Ruth Shacterman

Experience

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  Econoday Online Inc., Lafayette, CA

  May 1998 - Jan 2004

  Technical Lead / Senior Programmer

  Econoday is an online source for economic events, data and analysis. The information is provided through online calendar subscriptions, customized enterprise calendars, web services, data feeds, and PDA/Outlook integration. As the Technical lead, I was involved in the design and development of new products and feeds, the migration for legacy software and data to new technologies, as well as the maintenance and automation of the legacy software.

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  Database Republic

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Consulting Projects:Design and development of a Java based Process Design Testing Framework (PDTF).Keystone Excavations, Calgary, Canada: Ground Breaker (GB) - Process Design Consultant for porting a legacy system into a BPM system. Designed the BPM process and implemented the Java interfaces. American Medical Response (AMR), Denver, USA, project Electronic Personal Action Notice (ePAN) - Senior programmer - Designed and implemented the routing component of ePAN processes (.Net Project). Mentored support team in transition from deployment to maintenance. Janssen Pharmaceutical, USA: Technology Consultant for J2EE redesign using MVC architecture (J2EE Project: Struts and Hibernate). Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI), New Jersey, USA: Technical Lead - Requirement gathering, analysis and design of “Financial Counseling” process (J2EE Project, JSP, Servlets).Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Ottawa, Canada: Technical Lead - Design validation and ‘best practices recommendations’ for process implementation (J2EE Project).Database Republic Operations: Software Developer - Developed marketing demos with JSP/JDBC, Oracle 8i and Bizflow APIs. Show less

  • Consultant / Senior Programmer

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  • Senior Software Developer

    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
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  DBR / Compliance and Risks Ltd.

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Senior Software Engineer / Project Manager

  Design and Development work on C2P (Compliance-to-Product), a J2EE Web 2.0 application. C2P is a Compliance Knowledge Management Product. It supports compliance tracking for clients such as Apple, Cisco, Dell and GE through a suite of communication and collaboration tools. It features advanced search capabilities, data driven and automated alerts, watches, dynamic data inferencing and an issue management/tracking framework.C2P is an Agile project. Development includes practices such as rapid prototyping for customer feedback, JUnit testing, 5 minute builds, automated deployment tools, frequent commits, continuous integration and daily “scrum” meetings. Show less

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  Compliance & Risks

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2023

  In this role, I lead the product development from a data input interface into a comprehensive compliance management solution for the world's biggest product manufacturers. From 2020 to 2023 we saw an over 60% increase in user adoption of the product.In my role, I worked with the design and development teams on a cluster of product modules for the company's C2P product. These included a compliance-evidence tracking model, a user-onboarding process, a user-profile section, role-based landing pages, a customer-onboarding section, and an ML model for predicting the probability that a proposed regulation will become law. a product-mapping application, a prototype for tracking ESG goals. The ESG prototype has recently gone live with at least 30 customers.Compliance and Risk offers a data integration solution for its partners. In my role, I was part of a team that defined and designed these API solutions. As a Product Owner, I collaborated with customers, product managers, customer support, sales, and marketing teams to understand the customers' needs and product requirements. My contributions included collecting customer and user input, analyzing customer behavior patterns, and defining the different Personas, Roles, and Jobs to Be Done (JTB). As a Solutions Engineer, I worked closely with our development teams to transform these into functional software solutions. This involved choosing the best frameworks, algorithms, data models, and implementation approaches.In my role, I managed the product backlog and proactively identified and mitigated any design and technical roadblocks. In the last three years, the team has met 97% of the deadlines for the quarterly product roadmaps. Show less In this role, I worked with the product, design, and development teams to find solutions and implement the roadmap priorities. The role included data modeling, debugging algorithms, and cost-benefit implementation decisions.My contributions included:- Working with Product, Design, Development, and Customer Success Teams to understand the customers' requests for new features. - Owning the product backlog, proactively identifying and mitigating any design and technical roadblocks. - Planning and supporting 2-week sprints.- Communicating the product vision and business goals to the design and engineering teams.- Presenting the product priorities in the grooming meetings.- Working with the Scrum Masters to maximize the "use of resources and value to customers".- Facilitating "Working Sessions" (FWS) with the development team to explore the best software solutions.- Implementing Acceptance Criteria protocols and documentation to guide implementation (from design through development to QA testing).My inputs to the process included:- Use case examples - Accurate wireframes submitted to product and development teams - Infographics: concept, process, and flow charts- Backlog management, prioritization, and refinement - Detailed user interaction flows- Pre-staging UX reviews - Processing of UX feedback from users and stakeholders Show less

  • Senior Product Manager / Product Owner

    Jan 2016 - Jan 2023

  • Product Owner and UX Lead

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  • Solutions Architect

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Senior Frontend Developer / UX Lead

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
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  Database Republic

  Apr 2023 - now

  Senior Product Manager