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
Contact
- www.gloriashekoni.com
- goshekoni@gmail.com
- (775) 372 8410