Ali Pojman (Freitag)

Experience

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  Associated Students of the University of Madison

  Jan 2011 - May 2012

  Press Office Director of Internal Affairs

  • Facilitated media relations including both campus, local and statewide press and social media• Wrote opinion/editorials, press releases, media advisories, campus wide e-mails, and statements• Managed and planned campus events for ASM and for the ASM grassroots committees• Created multimedia projects including photography, video, video blogging, web blogging, and marketing • Coordinated press board members and directed press liaisons in their assignments

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  Extreme Engineering Solutions

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

  Associate Quality Administrator

  • Lead quality project of implementing National Industrial Security Program policies and procedures for government security clearance program• Conducted internal audits in compliance to ISO 9001:2008• Investigated Corrective and Preventative Actions using root cause analysis and implemented process improvement• Created and maintained documentation for the Quality Management System including work instructions, training modules and procedural pages• Compiled continuous improvement metrics to be presented to top management Show less

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  Freshman Design Lab Student Assistant

  Student Assistant Instructor for InterEgr160 Design Lab• Guided students through the engineering design process• Act as a project lead for the semester-long student project• Assist students in the design and fabrication of product• Evaluated students' weekly writing assignments and team performance

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  UW Health

  Sept 2013 - May 2015

  - Directed the creation of high visibility and innovative ambulatory clinic discharge process to improve new patient access, leading to a 30% increase of established patients transitioned to primary care; created organization toolkit- Developed design proposal for new Trauma Center waiting room to improve patient experience and safety- Conducted various observations throughout UW Health system to contribute to process improvement and patient safety improvement projects, such as organization wide Medical Assistant Role standardizationhttp://quality-safety-innovation.wisc.edu/ Show less

  • Research Assistant, Quality Safety and Innovation (QSI) Lab

    Jun 2014 - May 2015

  • Quality, Safety and Innovation Lab Intern

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Hardin Design and Development

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Business Development
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  Ronin Studios & Consulting

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2014

  Project Manager

  - Managed corporate training software development project for Fortune 500 company- Utilized agile product development, and coordinate multi-site team and contracted vendors- Designed and supported business processes to effectively match small start-up development team with large corporate client- Coordinated tasks, team members and vendors to meet deadlines and maintain balanced budget

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Jun 2014 - May 2015

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics course - Assisted course professor in teaching industrial engineering students on the fundamentals of human factors and ergonomics- Designed the semester project for student teams which involved website and software usability testing and prototype with local start up companies- Mentored industrial engineering student teams through heuristic evaluation, usability testing and creating website prototypes- Created new course material and designed labs for an improved hands experience- Led lab sessions and mentored students through course material and student projects- Coordinated course materials, grading, and class project deliverables Show less

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  Deloitte

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2019

  - Serve as the product owner for a financial systems platform implementation at a $13.09B mobile payments company; responsible for driving execution of the product lifecycle from conception through launch including requirements gathering, user story definition, & coordination with a global technology team- Executed the assessment, planning and scheduling of over 8,000 system super users for a hospital system Electronic Medical Record deployment to support over 63,000 end users in three separate go-live implementations- Directed a team of 35 to plan and deliver a series of local impact skills-based projects with over 600 volunteers in 24 sites around the Minneapolis and St. Paul cities area- Deliver executive updates and communicate project strategy to senior leadership, key stakeholders and team members on a regular basis Show less - Led data conversion workstream and defined end-user business processes for >200 employees, converted data across 11 systems, and aligned >30 client stakeholders to drive integration of an $8.5B financial services acquisition- Developed strategic data roadmap for $9.24B mobile payments company to enable a best in class company through data; gathered business requirements from over 60 top company executives to create prioritized initiatives and a three-year program plan and roadmap- Assessed and rationalized organizational reporting data and developed future state recommendations for a new data warehouse architecture, the data migration plan and the data governance program Show less

  • Consultant

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Business Technology Analyst

    Sept 2015 - Aug 2017
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  Capital One

  Apr 2019 - now

  • Director of Product

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Senior Product Manager

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Product Manager

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2021