Manager Design Engineer

Neda Mandegaran

949-***-****, ****.**********@*****.***

SUMMARY A Go-getter! 8+ years of hands-on experience in Program/project and product management across multiple industries (Technology, Consulting, security, retail, food, …) with a consistent track record of personal success, professional promotion, and team development with demonstrated experience leading cross-functional multi- regional teams, across the entire product life cycle from idea to partner integration. Passionate about delivering the best to the customers: on-time, high quality product / services. Expert in managing and communicating with technical and non-technical teams at different organizational levels. Natural planner with a great command on details while understanding the big picture. EXPERIENCE Chef Koochooloo, Mountain View, CA (start-up) Nov 2016- Oct 2019 Program/Product Manager, Android application

- Trained Android and web developers to use Jira, to organize and supervise process of reporting and fixing bugs, and implementation of new requirements

- Audited backend and front end of the Android application which resulted in several changes in favor of simplification of the product

- Proposed and supervised implementation of new functional and visual features for Android application to make it more user-friendly

- Removed unnecessary features from the web applications for ease of use

- Worked on curriculum to incorporate STEM principals (EdTech) RSA, Security division of EMC

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, San Francisco, CA Sep 2013-- May 2015

Senior Product Manager

- Successfully shipped beta version of the mobile application and 4 consecutive revisions

- Led full product life cycle of mobile apps – from initial concept definitions through product launch

- Planned and executed partners relations: introduction, gathering requirements, managing expectations, integration, troubleshooting, performing demos

- Created and executed master release plan for mobile application

- Trained and supervised new developers/QA team in 4 time zones to create and run test cases for Android and iOS mobile apps

- Sole scrum master for 3 teams : iOS, Android and cloud services

- Managed cross-functional sprint/daily meetings, provided proactive coordination with 10 other scrum teams, enhanced visibility and drove closure of issues

- Created weekly progress reports for top management, Identified and escalated blockers and proposed solutions

- Recipient of peer bonuses from usability testing and UX teams. Track record of consistently meeting and exceeding expectations in all performance reviews.

- Collaborated with Marketing on product launch initiatives and social-networking-based promotions PassBan Corporation, San Francisco, CA (start-up) Aug 2012– Aug 2013 Acquired by RSA, Start-up company offering multi--factor authentication (voice/Face recognition, location and motion detection ) on Android and iOS devices

Project/product Manager, Mobile Access Management

- Worked closely with CEO to define deliverables to meet business & technology needs

- Organized and managed software development meetings with 12 developers in 2 countries

- Led usability studies to improve product quality

- Identified and resolved prioritization issues, managed escalations and utilized JIRA to improve performance

& time management

- Assisted CEO in launching product at DEMO fair and 2 open house events for 1000 people

- Analyzed technology partnership opportunities in security, financial and healthcare industries and made recommendations to CEO

- Created and audited test cases to ensure consistency with technical and market requirements

- Managed onboarding of first 3 partners of the company Sharif Management Consulting Group (SMCG), Tehran, Iran May 2006– Sep 2011 Leading management consulting firm active in power and oil & gas industries, with 20 employees Project Manager

- Was promoted to take over all project management responsibilities due to successfully managing a team of 9 people and on-time delivery of the results

- Created first ever technology strategy for National Gas Company (gas industry) in a 2-year project

- Managed and actively participated in 3 concurrent projects Strategy Consultant

- Audited products, processes, marketing & corporate strategies, and revenue and created Credit Rating handbook

- Organized and prioritized research process on customer-centric IT strategies for power industry

“purchase or build” strategy applied across power industry’s customer service Aria Commercial Kitchen, Tehran, Iran Feb 2010- Sep 2011 CEO

- Allocated staff & budget to marketing and sales departments to increase sales by 8%

- Increased sales by additional 14% in 19 months by expanding to a new market segment and introducing new profitable products to existing portfolio

- Saved 7% of the cost by scheduling delivery services and eliminating unnecessary trips between warehouse & customers, and extra 5% by designing & implementing new inventory control system

- Negotiated with multiple vendors in different continents to get better price and shorter lead time

- Was recognized as the most successful start up in “Kitchen and bath annual trade fair” in 2007 Sama, Tehran, Iran Oct 2008- Jan 2010

Electrical Design Engineer

- Designed hardware and DSP software for coders using assembly (software design)

- Tested the application and integration of the coders (hardware design and testing) EDUCATION MBA, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 2005 Ranked 1st most competitive University in Iran

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology(Tehran Polytechnic) Ranked 3rd most competitive Technical University in Iran 2001

“SCRUM Product Owner” course, Mountain goat software, Santa Clara, CA 2015

“Business Analysis” training course, Beta Soft Systems Company, Fremont, CA 2012

“Operations Management for Small and Medium Enterprises” Mediterranean Institute of Management

(MIM), Nicosia, Cyprus 2006

“Operations Management” Premier Access Company (based in Sacramento, CA), India 2006 SKILLS

- Cross-cultural / cross-time zone / cross-functional team leadership

- Strategic planning - Product management

- Saas mobile applications - Process improvement

- Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Agile methodologies, Jira, VersionOne

- SQL, C, MATLAB, HTML, Assembly, Excel QM, Visio, MSP, MS Suite, G Suite

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