GLORIA SHEKONI

Product Leader | Advisor | Consultant | UX Designer

Experience

2021 – Present

Director of Client Delivery | Product - BrightFi Services

Directed the client delivery and implementation team and cross functional team of 35 stakeholders including these verticals: operations, technology, risk, legal, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, design and external stakeholders; to establish and grow a well-rounded system for delivering customized NeoBank products with projected annual revenues of $5m on average, as well as the Banking-As-A-Service (SaaS) platform.

2017 - Present

Advisor - SFAN

Advise the CEO on business model and strategy.

Provide advice and guidance on a plethora of things, including creating roadmaps, finding business partners, taking products from ideas to the Market, and community outreach.

2019 - 2022

Head of Product - QBID LLC

Led the effort to develop the QBID Live app from prototype state to market ready state, in 4 months. Collaborated with the CEO and stakeholders to align product strategy with company vision. Drove strategy and user experience to optimize usability and product impact. Worked with Marketing on user acquisitions, defining conversion funnels and SEO initiatives.

2020 - 2021

Senior Product Manager - Caliber Financial Services FKA American Web Loan, Inc

Managed the Product optimization and growth. Led the introduction of Product Management practices to the leadership team.

2019 - 2020

Senior Product Manager - RevUnit

Managed a multi-million dollar SaaS project for a Fortune 500 client, focused on promoting and enhancing culture and engagement.

2017 - 2018

Product Manager - Reflex Media

Owned the Miss Travel dating product, focused on travel dating. Championed the redesign and re-strategizing of the product. Optimized features by incorporating and applying information from analytics and customer feedback. Managed global cross-functional teams, remote and in-person.

2016 - 2017

Product Manager - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Managed all IT applications for the marketing vertical – including CRM, digital marketing, revenue management, entertainment, slots marketing and brand marketing.

2015 - 2016

Product Manager - Vegas.com

Promoted to the role of Product Owner for core products – Hotels and Air Packages, for the Online platform, including mobile app and website. Strategized with the leadership team on product roadmap, incorporated user feedback, gathered and analyzed data, monitored forecast and drove the growth of products.

2010 - 2013

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer - Vegas.com

Promoted to the role of Lead Quality Assurance Engineer within a year of being hired to lead the QA efforts for the Mobile App, Website, Hotel, and Air Packages.

2006 - 2012

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer/Software Tester - Acxiom Corporation

Executed tasks to test Acxiom products and systems, to ensure proper functionality according to specifications and customer requirements, and to meet business needs. Successfully led testing for projects on five of the top 10 revenue generation products of the company, each averaging $30 – 50 million in revenue annually.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Agile Leadership for Teams

UI/UX (Scrum Alliance)

Design Bootcamp (Springboard)

Education

2018

Springboard - UX Design

2009

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Masters in Business Administration

2008

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Certificate in Management

2006

University of Oklahoma
BAA - Management Info Systems & Finance

PROFESSIONAL Skills

Product Strategy 

Product Expansion

Product Management

Product Growth

User Experience (UX)

Product Roadmap

Branding

Leadership

Mentorship & Coaching

Team Development 

Process Building 

Innovation

Technical Implementation 

Client Delivery 

Marketing Strategy

Project Management

Market Research

Pricing

Mobile Apps

Distributed Teams

Business Consulting

Software QA

Analytics 

TECHNICAL Skills

Product Mgt, UX and Test Mgt Tools: Microsoft Azure DevOps,  Jira, Figma, Sketch, InVision, FullStory, Hotjar, HPQC/ALM, Test fairy, Crashlytics, SharePoint, Pivotal Tracker, SourceForge (ACX), Balsamiq, PowerPoint, Optimizely

Data Analysis Tools: Google Analytics, Tableau, GA Query Explorer, Ultraedit, BeyondCompare, UNIX

Marketing/Hotel/Casino Applications (SaaS): Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Manger, Booking engine platforms, Artificial Intelligence Platforms.

LEADERSHIP & HONORS

National Society of Collegiate Scholars

National Merit Scholar

Ratwatte Memorial Scholarship

College of Engineering Dean’s Honor Roll

University of Oklahoma’s International Leadership Class

Scholarship from the Computer Science Department at the University of Oklahoma 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Women in Product

Black Women in Tech

PERSONAL ENDEAVORS

Real Estate Investor 

House of Buba (Fashion Brand) 

Storytelling

Art & Photography – https://www.yomisola.me/

COMMUNITY

Las Vegas Women in Business for Good – Founding member

Big Brother Big Sister

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