Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
Timeline
Recognition Awards
Awards
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Sarah Navarre

Herriman,USA
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Sarah Navarre

Summary

Experienced leader dedicated to utilizing talents, experience, education, and passion to create, define, and champion the organization\'s vision, mission, and goals. Bring a versatile and empathetic leadership style and a distinct skillset to any role. Excel at fostering a harmonious work environment by drawing from years of experience as a mediator and entrepreneur, as well as developed business acumen. With a knack for creating a clear vision and guiding the team towards shared goals in a supportive and encouraging manner, dedicated to partnering with coworkers to promote an engaged and empowering work culture. Documented strengths lie in building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders in highly visible, dynamic and fast-paced settings.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
1
Certificate

Work History

VanderRose

Co-Owner
01.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Company Overview: www.vanderrose.com
  • Photographer
  • Gown designer
  • Editor-in-Chief, VanderRose Magazine
  • This is part time as needed small business shared with my partner in life, and in VanderRose
  • Www.vanderrose.com
  • Developed marketing strategies to attract new clients and increase revenue, including social media campaigns and local advertising.
  • Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue, and effectively targeting new markets.
  • Increased brand visibility within the community by participating in local events, sponsoring charities, or partnering with other businesses for collaborative promotions.

Fidelity Investments

Management & Leadership Cybersecurity
05.2020 - 05.2024

Job overview

  • Principal Product Expert leading a cybersecurity team of 12 engineers, UX designers, with team members creating IDAAS, the identity piece of applications with millions of global users.
  • Created, defined and led a rotating team of engineers managing outages, incidents and support tickets across 24/7 global support from India, Ireland and the US.
  • Member of internal elected leadership championing significant work Customer Protection was accomplishing and building opportunities across the enterprise.
  • Implemented innovative solutions to complex business challenges, driving operational excellence across departments.
  • Located bottlenecks to streamline existing processes.
  • Created and drove cultural change initiatives within Customer Protection resulting in higher morale, less turnover and assignments that fostered skillset and relationships across teams.
  • Led a team by planning, prioritizing, and strategizing work to generate the largest ROI while maintaining strict regulations in the financial industry.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules, coordinated with other business units to deliver product on-time and on budget while monitored high quality performance and longevity in what we build.
  • Evaluated industry trends in identity and proper access and competitor activities to inform strategic planning efforts, prioritization, and position the organization ahead of market shifts.
  • Led successful change management initiatives, fostering a culture of adaptability and resilience within the organization.

Western Governor's University

Management & Leadership
06.2019 - 05.2020

Job overview

  • Fostered a positive work environment by promoting employee engagement initiatives and recognizing outstanding contributions from team members.
  • Developed comprehensive risk management plans that minimized potential disruptions to business operations.
  • Launched quality assurance practices for each phase of development
  • Oversaw product development projects from concept through launch while adhering to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Management & Leadership
04.2017 - 04.2019

Job overview

  • Managed an enterprise-wide projects involving migrating thousands of SharePoint sites to O365 while working with stakeholders from global regions and 12+ off-shore team members
  • Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Established team priorities, timelines, prioritization of the larger project over a 2-year time period while maintained schedules and monitored performance from off-shore engineers.
  • Increased team productivity by implementing efficient project management techniques utilizing Microsoft Teams and Agile methodology.
  • Achieved an on-budget program while renegotiating contracts with key vendors, without compromising service quality, plus building long-term relationships with vendors, engineers and stakeholders.

Bard Access Systems

Senior Product Manager, Latin America
01.2014 - 01.2015

Job overview

  • Led 3 large initiatives developing life-saving medical devices and gaining government clearance to launch in all global regions across LATAM.
  • Led a team developing a pic line to be used in Neonatal ICU patients to deliver medication, nutrition and more to all LATAM countries
  • Developed training collateral and worked with vendor to design applications supporting new devices as they had extensive training requirements for clinicians.
  • Organized and hosted large training events in Mexico & Puerto Rico
  • Designed trade show booth and lectures for large scale medical training and conventions in Portugal, plus US locations.

Edwards Lifesciences

Global Product Manager
01.2012 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Led 3 large product launch initiatives across all global regions for new products being developed, designing and implementing full product relaunch, trainings, corporate website pages, sales and trainmen collateral.
  • Successfully managed a large-scale product exit from all areas across the globe who had been using long-shafted surgical instruments. Also, coordinated and negotiated with the manufacturer, the warranty process and created and districted all communication to sales teams and customer s on all continents.
  • Re-launched a newly revised product used by heart surgeons assisting in minimally invasive heart surgery. All collateral, diagrams, training materials and communication while working closely with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to develop and distribute a groundbreaking product.

Real Salt Lake Soccer & America First Field Stadiu

Chief of Staff
02.2008 - 09.2012

Job overview

  • Managed cross-functional teams from merchandise, ticket sales, security, operations, marketing, sponsorship, media and communications, plus team staff ensuring games and events executed on time appearing seamless to the 20,000 attendees and media broadcasting in 180 countries.
  • Served as a trusted advisor and part of the executive team to the President and Ownership Groups providing insightful analysis on critical business issues.
  • Established strong relationships with political, business and community leaders and stakeholders fostering collaboration and trust.
  • Organization & Management of: Large events for over 20,000 people, All HR and benefits for the staff and large number of volunteers, Military flyovers with the Pentagon and local military bases
  • Organized and managed all VIP events held in the new stadium including securing military flyovers, orchestrating with Major League Soccer, concert promoters and international soccer team organizations, as well as, provide administrative support and evaluate progress toward goals and objectives.

Education

Westminster University
Salt Lake City, Utah

Master of Public Health (MPH)
01.2015

Westminster University
Salt Lake City, Utah

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
01.2011

Salt Lake Community College School of Professional And Economic Development
Salt Lake City, Utah

Executive Certificate Global Business Management from International Business
12.2010

Brigham Young University
Laie, Hawaii

B. A. from Conflict Resolution & International Culture & Communication
12.2008

University Overview

  • Minor: Political Science
  • Language focus: Mandarin Chinese
  • Study abroad Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Skills

  • Mediation
  • Business acumen
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Partnership cultivation
  • Performance improvements
  • Team building
  • Vision creation
  • Goal orientation
  • Visionary leadership
  • Problem-solving
  • Creative thinking
  • Conflict resolution

Accomplishments

  • Created VanderRose Magazine, a monthly art, fashion & photography magazine available globally.
  • National & Internationally published photographer.
  • Gown designer featured at New York Fashion Week Feb. 2023.


Certification

  • Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner, (ASCPO), Scrum Alliance
  • Change Management Certification, ADKAR
  • Mediator, Utah Dispute Resolution enabling becoming a mediator on the Utah Court roster.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary
Spanish
Limited Working
Greek
Elementary

Timeline

Management & Leadership Cybersecurity

Fidelity Investments
05.2020 - 05.2024

Co-Owner

VanderRose
01.2020 - Current

Management & Leadership

Western Governor's University
06.2019 - 05.2020

Management & Leadership

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
04.2017 - 04.2019

Senior Product Manager, Latin America

Bard Access Systems
01.2014 - 01.2015

Global Product Manager

Edwards Lifesciences
01.2012 - 01.2014

Chief of Staff

Real Salt Lake Soccer & America First Field Stadiu
02.2008 - 09.2012

Westminster University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Brigham Young University

B. A. from Conflict Resolution & International Culture & Communication

Westminster University

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Salt Lake Community College School of Professional And Economic Development

Executive Certificate Global Business Management from International Business

Recognition Awards

  • Women We Admire Awardee, 2024
  • Utah's 40 Women Over 40 Awardee, 2022
  • Red Cross of Utah Board Member of the Year, Philanthropy Committee, 2021
  • Board Chair, American Heart Association of Utah, 2014-2015

Awards

  • Top Women Leaders, 2024, Women We Admire
  • Utah's 40 Women Over 40 Award, 2022
  • Board Member Award, 2019-2021, American Red Cross of Utah
  • Board Chair, American Heart Association, 2013-2015

Recognition Awards

  • Women We Admire Awardee, 2024
  • Utah's 40 Women Over 40 Awardee, 2022
  • Red Cross of Utah Board Member of the Year, Philanthropy Committee, 2021
  • Board Chair, American Heart Association of Utah, 2014-2015

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