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Payam Azarian

Seattle,WA

Summary

I'm a dynamic Technical Program Manager collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving strategic initiatives. Skilled in strategic problem-solving, I leverage technical expertise and exceptional communication abilities to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. I also establish operational excellence guidelines and optimizing processes for improved efficiency. In my current role, I oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects. I establish and refine processes, manage organizational goals, and ensure alignment with overarching business strategy and objectives. Additionally, I coordinate team participation in company PR events by liaising with PR, Legal, and Events teams to track progress. As resourceful leader skilled in data gathering & analysis, I provide clear presentations of findings to senior leadership. I organize and facilitate senior leadership reviews, set agendas, coordinate participants, and drive insightful discussions.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Technical Program Manager

Amazon
06.2021 - Current
  • Collaborate on projects with partner teams as the single point of contact for the Amazon Alexa Business Development organization
  • Establish and optimize processes and mechanisms to improve efficiency
  • Establish operational excellence guidelines
  • Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical and non-technical projects
  • Manage organizational goals and align projects with the organization's overall strategy and objectives
  • Manage team participation and contribution in company PR events by coordinating with PR, Legal, and Events team and tracking progress
  • Prepare reports for senior leadership by gathering data, analyzing information, and presenting findings in a clear and concise manner
  • Organize senior leadership business reviews by setting agendas, coordinating with participants, and facilitating discussion.
  • Champion process improvements for increased efficiency, analyzing existing workflows and recommending enhancements.

Senior Solutions Architect

Amazon
06.2019 - 06.2021
  • Provides technical consultation to strategic development partners
  • Actively identify opportunities to deliver experiences that demonstrate what is possible on Amazon devices and services, as well as other mobile platforms supported by the Amazon Appstore
  • Developing unique, compelling and exciting presentations and demonstrations of new Amazon technologies
  • Delivering persuasive, high impact, high quality presentations and documents to senior decision makers
  • Document best practices and create development resources that can be used by other developers
  • Build reference architecture, frameworks and toolkits to drive scale of adoption in ecosystem
  • Manages complex projects with significant bottom-line impact.
  • Work independently and collaboratively in team environments.

Solutions Architect

Amazon
06.2016 - 06.2019
  • Provides technical consultation to strategic development partners
  • Actively identify opportunities to deliver experiences that demonstrate what is possible on Amazon devices and services, as well as other mobile platforms supported by the Amazon Appstore
  • Developing unique, compelling and exciting presentations and demonstrations of new Amazon technologies
  • Delivering persuasive, high impact, high quality presentations and documents to senior decision makers
  • Document best practices and create development resources that can be used by other developers
  • Build reference architecture, frameworks and toolkits to drive scale of adoption in ecosystem
  • Manages complex projects with significant bottom-line impact
  • Provides technical consultation to strategic development partners
  • Spearheaded beta program for Alexa Skills, overseeing cross-functional collaboration, testing, and feedback integration to enhance user experiences and drive successful launches of Alexa experiences.

Technology Manager

WithinReach
09.2013 - 06.2016
  • Direct ownership & management of complex projects with significant bottom-line impact
  • Successfully drove company-wide migration and adoption of redesigned Office platform, resulting in increased staff productivity, improved engagement with community partners, unification of messaging and collaboration technology, and savings in unrestricted funds
  • Responsible for documenting technology policies, best practices and knowledge resources that is used by all stakeholders
  • Ongoing training for new and existing staff on platform technology in use at the organization.

EMR Specialist

Presbyterian Healthcare Services
10.2010 - 08.2011
  • Technical point of contact for the Electronic Medical Records platform
  • Responsible for training physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, while planning, executing and providing ongoing support for EMR projects
  • Responsible for communicating platform needs and project milestones to executive decision makers through high-impact presentations.

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology - Business Management -

Western Governors University
01.2015

Associate's Degree, Applied Science: Computing Technology - Computer Graphics

Central New Mexico Community College
01.2005

Skills

  • Program Management
  • Project Planning
  • Resource Allocation
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Technical Expertise
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Resource Management
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Business Analysis
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Requirements Gathering

Certification

  • Project+ - CompTIA, QSJ4BYZK9C4QKSB3
  • Web Foundations Associate - CIW, 635501
  • Microsoft Technology Associate - Microsoft, E739-9063

Timeline

Senior Technical Program Manager

Amazon
06.2021 - Current

Senior Solutions Architect

Amazon
06.2019 - 06.2021

Solutions Architect

Amazon
06.2016 - 06.2019

Technology Manager

WithinReach
09.2013 - 06.2016

EMR Specialist

Presbyterian Healthcare Services
10.2010 - 08.2011

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology - Business Management -

Western Governors University

Associate's Degree, Applied Science: Computing Technology - Computer Graphics

Central New Mexico Community College

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