Experience

Tsunami Tsolutions

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Solution Architect - Product Manager | Aerospace

  • May 2016 - Aug 2018

  - Led a suite of F135 OBPHM products to successful Scrum methodology implementation. - Streamlined solutions/products ownership process from design & planning to execution & release. - Managed product backlog for Agile (Scrum & Kanban) teams to ensure high-value customer deliveries. - Led a suite of F135 OBPHM products to successful Scrum methodology implementation. - Streamlined solutions/products ownership process from design & planning to execution & release. - Managed product backlog for Agile (Scrum & Kanban) teams to ensure high-value customer deliveries.



Express Scripts

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Release Manager - Lead Product Manager | Health Care

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2015

  - Supervised 6 release managers and oversaw 20 apps/products representing +50% of the organization's portfolio. - Reduced the frequency of unplanned/urgent releases by 80% and overall release costs by 25%. - Managed product release lifecycle for a dozen customized multi-site applications (SDLC) & products (Agile) for 1000+ users. - Supervised 6 release managers and oversaw 20 apps/products representing +50% of the organization's portfolio. - Reduced the frequency of unplanned/urgent releases by 80% and overall release costs by 25%. - Managed product release lifecycle for a dozen customized multi-site applications (SDLC) & products (Agile) for 1000+ users.



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Products - Release Manager | Financial Services

  • Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

  - Delivered 5-year calendar from roadmap to strategic plan. - Led the definition and adoption of global release playbooks, plan, and calendar. - Ideated and deployed products' Release Management maturity and adoption scorecard. - Delivered 5-year calendar from roadmap to strategic plan. - Led the definition and adoption of global release playbooks, plan, and calendar. - Ideated and deployed products' Release Management maturity and adoption scorecard.



Aetna, a CVS Health Company

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Portfolio Manager

  • Mar 2007 - Nov 2008

  - Successfully managed multiple +$1M products & projects, for on time and on budget launches. - Responsible for new products/initiatives, Oracle patches/upgrades, Data Center migration and hardware upgrades. - Provided timely statuses to stakeholders; including Business and IT senior/C level management. - As part of TQM committee, oversaw several successful process improvements within organization. - Managed local ASRx-IT assets and services integration with Aetna Information… Show more - Successfully managed multiple +$1M products & projects, for on time and on budget launches. - Responsible for new products/initiatives, Oracle patches/upgrades, Data Center migration and hardware upgrades. - Provided timely statuses to stakeholders; including Business and IT senior/C level management. - As part of TQM committee, oversaw several successful process improvements within organization. - Managed local ASRx-IT assets and services integration with Aetna Information Services (AIS), including but not limited to COMPASS, Oracle Applications and Data Center.

• Change & Release Manager

  • Dec 2006 - Nov 2008

  - Successfully managed product release lifecycle of customized Oracle-based ERP App for 500+ users. - Effectively led the on-time and on-budget product launches while adhering to Aetna’s Project Life Cycle (APLC) methodology. - Managed daily communications and reporting to all internal/external stakeholders (including C-level weekly presentations). - Successfully managed ongoing risks & issues of Oracle ERP releases and launches. - Effectively led 50 member team (virtual, including… Show more - Successfully managed product release lifecycle of customized Oracle-based ERP App for 500+ users. - Effectively led the on-time and on-budget product launches while adhering to Aetna’s Project Life Cycle (APLC) methodology. - Managed daily communications and reporting to all internal/external stakeholders (including C-level weekly presentations). - Successfully managed ongoing risks & issues of Oracle ERP releases and launches. - Effectively led 50 member team (virtual, including offshore) to successful release/launch executions. - Recommended and led improvements at various phases of Product/App release cycle.



Oracle

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Consultant

  • Jun 2005 - Dec 2006

  Business Flow Accelerator (BFA), SCM and eBusiness Suites (11.0.x, 11i) implementations: - Charged with a major retail company implementation of BFA. - Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, roadmap and execution to completion. - Assisted in successful CRPs for a major US city’s deployment of Oracle eBusiness Suite. - Responsible for testing a telecom company’s OE,OM and INV components for the go-live. - Managed deployment and maintenance of several Oracle instances… Show more Business Flow Accelerator (BFA), SCM and eBusiness Suites (11.0.x, 11i) implementations: - Charged with a major retail company implementation of BFA. - Responsible for requirements gathering, analysis, roadmap and execution to completion. - Assisted in successful CRPs for a major US city’s deployment of Oracle eBusiness Suite. - Responsible for testing a telecom company’s OE,OM and INV components for the go-live. - Managed deployment and maintenance of several Oracle instances to support clients’ implementation. System Administrator (Sysadmin) and Oracle Self-Service Applications and Web (10x, 11.0.x, 11i) implementation: - Managed users’ roles/responsibilities and system resources for optimum performance. - Designed and deployed Oracle web portals for internal and external usage

• Lead Senior Support Engineer

  • Mar 1999 - Jun 2005

  OSS Projects Accounting (PA), Accounts Payables (AP) and Internet Expenses (OIE) (10x, 11.0.x, 11i): - Deployed and maintained PA, AP and OIE sandboxes/test cases and their interfaces with other modules (GL, FA, AR, SCM, etc.). - Coordinated support, development, consulting, and sales for clients’ timely and effective deployments. - Instrumental in resolving critical issues facing customers at various industries. OSS Financials, HRMS, CRM, AOL and MFG applications (10.x… Show more OSS Projects Accounting (PA), Accounts Payables (AP) and Internet Expenses (OIE) (10x, 11.0.x, 11i): - Deployed and maintained PA, AP and OIE sandboxes/test cases and their interfaces with other modules (GL, FA, AR, SCM, etc.). - Coordinated support, development, consulting, and sales for clients’ timely and effective deployments. - Instrumental in resolving critical issues facing customers at various industries. OSS Financials, HRMS, CRM, AOL and MFG applications (10.x, 11.0.x, 11i): - Reduced costly backup paging by over 90%, eliminated DM calls and reduced team’s backlog by +50%. - Coordinated and improved resources of Off Hours’ virtual team, despite 50% headcount reduction. - Selected as the team’s Webmaster, and chaired the Team Building Committee. - Created new/improved electronic content (KM) for issues avoidance/resolution and system improvement.



L3-Communications / Microdyne | Aerospace & Defense

• Product Engineer Manager

  • Sep 1997 - Feb 1999

  IN-SNEC project: Successfully coordinated the agreement between US’ MCDY and France’s IN-SNEC: - Managed IN-SNEC’s Command Ranging and Telemetry Unit (Cortex) for North America’s operations. - Effectively analyzed and translated Cortex’s documentation from French to English - Saved over +$250K in operations costs starting the first year of assignment. UTACS project: Led writing of OOD system and GUI interfaces for Microdyne’s telemetry devices: - Enhanced of the devices’… Show more IN-SNEC project: Successfully coordinated the agreement between US’ MCDY and France’s IN-SNEC: - Managed IN-SNEC’s Command Ranging and Telemetry Unit (Cortex) for North America’s operations. - Effectively analyzed and translated Cortex’s documentation from French to English - Saved over +$250K in operations costs starting the first year of assignment. UTACS project: Led writing of OOD system and GUI interfaces for Microdyne’s telemetry devices: - Enhanced of the devices’ Firmware which resulted in about 20% sales increase of improved devices. - Spearheaded translation of the GUI interface to French and Spanish, while saving +$100K in costs. LOCKON project: Successfully developed communication software and data manipulation and visualization for +$15M Early Missile Detection Systems for several NATO nations’ defense systems: - Designed and implemented OOD based system (UNIX and Window) for remote triangulation and interface. - Used Real Time OS to process and deliver solutions to Command Central for military defense system. ISO 9001 project: Leading committee member in Microdyne achieving ISO9001 certification in 1998. Show less IN-SNEC project: Successfully coordinated the agreement between US’ MCDY and France’s IN-SNEC: - Managed IN-SNEC’s Command Ranging and Telemetry Unit (Cortex) for North America’s operations. - Effectively analyzed and translated Cortex’s documentation from French to English - Saved over +$250K in operations costs starting the first year of assignment. UTACS project: Led writing of OOD system and GUI interfaces for Microdyne’s telemetry devices: - Enhanced of the devices’… Show more IN-SNEC project: Successfully coordinated the agreement between US’ MCDY and France’s IN-SNEC: - Managed IN-SNEC’s Command Ranging and Telemetry Unit (Cortex) for North America’s operations. - Effectively analyzed and translated Cortex’s documentation from French to English - Saved over +$250K in operations costs starting the first year of assignment. UTACS project: Led writing of OOD system and GUI interfaces for Microdyne’s telemetry devices: - Enhanced of the devices’ Firmware which resulted in about 20% sales increase of improved devices. - Spearheaded translation of the GUI interface to French and Spanish, while saving +$100K in costs. LOCKON project: Successfully developed communication software and data manipulation and visualization for +$15M Early Missile Detection Systems for several NATO nations’ defense systems: - Designed and implemented OOD based system (UNIX and Window) for remote triangulation and interface. - Used Real Time OS to process and deliver solutions to Command Central for military defense system. ISO 9001 project: Leading committee member in Microdyne achieving ISO9001 certification in 1998. Show less