Lead program planning and execution for the UX team, aligning cross-functional efforts with company priorities. Streamlined intake and sprint processes to improve team efficiency and delivery. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and program leads to define quarterly goals, manage resources, and ensure on-time execution of key initiatives. Advocate for user-centered design and foster a collaborative, agile culture across teams.

Helped create and register nonprofit organization Sickle Cell 101 with the Secretary of State of California. Drafted and composed organization’s by-laws, Articles of Incorporation, and five year plan. Built website and set up social media accounts that generates followers on daily basis and over 2000 followers to date. Generated monthly newsletter, while conducting bi-monthly editorial meetings and recruiting volunteers for the editorial team. Created the promotional material, and organizations marketing. Organizing fundraiser for September 2014.

Empowered the Vehicle UX infotainment and Navigation UX team to deliver delightful in vehicle experiences. I ensured teams were able to deliver features on time for monthly releases. Created requirements with team leads and enabled designers to deliver experiences that met those requirements. Collaborated with the engineering team to ensure a timely hand off of UX wireframes and finished design assets. Reported status on a weekly basis to the Vehicle UX leadership (Directors and Senior VP). Assumed program management responsibilities. Developed quarterly plans for features and their deliveries. Built an intake process for the Vehicle UX team org and improved existing processes for Jira task tracking. Lead uptake and compliance of multi-team Scrum methodology. Created resource plans, budgets and proposals for upcoming experiences with design leads.

Worked closely with product managers and engineering leads to create feature delivery plans for multiple simultaneous projects. Ensured that requirements were followed by the UX designers. Led daily standup and other Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews, retrospective). Participated in bi-annual operational planning sessions.

Project Planning: Timeline planning, Resource planning, Task tracking, Budget, Stakeholder communication.

Procurement: Quotes, SLA, Proposals, NDA’s.

ISO9001 Quality representative

Planning and managing the yearly audit process.