Tachi Rivera
Product Management | Technology
Littleton,CO
Summary
Diligent Product Manager leader offering years of success in product roadmap development, team coaching, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Instrumental in monitoring product development, go-to-market, and commercialization activities to ensure compliance with technical/requirements while delivery a delightful product and user experience. Innate ability to lead cultural, process, and structural transformations for fulfilling market requirements and generating long-term value. Dedicated organization leader; proven ability to recruit, train, and coach highly skilled cross-functional teams to establish productive environment for employees.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Head of Product
Arturo
06.2021 - Current
- Headed complete lifecycle of product management processes and development as well as spearheaded collaborative efforts in modification and updates to go-to-market (GTM) strategy
- Credited for building internal processes, aligning product roadmaps to myriad projects focused on value and outcomes which decreased planning and rework by 10%
- Designed and coordinated processes applicable to numerous projects for design efficiency and continuity
- Utilized continuous discovery techniques to lead new product initiative research and design
- Collaborated with colleagues and executive leadership on tactical needs of business while identifying, planning, developing, and implementing creative initiatives supporting long term strategic endeavors increasing revenue by 20%
- Improved existing approaches and instilled new rigor to product development lifecycle by standing up cross functional product development team(s) focused on solution building
- Monitored market trends and competitor performance and analyzed gaps to update promotional strategies and maximize sales
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation for use in marketing strategies.
Technical Program Manager
BITSystems, A CACI Company
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Leveraged exceptional professionalism and field expertise to lead and support DevOps program for digital transformation effort conducted by Department of Defense (DoD)
- Army's ECMA
- Evaluated risks, identified mitigation strategies, and updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications, and staff availability
- Created training program that enabled employees to maintain and improve their personal and professional skills
- Administered program budget of $7M and hired team of remote workers that supported enterprise cloud migration and digitalization DevOps pipeline for DoD customer
- Streamlined daily business operations to guarantee development cadence and product backlog refinement as well as interfaced with stakeholders on business deliverables and triaging issues
- Mentored product management professionals through product discovery sessions to deliver DevOps tools [GitLab, Sonar, VMware Tanzu] and best practices to DoD customer
- Used online conferencing tools such as Miro, Teams, and Zoom to conduct coaching and training sessions in remote environments.
Senior Product Consultant
ICR Inc
10.2018 - 08.2020
- Audited existing product line(s) within Department of Defense (DoD) portfolio and provided consultation services on future roadmaps, that included outcome-based feature enhancements or product retirement/replacement options
- Led continuous discovery sessions regarding computer vision and/or AI/ML techniques against various datasets and visualized patterns and results using Kibana
- Performed imagery and RF analysis consulting services on behalf of DoD to achieve instant and accurate process control
- Provided coaching and guidance on roadmap strategy and definition
- Facilitated enterprise discussions surrounding technology and product strategy
- Assisted customers with product needs and introduced new offerings or more robust integrations
- Worked directly with stakeholders and customers to understand competitive landscape
- Helped identify product gaps and opportunities to improve product offerings within DoD market
Sr. Product Manager
BITSystems, A CACI Company
10.2015 - 10.2018
- Administered DevOps pipeline to National Geospatial Agency’s (NGA) GEOINT Services initiative
- Identified, improved, and innovated on user interaction with application(s) and their engagement with DevOps pipeline
- Enhanced developer experience by creating DoD optimized product that assisted with onboarding of developers’ multiple air-gapped environment’s DevOps pipelines
- Partner with various companies supporting NGA to drive larger customer experience across the enterprise
- Generate roadmap(s) to drive modernization of several product lines and development efforts to include transitions of legacy to cloud native cloud native applications
- Updated processes which focus on value and outcomes as of product enhancements and owned end-to-end product delivery
Principal Systems Engineer
BITSystems, A CACI Company
07.2005 - 09.2015
- Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new system designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical components.
- Coordinated enhancements, upgrades, and replacements of configuration-controlled baselines across internal cross-functional teams and external stakeholders
- Authored and orchestrated end-to-end test procedure development and test events for certification and accreditation (C&A) events for internal and multi-segment verifications
- Verified compliance with applicable performance metrics and compatibility expectations in support of various RF analysis efforts and software suites
- Developed / implemented improved user experience for various Java, Python, X-Midas, and Midas 2k based tools.
RF Engineer
Boeing
07.2004 - 07.2005
Electronic Intercept Analyst
U.S. Army
07.2000 - 07.2004
Education
Master of Applied Science - Information Communication Technology
University of Denver
Denver, CO 12.2011 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Colorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, CO 01.2005 - 12.2007
Skills
Product Operationsundefined
Timeline
Head of Product
Arturo
06.2021 - Current
Technical Program Manager
BITSystems, A CACI Company
08.2020 - 06.2021
Senior Product Consultant
ICR Inc
10.2018 - 08.2020
Sr. Product Manager
BITSystems, A CACI Company
10.2015 - 10.2018
Master of Applied Science - Information Communication Technology
University of Denver
12.2011 - 03.2014
Principal Systems Engineer
BITSystems, A CACI Company
07.2005 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
Colorado Technical University
01.2005 - 12.2007
RF Engineer
Boeing
07.2004 - 07.2005
Electronic Intercept Analyst
U.S. Army
07.2000 - 07.2004
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