Dan Souers

Six Red Marbles, Boston, MA                                                                 2007 – 2015

SRM is a leading US-based publishing services provider

Project Director / Account Manager (2012 – 2015)

Accountable for the overall success of accounts at the program and portfolio level.
 

• A vital member of the business development, product development, and project management teams that increased revenue by 30%.

• Responsible for the management a portfolio of projects across multiple accounts with a combined value in access of $6 million.
• Worked closely with ui/ux and technology teams to improve upon requirements gathering procedures; result was improved accuracy in scoping phases and more successful projects.

• Led agile (scrum) development teams through requirements gathering, design, and implementation of responsive mobile web-based products.
• Crafted enticing full-service proposals that regularly won new clients and added new types projects among existing accounts.

• Served as company’s primary consult for technology related opportunities and regularly gave services presentations and software demos.

• Worked closely with sales team on company’s overall account management and sales strategies.
• Bolstered and trained the project management team; allowed for greater capacity and more high volume projects.

Technology Project Manager (2007 – 2012)

Responsible for leading the design and execution teams that delivered upon project objectives.

• Successfully managed the development of award winning educational software products.
• Acclimated development and production teams to agile scrum methodologies that allowed for more accurate projections of time and effort.
• Accurately developed schedules with realistic milestones, and effectively communicated risks and mitigation plans.
• Was able to rapidly align resources to quickly start fast-track projects, and scaled up when necessary with additional freelance resources at flat rates to control costs.

• Led UI design and wrote high-level and detailed technology approaches.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA                                                         2003 – 2007

Mathematics Senior Media Producer, College Division

Responsible for the successful release of over fourty higher ed math products.
 

• Aligned both internal and external resources to complete the projects, and negotiated flat fees to limit budget impact.
• Performed product demos to division stakeholders and compiled stakeholder feedback into additional project phases.
• Notable achievements were the release of 200 flash-based interactive math lessons to support LMS courses and the development of over 800 algorithmic algebra, geometry, triganometry, and calculus problems