Faith W.

About Faith W.

A seasoned veteran with over 25 years of leadership and management experience building applications across a plethora of platforms and industries. An innovator and thought leader with extensive experience in formulating a vision. Outlining the strategy, while leading and participating in teams that transform vision into execution. Unique skillset and experience in a wide spectrum of industries. Proven track record of building highly complex, highly scalable solutions across multiple product lines with a high degree of quality, scale-ability, and reliability. Demonstrable performance in meeting aggressive deadlines and financial commitments while taking calculated risks with new and unproven technology and maturing organizations that result in new industry trends. For example taking a picture of your check to deposit it, or your car to file a claim. Well-rounded, highly likable personality, with a keen sense of community and social responsibility in addition to corporate responsibility.

Experience

1. Senior Product Owner

   DataBank

   May 2023 — Present · US

   Efficiently managed the necessary resources, orchestration software vendors, as well as resellers, hardware costs, and agreements with Dell, MetalSoft, and SHI a Dell installation vendor- Develop in-depth strategic outlines of business processes including pricing and costing to support the implementation of the first BMaaS rollout- Prepare and maintain product (Wiki) documentation and process flowcharts/diagrams of product business rules, history, intentions, realized return on investment (ROFR/KPI), and sales data sheets, while facilitating training on MetalSoft for IT and call center admins- Chair cross-functional meetings with stakeholders and management, communicating status updates on project roadmap activities- Formulate and execute a strategic end-to-end roadmap of activities and service definitions to launch BMaaS in a complex data center environment- Serve as a key liaison with vendors, stakeholders, and C-level executives to measure the scale and costs associated with the product release in accordance with strategic goals while maintaining a roadmap for management visibility.Key Highlights- Exemplified industry expertise in executing competitive analysis of other companies offering Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS); evaluating their delivery methods, pricing, and offerings as well as their orchestration software selection capabilities; and recommending MetalSoft as Orchestration software solution- Displayed competency in driving the company’s product vision by selling BareMetal as a Service (BMaaS) at a Data Center level to Fortune 500 customers, resulting in increased revenue and market share- Optimized internal activities associated with product roadmap delivery to guarantee the achievement of all product management goals within the allotted timeframe budget throughout the product life cycle.

Education

• SMU Cox School of Business

  Board of Directors, Digital Business Program

  2016 — 2023

• Microsoft Education Partner

  Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure

• Scrum 101

  Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO), Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO)

• Georgia Piedmont Technical College

  Associates, Science

  1995 — 1997

• SMU Cox School of Business

  Digital Acceleration Certification, Business/Commerce, General

• Microsoft Education Partner

  Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Skills

• User Experience
• User Interface Design
• Information Architecture
• Web Development
• Web Design
• E-Commerce
• SEO
• Photoshop
• Agile
• Content Management
• Interaction Design
• Web Applications
• Application Development
• Business Analysis
• Web Analytics
• Visual Studio
• .net
• Html5
• Sharepoint
• Dreamweaver
• Cms
• Visio
• Html
• Graphic Design
• Software Development
• Social Media
• Web Services
• Windows
• Mobile
• Sql Server
• Sql
• Ajax
• Apache
• Dhtml
• Xhtml
• Jquery
• Xml
• Javascript
• Css
• Vb.net