Tessa Bojan

Tessa Bojan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer @ Synchrony

  • Education

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor of Science- Finance, Information Systems

      Activities and Societies: Illinois Business Council, BADM 353 Teacher Assistant, Gies Study Abroad Data Analytics Student Worker, CUBE Consulting, Gies Ambassador

    • WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

      2020 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science- BS Finance, Information Systems
    • Highland Park High School

      2014 - 2018
  • Experience

    • Kicks by Tess

      Jun 2013 - Dec 2019
      Founder, Owner, Artist
    • Illinois Business Council

      Sept 2018 - Dec 2021
      • Vice President of Operations

        Dec 2020 - Dec 2021
      • Internal Engagement Chair

        May 2020 - Dec 2020
      • Active Member

        Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
      • Charity Fundraising Chair

        May 2019 - Dec 2019
      • IMPACT Day Coordinator

        Jan 2019 - May 2019
      • New Member

        Sept 2018 - Jan 2019
    • Champaign Urbana Business and Engineering (CUBE) Consulting

      Mar 2019 - May 2021
      Consultant

      • Conducted market research, generated insights, and composed recommendations for biweekly deliverables to a small early childhood development firm• Analyzed customer engagement and adoption through Google Analytics to diagnose conversion inhibitors and formulate data-driven actions, leading to 10% increase in sales

    • Wintrust Financial Corporation

      Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
      SBA Lending Intern

      • Analyzed and audited approximately 70 small business loan applications, aiding in the forgiveness of over $30 million through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)• Created a Loan Forgiveness Calculation template to streamline the PPP “good faith” review process, adopted by 3 SBA lenders, saving 15 hours of work per week

    • Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Feb 2021 - May 2021
      Gies College of Business Student Ambassador
    • PwC

      Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
      Cloud & Digital Intern

      • Managed deliverables related to story status reports, financial staffing analysis, and proposal work for prospective clients• Developed process flows in Visio to display change request implementation within the claims process to optimize client’s internal processes and maintain product governance• Streamlined status reports using Excel and Alteryx (data analytics software) to provide succinct progress updates to all stakeholders, saving over 20 hours each quarter

    • Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Aug 2021 - May 2022
      • Teacher Assistant, BADM353

        Sept 2021 - May 2022
      • Data Analytics Student Worker, Gies Study Abroad

        Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
    • Synchrony

      Jul 2022 - now

      • Acted as a liaison between product stakeholders and CATS team of 5 developers to understand business requirements for PayLater features, prioritize feature roadmap, and mitigate any development roadblocks• Owned and drove backlog grooming and story prioritization in 2-week sprint intervals, managing comprehensive story backlog in Jira, and collaborating with stakeholders across 7+ cross-functional teams • Created a robust User Interface for an internal services dashboard used by 3,000+ Synchrony employees, and facilitated the development, refinement process, and deployment of the dashboard by managing a team of 3 developers Show less

      • AVP, Software Development Engineer

        Jul 2024 - now
      • Technology BLP R3: Software Development Engineer

        Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
      • Technology BLP R2: Astra Unity UI/UX Developer

        Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
      • Technology BLP R1: CATS Product Owner

        Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Mar 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Certificate in Business Analytics

      Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
      Oct 2022
      View certificate certificate