Robert “Brian” Yeager

**** ****** ***

Charlotte, NC 28205

980-***-****

ad3efd@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/brian-yeager-software-professional

Summary

Results-oriented Business Analyst/Product Owner with a proven track record of success delivering widely used, high performing, and defect free software solutions for a variety of industries. A motivated team player with demonstrated ability to envision, document, and clearly communicate end to end solutions across multi-functional teams to align with project goals and user needs.

Experience

February 2023 - PRESENT

Experis supporting Bank of America, Charlotte, NC - Business Analyst

●Lead team level Program Increment (PI) planning events to create an agreed upon project roadmap.

●Identify and track dependencies to ensure project delivery is not impacted.

●Project management at a team level to concurrently deliver multiple Open Banking data APIs.

●Use Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles to perform sprint planning, story refinement, and backlog management for multiple scrum teams.

●Ensure releases meet change management standards by overseeing Jira assets.

April 2022 - February 2023

Millennium Group supporting USAA, Charlotte, NC - Program Development Product Owner

●Define Program Increment workloads for five development teams..

●Perform capacity planning to enable distribution of features to teams.

●Utilize Rally and Jira tools to define feature backlog items with technology and business stakeholders.

●Lead project intake meetings to determine program impact and project sizing.

●Refine features by eliciting requirements and gaining technical buy in prior to handing off to development teams.

Accomplishments / Recognition:

●Was promoted to manage the entire program’s roadmap and intake process shortly after joining as an individual team Product Owner.

November 2018 - February 2022

Bank of America, Charlotte, NC - Product Owner

●Utilized SAFe principles to simultaneously manage development of multiple features from genesis to production deployment.

●Systematically plan development projections at quarterly Program Increment events based upon dependencies from internal/external teams and release timelines.

●Diplomatically negotiate project requirements and scope with UI/UX team, line of business, and technology stakeholders.

●Create and manage story backlog based upon business requirements, priority, and capacity.

●Managed regulatory deliveries such as: Change Management standards, ADA standards, Self-Identified Audit Issue (SIAI) remediation, and meeting Legal Risk and Compliance requirements.

Accomplishments/Recognition:

●Delivered an account recovery project that took in over $100K in the first month of production.

●Routinely recognized by both my team and stakeholders as a key player in timely delivering defect free solutions.

November 2017 - October 2018

HomeSmart International, Scottsdale, AZ - Product Owner

●Road mapping upcoming features in order to maintain senior leadership visibility.

●Milestone management to ensure timely software releases.

●Collaboration on new process flow for software development processes (Agile, Scrum, Kanban)

●Production support for issues reported by internal and external user base.

October 2010 - September 2017

Premier Inc, Charlotte, NC - Business Analyst

●Aided in the implementation of a first of its kind clinician performance dashboard utilized by practitioners across the United States.

●Facilitated training calls and in person presentations of application functionality and new features to internal training team and client user base.

Education

July 2019 - January 2020

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC - Full Stack Web Developer Certificate

Completed an intensive Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp.

January 1993 - May 1997

Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA - Bachelor of Arts

Obtained a Bachelors in Electronic Media and a Minor in Business Management.

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