Sara Gronvold
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Rahul Deep
I worked with Sara for over 4 years. She brings a unique mix of visual design, business acumen and technology savvy to bear on IT projects. She is dedicated, hard working and excellent advocate for he business partners. At Target she was directly responsible for delivering a few complex and large Marketing Technology projects. She is a pleasure to work with.
Lauren Young
I had the pleasure of working with Sara on a large-scale enterprise project to deliver marketing applications for Target’s expansion into Canada. It was my first time working with a technical partner and Sara was fantastic. She was able to easily translate complex technical jargon into business lingo for me to understand and made sure all the business expectations were met. She has a strong grasp of both the technical and business requirements and advocates for the right decision, even if it’s not easy. Sara is a delight to be around, takes pride in her work, and would be a great addition to your team.
Rahul Deep
I worked with Sara for over 4 years. She brings a unique mix of visual design, business acumen and technology savvy to bear on IT projects. She is dedicated, hard working and excellent advocate for he business partners. At Target she was directly responsible for delivering a few complex and large Marketing Technology projects. She is a pleasure to work with.
Lauren Young
I had the pleasure of working with Sara on a large-scale enterprise project to deliver marketing applications for Target’s expansion into Canada. It was my first time working with a technical partner and Sara was fantastic. She was able to easily translate complex technical jargon into business lingo for me to understand and made sure all the business expectations were met. She has a strong grasp of both the technical and business requirements and advocates for the right decision, even if it’s not easy. Sara is a delight to be around, takes pride in her work, and would be a great addition to your team.
Rahul Deep
I worked with Sara for over 4 years. She brings a unique mix of visual design, business acumen and technology savvy to bear on IT projects. She is dedicated, hard working and excellent advocate for he business partners. At Target she was directly responsible for delivering a few complex and large Marketing Technology projects. She is a pleasure to work with.
Lauren Young
I had the pleasure of working with Sara on a large-scale enterprise project to deliver marketing applications for Target’s expansion into Canada. It was my first time working with a technical partner and Sara was fantastic. She was able to easily translate complex technical jargon into business lingo for me to understand and made sure all the business expectations were met. She has a strong grasp of both the technical and business requirements and advocates for the right decision, even if it’s not easy. Sara is a delight to be around, takes pride in her work, and would be a great addition to your team.
Rahul Deep
I worked with Sara for over 4 years. She brings a unique mix of visual design, business acumen and technology savvy to bear on IT projects. She is dedicated, hard working and excellent advocate for he business partners. At Target she was directly responsible for delivering a few complex and large Marketing Technology projects. She is a pleasure to work with.
Lauren Young
I had the pleasure of working with Sara on a large-scale enterprise project to deliver marketing applications for Target’s expansion into Canada. It was my first time working with a technical partner and Sara was fantastic. She was able to easily translate complex technical jargon into business lingo for me to understand and made sure all the business expectations were met. She has a strong grasp of both the technical and business requirements and advocates for the right decision, even if it’s not easy. Sara is a delight to be around, takes pride in her work, and would be a great addition to your team.
Credentials
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Business Process Modeling
Watermark Learning -
Certified Scrum Master
3Back LLC -
Certified Scrum Product Owner
3Back LLC -
Six Sigma Green Belt
Target
Experience
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York Solutions, LLC
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sr. Scrum Master
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Dec 2021 - Present
Sr Scrum Master - Contracting @ Winnebago Sr Scrum Master - Contracting @ Winnebago
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Virgin Pulse
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Project Manager
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Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Accountable for planning large software engineering projects that involved multiple teams across multiple locations, owning the creation and maintenance of engineering project plans, managed internal milestones and escalations, collaborated closely with multiple product and engineering teams, and removed execution road blocks. Accountable for planning large software engineering projects that involved multiple teams across multiple locations, owning the creation and maintenance of engineering project plans, managed internal milestones and escalations, collaborated closely with multiple product and engineering teams, and removed execution road blocks.
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RedBrick Health (now Virgin Pulse)
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United States
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scrum Master
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Jun 2015 - Jan 2019
Led, and motivated high performance teams that delivered high quality work for the consumer portal application by driving continuous improvement, providing mentorship and advice for team members, management and business partners in project management and Agile methodologies and best practices. Led, and motivated high performance teams that delivered high quality work for the consumer portal application by driving continuous improvement, providing mentorship and advice for team members, management and business partners in project management and Agile methodologies and best practices.
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Target
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Sr Project Manager / IT Sr Business Analyst - Canada Marketing
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2012 - 2015
Delivered and made operational key strategic programs, improved total stability and support, shared knowledge and expertise, provided mentorship to others, drove architecture simplification through strategic planning across the Canada & US application portfolio.- Managed the strategy and delivery efforts towards the launch of ecommerce for Target Canada as the Sr Project Manager / Scrum Master. Efforts included scope (Product Information, Pricing, Inventory Availability, Multilanguage, Guest Data/Review, Compliance) aggressive timelines, prioritized product backlog, and team management with a $6-8MM prioritized budget.- Led and partnered on key global scope efforts and defined the Digital, Foundational and Strategic Initiatives for Canada Marketing (Weekly Flyer, Target.ca –ecommerce, Store Locator, Guest Data, Email re-platform, Loyalty and Compliance) within a $20MM shared enterprise technology budget. - Aligned Marketing (Print & Digital) technology and business strategies, requirements and program roadmaps from the Canada & US perspectives resulting in process improvements, and data and technological efficiencies / simplifications. - Led risk aversion reporting redesign effort (SAP ECC, BW & BEx), created the communication plan, led daily stand ups, elicited prioritized requirements, set reusable test cases and testing standards, coordinated with release management & supporting IT teams resulting in risk aversion of $MM compliance fines per a percentage of sales.- Selected as a key contributor in the International Expansion into Canada; roles fulfilled included Lead Sr. Business Analyst, Consultant, Functional Lead, Test Lead, and Deployment Lead (IT – Marketing). Efforts resulted in architecture simplification, requirements met, communication gaps eliminated, aggressive timelines met, within budget and the successful launch of global marketing applications for the US, Canada, and India teams.
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IT Business Analyst
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2010 - 2012
Leader / expert on large complex multimillion dollar programs. Drove architecture simplification agenda through application portfolio planning and partnerships with Strategy & Governance and Business teams.
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Senior System Engineer
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2007 - 2010
Cross Platform Marketing Database Management: requirements, development, UI / UX design, weekly dashboard communication, implementation, user training and adoption, managed database contractors, and supported OS, package implementation. Collaborate, plan and implement projects across global teams (US & India).
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System Engineer, Development
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2003 - 2007
Responsible for cross-platform application databases and environment for Marketing across Target, Mervyn’s and Marshall Field’s.
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Technical Support Specialist, Database Emphasis
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2000 - 2003
Supported cross-platform Marketing users across Target, Mervyn’s and Marshall Field’s.
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Education
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Minnesota State University Moorhead
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Brown College
Associate's Degree, Advertising -
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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University of St. Thomas
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