Product Owner Business Intelligence

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TROY EDIE

******@*****.*** 443-***-**** Sunderland, MD 20689

Visionary and strategic leader that led a team of two software engineers as a Product Owner from a startup greenfield company to a profitable 25 million dollar a year revenue business. Adept at driving product strategy and innovation. Proven ability to leverage data and intelligence to create high-value solutions, with a strong foundation in green field prototype development, data engineering, data science, geospatial analysis, and traffic analysis. A unique skill set with both commercial and DoD success with 20+ years of experience advising at the highest levels of the Intelligence Community. Developed unique SIGDEV capabilities that generated valuable foreign intelligence addressing priority commanders intelligence requirements. Seeking to apply expertise in data-driven product development and AI/ML integration as an Product Owner and executive in the dynamic world of Data and AI/ML. Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

User-centered design

Product backlog management

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Requirements gathering

Feature prioritization

A/B testing

Jira/Confluence proficiency

Business Intelligence (Tableau, Power BI, Palintir) Systems integration

Database management

Operational support

Training development

Team collaboration

Process optimization

Strategic planning

Effective communication

Legal compliance awareness

Risk assessment capabilities

Team leadership experience

Professionalism and integrity

Strategy development

Customer relationship development

Market trend analysis

Analytical skills

Problem-solving aptitude

SIGINT tasking

Geolocation techniques

Collection management

Clarity Innovations and CarbonReach

Columbia, MD

Director of Product

01/2016 - 01/2025

Designed and developed three external web applications and one internal application in under two years that were the foundation of a startup company

Led the development and launch of new product features, resulting in an increase in user engagement and additional seat license purchases that doubled profitability 4 years straight

Marketed custom UI, API, analytics, and ML products to both commercial and government customers

Evaluated and curated numerous unique data sources that were used as the basis of our data holdings and product offerings Created ETL pipelines for ingest of 60+ billion records a day into a cloud based FOSS data lake

Leveraged Tableau and other Business Intelligence tools to create working application prototypes from sample data

Built custom analytics using Spark and other big data tools for priority Summary

Skills

Experience

customers

Worked with a UX team using working business intelligence prototypes to generate workflows and a front end user experience that became the gold standard in the industry

Selected both front end and back end FOSS technology stack that scaled to deliver on requirements that differentiated our applications within the marketplace

Specialized in strategic planning, market analysis, and user experience optimization

Excelled in leadership, communication, and problem-solving to drive team success and product excellence

Facilitated cross-functional team collaboration to prioritize product backlog items based on user feedback and market analysis

Conducted user research to identify key pain points and successfully implemented design changes that improved customer satisfaction Developed and maintained a comprehensive yearly product roadmap aligned with business objectives, ensuring strategic alignment across development teams

Proactively managed stakeholder expectations by providing regular updates on product progress and addressing concerns throughout the development lifecycle

Estimated software development costs, schedule, and prioritized to meet company leadership's strategic goals

Reviewed existing programs and assisted in making refinements, reducing operating time and improving current capabilities

Generated and maintained application design artifacts, dataflows, coding, testing, debugging and other documentation

Responsible for quality assurance review and the evaluation of existing and new software products and features prior to deployment Analyzed any newly identified security vulnerabilities and deficiencies within the cloud platform

Performed gap analysis, researched and evaluated commercial products capable of eliminating vulnerabilities or deficiencies within the applications

Designed, validated, and implemented access controls as part of the systems and service solutions

Defined, coordinated, and scheduled testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities with customers

Virginia Systems & Technology, Inc.

Collection Manager

01/2011 - 01/2016

Led the strategic direction and management of collection requirements for a high-priority Intelligence Community mission, aligning with national security objectives

Managed and authored collection requirements for tactical and national systems across all SIGINT disciplines, ensuring data integrity and quality Pioneered the integration of geolocation into the mission, enhancing intelligence value and developing crucial training and processes Collaborated with systems engineers to optimize productivity of prototype tools, contributing to a 50% reduction in team train-up time Pioneered a cutting edge, high profile mission identified by DIRNSA as

'vital to the war on terrorism.'

Developed creative approaches to source identification and prosecution, fine tuning analytic processes using multiple legacy and prototype tools, resulting in a source intelligence productivity increase of an estimated 500%

Ensured data platform capabilities are aligned with broader organizational vision

Collection Manager for a challenging and high priority Intelligence Community mission that requires daily utilization of a myriad of skills and experience to include collection, analysis, new mission development, data-flow, systems integration, SIGINT tasking, processing, and exploitation

Provide collection management at a strategic as well as system specific level, requiring knowledge of the national collection posture as well as specifics for each individual system such as tasking and data-flow Responsible for the management and authoring of collection requirements for both tactical and national systems covering all SIGINT disciplines Monitor the health of collection systems and release appropriate outage messages to the IC

Utilizes detailed knowledge of existing architecture and system capabilities to provide direction for the development and integration of new capabilities and deployment of collection systems

Ensure data produced by collection systems populates national databases for optimal consumption by analysts

Virginia Systems & Technology, Inc.

Geo Specialist

01/2010 - 01/2011

Provided comprehensive support for a high-priority Intelligence Community mission, encompassing analysis, collection, and systems integration

Delivered actionable intelligence and force protection, contributing to hundreds of reports for national decision-makers

Provided support for all aspects of high priority Intelligence Community mission to include analysis, collection, new mission development, and systems integration

Virginia Systems & Technology, Inc.

SIGINT Geospatial Analyst (SGA)

01/2006 - 01/2010

Served as Subject Matter Expert for all aspects of two high-priority Intelligence Community missions

Pioneered a groundbreaking capability for Counter-IED targeting, delivering actionable intelligence and force protection to forward deployed units

Developed a unique analytic process, becoming the primary intelligence source for a multi-agency working group

Pioneered an unprecedented capability, from inception to implementation that provides Counter-IED targeting, force protection, and actionable intelligence for forward deployed units on a daily basis Developed a unique analytic process, and worked to integrate this process into the daily mission resulting in hundreds of reports, and was the catalyst and primary source of intelligence for a recently established multi- agency working group

Worked with FTM to develop new capabilities in support of the Counter-IED targeting mission

Utilizes detailed knowledge of existing architecture and system capabilities to provide direction for the development and integration of new capabilities

Virginia Systems & Technology, Inc. Field

site (UK)

SIGINT Geospatial Analyst (SGA)

01/2004 - 01/2006

US Army Field Site

Geospatial Metadata Analyst

01/2001 - 01/2004

Provided the user input from the senior analyst perspective for many software development processes, which greatly enhanced the community's analytic capabilities and mission execution

Implemented team training requirements and authored a comprehensive team Job Qualification Standard (JQS), which decreased train up time by 50%

Regularly coordinated with systems engineers to optimize productivity of prototype tools vital to team and community efforts Developed creative approaches to source identification and prosecution, fine tuning analytic processes using multiple legacy and prototype tools, resulting in a source intelligence productivity increase of an estimated 500%

US Army Fort Hood, overseas

deployments

Cryptologic Intelligence Analyst

01/1996 - 01/2001

Colorado Technical University

Masters in Cybersecurity

University of Maryland University College

BS in Computer and Information Science

Defense Language Institute

Graduate of the Arabic Language Program in Arabic Language Program 3/3 03/2003

SCRUM Product Owner Certification

Arabic, Full Professional

NETA1004, Overview of NSA Exploiting Net

0155, GSM Technical Overview

0134, IP Version 6

0125, Fundamentals of Location

COMP3316, Perl Programming

EA 40, Intro to Signal Processing MI

Arabic Language Program, 3/3, Defense Language Institute, 03/01/03 Primary Leadership Development Course

Advanced Individual Training

Intelligence Museum scholarship winner

Volunteer for combating human trafficking with numerous organizations Education

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Military Education And Training History

Activities and Awards

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