Software Development and Advanced Analytics Manager with over 15 years of experience in advanced analytics, software development, and team leadership experience.
Technical expertise in team development and analytical strategic development.
Demonstrated forward thinker offering strategically aligned and innovative business solutions to complex problems.
Effectively motivating and organizing teams to maintain continuous alignment to corporate vision.
Methodical problem-solving and time management skills coupled with outstanding interpersonal skills producing tangible and recognizable results.
Skills
Project/Product Management
High-performance team development
SAFe Transformation
Analytics strategy
Team development strategies
Software Product Life-cycle
Process evaluations
Continuous integration/deployment
Experience
12/2020 to Current
Senior Product Development ManagerAt&T – Portsmouth, NH,
Managed multiple teams, 20+ individuals.
Decreased PI Events by 50% and led to 100% successful completion of Program Increment Objectives.
Manage an 18+ member software development team using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Development Project Lead for multiple simultaneously executed multi-year software projects.
Managed multiple team leaders.
Recovered 130 working days in schedule to deliver the product on time.
Provided structure by establishing organized, reliable, and efficient processes for development and task prioritization.
Established concise metrics for senior leadership to demonstrate progress towards key milestones.
Developing trust and open communication internally to the team and along with customers.
08/2015 to 12/2015
Data Analytics EngineerUnited Launch Alliance – City, STATE,
Develop predictive models for injuries and identification of systemic risks during manufacturing.
Reliability analysis support through Type II Error evaluation.
11/2011 to 08/2015
Simulation Software Development Project ManagerUnited Launch Alliance – City, STATE,
Managed a 10+ member cross functional software development team implementing Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Responsible for day-to-day project tasking, prioritization, and scheduling.
Scheduled releases to meet mission integration requirements.
Coordinate/Interface with both internal and external customers.
Developed metrics for senior leadership to demonstrate progress towards key milestones.
Fostered a culture of trust and open communication internally to the team and externally with customers.
Applied Six Sigma methodologies to improve software processes.
Managed deep dive project to investigate source of manual data errors and developed mitigation projects.
04/2006 to 11/2011
Optimization Engineer/Software DeveloperUnited Launch Alliance – City, STATE,
Developed noise removal algorithm for wind tunnel data.
Re-factored Flight Trajectory Optimization software to include new/optimized algorithms (Fortran-> C).
Developed multi-gradient algorithm to determine proper scaling of constraints, control variables and objective functions for trajectory optimization resulting in over $1M savings over 5 years.
Lead optimization software developer for major 4-year software development team (C/C++).
Wrote scripts to automate/simplify data analysis with error detection.
Principal investigator/Manager of joint research projects across multiple universities.
Education and Training
Expected in 07/2020
MBA: Data Analytics Louisiana State University - , GPA:
Expected in 11/2009
Master of Science: Mechatronics Systems Engineering University of Denver - , GPA:
Specialized in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Expected in 05/2006
Bachelor of Science: Applied Mathematics University of Colorado - , GPA:
Expected in 05/2003
Associate of Science: Pre-Engineering Red Rock Community College - , GPA:
Activities and Honors
Denver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair Advisory Council 2007-Present
Denver Foundation – RBC Scholarship Committee Member 2010-2018
Museum of Mathematics Advisory Council 2012-Present
Museum of Mathematics - Rosenthal Teaching Award Selection Committee Member 2012-2014
Certifications
SAFe Development Certification (2017)
SAFe PO/PM Certification (2017)
SAFe Scum Master Certification (2017)
Business Analytics, Certification, University of Pennsylvania (2018)
Greenbelt Certification. United Launch Alliance. (2010)
Harvard ManageMentor Innovation and Creativity. (2011)
Harvard ManageMentor New Manager Transition Course. (2012)
Crucial Conversations. (2016)
Accomplishments
Spacing Numbers for n-Star Graphs. (In development)
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of United Launch Alliance Delta IV Hydrogen Plume Mitigation Strategies. Claire, Jessica; Guimond, Stephen; et. al. AIAA SciTech 2015. January 2015.
Particle Swarm Trade-off Curve Analysis for Bi-Objective Optimization. Claire, Jessica., Valavanis, Kimon. World Congress of Computational Intelligence. Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation. July 2010.
Fuzzy Optimal Algorithms for Multiple Target Convergence. Claire, Jessica. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. 479-501, Lodwick, Weldon A., Kacprzyk, Janusz. 2010
First Course in Fuzzy Theory and Application. (Book Review) Claire, Jessica., Osman, Haisam. Germany. Springer. 2009.
Constrained Particle Swarm Optimization for Sequential Quadratic Programming. Claire, Jessica. International Journal of Modelling Identification and Control. Volume 8, Number 4, Page 361-367. 2009
Fuzzy Optimal Algorithms for Optimal Swarm of Autonomous Aircrafts. Claire, Jessica., Salters, Roger. 12th AIAA/ISSMO Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization. AIAA 2008-5812. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. September 2008.
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