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Suzanne Ward Experienced Scrum Master Professional Software Project & Program Management; Product Management/Product Owner; Sustaining &a... Read More
Software Project & Program Management; Product Management/Product Owner; Sustaining & Testing Engineering Management
- Combine demonstrated product and project management leadership experience with strong hands-on technical background. Equally comfortable delving into product requirements with hard-core programmers and engineers as well as presenting to executive level decision makers. Processes: SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, PLM, NPI, NPD. Roles: Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product Owner, Process Owner, Release Manager, Change/Sustaining Manager, Contract/OEM Manager, Mentor, and Trainer.
- Uniquely skilled at fostering new ideas, building successful cross-functional teams, and nurturing a culture of consumer-driven product development and user experience innovation. Experience working in and managing cross-functional, cross-division, cross-geographic and multi-cultural sales, marketing and engineering organizations.
- Product development management leader with 10+ years of accomplishments in designing and launching successful products/systems in a diverse range of markets and industries:
High tech/electronics/software OEM components (boards, chips, software, sensors)
Telecommunication servers/storage A/V controllers/routers & monitor/displays
IT Applications & Software/SAAS HVAC/Power/Energy/Solar sensors, & control systems
Healthcare Software/SAAS Energy/Power Transmission Systems
Pharmaceuticals, OTC, HBA Medical electronics & consumables
NGO Programs & Services Retail Operations, Buying, Merchandising
- Breadth of experience, capabilities and strengths includes: Product, Brand, and Marketing Management with P&L responsibilities up to $100 million annual sales, with:
Product portfolio development Business Analysis/Requirements Definition
User Interface Development User Interface – Testing and Validation
Road Map Development Quantitative/Financial analysis
Requirement Definitions Market research & analysis
Sales force/distribution development Developing profitable pricing structures
Creating brand definition & awareness Product training
- International program and business management, sourcing, engineering, OEM/ODM management / development experience. Overseas work assignments in EU and Asia with extended stay in Asia.
Lead Scrum MAster at Intel
Hillsboro, OR 97214
United States
May 0201-Present
Technical Program Manager responsible for facilitating the SCRUM Master role for the STTD Test Development Engineering (TDE) organization and its High Density Modular Tester (HDMT) program. Drive the planning and execution phases of development cycles to ensure that team solutions are delivered on-time and meet quality, performance, efficiency, and customer expectations.
Mentor and Lead global team of scrum masters
201-Present
Product Manager, Product Owner at GE
Tampa, FL 33601
United States
January 1999-December 2002
- Profit and loss responsibilities for managed products equating to $100 million in revenues. Led the 3-Year Planning and Analysis Cycle for the division including collecting and analyzing voice of customer, market research, new product design, budgeting and forecasting for $150 million business with $12 million base costs.
- Led product development and team, from market identification to product introduction launch, providing a new product introduction to open new/underdeveloped markets, 15% share growth. Duties included design goals and specifications, project management, vendor selection, consumer research/focus groups, industrial design, engineering architecture, software programming, prototype/simulation testing, and design for manufacture. Designed, tested and validated graphic user interfaces to create intuitive and efficient user interface designs.
- Evaluated brand profitability. Implemented product line, SKU, and pricing rationalization strategy based on standard cost, volume, customers and competitors. Increased profitability 7% first year, additional 5% second year. Developed, recommended, and monitored the implementation of sourcing and cost improvement programs, leading to $1.2 million cost improvement in production, packaging and distribution
1999-2002
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