Led product development for visionCMS™, a user friendly and award winning SaaS based government content management system with emphasis on user centered design.
Implemented and utilized hybrid (agile/waterfall) style product development method and release cycles to effectively adopt to the existing process and to improve workflow in order to meet aggressive timeline for successful launch.
Created and managed product roadmap and feature enhancement list, integrating clients, sales, marketing, and internal stakeholders’ inputs.
Established the product manager role and Products team to accommodate the company’s operational transition to the new SaaS based CMS product.
Created and implemented a new organizational workflow processes and provided training to project execution teams to adopt to the new SaaS based CMS.
Managed product and process focused day-to-day operations for Products, Project Management, Development, Design, IT, and Account Management teams.
Successfully managed and launched over 30 mid-to-large budget government websites from concept to completion, on budget and on time, and won over 15 separate awards and honorable mentions.
Successfully delivered click-through html/css web application prototypes for the brand new Sales Marketing and Reporting Tool (SMART), designed for NetApp’s global sales force, under tight deadlines for off-shore development.
Worked closely and iteratively with business analysts and met with stakeholder groups to refine requirements and use cases for creation of wireframes and prototypes.
Designed SMART web application user interface, interaction scenarios and navigation based on the requirements documents, use cases, and feedback from the wireframes.
Managed the development coordination for the Saronyx Development Integration System (a secure productivity and communication web application for research scientists) through its lifecycle.
Translated application needs from client feedback, marketing, management, and professional services
teams into usable requirements for development team to implement as new or modified features.
Rapidly prepared and implemented product specifications, including designing and creating high fidelity click-through prototypes to visually facilitate understanding of user interactions in features and concepts.
Delivered production ready html files and other user interface assets.
Iteratively and actively work with development team to test new or modified features for proper
implementation within the release cycles.
Created and managed client company and user accounts, including registering RSA SecurID® key fobs for secure login authentications.
Managed front-end re-designing of HRKnowHow.com, a custom content management web application.
Assessed existing application and planned, developed, and implemented the new site design and features.
Defined and developed effective navigation structure, page layout, and features; created optimized site graphics and HTML code for production, accommodating back-end constraints and presented to business stakeholders using “click-through” prototypes for final design selection.
Communicated effectively with external consultants, internal web site managers and business experts to determine and deliver necessary components on a timely basis to the back-end developers for successful on time release.
Designed, implemented, and managed the databases and web sites for information generated from the federal and state funded programs, including the San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program, (RMP) which is the institute’s largest program and the flagship of the Clean Water Program.
Designed, implemented and managed relational databases, data/information dissemination and database back-end searchable inventory websites.
Streamlined, and managed data flow to-and-from the environmental monitoring data generating subcontracting commercial laboratories, government agencies, universities, private consultants and internal scientists.
Conducted meetings with stakeholder organizations to create inventory-sharing alliances, developed data flow processes and achieved design and content level consensus.
Provided sensitivity analysis and graphical summaries of the model simulations to determine and recommend flows necessary to support and improve endangered salmon and rainbow trout fish populations in support of river-reservoir system management plan and for the Environmental Impact Report.
Managed and maintained the storage (relational database) and distribution (electronic Bulletin Board System) of data generated from the Mamala Bay (Honolulu, HI) Water Quality Study Project, involving 12 universities and private consulting firms.
Provided supervisory services for 50 users Novell Netware 3.11 Local Area Network and provided technical and instructional support for LAN-wide and desktop PC software applications.
a secure productivity and communication
web application for research scientists
whereiwork.com
Human Resources & Benefits Enrollment SaaS / ASP
2014: visionCMS™ / visionLive™
Led product development for visionCMS™ – user friendly and award winning SaaS based government content management system with emphasis on user centered design. Designed CMS backend UI, managed development and project execution workflows.
Saronyx Development Integration System
Managed the development coordination for the Saronyx Development Integration System (a secure productivity and communication web application for research scientists) through its lifecycle. Designed UI, created high-fidelity prototypes, and delivered production ready UI assets.
whereiwork.com
Managed user interface related projects for whereiwork.com, an HR benefits & enrollment application service provider (SaaS).