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Manager Management

Location:
Arlington, VA, 22203
Posted:
August 07, 2011

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GARY GRINEV

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Cell: 571-***-****

Arlington, VA 22203 (relocating to San Francisco)

****@*******.***

SUMMARY

Innovative, results oriented product manager that brings many years of

synergy of business and technical skills of IT applications/product

management experience in quality-driven environments. Experience in product

vision, technology roadmap, benefit analysis, market/competitive analysis

prior to launch, and product requirements. Waterfall and Agile full

lifecycle experience in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle

(SDLC) with a solid track record of managing multiple projects that

delivers value for the business and users. Leverage a collaborative

leadership style who is able to inspire and lead cross functional, multi-

disciplinary teams to drive projects from concept to benefit realization.

"Go Getter" attitude with startup experience and excellent communication,

presentation, analytical, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified Project Management Professional Certified Product Manager (CPM)

(PMP)

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Contributor to "e-Business and

Rational Subject Matter Expert e-Commerce How to Program"

System Analysis & Design Certified Lean & Agile Principles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Five Grapes, LLC

Mclean, VA

Product Manager/ScrumMaster 2007

- Present

Led product management and development of customized, web-based application

for managing inventory, sales, and wine data for a retail wine start-up.

The application provides users with the ability to manage data and features

complex algorithms for managing relationships between wine data.

. Held the vision for the application of technology, translating ideas

into clear, actionable business requirements and recommendations that

formed, User Stories, Product Requirements Document (PRD), and System

Design Document (SDD)

. With the executive team and customer collaboration, developed and

managed the Technology Roadmap

. Performed Business Case Analysis on whether to launch a proposed

initiative, calculating ROI, potential growth rates, and market

penetration

. Worked with marketing group in creating wire frames/mockups and

launched corporate and retail websites

. Served as ScrumMaster and led cross-functional team of five developers

and testers (onshore/offshore); led to a transparency into procedures

to track and prioritize issues, define product releases, and metrics

for success

. Managed overall delivery of application including prototyping, design,

testing, and implementation by prioritizing 2-4 week agile iterations

. Managed overall budget, $500k, project plan, feature priority, and

development team to maximize efficiency in a constantly changing and

growing environment

. Incorporated usability testing and studies into the application to

enhance user experience

. Led integration of web-based application with QuickBooks Enterprise,

FedEx, and Linkpoint by leveraging Application Program Interfaces

(APIs)

Demonstrated Accomplishments:

. Launch of retail websites generated 24% increase in company revenue

over a six month period

. Enabled efficient online inventory management across several retail

brands reducing processing time by 77%

Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Washington, DC Consultant, Technology Integration

2009 - Present

Member of the Federal Government Healthcare Practice for the Department of

Defense (DoD). Served as Product Manager under the Director of Systems

Engineering within Military Health Systems (MHS).

. Assisted in the determination of long-term strategies, development

priorities, and fiscal viability of planned products

. Developed detailed business plan for new healthcare products and

subsequent releases to ensure maximum ROI

. Evaluated market trends and translated the analysis into product

features and benefits to ensure optimum product adoption

. Performed analysis on all new capabilities requested by various MHS

services to determine if a technology solutions is needed; materiel

solution vs. non-materiel solution

. Developed Functional Requirements Documents (FRD) to assess the needs

for new products, determine customer base, and plan the launch of new

products

. Created product plan to serve as the overall schedule consisting of

the rationale for development along with a schedule for the design,

build, test, validation, and release to end-users

. Conducted training sessions on DoD Web 2.0 technologies (AKO and

milSuite)

Demonstrated Accomplishments:

. Translated DoD 5000.02 Product Acquisition Lifecycle from a focus on

non-IT products to IT product lifecycle

. Reduced effort related to product documentation 54 documents to 16

documents

Beers+Cutler

Vienna, VA

Senior Consultant, Business Information Systems

2007 - 2009

Created customized, advanced platform from the ground-up for handling

company's litigation support practice.

. Defined database schema and built platform built MS SQL Server and

Integration Services

. Transformed raw data into case-critical information for litigation

team through a series of sophisticated analyses including advanced

data mining, sampling models, and statistical analysis

. Empowered financial analysts with easy access to data and running of

queries

. Trained internal members on using system and writing comprehensive SQL

queries

Functional lead in defining network reporting requirements for a large

wireless carrier.

. Oversaw requirements definition sessions with C-suite executives to

facilitate development of cutting-edge, next-generation mobile

broadband network

. Evaluated, overhauled, and redesigned processes and procedures of

future system to enable ease of use for all user levels, from

technical engineer to C-suite leadership

Demonstrated Accomplishments:

. Reduced damages by 10% ($80 million) through data mining techniques

. Established indexing and relational table to reduce processing time by

30%

Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Washington, DC Consultant, Technology Integration

2005 - 2007

Member of the Business team responsible in the gathering and management of

requirements for a custom J2EE financial system for federal government

client.

. Assisted in Joint Application Development (JAD) client meetings to

define functional requirements

. Developed wire frames using iRise

. Utilized UML framework to develop Use Cases and Activity Diagrams

. Assisted developers in the creation of Sequence and Collaboration

diagrams

Technical lead to enable seamless communication for a custom integration

between DoubleClick and Salesforce for a large network solution provider.

. Created the technical design documents and participated in JAD

sessions as the technical representative

. Developed test plans and test cases per functional requirements and

design specifications

. Led design session meetings with internal IT department for validation

by IT developers against functional specifications

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA April

2010 - August 2011

Masters of Science, Management of Information Technology

Courses: Enterprise Architecture, Database Management, Business Process

Management, Emerging Technologies,

IT Project Management, Project Cost Management, Service Oriented

Architecture, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Risk Management, Process

Integration, Strategic Management

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS, CT

September 2001 - May 2005

Bachelor of Science

Major: Computer Science GPA: 3.2

Minor: Business Administration GPA: 3.9

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OS: MS Windows 7 & Server Databases: MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS

Programming Languages: SQL, HTML, C++, Access

XML, Visual Basic, PHP, Java CRM: SugarCRM, SalesForce, Joomla!

Modeling: MS Visio, IBM Rational System Testing: TestDirector, Bugzilla,

Architect, Sparx EA, ERwin, DIA, iRise Selenium IDE

Requirements Management: IBM RequistePro Other: MS Office, MS Project, QuickBooks

Enterprise Edition, VersionOne,

Agilefant, PivotalTracker

HOBBIES

Skiing Avid basketball/soccer player and fan

Fishing Ping Pong

Food and Wine Emerging Technologies



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