Zachary Smith
Transforming Software Engineering Operations and Doctoral Candidate
- Role
- Staff Technical Program Manager (Mobile App) at Ford Motor Company
- Location
- Royal Oak, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Zachary Smith
Interested in leading teams for the future of Smart Cities and Mobility
Experience
Staff Technical Program Manager (Mobile App)
Feb 2024 — Present
Mobile App TPM team delivering results with 105 engineers, 14 engineering managers and 21 product managers.• Drive dependency alignment, engineering estimates and priority for projects impacting up to users.• Responsible for transforming/creating an agile organization with a new way of working.• Instituted definition of done criteria and acquired buy-in across product, engineering and design.• Hosted roles and responsibilities workshop to successfully develop a team-created definition across the organization.• Partner with engineering to operate their teams how they wish while still meeting organizational level process needs.• Influence teams to turn product requirements into actionable work, catch roadblocks, set milestones and release.
Education
Oregon State University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Analytics
University of Wollongong
Study Abroad - Australia, Logistics & Information Systems
Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A), Supply Chain and Information Systems
Purdue University
Master of Science (M.S), Engineering Technology
Purdue University
Doctor of Technology (D.Tech), Information Systems
2019 — 2026
Skills
- Time Management
- Public Speaking
- Technology
- Customer Service
- Customer Satisfaction
- Access
- Writing
- Networking
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Customer Oriented
- Commitments
- Data Entry
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Leadership
- Project Planning
- Social Networking
- Management
- Excel - Spreadsheet Modeling
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Team Leadership
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