Maria C. Flores

About Maria C. Flores

Technology Manager /Technical Program Manager— Insightful, analytical to the core, with proven ability to see both the big picture and the low-level details of any project and take it smoothly from inception to completion. PMP, Scrum Master.MULTIFACETED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE•In all areas of SDLC: feasibility study, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and user support.•Across a variety of industries: most recent focus on health care and e-commerce. •Working at all levels of organizations with high-pressure environments; both in start-ups and in traditional corporations.EXCELS AT•Mentoring and motivating team members, understanding different cultures, building cohesive teams. •Explaining complex technical issues clearly and simply, bridging the gap between executives, business strategists and technologists.•Optimizing processes and operations. •Data management, analysis and quality.•Herding felines…

Experience

1. Director, Technical Program Management

   Paperless Post

   May 2017 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Paperless Post is an e-commerce company with a twist: it’s a ‘DesignTech’ company.Some of what I have done here so far:• Started up the Technical Program Management function aligning Engineering, Product and Business leadership around new processes.• Implemented standard Scrum across 5 cross-functional feature teams with customized flows for scaling up.• Designed and implemented prioritization processes for request-driven workstreams and teams such as Data and Legacy.• Matured Data team evolving it from a recipient of low-level requests to a thought partner for Growth, Marketing, Product and other business teams.• Refreshed and rebuilt the QA function.• Directly managed large cross-team programs such as the launch of the second Paperless Post product (Flyer invitations), the monetization of Flyer and current confidential efforts.

Education

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Master's Degree, Computer Science

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

  Bachelor’s Degree, Physics

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  PhD candidate (ABD!), Computer Science

Skills

• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Architecture
• C#
• .net
• Resource Management
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Product Management
• Java
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Program Management
• Full Life-Cycle Management
• Business Analysis
• Xml
• Database Design
• Digital Publishing
• Risk Management
• Databases
• Relationship Management
• Release Management
• Software Development Project Management
• Shell Scripting
• Certified Scrum Master
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Javascript
• Project Management
• Content Management
• Data Warehousing
• Mysql
• Change Management
• Technical Project Delivery
• Sql
• Hibernate
• Waterfall
• Herding Cats
• Pmp
• Sdlc