Mark Sixbey

About Mark Sixbey

DMAIC Lean SixSigma Green BeltDfLSS Green BeltDfLSS Black BeltScrum Master CertificationProduct Owner CertificationSpecialties: Leadership, Software Design, Agile Development, Software Development, Color Science, Soft Skills, Coaching Skills, Application Design, Database Design

Experience

1. Principal Engineer Office Strategy and Planning Manager

   Xerox

   Jun 2013 — Present · Rochester, NY, US

   I am responsible for Product Planning for the Xerox Office Portfolio. My responsibilities include: interfacing with the various development teams (both Xerox and Fuji Business Innovations teams) to communicate requirements, working with the development teams to ensure that the deliveries meet the requirements, bench-marking competitive offerings, capturing additional requirements so they can be assessed and prioritized for the business, and obtaining worldwide buy-in from Sales and Marketing representatives across the entire value chain. As part of my responsibilities during launch cycles, I work directly with the Marketing and Training teams to communicate feature content, value and assessment against the competition.On top of my planning role, I\'m working with other engineering teams to re-define how we work together and leverage best practices to create a cohesive Xerox story.Since 2019, I\'ve expanded my role to work across multiple teams within Xerox focusing on collaboration on special projects. These projects are driven by the Executive Board and aimed at overall business simplification and transformation activities.As a side project, I converted our current process of managing product requirements via an Excel spreadsheet and converted to use a C++ application that interfaced with a relational database. From the application, users can generate MS Excel spreadsheets and MS Word documents for planning purposes. A dynamic document builder component allows quick and easy generation of White Papers and technical documents from the details within the requirements. Now requirements can be shared across multiple teams and managed by more than one person.

Education

• Virginia Tech

  Engineering

  1986 — 1989

• Averett University

  BS

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Soft Skills
• Six Sigma
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Database Design
• Lean Software Development
• Software Engineering
• .net
• Oop
• Multithreading
• Influence at All Levels
• Creative Problem Solving
• Iterative Methodologies
• Software Design Patterns
• Public Speaking
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Java
• Color Management
• Unix
• 4gl
• Coaching
• People Management
• Database Development
• Crucial Confrontations
• Software Project Management
• C
• Databases
• Color Correction
• Clearcase
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• C++
• Automated Software Testing
• Agile Project Management
• Test Automation
• Technical Leadership
• Uml
• Dflss
• Strategy
• Dmaic