Shari Wakiyama
Director of Digital Experience at Benefits Data Trust- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Benefits Data Trust
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Director of Digital Experience
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Jul 2023 - Present
Building digital products and solutions to ensure people have access to vital assistance
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Wikimedia Foundation
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United States
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Software Development
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500 - 600 Employee
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Director of Product Management
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May 2021 - Jun 2023
Delivers on the global Knowledge Movement. Manages and mentors a team of product mangers supporting cross-functional teams with staff located in more than 10 countries. Develops vision and strategy for Knowledge as a Service (KaaS) for content and search, leading teams’ OKRs, KPIs, roadmaps, backlog, and development. Prioritizes and builds full-stack solutions and features for creators and consumers of knowledge. Drove requirements for first-ever platform capabilities integrated with… Show more Delivers on the global Knowledge Movement. Manages and mentors a team of product mangers supporting cross-functional teams with staff located in more than 10 countries. Develops vision and strategy for Knowledge as a Service (KaaS) for content and search, leading teams’ OKRs, KPIs, roadmaps, backlog, and development. Prioritizes and builds full-stack solutions and features for creators and consumers of knowledge. Drove requirements for first-ever platform capabilities integrated with web technologies. Manages the largest affiliate relationship with Wikimedia Deutschland, including the collaboration agreement to fund and support the Wikidata project and associated product oversight. Manages delivery on restricted grant program by building to donor requirements and delivering maximum user value. Show less
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Metropolis Technologies
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director of Product
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Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
Metropolis is a proprietary AI and computer vision-based operating system built to modernize parking and facilitate the future of mobility Responsible for product conception to launch and on-going operations support and product success for web and mobile solutions, driving app sign-up and usage Conducted and leveraged market and competitive intelligence to make product and business decisions
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Fandango
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director of Product Management
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Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
Beverly Hills, CA Company customer and data strategy Product owner for customer solutions, data and content; managed the product team that builds customer, data and content solutions leveraging data assets to drive company value. Developed enterprise solutions for Customer Engagement, Marketing, Customer Analytics, and Business Intelligence; designed and built the customer/data platforms and led data governance and data quality.
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Inmar Intelligence
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Data Science and Product
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Nov 2010 - Sep 2017
Positioned Inmar as a data science/analytics powerhouse by establishing and executing on corporate-wide strategy to realize value from data assets using data science, statistics, and computer science expertise resulting in revenue generation, cost savings, and audience creation; conducted the first Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and prescription analytics to drive marketing decisions Led product and analytics supporting the executive sponsors for an eight dealership start-up auto joint… Show more Positioned Inmar as a data science/analytics powerhouse by establishing and executing on corporate-wide strategy to realize value from data assets using data science, statistics, and computer science expertise resulting in revenue generation, cost savings, and audience creation; conducted the first Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and prescription analytics to drive marketing decisions Led product and analytics supporting the executive sponsors for an eight dealership start-up auto joint venture to target consumers through digital channels to become the marketing agency managing service campaigns for the auto industry Headed the core engineering team consisting of data scientists, data engineers, modelers, developers and market researchers to prototype and productize more than 20 data products using the Agile methodology and provide actionable insights to target an audience of more than 20 million consumers and patients in CPG, retail and healthcare Developed and executed enterprise-wide analytics, business intelligence and market intelligence strategy that enabled executives to drive execution and achieve company KPIs and objectives; supported M&A activity Industry speaker: http://bit.ly/1TRoJEY; http://bit.ly/1q1cSau Wake Forest School of Medicine Stakeholder Advisory Committee: http://bit.ly/1MB6lIj Wake Forest University Graduate School Masters Bioinformatics Steering Committee Show less
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M&T Bank
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President
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May 2004 - Nov 2010
Managed a portfolio of more than 45 financial institution clients, increasing variable contribution on average by $250k per year by acquiring new clients and cross-selling Co-led and facilitated the identification, development and offering of innovative products and services for the Financial Institutions Division and the Bank to support growth initiatives Conducted analysis on financial industry data to drive strategic business decisions
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Northrop Grumman
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr Software Engineer
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1998 - 2004
Led the design, development and implementation of a leading edge web, Java and XML-based data and content management SaaS product, including program funding, systems integration, and software design, involving several major contractors and hundreds of developers Acquired contracts with new clients, generating revenue increase of more than 6x through effective marketing highlighting technical expertise
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Education
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The Wharton School
MBA, Finance -
Villanova University
Graduate Coursework, Computer Science -
DeSales University
MEd, Mathematics -
La Salle University
BA, Mathematics, Education