Allan Shiers
Technical Program Management Leader @Samsara
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Program Management Leader @Samsara
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems, General
SKILLS
ABOUT ALLAN SHIERS
Allan is a results-driven senior leader with over 15 years of experience, renowned for strategic thinking and leadership skills. He demonstrates a proven track record of excellence in Product Strategy, Program Execution, Solution Implementation, Business Analysis, Needs Assessment, Team Leadership, Operations Streamlining, Strategic Reporting, and Cost Control. Allan contributed to the success of major initiatives and drove profitability at renowned companies including Meta (WhatsApp), Amazon, Oracle (Cerner), and T-Mobile.To connect with Allan, feel free to email him at a••••••••@gmail.com. He looks forward to engaging in meaningful conversations and exploring new professional opportunities.Key Accomplishments- Led high-performing teams at WhatsApp (Meta), serving 2 billion daily users.Implemented cost optimization strategies resulting in a remarkable cost reduction of over $140 million across 3 years at Amazon- Directed a high-stakes project worth $1.6+ billion at Amazon, ensuring regional compliance with data sovereignty regulations through product, system, and tool regionalization- Achieved significant time savings by reducing customer onboarding time by 40%, saving over 550 engineering weeks annually at Oracle (Cerner)- Successfully managed end-to-end implementation and support programs for critical systems across a network of 400+ stores at Buckle, Inc.Certifications:Project Management Professional (PMP)| AWS Technical Essentials | Developing on AWS | Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)| Six Sigma Green BeltTechnology: Hadoop | Hive | Hue | Map/Reduce | Oozie | Spark | Chef | Zabbix | Ansible | Tez | DataMeer | Ambari | Storm | Puppet | Kafka | Kudu | GitHub | MySQL | JIRA, Splunk | Navigator | Rally | Assembla | Gitlab | Cloudera | Tableau | Vertica | Hortonworks | AWS | Business Objects | Various Proprietary SoftwareSkills:Organization Leadership | Program Management | Agile Development | Product Strategy | Cost Management | Strategic Planning | Cultural Leadership | AWS Technologies | Hadoop Ecosystem | Basic Python
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