ROWY SHIRK
Berkeley,CA
Summary
Strategic Partner to CXOs:
- 30+ years as a trusted confidant and advisor to CIOs/CTOs/CEOs along with deep transformational leadership, project management and management consulting experience
- Able to succinctly be the "voice" of leadership by representing the requirements, objectives when unlocking mission critical initiatives
- History of taking control of the day to day operations and processes
- Strategic thinker, excellent problem solver, and first-class communicator
Excellent Operator:
- 30+ years building and leading high performance software teams both nationally and globally in China, India, Latvia, Czech Republic, and Argentina for both IT and R&D solutions
- Expertise in the renewable energy, consumer electronics, mobility, Internet, retail, insurance, telecommunications, financial services, biotech and healthcare industries
- Deep experience in all areas of software development: marketing, design, development, QA, product management, maintenance, end of life
- Strong technical aptitude in software/systems design and development methodologies (Agile) with the ability to drive measurable improvement in developer productivity
- Successfully completed multiple large scale M&As resulting in significant increases in revenue and market share
- Capable of assessing, diagnosing and rectifying operational challenges for organizations of all sizes, from startup to multi-billion dollar technology companies
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Technical Portfolio + Program Management Digital Platforms & Services
US Bank
03.2020 - Current
- Responsible for a $200M Digital Platform & Services Portfolio
- Streamlined the organization which resulted in $5M of expense reductions annually
- Play a pivotal role in the cultural transformation efforts with my team of technical program managers unlocking key initiatives with engineering excellence best practices, upskilling org with Azure certifications and migrating on premise apps to the cloud
- Ensured the seamless transition of Union Bank mobile and online customers to US Bank as part of the $8B deal
- Strong contributions to the banks DEI efforts and volunteer work judging Girls Who Code AI submissions
- Driving AI POCs (Proof of Concepts) with a number of cutting edge AI Vendors across our digital platforms
Technical Program Management
Stripe
01.2019 - 03.2020
- Drove the delivery of 20 Payment Methods globally across Stripe by the end of 2020 while simultaneously building a new platform on a new stack
- Both the old stack of payment methods and the new stack was maintained until end users fully transitioned.
- Managed a code refactoring project across 10 engineering infrastructure teams in an effort to clean up the code with 80% modularity and to reduce incidents by 20%
- The program was completed on time in 8 months with 72% code modularity and incidents were reduced across the team by 20%
Management Consultant
Independent Management
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Drove measurable results for Allsate, an autonomous vehicle startup, a stealth healthcare startup and Earthjustice.
VP of Program Management
Ellie Mae
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Responsible for the program management leadership to ensure successful and predictable delivery of consolidating all of the Encompass 10+ products into one platform with close integration with the IT roadmap
- This included managing in parallel their next generation mobile solution with all the security layers and daily coordination with IT.
- Coached and mentored 4 direct reports on shore and a lead offshore in India
- Prepared necessary risk mitigation documentation for compliance audits with the FDIC and successfully improved the FDIC rating from a 5 to a 2 for product development by showing the correct risk mitigation and processes were documented and in place for the company.
Director Software Services
SunPower
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Responsible for mobile software solutions for the design, financial analysis, simulation and monitoring of Commercial and Residential solar installations
- Reduced the run rate significantly from $2M to $500K per year within 2 years by taking the team through an agile transformation and partnering with an offshore team in Latvia.
- Coached and mentored a team of 6 direct reports onsite and an offshore team offsite
- Introduced a change control and risk mitigation process across all software product lines and prepared the team for annual audits.
- Reported status via Quarterly Business Reviews with key risk mitigation plans and KPIs
- Responsible for assessing how to scale the R&D software group with different offshore vendors
Senior Engineering Program Manager
Avaya
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Program managed the complex acquisition of $8.5M integration of Traverse Networks into the Avaya Unified Communications product suite Products include Conferencing (Audio, Video, Web), Unified Messaging (email, fax, voicemail), and Mobility Products, and Presence technology to be integrated across all Avaya products
- Team: 300 engineers
- Reported status to the executive team with key risk mitigation plans and KPI's
- Managed the partner integration effort with RIM and Avaya to release a unified communication release
Senior Director Program Management
Livescribe
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Responsible for planning the overall product launch of a digital pen for the consumer electronics market.
- This included creating and managing a PMO office.
Education
Skills
Friendly, Positive Attitude
Teamwork and Collaboration
Customer Service
Problem-Solving
Flexible and Adaptable
Active Listening
Calm Under Pressure
Organizational Skills
Critical Thinking
Organization and Time Management
Decision-Making
Problem Resolution
Verbal Communication
Certification
AZ900 - Cloud Fundamentals
Scrum Master
Timeline
Head of Technical Portfolio + Program Management Digital Platforms & Services
US Bank
03.2020 - Current
Technical Program Management
Stripe
01.2019 - 03.2020
Management Consultant
Independent Management
01.2016 - 01.2018
VP of Program Management
Ellie Mae
01.2013 - 01.2015
Director Software Services
SunPower
01.2010 - 01.2012
Senior Engineering Program Manager
Avaya
01.2007 - 01.2010
Senior Director Program Management
Livescribe
01.2006 - 01.2007
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