Bonnie Aumann

Last updated December 15th 2011
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Bonnie Aumann

http://bonniea.com

Philadelphia, PA 19104 - USA

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Summary 
Agile Project Manager, Customer Advocate, Experimentalist

If there's one thing Bonnie knows how to do, it's how to bring out the strengths of those she's working with. She has worked with nonprofits and businesses alike to coordinate the build of compelling web-presences and tools. Fluent in business and geek speak alike, she facilitates strategy, design and development teams to help build better products, faster.

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Skills 
  • Agile (XP, Scrum, Lean) Software Development Management
  • Workflow Optimization and Automation
  • Remote and Distributed Development
  • Executable Documentation (FIT, Cucumber, BDD)
  • Pair Programming in Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Clojure
  • User Experience Design and Quality Assurance

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Publications 
Product Sashimi, Oct 2010
  • Workshop, presented with J.B. Rainsberger
  • Hands-on workshop that teaches three key techniques for delivering high value at low cost, turning product vision into reality soon.

Agile Philly, July 2010
  • Primer on the Theory of Constraints - For those of us who need brushing up on our language
  • Games to demonstrate TOC and the impact of Flow, while providing a refresher on the foundational materials that continue to influence software development organizations

Emerging Tech for the Enterprise, April 2010.
  • "Are your developers Bull$h~tt~ng you?"

BarCamp Philly, November 2009
  • "Dead dogs, Post-mortems and Agile Retrospectives: How to Save Your Team's Life"
  • "Hacking BarCamp: A Retrospective of the Day"

Agile Tour: Philadelphia edition. October 2009
  • "Planning Without Estimates"

Agile 2009 Conference
  • "Diagrams for understanding and improving Agile Practices", with co-author Arlo Belshee

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Work Experience 

Technical Director

July 2011 - Present

JESS3, Philadelphia and Detroit
Core Business: Interactive agency specializing in data visualization. Our client roster is a cross between Fortune 500 giants, media empires and start-up powerhouses.

Coordinating design, engineering and strategy to deliver on our creative engagement strategies. So far this has meant...

  • Improving QA process with addition of Jira/Bonfire integration to reduce developer/designer/customer friction and increasing feedback value during testing cycles
  • Developing and managing requirements for a new, hyper-interactive aggregation and sharing site
  • Dev team operations to give the VP of Engineering more time to code with the team
  • Coordinate overhaul and launch of two Facebook applications key to support the user-generated marketing strategy our team developed for a major brand


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Interim Director of Technology, Technical Project Manager

November 2010 - June 2011

Purpose, New York, NY
Core Business: Social Movement Building

Coordinated technology, design, and strategy departments to build twenty-first century movements.

  • Professionalized development operations and recruiting
  • Developed cost and pricing models
  • Built cross-functional production teams leading to higher employee and customer satisfaction

Clients included AllOut.org, GlobalZero, and Meu Rio.


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Agile Project Manager

June 2009 - November 2010

Algorithmics, Inc, Philadelphia, PA
Core Business: Enterprise Risk Solutions

Major Projects
  • Algo Connect: Algorithmic's initiative to transform the non-standardized, email based processes used in the collateral operations industry into an automated and scalable electronic messaging platform using bleeding edge technologies and agile development practices in an otherwise conservative culture. Developed team practices and collaborated with senior management to launch development.

  • Algo Connect Portal: First web-based Algo Collateral product, providing a window into the collateral management process performed by the full-service core platform. Managed client interactions with initial partners at a global financial services firm, including familiarizing vice presidents with agile techniques including story cards and paper prototyping to ensure high-value delivery under a compressed schedule.

Duties
  • Client interactions
  • Requirements gathering
  • Estimation and planning sessions
  • Retrospective facilitation
  • Team building


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Independent consultant

December 2008 - Present

bonnie_a consulting, Northeast USA
Core Business: Independent Strategy Consultant

Worked with individuals and organizations to conceptualize projects and develop actionable plans, assess needs, and improve work processes. Also managed information by designing relational databases and other tools. Built websites and performed other technical and management tasks as needed.

Clients include
  • Jewish Women's Archive, web-based educational non-profit
  • National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, organization for teaching business skills to underprivileged youth
  • Sound Counselling, leading mental health program for juvenile offenders of Macomb County, MI
  • Ruth Kalinka Designs, independent graphic design firm
  • ThreeMinuteMedia.com, digital media startup
  • Drs. Jayne Guberman and Jenny Sartori, a scholarly collaboration


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Vice President, Products

April 2008 - January 2009

DBIX Corporation, NYC - San Francisco
Core Business: Data Management Systems Start-up

  • Long-term structural product planning, managing prototype development
  • Managing external resources for outsourced projects
  • Maintaining company web presence
  • Producing researched documents related to investor acquisition.


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Business Analyst, Project Manager

October 2006 - April 2008

Cyrus Innovation, LLC, New York, NY
Core Business: Agile Software Development

Agile development shop, specializing in custom web applications using Agile methodology to deliver immediate value to our medium and large business clients in the financial and education industries.

  • Learned to quickly grasp the language of a client's business and connect with stakeholders
  • Fraternized with developers, leading to position as trusted translator with the business
  • Visualized project data (eg. burndown charts) for faster meetings and well-informed business decisions
  • Acquired nuanced understanding of relevant web-application technologies through pair programming in Java and Ruby, especially implementation of user interface design.


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Web Producer, Business Analyst, Project Manager

November 2004 - October 2006

Visual Trading Systems, LLC, New York, NY
IT arm of online foreign exchange brokerage Capital Market Services

  • Managed RUP software development life cycle for all web-related projects, including development and migration of corporate CMS, intranet and CRM portal.
  • Coordinated offshore PHP and Java development teams, as well as quality assurance and user acceptance testing.
  • Gathered, analyzed, and evaluated business and user needs in collaboration with department managers to improve internal business processes and supporting applications.
  • During platform transitions, eased user adoption with training materials and instruction.

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Education 

BA in Psychology, Minor in History, Minor in Art

2004

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Year Abroad in fine art, digital imaging, web design, comparative history

2003

Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia

 

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Affiliations/Conferences 
TEDxPhilly 2010, 2011 (production) ~ Agile 2010, 2011 Conference Volunteer ~ Lean Systems and Software Consortium ~ LSSC10 ~ Philly Emerging Tech for the Enterprise ~ BarCampPhilly 2009, 2011 ~ The Agile Alliance ~ Kanban Development ~ Philly Lambda ~ Agile Philly ~ The Agile Tour 2009, 2010 ~ Agile Conference 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

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