Elisabeth Morin
Carrollton, TX *****
***************@*****.***
Certified Scrum Product Owner. Certified Scrum Master and Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager. Experience in Airline, Construction, Healthcare, Tax and Auto Industry ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Established the link between business and IT, utilizing analytical skills and continuous delivery. Able to communicate across departments and various levels of management.
Work Experience
Senior Development Product Owner USAA – Plano TX January 2020 to January 2023
Provide leadership and strategic direction for multiple teams by absorbing multiple roles (Product Manager/Product Owner/Scrum Master)
Effectively acted as a Scrum Master and PO, elevating a high potential team to a high-performance team
Created stories and demos that have been turned into a standard for all teams
Collaborated with external vendors to determine best path forward for Feature Store (reusable machine learning model)
Built trust and helped the teams succeed by bringing healthy challenge and pushing teams towards more mature Agile practices
Maintain stable and predictable sprint velocity through out AWS and Feature Store cloud transformation
Senior Product Owner Brierley & Partners - Frisco TX February 2019 to November 2020
Defined, developed and maintain the client vision to internal cross functional teams
Listen to clients’ needs and translate to internal teams through user stories, and Agile Ceremonies
Responsible for backlog and sprint prioritization
Develop and maintain external customer relationships
Leading the process of transformation to Agile for the entire company
Hold monthly Agile training sessions for future Product Owners
Act as Agile Coach and Trusted Agile Advisor
Product Owner Hilti USA - Plano, TX March 2018 to January 2019
Product Owner of software and services for the global construction sector.
Lead and direct core ceremonies and collaborate with other teams on dependencies
Engage with business stakeholders and customers to define and document business features
Program Increment (PI) Planning
Partner with technical staff to develop solutions
Establish best practices with teams new to Agile by using Jira, Confluence, Slack and Skype
Work with global off-shore teams
Technical Product Owner Wunderman Data Management, LLC June 2017 to March 2018
Lead Technical PO for the next generation Customer Engagement Platform development teams. The CEP platform will revolutionize how clients engage with their consumers by creating a highly scalable, portable, and flexible ecosystem to on-board all consumer interactions using AWS.
Guide Proxy Product Owners to success
Educate teams and management about Agile principles
Act as the interface between product management and engineering delivery teams
Create, prioritize, groom, and implement user stories (Rally)along with the ability to perform progress tracking and risk reporting (SQL queries utilized)
Lead user story grooming sessions and ensures a proper understanding of the business problems
Experience in working with technical teams in an out-sourced offshored environment.
Product Owner Cox Automotive Family May 2015 to June 2017
Perform Product Owner responsibilities practicing SAFe Agile for web-based and mobile software solutions by enhancing efficiency and profitability for major segments of the automotive retail industry including; Inventory, Performance Smart Chat, True Target, eBay and Book Valuation. Lead multiple innovative projects featured in the annual National Automobile Dealer Association Convention.
Senior Product Owner/BSA Epsilon November 2014 to May 2015
Act as a liaison between the client and the technical delivery teams for their premier products in an Agile environment.
Interface with the client and Epsilon technology delivery teams
Take part in requirements gathering sessions via client interviews
Support design and delivery of medium to large scale database solutions - Big Data
Work with and support technical staff in the design, development and testing of the solution
Performed all Agile Ceremonies
Senior eCommerce Strategist - Product Owner - (contractor) American Airlines August 2011 to October 2014
Responsible for delivering business value through technical solutions in an Agile environment. Engaged in multiple products including Mobile, MyAccount (customer profile), Merchandising, International SMS and Customer Notification Engine.
Tracking competitive online environment
Created SOWs and negotiated pricing with external vendors
Collaborated with assigned business units and upper management
Defined and created user stories
Utilized Rally to track User Stories and team progress
Prioritized the backlog according to business value and stakeholder input
Conducted backlog grooming sessions to ensure team understands scope
Experienced with off shore and off-site Team Management
Daily iteration with the project team via daily stand-ups and regular meetings
Conducted end of iteration demonstrations to a wider audience
Proven ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize opportunities
Created Carrier Program Briefs in accordance to Domestic and International Guidelines
Responsible for product roadmap and prioritization
Software Engineer/Configuration Manager Contract at Internal Revenue Service March 2004 to August 2011
Assumed responsibility of Configuration Manager in 2010. Direct reports included the build manager, backup build manager and assistant. Actively participated in the successful recertification of the company's CMMI Level 2 for the Configuration Management process area. Previously ISO9000. Maintained code, for a program used by IRS Auditors, revenue agents, tax examiners, appeals staff, customer service representatives, and other functional support personnel.
Education
Executive MBA, Texas Women's University, May 2011
B.B.A. in Business Computer Information Systems University of North Texas
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager