Sarah Ta

Work History

Mains'l Services, Inc.

Brooklyn Park, United States

07.2021 - Current

Lead organization-wide technology strategy development in scrum and kanban methodology.
Provide technical guidance for multiple projects during development meetings.
Monitors development efforts to maintain high levels of quality control and reduce impact of unforeseen issues.
Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, quality assurance. engineers, and business analysts in development of products and resolution of product defects.
Inspects final products for application uptime, overall performance and ease of use.
Collaborates with senior leadership and product teams to define requirements and build projects that achieve or exceed plans.
Work with developers to identify and remove software bugs.
Lead team of developers in analysis and rebuild of software from beginning design through completion.
Review and revise technical design direction for multiple projects, prioritizing senior leadership's business goals.
Recruit, hire, train, and mentor software development team; including engineers, quality assurance, and business analysts.
Lead organization-wide technology strategy development to include Product Roadmap and success KPI's.
Lead sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
Manage software development reporting for corporate reporting and business intelligence efforts.

Mains'l Services, Inc.

Brooklyn Park , MN

10.2019 - 07.2021

Formalized business requirements analysis, gathering, and documentation for development efforts. Trained the representatives (Business Analyst and Implementation Project Managers) on process and implementation.
Developed and implemented product roadmap and project plans to assist in the sprint development efforts.
Developed and implemented customer testing and feedback communication and statement of work process.
Manage development and quality assurance team in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
Maintain the organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.

Verisk Crime Analytics, Inc

08.2013 - 07.2019

Identified business requirements in partnerships with engagement partners and stakeholders.
Created User Stories and completed User Acceptance and Business Testing.
Approved development efforts for software deployment.
Responsible for business and software development for retail loss prevention, law enforcement, and retail operations as it pertains to business intelligence, advanced data analytics & trending, and case management.
Part of all major implementation teams to ensure our products will meet the needs of all future clients as well as continue to service all existing clients.
Responsible for directing graphic design, UI/ UX, and software developers (Scrum Masters) to ensure all specifications are completely prioritized and developed and all tasks are on target to be completed on time.
Effectively communicated the health and status both of individual releases and the overall initiative to stakeholders and senior management.
Created and facilitated development for all State of Work (State of Work), Request for Proposals (RFP), and Information Requirements Document (IRD).
Created Quality Assurance test plans for regression and release features.

Corporate Loss Prevention - SUPERVALU, Inc

Eden Prairie, MN

07.2007 - 04.2012

Responsible for development and implementation of Loss Prevention theft, fraud, and shortage through systemic operations programs for all banners at SUPERVALU, Inc.
Led and managed all company reporting & data analysis, alarm monitoring reporting, case reporting & data management, Organized Retail Crime (ORC) data collection and trend analysis (i2 Analyst Notebook), and data security equipment compliance (PCI and HIPAA)