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James Stephenson

Hi, I'm James Stephenson!

Product development lead, focused on consumer internet, with both breadth and depth of experience in the roles needed to deliver end to end. Passion for Agile methods and building and coaching teams. Track record of on time, on budget delivery. Fluent in Spanish and can defend myself in Portuguese.

James Stephenson's Background

James Stephenson's Experience

Lead, Custom Brand Experiences, Latin America at Yahoo!

July 2009 - July 2011

- Lead engineering, product, UED, and project management in the delivery of custom brand experiences for advertisers in the Latin American market. - Partnered with cross functional team and stakeholders to manage the end to end development process from sales concept through launch. - Defined and prioritized the product development roadmap based on both business needs and quantitative data with a focus on building reusable modules and templates. - Executed on development using Agile methodologies, delivering end to end functionality consistently in 2 week sprints. - Handled administrative aspects of the team including vendor management, budget, hiring, and performance reviews.

Program Manager at Yahoo!

March 2007 - July 2009

- Coordinated activities of cross functional teams including Engineering, Product Management, Service Engineering and QA to deliver against the roadmaps for the Y! Latin America product portfolio. - Conducted Scrum training for cross functional teams in our Miami and Sao Paulo locations. As an outcome, our teams began to deliver features end to end consistently in 2 week sprints. - Coordinated complex project interdependencies to achieve on time launches in Latin America and Southeast Asia for meme.yahoo.com. - Acted as Scrum Master for the Latin America Sports properties, coordinating cross functional efforts to deliver against the team's aggressive roadmap. Drove product launches in multiple markets/languages including the US Hispanic, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia, and Singapore. - Acted as Scrum Master for the Custom Brand Experiences team, delivering on the team's dynamic monetization roadmap and implementing reusable components to build microsites. - Developed standardized templates and reporting tools for the Latin America team as PMO lead, providing visibility on status and issues on a weekly basis for stakeholders.

Director of Technology at en technologies

January 2006 - March 2007

Managed a team of system architects responsible for creating customer solutions using products from across the IBM pillars as part of both the pre sales and delivery processes.

System Architect at en technologies

January 2004 - January 2006

·Planned the architecture for web-based applications using the IBM WebSphere and Tivoli products for customers such as Home Depot and ADT Security.

Software Engineer at en technologies

January 2001 - January 2004

·Developed components in Java and C++ to customize products from across the IBM portfolio for customers such as Hewitt, Screaming Media

Software Engineer at Fusive

January 2000 - January 2001

·Developed both presentation and data access components for web-based applications using J2EE technologies.

Software Engineer at The Box Worldwide

January 1999 - January 2000

·Developed socket-based, multithreaded applications in C++ to allow users to place online music video orders and participate in online voting. ·Wrote and maintained numerous data entry and reporting applications written using C++ and Oracle to support the TV station's operations.

Software Engineer at RDA Consultants

January 1998 - January 1999

·Developed multithreaded C++ services to support a claims management system.

Software Enginer at Shimadzu Software

January 1997 - January 1998

·Developed PC controlled analytical instrumentation software in C++ for gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy hardware.

Software Engineer at EDS

January 1995 - January 1997

·Developed software for a high volume telephony application used to service immigration status checks. ·Provided programming support for a real-time monitoring application used by the Border Patrol.

Senior Product Manager: Global Custom Brand Experiences at Yahoo!

May 2010

James Stephenson's Education

The Johns Hopkins University

1997 – 2000

MS


Gettysburg College

1991 – 1995

bachelor of arts

Concentration: computer science


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