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Renee Barr

Lake Mary,FL

Summary

Forward-thinking professional with many years of experience developing and releasing stellar products. Seasoned expert at leading project planning, determining implementation methods, and achieving highest quality standards by working closely with the client and delivery teams. Additional expertise supporting internal sales and marketing teams by contributing to brand strategy and messaging.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Director

Dualboot Partners
Remote, FL
01.2025 - 05.2025
  • Developed product vision and strategy, aligning with business goals and market needs for multiple clients across diverse industries.
  • Managed the full product lifecycle from idea generation to launch, and continuous development.
  • collaborated with cross functional teams to deliver a cohesive product experience
  • Ensured on-time within budget quality delivery
  • Mentored and guided team members
  • Resolved challenges and roadblocks in the product development process
  • Looked for opportunities for future growth

Technical Project Manager

Movement Mortgage
01.2024 - 01.2024
  • Coordinated with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives.
  • Oversaw the planning, execution and completion of technology focused projects for the Data team.
  • Tracked the delivery time of all user stories, managed Jira outliers, engaged data leadership, created reporting, highlighted areas of improvement
  • Hosted daily scrum meetings with the development team to track progress and assist with removing blockers
  • Analyzed delivery trends determined suggestions for improvement that decreased delivery timelines by 20%

Data Team Product Owner

Movement Mortgage
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Set the strategic direction for data products, and ensure they align with the overall business goals.
  • Communicate the product vision and progress to stakeholders, ensuring alignment and buy-in.
  • Created user stories to detail requirements for data-related projects.
  • Collaborated with developers and QA resources to ensure that the technical solution matched the functional requirements.
  • Collaborated with development teams to ensure successful delivery of products.

CRM Product Owner

Movement Mortgage
02.2022 - 01.2023
  • Primary product owner detailing requirements for the homegrown MoveHome CRM application using Microsoft Dynamic
  • Collaborated with Loan Officers and the Marketing team to identify new features and functionality that would enhance the sales application
  • Directed the Implementation from MoveHome to the Total Expert CRM Solution

Lead Consultant

Infosys Limited
11.2015 - 02.2022
  • Multiple client engagements in the payments, automative and internal recruitng spaces.
  • Lead Business Analyst on a project to develop new incident tracking and reporting applications for Complaint Management, Fraud Prospects, Compliance and Regulatory Issue tracking, QA Audit and Advertising Agreements for a major Mortgage Lender.
  • Excellent knowledge of PowerApps and PowerBI
  • Regular Client Management
  • Elicitation of Business Requirements
  • User Story Development
  • Continuous collaboration with the development team, Scrum Master and Project Manager
  • Peer Review and Testing
  • Project Manager of MS Dynamics Implementation – Customer Servicing Module for a global organization that provides Emergency Road Services. Oversaw the successful implementation of incident tracking and reporting for complaints using Dynamics
  • Thorough knowledge of MS Dynamics
  • Managing a team of local resources and offshore resources
  • Continuous communication with client on status
  • Ensuring deliverables met standards and timelines
  • Created training materials and facilitated training sessions
  • Project Manager for a project to analyze existing API’s and Create an API Catalogue and Gateway.
  • Campus Recruiting Interview Panelist
  • Worked with Recruiting Teams to screen technical candidates for Programming roles
  • Interviewed candidates and provided feedback to Human Resources
  • Tracked and provided analytics to management
  • Created a user manual for the interview process for Technical and Business Analysis roles
  • Trained new panelists

Product Manager

First Data International
Maitland , Fl
03.2015 - 05.2015
  • Coordinated with systems partners to identify requirements for a new Collections/Recovery solution Analyzed market trends and competitive landscape to understand opportunities and potential value
  • Translated business goals, feature concepts and customer needs into prioritized product requirements and use cases
  • Facilitated daily collaborative scrum sessions and led the functional solution phase of development as a first point of approval
  • Collaborated with internal and vendor development resources to discuss requirements and finalize business and technical design in an agile environment
  • Created User Stories and Use Cases
  • Established compatibility with third party software products and designed solutions for modification and integration

Senior Application Analyst

First Data International
Maitland, USA
03.2011 - 03.2014
  • Reviewed requirements presented by the BA group and ensured that requirements were specific and met defined requirement acceptance criteria
  • Provided overview and suggested changes to support the Business Analysis team
  • Analyzed and designed platform solutions for client defined requirements for the European platform
  • Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical objects
  • Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs
  • Provided estimate and support of the functional specification phase of the development lifecycle
  • Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access
  • Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects
  • Provided direction for design resources which included reviewing all designs for the European region including calculating target completion dates
  • Consistently met individual deadlines and ensured team deadlines were met
  • Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors
  • Supervised vendor resources; provided consistent direction/training on software/products/ procedures
  • Worked with resources to provide oversight and approval for functional and technical specifications
  • Work closely with product and project managers to ensure successful delivery of enhancements
  • Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions.

Senior Business Analyst

First Data International
Maitland, USA
01.2005 - 03.2011
  • Conducted interviews to collect information on business processes/user requirements
  • Documented requirements and created detailed functional specifications
  • Led the business development lifecycle for the annual software release Loan Initiative
  • Provided oversight to both internal and vendor resources
  • Reviewed functional specifications to ensure cohesive solutions; provided approval of all artifacts
  • Led communication with stakeholders regarding product goals and progress made
  • Coached and mentored new staff members; provided feedback for performance reviews
  • Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis
  • Recommended operational improvements based on tracking and analysis

Technical Analyst - Client Services

First Data International
Maitland, USA
03.2004 - 01.2005
  • Provided telephone support to licensed clients for all applications of First Data's Payment Issuing platform, VisionPLUS
  • Acted as liaison for client and technical developers to discuss software bugs
  • Logged the issue and tracked it through to completion
  • Recreated the issue in a clean test system to ensure that it was not due to proprietary custom code issues
  • Reviewed the source code to identify any issues
  • Provided excellent client service

Education

Some College (No Degree) -

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Skills

  • Product strategy
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Agile methodology
  • User story development
  • Data analysis
  • Market research
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team mentoring
  • Budget management
  • Client relationship management
  • Roadmap development

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Product Director

Dualboot Partners
01.2025 - 05.2025

Technical Project Manager

Movement Mortgage
01.2024 - 01.2024

Data Team Product Owner

Movement Mortgage
01.2023 - 12.2023

CRM Product Owner

Movement Mortgage
02.2022 - 01.2023

Lead Consultant

Infosys Limited
11.2015 - 02.2022

Product Manager

First Data International
03.2015 - 05.2015

Senior Application Analyst

First Data International
03.2011 - 03.2014

Senior Business Analyst

First Data International
01.2005 - 03.2011

Technical Analyst - Client Services

First Data International
03.2004 - 01.2005

Some College (No Degree) -

University of Florida

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