Michael Xenakis

About Michael Xenakis

Nearly 30 years’ experience as an engineer, technical manager, product designer and team…

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   AIM Consulting Group

   Sep 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Technical Program Manager and Account Executive for Chicago-based, Auguste Escoffier culinary institute, leading development of a web application for managing student externships. Responsible for requirements intake and translation, facilitating cross-functional sessions, to design both system architecture and user experience. Lead refinement meetings and prioritize feature roadmaps for client stakeholders based on established measures of impact. Program has successfully achieved consistent, production deployments, matching two-week sprints for more than two years since initial go-live.• Interim Practice Director for Digital Experience practice of ten FTEs, during exploratory period by the firm. Given high-level target KPIs, developed annual strategic plan with monthly targets and quarterly goals for business expansion, succeeding in exceeding annual,$13M revenue target during my tenure.• Engagement Manager for a team of four consultants, embedded in Pokémon’s Bellevue-based digital game studio. Consultants include Game Design, UX Design, UI Design and Game Production roles. Partner with game studio manager to navigate ongoing refinement of the studio’s needs. Provide mentorship to individual team members to maximize their success, based on shifting needs of the studio.• Partnered with Alaska Airlines product design teams, to develop and moderate conference panel discussions for their inaugural design conference. Topics included the intersection of design and engineering and strategies for approaching product innovation.• Personnel manager for a team of ten consultants across a variety of consulting disciplines. Responsible for hiring decisions, mentoring on definition and achievement of quarterly goals and educational plans, as well as providing primary advocacy on promotion readiness.

Education

• Rutgers University

  BS, Economics

  1990 — 1995

• University of Washington

  Master of Urban Planning (MUP), Urban Planning and Design

  2008 — 2010

• Rutgers University

  BS, Computer Science

  1990 — 1995

• University of Washington

  Master of Public Administration (MPA), Public Administration

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Strategy
• Mobile Devices
• Strategic Planning
• Web Applications
• Mobile Applications
• Scrum
• Javaserver Pages (Jsp)
• Javascript
• Project Planning
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Process Improvement
• Analysis
• Objective-C
• Sql
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Program Management
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Php
• Webobjects
• Leadership
• Product Management
• Java
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership