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Vanessa Palacios

Portland,OR

Summary

Technical Product Manager with a strong background in mobile development (Android and iOS) and modernizing legacy systems. Experienced in Ad Serving technology. Dynamic, motivated, and proactive, with a passion for both technical and non-technical aspects of product creation. Proven track record in driving product development, fostering team collaboration, and delivering impactful results. Expertise in agile methodologies, data analysis, stakeholder communication, roadmapping, and project management. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in prioritizing and solving complex problems.


Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Manager - Monetization Platform

Microsoft
06.2021 - Current
  • Defined, planned, and facilitated a platform-wide migration from legacy objects to a new modern offering, resulting in a 35% improvement in platform stability and efficiency.
  • Spearheaded platform performance improvements, leading to 18% reduction in client impacting incidents.
  • Initiated platform optimization/modernization by advocating for reusable components across different areas of the platform, leading to 30% decrease in development time and maintenance costs.
  • Defined, planned, and facilitated CTV platform improvements that enabled tier 1 publishers like Netflix to run multi-million dollar campaigns as part of their Basic with Ads strategy.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to provide user-friendly troubleshooting solutions via the platform, reducing product support escalations by 12% percent.
  • Planned product roadmap and backlog grooming, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder needs.
  • Worked closely with engineering leads, design leads, and product support to define technical specifications for new Epics and Features.

Technical CMS Product Owner

Cambia Health Solutions
10.2020 - 06.2021
  • Supported campaign management systems for email, SMS and push campaigns across the company using Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Administered set up, permissions, controls, testing and validation
  • Provided support, training, and information to users across internal divisions when new features or tool changes were released
  • Worked closely with Tech Leads to define technical specifications for new Epics and Features
  • Managed technology vendor coordination and contracts
  • Managed internal and external stakeholder communication across multiple divisions
  • Defined short and long term product vision with stakeholders, leadership and development team

Technical Mobile Product Owner/Manager

AltSource
01.2019 - 08.2020
  • Collaborated cross functionally with other areas of the business, including tech, product, design, marketing
  • Managed two teams with different technology stacks
  • Managed and monitored product KPIs
  • Communicated with multiple stakeholders on a daily basis
  • Ensured implemented product features add value to end users and increase company returns
  • Conducted product demos with different stakeholders to gather feedback
  • Defining short and long term product vision with stakeholders, leadership and development team
  • Planning product roadmap and backlog grooming
  • Working closely with Tech Lead to define technical specifications for new Epics and Features
  • Pitching features and solutions to stakeholders and driving them to fruition
  • Assessing product value stream to identify areas that require improvements

Android Developer

AltSource
06.2017 - 01.2019
  • Conceptualized, designed, developed, tested and deployed mobile applications for telecommunication customers
  • Wrote technical specifications and maintained documentation pertaining to the apps
  • Worked with outside data sources and APIs
  • Periodically audited apps in order to optimize performance
  • Continuously discovered, evaluated and implemented new technologies to maximize development efficiency
  • Pitched solutions and features to stakeholders
  • Communicated effectively with stakeholders to manage product expectations
  • Spearheaded native payment feature that collects $2.6M on average every month

Android Developer Intern

PDX Techies
11.2016 - 06.2017
  • Designed and built applications for the Android platform
  • Worked with outside data sources and APIs
  • Worked on bug fixing and improving app performance
  • Continuously discovered, evaluated and implemented new technologies to maximize development efficiency
  • Created apps from start to finish
  • Pushed and pulled data to and from Firebase database
  • Worked in full life cycle of Android application development
  • Published Android app to Google Play Store

Education

No Degree - Coding Bootcamp

Epicodus
Portland, Oregon
06-2017

AS - Psychology

Imperial Valley College
01.2011

Skills

  • Java
  • Android
  • Grafana
  • Product launches
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Robolectric Unit Testing
  • Product roadmaps
  • TDD
  • Strategic planning
  • OOP
  • Project management
  • Competitive market analysis
  • Google Analytics
  • Product metrics
  • SQL
  • Customer research
  • Stakeholder management
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Negotiation
  • DBeaver
  • Product marketing
  • Product positioning
  • Figma
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Fullstory
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Product strategy

Certification

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance, 10/19, 10/21, 1003866

Professional Development and Training

Google AI Essentials Certification - Coursera (Jan 2025)


AI Product Management Specialization -  Cousera (Currently enrolled)


Web and Mobile Development Certification - Epicodus (2017) Developed web applications and Android applications from start to finish. Learned JavaScript and Java programming languages and frameworks such as Angular, Spark, Ember, Bootstrap, among others., Learned the importance of UX and UI and important tools such as HTML, CSS, SASS and jQuery. Pair programmed on a daily basis.

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Elementary

Timeline

Senior Product Manager - Monetization Platform

Microsoft
06.2021 - Current

Technical CMS Product Owner

Cambia Health Solutions
10.2020 - 06.2021

Technical Mobile Product Owner/Manager

AltSource
01.2019 - 08.2020

Android Developer

AltSource
06.2017 - 01.2019

Android Developer Intern

PDX Techies
11.2016 - 06.2017

AS - Psychology

Imperial Valley College

No Degree - Coding Bootcamp

Epicodus

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