
Timeline
About me
Technical Product Manager at Amazon
Education

United states military academy
2003 - 2008Bs general engineering core curriculum; economicsActivities and Societies: Glee Club, ICM, SCUSA
Experience

Us army
Dec 2008 - Sept 2012Directly supervised 5 Soldiers and senior non-commissioned officers while directly responsible for comprehensive planning and management of 5 Construction Engineering Companies, specifically including the daily oversight of land and ammunition allocation, training calendars, training management, as well as supervising professional education schedules of 600 Soldiers. Managed the battalion's Military Travel System and ensured 100% compliance with Army mandatory training requirements for 600 Solders including EO, POSH and Sexual Assault training. **Planned, resourced, and executed two off-post battalion-wide training exercises, training over 500 Soldiers on construction in a combat environment. **Transitioned battalion training management to the Digital Training Management System, receiving commendable ratings on Training Management Program during command inspections.* Planned, resourced, and executed three battalion range density operations, coordinating training for over 500 Soldiers at two separate off-installation locations. Show less Responsible for processing all security clearances, physical security, information security, operational security, anti-terrorism and force protection. Assists Operations Officer in managing the tactical operations center.**Responsible for monthly Unit Status Report (USR); Received personal praise from FORSCOM Inspector General on Battalion USR Program.**Reinvented the Battalion Safety Program from the previously dormant program that was recognized as best in brigade during command inspection.**Managed all Security Clearances within the 600 person battalion, insured compliance with all relevant DOD regulations**Operated Secret computer network, personally insured compliance with DOD, Army and Fort Leonard Wood SIPR regulations. Show less Responsible for training, leader development, discipline, and safety of 38 Soldiers, as well as twenty vehicles and ground transport equipment and related weapons systems in excess of $5 million. Supervise production output of 38 mechanics in both garrison and field settings.**Organized monthly Battalion wide events to educate other Lieutenants on maintenance operations.**Executed a month long exercise; providing support to the entire battalion in excess of 200 vehicles.**Reduced the number of safety incidents in the platoon by 75% and eliminated alcohol-related incidents. Show less 2nd in Command of an Advanced Individual Training (AIT) Company consisting of 37 Non-Commissioned Officers, 17 civilian instructors and operations personnel, and an average of 200 trainees. Responsible for an average of 17 simultaneous AIT classes in three different Military Occupational Specialties (MOS). Responsible for assisting in the administrative oversight of the battalion headquarters and for the use and maintenance of two barracks, a headquarters, a 150,000 square foot training facility and property valued at over $6 million.**Chosen above more senior Lieutenants to become acting commander of two different companies in the battalion during the respective commanders' absences.**Commended by inspection team on having best Training Management Program in the brigade; was utilized by the Battalion Commander to help other companies within the battalion succeed in the inspection.**Revamped Command Supply Discipline Program to passing inspection for the first time in five years.**Acted as the Battalion Government Purchase Card Approving Authority, directly managed a budget of $360,000. Show less
Interim Brigade S4
Apr 2012 - Sept 2012Captain, Engineer
May 2008 - Sept 2012S3 Training Officer
May 2011 - Apr 2012Assistant S2 Intelligence Officer
Jun 2010 - May 2011Maintenance Platoon Leader
Dec 2009 - Jun 2010Executive Officer
Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

Omninet capital
Aug 2012 - May 2013Assistant property managerSupervised a team of day porters and a facilities engineer to support the day to day maintenance, upkeep, and operations of six commercial properties, consisting of three retail centers and three office buildings with over 80 tenants. -Worked directly with the leasing and construction departments to support new tenant improvements, move-ins, and prospecting. -Collected rents, issued notices, and represented the ownership directly to both tenants and vendors. -Sought vendors, compared quotes, and contracted services from various industries such as elevator services, HVAC, plumbers, electricians, suppliers, janitorial services, utilities companies, and more. -Aided in the creation and maintenance of a yearly budget which covered all six properties and prepared discrepancy reports for accounting and budgetary purposes. -Created dashboards in Excel to track expenses and utility usage across 6 properties to support the decision-making process and minimize budget variance. Show less

Allegiant
May 2013 - Jun 2018Investigates, analyzes, clarifies concepts and processes throughout the project lifecycle by defining business, functional, and non-functional requirements for the Customer Experience and other assigned projects.-Creates mock-ups and prototypes for business solutions.-Partners with various business users to create detailed process maps to expose opportunities for systems improvements for handling disruptions in service, corporate and departmental learning objectives, non-revenue travel, and customer experience.-Develops and maintains a working partnership with IT developers to provide clarity and intent and keep projects on track and within scope.-Innovated by being the first business analyst to create functional requirements documents and user acceptance testing within Confluence to provide greater transparency and accessibility of key details integral to the project. Show less Managed all systems-related projects and issues for Materials Department, ranging from developing Business Requirements Documents for AIS enhancements to troubleshooting AIS errors in day-to-day operations and managing Allegiant University Training for the department.-Served as the Materials Subject Matter Expert on the G4Plus project.-Regularly interfaced with IT developers to develop solutions to IT issues.-Completed special projects for the Director of Material Services such as the annual publication of the Materials Handbook, APU Conversion analysis, and annual Physical Inventory preparation and execution. Show less
IT Business Analyst
Oct 2015 - Jun 2018Materials Systems Analyst
Apr 2014 - Oct 2015Component Repairs Manager
May 2013 - Apr 2014

Zappos family of companies
Jun 2018 - Oct 2020Product manager for an expansive application which supported crucial business functions, including catalog/pricing integration with parent company (Amazon) and company-wide financial and operations reporting.- Managed my team’s budget and revenue generated by supporting other teams, serving as a Lead Link (Zappos term for Manager)· Elicited and refined business requirements, prioritized the project backlog, unblocked development efforts, manages change across a large stakeholder community, and collaborated with business decision-makers to clearly the define product roadmap· Lead a multi-functional team to execute strategic initiatives including migrating from legacy databases to AWS, re-architecting the product imaging process, and a program to eliminate large volumes of technical debt· Worked with business partners to refine business processes through software enhancements. Took the lead on innovation and reducing redundant processes, while maintaining open and mutually supportive relationships with stakeholders.· Project managed development efforts across multiple scrum teams to ensure seamless delivery and minimized or negated risk to the business of high-impact projects· Lead a company-wide Lean/Six Sigma initiative aimed at discovering defects and waste in business processes and putting countermeasures in place to improve performance Show less
Product Manager
May 2019 - Oct 2020Sr. Product Analyst
Jul 2018 - May 2019IT Business Analyst
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

Amazon
Oct 2020 - nowTechnical Product Manager
Jan 2023 - nowTechnical Program Manager
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023Technical Product Manager
Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
Licenses & Certifications

Certified scrummaster (csm)
Scrum allianceNov 2019
Languages
- enEnglish
- spSpanish
- frFrench
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