Beth Cadman, SAFe® Product Owner/Manager, CSPO®, CSM®

Experience

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  Communications Pacific

  May 1982 - Aug 1982

  Intern

  Wrote press releases, worked on the annual Orange Crush Volleyball Tournament. At the time Margo Wood's Advertising was also part of the internship, so part of the time I learned copy writing and the art department.

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  MDS (Formerly PR Aids)

  Jun 1983 - Mar 1990

  Account Executive

  Inside and outside sales activities.Media targeting specialistManaged accounts and their projects

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  Business Wire

  Mar 1990 - Aug 2021

  Managed cross-functional teams of developers, system admins, devops, analyst, and testers to launch multimillion products impacting major media partners, including Dow jones, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. Managed product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution. Reported into CIO and collaborated with executives.Top Achievements• Increased efficiency by 50% by championing agile mindset and establishing success metrics department-wide• Achieved 90-day SLA compliance by overseeing execution of 600 test scenarios with 300 media points• Impacted 50K journalists worldwide by driving product vision, roadmap and features to meet journalist needsKey Products• Partnered with VP of product to launch CPQ for Salesforce product for thousands of multi-million-dollar clients• Directed global PressPass product improvement to provide access to customized news by email, RSS, or web news feed• Managed cross-functional team as product owner to deliver error free translation product for news distributed outside of US Show less Managed, coached, and mentored direct reports and cross-functional teams to turn product strategy into customer-centric products by building a culture of iteration, accountability, and empiricism at Directorlevel. Implemented scaled agile frameworks and established success metrics. Led executive briefing and managed key vendors.Top Achievements• Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in contract costs by leveraging strong relationship with vendors• Achieved 90-day FCA regulatory compliance and retained multimillion-dollar clients by taking ownership of delivery• Recognized for successful global NX implementation by leadership and promoted to managerKey Products• Oversaw hardware deployment for NX patent application to deliver market-moving news to network recipients worldwide• Led digital transformation to migrate millions of bw.com subscribers from CircuitBuilder to Oracle enterprise application• Directed release of regulatory compliant product to expand new distribution to the UK Show less

  • Technology Manager | Sr. Product Owner

    Jan 2004 - Aug 2021

  • Senior Supervisor | Sr. Product Owner

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Supervisor | Product Owner

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2002

  • Representative | Product Owner

    Mar 1990 - Jan 1994
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  American Express

  Aug 2021 - now

  Managing projects and scrum processes for multiple products

  • Sr. Associate Digital Product Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2021 - Oct 2023