Business Analyst Product Owner
Resume:
Robert “Brian” Yeager
Charlotte, NC 28205
************@*****.***
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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