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Ruth Newman
Lowell,AR
Summary
Certified Scrum Professional-Product Owner (CSP-PO) with 10+ years of experience leading software delivery, complex data workflows, and customer onboarding across transportation, logistics, and aviation. Skilled at bridging the gap between enterprise clients, business units, and global engineering teams to resolve technical debt and automate legacy processes.
Overview
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Certification
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15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Owner – Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Lowell, AR
02.2023 - Current
- Lead technical onboarding and serve as primary technical point of contact for enterprise clients integrating via EDI.
- Analyze customer specifications to map data flows, ensure capability alignment, and establish automated workflows.
- Partner with EDI analysts and developers to translate customer requirements into mapping specs and execution plans.
- Troubleshoot data issues with client integration partners and manage end-to-end testing for critical transaction sets.
Product Owner III
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
07.2021 - 02.2023
- Managed the product roadmap and technical delivery for modernization initiatives focused on mainframe independence.
- Partnered with engineering teams to build and deploy scalable APIs to phase out legacy system dependencies.
- Coordinated across business units to drive internal API adoption and communicated technical milestones to leadership.
Product Owner
Avantage Entertainment
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Managed product lifecycles, regulatory compliance, and "build vs. buy" scenarios for a sports media platform.
- Led Scrum ceremonies for global development teams and coordinated platform requirements with external vendors.
Senior Agile Scrum IT Product Owner
American Airlines
Fort Worth, TX
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Managed a $250K budget and a 7-member Scrum team; earned 60 peer/leadership awards for execution.
- Generated $6M in annual revenue at a 30% margin while reducing operational labor by 2,400 hours.
- Automated 4 business reports and built an on-demand portal, saving 950 hours annually and avoiding $150K in compliance fees.
- Delivered a cloud web app to streamline scheduling and data management for charter flights.
Business Analyst & IT Agile Scrum Product Owner
American Airlines
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Represented AA on a global working group to standardize processing, driving a 2% revenue lift per airline globally.
- Created a customized validations app to automate reports, reducing human error and saving 580 labor hours annually.
- Served as core operational liaison for 130+ members across Network Planning and Alliances.
Inventory Analyst
US Airways (Acquired by American Airlines)
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Optimized ticketing economics and minimized displacement by analyzing flight availability and schedule changes.
- Resolved complex inventory and codeshare issues using Sabre and Shares software; trained 3 new analysts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting, Marketing & Finance
Colorado State University
Skills
- Agile Leadership: Scrum Framework, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Roadmapping, Release Governance
- EDI & Supply Chain: Tech Customer Onboarding, Mapping Specs, Transaction Sets (204, 990, 214, 210, 850, 856, 860, 864)
- Technical Product Management: Mainframe Modernization, API Architecture, System Testing, Requirements, Gap Analysis
- Strategic visioning
- Design thinking
- Data-driven decision making
- Release planning
- Customer empathy
- Product metrics tracking
- Stakeholder management
- Feature definition
Certification
Certified Scrum Professional-Product Owner (CSP-PO) | Scrum Alliance
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Timeline
Senior Product Owner – Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
02.2023 - Current
Product Owner III
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
07.2021 - 02.2023
Product Owner
Avantage Entertainment
09.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Agile Scrum IT Product Owner
American Airlines
01.2017 - 01.2020
Business Analyst & IT Agile Scrum Product Owner
American Airlines
01.2015 - 01.2017
Inventory Analyst
US Airways (Acquired by American Airlines)
01.2011 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Science - Accounting, Marketing & Finance
Colorado State University