and PL/SQL
  • Architecture and Administration
  • Backup and Recovery

Awards

  • Comverse Americas Key Contributor 2005
  • Comverse Division Employee of the Quarter Q4 2003
  • Comverse Division Employee of the Quarter Q2 2002

Timeline

VP Product Management

MarketCast
12.2023 - Current

VP Technology

MarketCast
02.2022 - 12.2023

VP Tech Strategy

Phoenix Marketing International
05.2021 - 03.2022

Director Tech Strategy

Phoenix Marketing International
01.2019 - 05.2021

Product Owner / Transition & Delivery Lead

Nielsen
09.2017 - 12.2018

Scrum Master/Program Manger

Nielsen
01.2016 - 09.2017

Project Manager

Nielsen
03.2013 - 01.2016

Principal Software Engineer

Nielsen
11.2011 - 03.2013

Application Data Architect

Nielsen
04.2009 - 11.2011

Database Administrator

IAG Research
08.2007 - 04.2009

Team Lead/Database Administrator

Comverse
02.2001 - 06.2007

Database Administrator

Earthweb, Inc.
06.2000 - 01.2001

MBA in Finance and Computer Information Systems -

Baruch College

BSBAD in Management Information Systems -

West Virginia University

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