Danny Collom

Experience

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  Accenture

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2013

  Lead Business Analyst, Business Process Design & Systems Integration- Managed requirements analysis for integration of new web front end with legacy underwriting and rating engines as part of business process modernization for large insurance client- Facilitated daily working sessions with 6 separate 15 person teams made up of client business analysts, business partners, application architects, and technical architects to create use cases, requirements, rules, and data elements in support of business process redesign- Managed change request process; identified and reviewed major scope changes and presented to key stakeholders during bi-weekly reviewsTest Lead, Legacy System Replacement- Led product, regression, and integration (SAP and legacy system) test planning and execution for a time & expense reporting application used by 250,000+ employees globally- Managed 20 employees onshore and offshore in a fast paced, Agile environment (8 week release cycles)- Designed defect prioritization process and initiated a team wide review of application defects, directly resulting in a 40% decrease in open defects- Initiated cleanup of regression test documents, identifying redundancy in an effort to improve team efficiency and test execution quality Show less Business Analyst, legacy system replacement- Led user story creation and story point estimation for major components of custom time & expense reporting application used by 250,000+ employees globally:> Migration of subsidiary company employees onto new time & expense solution> Design of an electronic receipt system allowing employees to upload images of receipts in place of mailing expense envelopes> Individual country configurations for expenses based on legal and regulatory requirements> Integration with legacy payroll and accounting systems- Participated in weekly sprint planning meetings for application enhancements, led weekly sprint planning meetings for operations and reporting enhancements- Designed and implemented functional team quality assurance (QA) program to improve team efficiency by ensuring major defects were addressed before handoff to test team Show less

  • Consultant

    Oct 2009 - Mar 2013

  • Business Analyst

    Oct 2009 - Aug 2011
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  Montana Conservation Corps

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2012

  Youth Crew Leader

  Led groups of youth in the completion of conservation projects around Montana. Acted as an advocate for environmental sustainability by working with science classes in high schools around the state to teach lessons on the history of the environmental movement in the US. Received training in and put into practice effective team-building and conflict resolution strategies to keep youth crews happy and motivated.

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  First Information Technology Services, Inc

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2014

  Senior Consultant

  Designed suite of tools supporting compliance, risk ,and remediation component of client’s enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) product. Lead user story creation, story point estimation, and sprint planning for all tool enhancements.

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  Matisia Consultants

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2015

  Consultant

  Developed user stories for updates to a large telecommunications provider's service platform Worked across departments in the organization (UX, testing, legal) to deliver product updates that were in compliance with the FCC

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  Renaissance Learning

  Feb 2015 - Feb 2018

  Senior Product Owner

  Led challenging projects to improve education software, leveraging agile project management skills to bring organization to uncertain environments. Coordinated with QA, UX, content, architecture, and other product owners on complex, cross-team projects to ensure dependencies were met and that software took advantage of reuse when possible. Helped guide engineering teams in understanding the work asked of them by facilitating weekly backlog grooming, facilitating bi-weekly sprint planning, and writing clear user stories. Designed balanced solutions by encouraging collaboration between folks with different values and helping them make the right trade-offs between building new features, building quality into the product, and time. Helped my teams and coworkers be successful through a willingness to pitch in outside of my primary role and responsibilities (via coding, testing, supporting sales demos, etc.). Show less

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  Loaves and Fishes MN

  Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

  Chef / Site Coordinator

  Led groups of 4-10 volunteers in preparation, service, and cleanup of community meals. Helped get volunteers excited about the work they were doing by explaining the value they were providing and giving them well-defined tasks with clear objectives. Found creative ways to use what I had at hand to deliver a nutritious meal even when ingredients were limited or things didn’t go as planned (produce went bad, volunteers didn’t show up, dishwasher broke, etc.).

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  Peace Corps

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2020

  Community Development Volunteer

  Developed a district-wide program to ensure fish farmers have consistent access to high-quality inputs (feed and fingerlings) necessary to sustain fish farming, taking into consideration the entire aquaculture value chain. Promote fish farming and help farmers build expertise through daily extension visits and periodic small group trainings delivered in local language. Via extension work and value-chain program management, on track to increase fish production by 1000 lbs / month within my 1200 km2 catchment area, improving livelihoods and providing access to a high-quality protein source. Show less

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  Amira Learning

  Feb 2020 - now

  • VP of Product and Student Experience

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Director Of Product Development

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2024

  • Senior Product Owner

    Feb 2020 - Sept 2021