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Matthew DePamphilis

Danvers,MA

Summary

Results-driven IT Product Owner bringing continuous integration and delivery to business processes and initiatives. Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and process. Excellent relationship building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions. Dedicated team motivator with over thirteen years experience in Personal and Commercial Lines Insurance delivering capabilities for all departments.


Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Digital and Technology Product Owner

Homesite Insurance Group
01.2023 - Current
  • Leader of diverse team comprised of developers, technical analysts & QA engineers
  • Owner of team backlog, effectively writing, refining and prioritizing user stories for multiple inflight capabilities
  • Oversaw entire product introduction, enhancements and refreshes from design to delivery.
  • Managed implementation of new features within Rating Engine by outlining design specifications such as how, where, and when each component would work.
  • Clearly and concisely communicate product & project statuses across multiple business groups and management levels
  • Delivered over 150 capabilities for Best in Homeowners program, contributing to over 15% Written Premium growth in 2023.

Technical Analyst & Scrum Master

Homesite Insurance Group
08.2020 - 01.2023
  • Authored technical requirement documentation to suit business initiatives.
  • Communicated project status to stakeholders, authoring reports to provide up-to-date overviews of ongoing progress.
  • Published technology roadmaps for quarterly planning.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Senior Business Analyst

AmTrust E&S Insurance Services
04.2015 - 08.2020
  • Develop business and system requirements for GL & PL product builds and system enhancements
  • Budget forecasting, bonus and broker commission calculation
  • Claims analysis & tracking of large loss reports
  • Design and delivery of operational analytics and metrics to support AmTrust E&S' strategy
  • Handle day to day management of IT requirements and enhancements
  • Analyze business processes and provide solutions to optimize productivity, service and cost/benefit
  • Managed E&S databases in Microsoft Access - Written Policies, Large Claims, Broker visits and UW Audits

Pricing Analyst

GE - Electric Insurance Company
03.2011 - 04.2015
  • Worked collaboratively with Regulatory, Product, UW & IT departments implementing rate and rule changes
  • Created and documented test plans and scenarios that would test all aspects of rate and/or rule changes
  • Guarantee through automation and regression testing that rates & rules programmed are entirely compliant
  • Managed and reported on status of system defects, workflows and service tickets
  • Maintained and developed new training material for company processes and procedures

Education

Bachelor of Science -

University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
2010

Skills

  • SAFe 60 Certifications - Leading SAFe 60 Agilist; Product Owner & Scrum Master
  • AWS Certified - Cloud Practitioner
  • Jira Automation and Confluence requirement documentation
  • Leader of Refinement, Retrospective and Daily Stand-up ceremonies
  • Forecasting & Strategic Sprint Planning
  • Project Analysis & Management
  • Release Planning
  • Detailed Story Writing & User Acceptance Testing
  • SQL / VBA

Accomplishments

  • Automate Rate Change Implementation with IT Rating Engine
  • Advocated and led first-of-kind Program Increment Retrospective within Product Engineering (PE)
  • Owner of Bi-Weekly Sprint Management Metric Review
  • Hosted Project Increment (Quarterly Planning) Presentation for PE
  • Professional Executive Product Build & Released
  • General Binding Authority UW Policy Management System build leading to $40M bound premium in 2019
  • General Liability Property Refresh Build & Release
  • General Liability Excess Product Build
  • Expansion of Broker Report Cards
  • Designed and created Underwriter New Business Tracking Reports
  • Habitational Product Quick Rate built in Excel with ISO codes & rates
  • State by State Cancellation and Non-Renewal tool

Timeline

Digital and Technology Product Owner

Homesite Insurance Group
01.2023 - Current

Technical Analyst & Scrum Master

Homesite Insurance Group
08.2020 - 01.2023

Senior Business Analyst

AmTrust E&S Insurance Services
04.2015 - 08.2020

Pricing Analyst

GE - Electric Insurance Company
03.2011 - 04.2015

Bachelor of Science -

University of Massachusetts
Matthew DePamphilis