Resume

Technical Product Owner

Skills

Business & Leadership Skills

Prompt and educated decision making based on feedback from developers, stakeholders and customers
Extremely organized and efficient in requirements gathering, documenting, planning, preparation and presentation of feature details and plans to developers, stakeholders and customers
Clearly communicate technical requirements to business stakeholders, and likewise business requirements to technical stakeholders
Collaborative and resourceful problem solving to develop solutions that overcome and prevent development roadblocks in a unified manner
Highly motivated to work with others to improve efficiency and work environment, and consistently learn and grow from experiences
Eager to work with all parties involved in the success of a project to do what’s required for a positive outcome
Effective hands-off management of multiple software development teams in different countries and timezones

Technical Skills

Experience with data parsing and analysis
Web application and UX development using JavaScript, jQuery and node.js
Mobile application development and unit testing in objective-c using the Xcode IDE for iOS Devices
Mobile application development in Java using Eclipse and Android Studio IDE for Android Devices, Eclipse Java EE, Jersey, Restful web services
System-level programming and inter-process communication in C, C++
Automated test development using Python and stb-tester

JSI, Ottawa, ON – Product Owner September 2019–Present

Work closely with customers to understand requirements and create feature presentations and specifications for approval
Work closely with several engineering teams to develop feature designs, technical requirements and limitations, and break them into well documented features and corresponding stories
Track team velocity and progress, and make adjustments to ensure that the highest priority commitments are met and stakeholders are informed of changing circumstances
React to a constantly changing environment and make prompt and educated decisions to ensure a stable and valuable product for customers
Discuss large amounts of conflicting priorities and dependencies with other product owners and managers, to come to consensus on upcoming work

Enghosue, Ottawa, ON – Product Owner & Manager June 2019 – September 2019

Gathered and clarified customer requirements into small, clearly written user stories
Worked with 3 development teams to further refine and estimate user stories and tasks, identify risks and dependencies, and work out potential roadblocks with stakeholders and customers in advance of development
Prioritized product and sprint backlogs based on balance of multiple customer and company needs
Tracked and reported release progress and project timelines, making adjustments as needs change and challenges arise
Worked with developers to overcome obstacles and make prompt and effective decisions
Took note of employee performance and manage both conflict and career growth

Espial, Ottawa, ON – Product Owner & Developer May 2015 – June 2019

Prior to Espial’s acquisition by Enghouse, gradually transitioned from Quality Assurance (4 months), to Developer (2 years) to Product Owner at Espial Group, with some overlap of roles during 2 co-op terms and full time employment
Helped to transition traditional development teams to agile methodologies in small steps, ensuring that development continued and improved smoothly during training
Developed TV set top box UX software in JavaScript on an agile development team
Improved QA processes and automated testing across 5 agile development teams

Wag Pet Shop K9 Daycare, Ottawa, ON – Manager 2012–2015

Brittany Veinot Photography, Ottawa, ON – Photographer/owner 2008-Present

Ran commercial photography business, primarily creating advertising campaigns, publications and magazines based on client requirements
Marketed business offerings, coordinated client logistics and managed finances

Bachelor of Computer Science September 2013-2107

Mobile Development, Co-op Option

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Diploma in Photography September 2005-April 2007

Fanshawe College, School of Contemporary Media, Ottawa, ON