Deanna Kovalcin

Experience

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  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Teaching Assistant
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  Uncharted

  Jun 2016 - now

  - Co-leads an international software development team comprising front end, back end, and data infrastructure engineers and developers, planning, organizing, roadmapping, and testing an energy saving AI assistant for homeowners and renters; leads release management for said product via feature flags.- Collaborates with UI/UX contractor(s) to provide basic wireframing and planning for product and website layout and alterations; performs minor website alterations as needed when UI/UX team and product team do not have bandwidth.- Maintains operational documentation for the company, including tracking deliverables and accomplishments each month to ensure alignment with overall company goals, as well as tracking and maintaining company subscriptions and access in accordance with access policy; also reviews and maintains product operational documentation such as scopes of work, budgeting documentation, resource allocation, and so on.- Collaborates with legal and finance departments in development and maintenance of financial projections, unit costing, and other areas of development-finance overlap.- Collaborates with legal department to develop, maintain, and update company policy in general corporate operations, business and finance, personnel, public relations, and cybersecurity.- Collaborated with top global management consulting firm to complete $½ million contract with the DOE analyzing distribution of funds and methods by which to improve efficiency therein, along with recommended next steps for implementation- Revamped company file structure from the ground up in order to establish clearer access controls for improved information security, as well as to improve ease of navigation for those with access to any given section.- Established and maintained cybersecurity activities, including establishing DNS management for the company websites, establishing access management policy, and providing training materials for company members Show less - Expanded flagship customer investment in the company 14x over the course of 2022 through thoughtful, hands-on technical advisory services and software product development and delivery- Manages creation and execution of operational business strategy plans, goals, & resources for the department- Manages departmental budget, resources and partners of the department - Designs & executes departmental strategies & plans based on company strategy for the product and customers- Provides direction to help shape other departments’ strategies- Develops & implements programs with a direct impact on the department & others Show less - Prepared schedules, pre-planned and forecasted resources for engineering and other technical activities relating to projects- Performed calculations, writing specifications, preparing bids, reviewing equipment proposals and evaluating or selecting equipment and preparing various equipment and materials lists- Created drawings used in design and construction- Designed and modelled product concepts in SolidWorks; manual machining, building, and testing of products and subsystems- Continued development & expansion of standard procedures as necessary, including lab safety procedures & internal certifications- Supervised & managed resources of mechanical engineering labs Show less

  • Senior Technical Program Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • City Program Manager

    Feb 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Solutions Project Manager

    Dec 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Project Engineer & Mechanical Engineer II

    Jul 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Mechanical Engineer I

    Nov 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Product Development Associate

    Jun 2016 - Oct 2016