Iteration Manager and Business Analyst at Cox Digital Exchange
Atlanta, GA 30328 www.dealermatch.com
May 2012-December 2012
Cox Digital Exchange (CDX) creates software to assist used car dealers in optimizing their financial bottom line. CDX is a fast-paced, XP development organization that subscribes to the continuous deployment model. During my eight month contract with this organization, I:
o Assisted product owners in defining the problems their market faces.
o Wrote user stories and acceptance criteria and assisted product owners in story sign-off.
o Established order in a start up environment by hosting regular activities such as backlog grooming, iteration planning, product demonstrations, and iteration retrospectives.
o Kept a watchful eye on iteration progress and removed roadblocks so that our team could continually deploy valuable system functionality.
Product Owner at PeopleMatter
North Charleston, SC 29403 United States www.peoplematter.com
April 2010-January 2012
• Served as a consultant on requirements gathering and usage of Agile software development methodology for talent management software. While at PeopleMatter, I:
o Worked with executive leadership to craft the product roadmap.
o Built the backlog from the ground up which included defining large feature sets and writing user stories.
o Supplied nine Scrum teams in Charleston, Atlanta, and Argentina with user stories and guided them through the explanation of the business value to final delivery.
o Groomed and force ranked the backlog; worked with development team to properly phase work
o Created high level designs and collaborated with our talented design team to devise intuitive interfaces for our customers.
o Socialized product direction with executive management, sales, and technical support teams.
o Monitored burn down chart to ensure that sprints were proceeding successfully and removed obstacles for the team when necessary.
o Hosted sprint planning meetings and retrospectives.
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