Stuart Ramgolam

Experience

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  Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI)

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Lead Programmer

  • Developed a brain training game for player health based on a partner company’s research• Oversaw a team of programmers by delegating tasks and guiding their progress• Produced weekly builds of our product through collaboration with team artists and designers• Corresponded with partner company on feedback and planned weekly goals accordingly

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  Visible Measures

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Software Engineer

  • Optimized existing back-end data processing systems resulting in reusable job-types • Automated previously manual programming tasks to reduce company technical debt• Learned Ruby, Clojure, and SQL independently to develop across all company products• Participated in code-reviews, stand-ups, and pair-programming as part of an agile team

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  GSN (TV & Games)

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2015

  Junior Game Producer

  • Prioritized objectives for a cross-functional team through development, launch, and live ops• Ran and organized Agile process meetings including stand-ups, retros, grooming, and kick-offs • Managed communication and timeline expectations with internal and external stakeholders • Personally addressed cross-team dependencies, blockers, and communication issues

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  Jibo, Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Apr 2018

  Acted as part of the Program Management Team at Jibo and as a Scrum Master for the Character AI and Conversational Technologies development teams. Responsibilities:• Implemented workflow processes and reporting structures for cross functional programs and structural changes • Recommended structural, tooling, and reporting changes for the development organization to increase efficiency and predictability • Ran sprint planning, retrospectives, stand-ups, and other meetings for development teams• Supported my teams through developing and QA testing to reach milestones on schedule Show less

  • Program Manager / Release Manager

    May 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Scrum Master

    Jul 2016 - May 2017

  • Robot Skills Producer

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2016
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  WarnerMedia

  Apr 2018 - Oct 2023

  Built and matured the program for a data analytics platform by developing lasting frameworks for project planning, sprint planning, work intake, and stakeholder communication, resulting in increased sprint velocity, less meetings, and fewer iterations with stakeholders.• Stewarded the set-up of new vendor data integrations and their ingestion into our data platform which enabled users to automate previously manual reports and lower the report generation time from days to minutes. • Built and maintained a project roadmap showing current and upcoming initiatives used for expectation management, resource management, strategic planning, and celebrating team accomplishments.• Assumed responsibilities in excess of role, including acting as program manager for an upstream data engineering team and building program frameworks for data science and product analytics teams. Show less

  • Senior Technical Program Manager

    Mar 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Program Manager

    Mar 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Associate Program Manager

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
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  Ampersand

  Mar 2024 - now

  Technical Program Manager