Rob Harris

Experience

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  EDAW

  Sept 2001 - Sept 2003

  GIS Analyst

  I managed some data, did lots of analysis, and built a few web apps. I worked with numerous state and federal agencies and energy and utility corporations across the Pacific Northwest. I'm most proud of my maps, which won awards and were published by ESRI.

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  Openlands

  Apr 2004 - May 2005

  GIS Analyst

  I supported the mission of Northern Illinois’ leading conservation organization with geospatial analysis, maps, and apps.The highlight was getting to collaborate with landscape photographer Terry Evans to create maps for the public exhibition of "Revealing Chicago: An Aerial Portrait" in Chicago’s Millennium Park (Summer 2005). I also created additional maps for the book published by Harry N. Abrams.

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  Rand McNally

  May 2005 - Sept 2007

  Technical Development Specialist

  I was part of a geospatial data team that created lots of cool maps, including the Road Atlas, Goode’s World Atlas, the Education Wall Maps series, the Harley-Davidson Ride Atlas, and CustomView Wall Maps.

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  NAVTEQ

  Aug 2008 - Oct 2010

  Senior Systems Engineer

  The highlight of my time at NAVTEQ was managing the inception, development, and launch of a new location content matching service for our Content Platform Team. Our solution enabled us to accelerate time to market for our content products, while simultaneously improving the overall quality of the products we delivered.

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  Nokia

  Oct 2010 - Mar 2012

  Associate Product Manager

  My product teams were front and center in developing Nokia Places, a platform for location content that powers local search experiences for mobile and web consumers around the world.We created APIs to enable developers to integrate with the Places platform; a rich set of services for local merchants, global brands, and strategic content partners; and applications for the global distribution of location content to customers and end users.

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  Relativity

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2012

  Product Manager

  I guided a product engineering team as we developed and prepared to launch Relativity Processing, a set of new capabilities that enables the discovery and management of large, unstructured datasets in the e-discovery process.

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  ORBITZ

  Nov 2012 - Nov 2013

  Product Manager

  As part of the Funnel Optimization group, I led the core product team responsible for Flex, Orbitz’s web content management system. Flex powers content delivery for both mobile and web applications across 6 brands and 15 points of sale.

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  Vodori

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2015

  Product Manager

  Built Vodori’s mobile product practice by recruiting and managing a cross-functional product development team. Coached the team in agile development practices to achieve high-quality, short-cycle releases. Coordinated all discovery, development, release, and support activities between internal teams and external partners.

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  Uptake Chicago

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  Director of Product Management

  Led the product management team in creating the first generation of a revolutionary predictive analytics platform for condition-based monitoring of industrial assets. Laid the foundation for Product Management at Uptake by recruiting, hiring, and coaching a talented team of product managers. Helped establish best practices for lean product discovery and agile product development.

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  MLevel

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Director of Product Management

  Recruited to transform product development organization into a high-performing team. - Responsible for all product strategy and development. Transformed the product development organization into a high-performance, cross-functional agile team by identifying and leveraging capabilities across engineering, DevOps, UX, and customer support. - Introduced lean startup practices and design sprints to better understand customer needs and to create and validate innovative solutions.

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  Slalom Build

  Oct 2016 - Apr 2021

  Led and managed technology transformation programs across a variety of industries, including Travel, Media and Entertainment, Finance, and Telecom. Ensured the financial and operational health of the business through staffing operations, engagement management and governance, and sales pursuits.Key Accomplishments:- Led an enterprise data and mainframe modernization program for an airline settlement company that processes $90B of transactions annually.- Grew and managed a team of leaders in Chicago and across North America through hiring, onboarding, leadership coaching, and career mentoring. Show less Led cloud-enabled technology programs across a variety of industries. Instrumental in establishing Slalom’s product engineering methodology. Played a key role in growing solution ownership practice to meet client and market demand.Key Accomplishments:- Instrumental in helping a major telecommunications company launch a new mobile business by delivering an MVP for self-support web and mobile applications in less than 9 months. Led 3 cross-functional product delivery teams across 4 locations.- Led design and development of a sales enablement mobile application for a Fortune 500 producer of beer, wine, and spirits. Show less

  • Director, Solution Ownership

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Principal Consultant, Solution Ownership

    Oct 2016 - Jun 2019
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  PwC

  Apr 2021 - now

  Director, Product Management

  Lead and manage technology transformation programs across mainframe, application, and data modernization capabilities.Key Accomplishments:- Led an enterprise data and mainframe modernization program for the largest wholesale distributor of health and specialty food in North America. Led a team of 80+ people across software architecture and engineering, data engineering, QE, DevOps, UX, and product/solution ownership.