Shelly Burnside

Shelly Burnside

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Quality Assurance Manager at Microsoft

  • Education

    • University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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      B.S. Chemistry

      Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Literacy Volunteers, American Chemical Society, Futrell Hall Dormitory President Junior Year Abroad: College Year in Athens, Cambridge University

    • University of St.Gallen

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      MBA New Media and Communications

      Activities and Societies: Elected to MBA Governing Body Including study at the University of California at Berkeley

    • Cornell University

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      PhD Chemistry/Materials Science

      Activities and Societies: co-Project Leader: Expanding Your Horizons (introducing middle school girls to science / mathematics), Board Member and Tutor: Literacy Volunteers (teaching English to illiterate adults) Dissertation: Synthesis and characterization of polymer matrix nanocomposites and their components.

  • Experience

    • Jelmoli

      Oct 1999 - Jan 2001

      Project manager for first eCommerce website at Jelmoli, a gift website. Responsible for set-up and operations of initial implementation: logistics, website, marketing. Analysis to support direct marketing activities via SQL queries. Aggregated reporting of credit card activities.

      • eCommerce Project Manager

        Mar 2000 - Jan 2001
      • Data Analyst

        Oct 1999 - Mar 2000
    • Swiss Re

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2009
      Director

      Responsible for knowledge mgmt, records mgmt, web / portal platforms (Internet / Intranet / extranet), in addition to collaboration and search. Project mgmt for IT-related projects to advance these channels. Line management responsibility for team members supporting these areas.

    • Microsoft

      Mar 2009 - now

      Line management responsibility for team of technical consultants and engineers, specializing in SQL / business intelligence / data analytics consulting projects. Line management responsibility for team of project managers and business analysts, specializing in custom development / business intelligence consulting projects. Led quality assurance reviews for Consulting Services deals, evaluating risks, financials, and project governance processes. Stakeholder management for deal approval processes, including regional, area, and global management. Led the EMEA Services Quality Assurance functional community, coordinating with leads in headquarters and other geographic areas to drive information flow and process standardization worldwide. Project manager for large, complex client-facing projects involving both internal and partner resources. Responsible for project staffing, implementing project structure and processes, ensuring project compliance, reporting and delivering project progress against budget/timeline to internal and client stakeholders.

      • Quality Assurance Manager

        Jun 2018 - now
      • Technical Development Manager

        Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
      • Professional Development Manager

        Jul 2013 - Jan 2016
      • SQA Manager

        Jul 2010 - Jun 2013
      • Senior Project Manager

        Mar 2009 - Jul 2010
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Business Writing Principles

      LinkedIn
      Jun 2019
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    • Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Agile Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Feb 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Scrum: Advanced

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • RIMS-CRMP

      RIMS (Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.)
      Aug 2018
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Mar 2021
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    • Project Management Professional (PMP)

      Project Management Institute
      Feb 2020
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Mar 2021
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    • Becoming an Agile Coach

      LinkedIn
      May 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • ACM (Adoption and Change Management)

      Prosci
      Oct 2017
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Administrator

      Issued by John and Sherry Baumann Burnside Scholarship on Apr 2015
      John and Sherry Baumann Burnside ScholarshipAssociated with Shelly Burnside