Jarrad Pouncil

Jarrad Pouncil Professional Summary Senior product owner/manager with an entrepreneurial spirit and a technical background working in software/internet technology, product development and engineering for 10+ years. Able to communicate and work with C-Suite executives to developers, and translate business and technical requirements to multiple audiences. Experience building products and services for internal and external customers in the private sector, public/non-profit, start-ups, small businesses and consulting industries. Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO). ● ● ● ● Agile Product/Project Management Coaching & Leadership Product Metrics/Analytics Rally and Trello ● ● ● Product/Customer Development Requirements & Roadmaps Digital Marketing ● ● ● ● Inbound and Outbound Marketing/Prospecting User Experience Salesforce.com Startups Professional Experience Jarrad Pouncil Coaching & Consulting - jarradpouncil.com St.Petersburg, FL Founder & Owner May 2018 - Present ● Created coaching and consulting programs to teach entrepreneurs business and mindset fundamentals, product development, marketing, sales, psychology of buyer’s decisions, problem solving, pricing, efficiency, websites & funnels, PPC Facebook Ads, A/B testing, management, copywriting, operations, email automation, and technology integration. ● Helped entrepreneurs go from no business idea to identify their purpose, picking a niche/target market, and implementing process to iterate over their ideas using lean-agile principles. ● Used customer feedback, surveys, interviews, and voice of the customer data to continuously improve sales, marketing, and copywriting. ● Developed and completed daily metrics tracking, inbound/outbound marketing for pipeline development, sales calls, and follow-ups to gain new clients. ● Went from 0 to 25 customers selling high-ticket coaching and consulting services. ● Provided weekly 1on1 and group coaching calls plus Facebook group support. CoachMe Apps Portland, OR Director Of Business Development April 2014 - Present ● Part of a team that raised $280k in seed funding. ● Led business development meetings and demos with potential customers including NFL/NCAA football teams and Serena Williams. ● Developed business case and business model used for Series-A funding round. ● Identified and developed new business opportunities through inbound/outbound marketing and paid advertising. ● Completed app mockups and wireframes using Sketch and InVison. ● Contributed code to development and maintenance of apps in Rails, AngularJS and Corona (iOS and Android). ● Recommend new products and services for integration to improve team efficiency and effectiveness. ● Tracked emerging trends and recommended new features based on trends. ● Collected voice of the customer data working with professional, college, high school and amateur sporting teams to identify new features for development. International City Management Association Retirement Corporation (ICMA-RC) Washington, DC Lead Lean-Agile Product Owner December 2014 - April 2018 ● Lead transition from legacy application platforms for internal customers built in Java, Powerbuilder, and 3rd party apps into Salesforce.com apps and developed the implementation roadmap. ● Stood-up initial Scrum teams for the organization and coached/mentored product owners/managers, developers, analyst and contractor/consultants on Agile methodologies. Jarrad Pouncil ● ● ● ● Facilitated/led all Scrum/SAFe ceremonies for 2 teams (20+ members) including onsite and remote development teams. Responsible for defining user stories(functional and non-functional), acceptance criteria, features, epics, backlog prioritization/grooming, program increment planning, and user story estimates with velocity, cost estimates and forecasts. Worked directly with Vice Presidents and other Business Owners to create current and future state documentation and translate into epics, features, and user stories Led the development of environments and organizational-wide to product demos to each division of Salesforce.com functionality to create user awareness, and buy-in prior to legacy transformation project initiation. Deloitte Detroit, MI Business Technology Consultant August 2011 - November 2014 ● Managed a team of 5 business analysts and developers through each phase of Waterfall SDLC; this included assigning tasks, reviewing documentation, coaching/mentoring, outlining testing plans, and establishing expectations for final delivery. ● Design, develop, test, and implemented an automated foster care provider information system to support the case management responsibilities of state and county agencies. ● Estimated level of effort and analyzes cost for all prioritized enhancements. ● Led and delivered legacy transformation effort to reduce the duration of case worker actions by evaluating the state’s current business process and moving legacy functionally from the mainframe (COBAL) to Microsoft.Net, reducing the case worker action duration from 2 hours to 1 minute. ● Ensured clear communication between functional and technical requirements to development staff. Education New York University (NYU) Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, focus in Management New York, NY May 2011 Kettering University Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, minor Economics Flint, MI May 2009 Leadership, Internships & Co-ops ● ● ● ● ● The National Society of Black Engineers - ​National Vice Chair, Region IV Vice Chair Deloitte​ - ​Graduate School Summer Scholar - Business Technology Analyst Federal Bureau of Investigation​ - ​Engineering Co-op BorgWarner​ - ​Electrical Engineering Co-op General Motors​ - ​Electrical Engineering Co-op Certifications ● ● ● SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM) Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) ● ● ● Project Management Professional (PMP) Kanban System Design (KMP I) ITIL Foundation System Experience Development Tools & Platforms: ​Angular JS, Corona, PostgreSQL, TFS, COBAL, Microsoft Visual Basic, HTML/CSS/Javascript, C+, Java, & .Net, Ruby/Rails, Wordpress, Mulesoft, Salesforce.com, Git/Github Product Development & Management: ​Rally, Trello, MS Project, TFS, Google Analytics, Sketch, InVision, Zapier, Canva, and Slack General Tools: ​MS Office, Google Suite