MY ROLE: Product Owner (2022)

  • Collaborated with customers (NAWCTSD, NCTE, Air force, and Navy Community) to align the product vision and strategy by introducing open communication and working group cadences.
  • Developed streamlined processes for deploying on-site software loads and processes for conceptualizing future feature development.
  • Worked closely with System Architect, Product Managers, Release Train Engineer, and other agile team product owners to align our Portfolio and Program Roadmap.

RESULTS

  • Increased customer collaboration resulted in seamless delivery and deployment of 3+ software loads.
  • Managed and maintain the cost portfolio of $2.1B for my agile team, ensuring the feature development, schedule, budget estimate, and budget actuals were aligned.
  • Implemented agile framework techniques that enabled the team to be self-organizing, resulting in increased team morale and performance.

MY ROLE: Scrum Master (2020 – 2022)

  • Led teams of 8-11 individuals comprising experienced and new grad software & system engineers.
  • Collaborated with external and internal stakeholders to align the feature design and requirements.
  • Worked closely with Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, and customer representatives to implement feature execution.

RESULTS

  • Implemented Agile Methodologies using SAFe Framework to enable the Agile development teams to work more collaboratively and increase team performance by 65%.
  • Created the onboarding program for E2 Collins Engineers, as it is a restricted and massive program so generic onboarding isn’t enough. This program was designed to ramp up the onboarding of interns and new joiners to increase value-added.
  • Conceptualized, bid, designed, and led development for several features to enable interoperability for E2D Trainer. One of the features resulted in saving 4 hours of on-site deployment resources leading to increased customer satisfaction.

MY ROLE: Software Engineer (2017 – 2020)

  • Collaborate with E2D Navy Pilots, and Instructors to lead the design & development of features on 8+ Desktop Applications (Console Instructor Station, Scenario Builder, Operations Center, Mission Brief Debrief Station, Mission Data Audio Video Recorder, and more)
  • Maintain & Design the Database Systems for the desktop applications and the on-site production databases.
  • Resolved on-site and in-plant customer queries which led me to design and develop a Data Collection Tool Prototype.
  • Implemented software processes for new and experienced engineers to collaborate better during conceptualizing and designing phase.

RESULTS

  • Delivered 5+ projects within 3 years from Bidding, Requirements, Conceptualization, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, and on-site support.
  • Data Collection Tool Prototype was run in a Development environment and resulted in providing developers, with real-time application feedback, leading to bidding on future projects, and streamlining the maintenance.
  • Resolved 300+ tickets (small, medium, and large) ranging from backend, frontend, and database systems architecture, resulting in gaining SME-level knowledge for E2 Aircraft Simulator.

Urvashi Saxena Experience

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