journey
Currently in Tuscaloosa, AL as a Ph.D. student in MIS, teaching assistant, and a researcher at the University of Alabama.
from industry to academia. continuously improving.
Project management, transformation, agile, information systems development. Four countries, seven companies, industries from packaging to banking. Over a decade leading teams and leaders. A bachelor's, an MBA, a master's, and now a PhD. Why take a career off the shelf when I can build my own?
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B.S. Management
2002–2006
B.S., Management and Marketing
Started on a full tuition waiver. First research project — customer satisfaction at a travel agency — still picks up citations.
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Marketing Assistant
2006–2008
Marketing Assistant
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Program Manager
2008–2014
Program Manager, Product Quality
Owned product-quality and customer-experience portfolios for Latin American markets, carrying scope, budget and schedule with C-level stakeholders. Bronze Award.
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M.B.A.
2008–2010
M.B.A., Management
Formal grounding in management to match what the project work was already teaching.
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Engineering Manager
2014–2017
Engineering Manager & Senior Project Manager
Led an engineering team and seven project managers across a 30-project, ~$10M/year portfolio. Shipped a mobile collateral-mapping app, a credit-collection tool and a BPM system.
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M.S. Management
2016–2017
M.S., Management
Research on the competencies required of IT project managers — the first real pull toward studying how people work with technology.
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Enterprise Agile Coach
2018–2019
Enterprise Agile Coach
Turned a 300-person, 35-team unit into an innovation lab and rolled out OKR with senior leadership.
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Agile Coach
2019–2022
Agile Coach Expert, Research & Development
Moved continents. Built a New Product Development process that carried products from research into production, guided a Community of Practice, and led the shift to remote for R&D teams in Italy and Sweden.
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Lead Agile Coach
2022–2023
Lead Agile Coach
Built and managed a team of four across Data and Supply Chain, designed a coaching framework and a global product discovery process, and co-led the Berlin Gender Equality team.
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Head of Business Agility
2023–2025
Head of Business Agility
Led a global team of 30+ including other leaders, owning hiring, coaching and performance — and orchestrated the evolution of the software development lifecycle to integrate AI.
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Ph.D. in MIS
2025–2029
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems
Left industry for research at a 4.0 GPA. Teaching assistant for MBA MIS511 and MIS200, guest lecturer on IT project management and AI, and named Outstanding PhD Teaching Assistant in MIS.