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Wil Van Auken

Wil Van Auken

Project Manager

[email protected]

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I have over 20 years of experience helping to run businesses and create great products. I am a certified product owner and I have a passion for making cool stuff and solving complex problems. Not only do I have experience managing projects in the IT industry as well as outside, but I am also an entrepreneur. I have been a business owner and I understand how a business-minded person thinks and what their pain points are.

As a project manager or product owner, I have been in charge of development on websites, mobile applications, e-commerce development and more. When I take on a project, I am the subject matter expert. I am also a big team player and keep focus on creating a really great product. I am an entrepreneurial spirited leader that can think outside of the box when problems arise.

Experience

  • Product Owner, World Impex (2014 - Present)
    • Spearheaded build of a robust, proprietary software product using industry-leading methods and emerging technologies (Agile, Scrum, Python, Django)
    • Directed and hired team of IT and creative resources spanning front/back-end developers, QA testers, team leaders, devops, marketing and graphic artists
    • Designed and developed entire product roadmap, from R&D and requirements gathering through release testing and proof-of-concept
    • Managed sprint planning, acceptance criteria, product backlog items, etc.
    • Configured and used development tools, like Atlassian Jira, Slack, Confluence, Github
    • Conducted Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Retrospective, and other meetings with stakeholders, team and vendors
  • Federal Sales Representative, Accu-Tech (2013)
    • Responsible for high-value preexisting accounts
    • Met aggressive quotas and projections every month
    • Prospected and developed valuable accounts that are still being used
    • Drove sales up for underused accounts by creating lasting relationships
  • Operations, Morgan Stanley (2012 - 2013)
    • Collaborated with sales traders and clients to diminish risk by strong communication and escalation
    • Used trade entry systems, trade flow, and trade processing systems to effectively mitigate risk
    • Identified and resolved trading issues to comply with federal regulations
    • Liaised with teams to develop risk-management strategies

Education

  • BBA: Bachelor of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship (2011)
    Frostburg State University (2008 - 2011)

The MindLogger mobile app platform was developed by the MATTER Lab. Primary funding for the MindLogger project is provided by the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to children's mental health. Additional financial and feature support has been provided by the Learning Planet Institute in Paris, Hearst Foundations, NIMH, MIT, ETH Library Lab in Geneva, and Blanca & Sunil Hirani.
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