KATHY BLACK

kathy.black@gmail.com

Product, Project and Technology Management Professional

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Proven, flexible mid-level executive with 10+ years of experience developing
teams and establishing professional departments and processes in technology organizations
Strong hands-on experience in project, program and product management and
as Certified Scrum Master and Project Manager in software development frameworks including
Agile/Scrum and waterfall
Highly capable in working with senior-level executives, clients, partners, vendors,
contractors, including overseas teams
Excellent domain knowledge in Web-based Software, Systems Integration,
Mobile, Social Media, Content Distribution, Public Affairs, Advocacy, Legislative Tracking,
Publishing, IT Governance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CQ Roll Call (an Economist Group business) | Washington, DC
Description: Portfolio of software, mobile and media products providing avenues to influence elected
officials, legislation and regulations. 350 employees
Vice President - Project Management & Product Operations
11/2013 - present

Establish department of Product Operations to oversee entire product

development process from ideation to development to customer launch to ongoing support

Direct reports: Program and Project Managers; Director, User Experience

Design; and Director, Quality Assurance

Retain responsibility for

CQ Roll Call project portfolio management across
Engineering, IT Operations, DevOps and product launches
Resource management and reporting
CQ Roll Call program management with The Economist
Group global initiatives in Business Continuity Planning and Cybersecurity
Conducting mergers and acquisitions due diligence and
answering RFPs
Managing custom work projects
Vice President - Project Management and Business Systems Analysis 08/2009 - 11/2013

Establish Project Management Office

Establish project management
standards and process for development to customer launch
Educate senior executives and
company about standards
Manage team of 5 project
managers and business systems analysts
Hire and mentor junior project
managers

Assume responsibility for Quality Assurance team of 4

Manage CQ Roll Calls project portfolio across

Engineering, IT Operations, DevOps and product launches - over 100 projects / year

Manage several high-value projects, including third-party

integrations

Manage custom development projects

Maintain resource management and reporting

Transition all project teams to Agile / Scrum methodology

and Scaled Agile Framework

Oversee Business Systems / Salesforce adoption

Program manage CQ Roll Calls part of The Economist

Group global initiatives in Business Continuity Planning and Cybersecurity

Conduct due diligence for mergers and acquisitions,

answer RFPs

Manage integration of acquired companies

Roll Call Group (an Economist Group business) | Washington, DC
Description: Media and technology company. 150 employees
Vice President - Project and Product Management
04/2009 08/2009

Take on product management and project management responsibilities

for online media and software projects

Establish product management procedures and best practices

Establish project management procedures and best practices

Manage merging companies, including shutting down remote office

Capitol Advantage | Fairfax, VA
Description: Industry founder and leading software company in grassroots advocacy and legislator
relationship management. 100 employees .
Vice President - Product Development
02/2006 - 04/2009

Manage team of 10 including 2 managers: software

engineers, designers, QA, product and project management

Recognized as a vital manager and contributor in 25%

revenue growth

Manage product portfolio

Manage launches

Create trainings, marketing materials, client

communications

Take on roles as needed: Event Management, Business

Development, Project Management

Respond to RFPs, consult on sales calls, sales engineer

Manage vendor relationships

Speak at industry events

Continue hands-on product management including

writing requirements, creating mockups
Product Manager

11/2004 - 02/2006
Lead feature enhancements to existing products, create

and launch new products to existing and new markets

Write requirements

Design mockups

Conduct market research, client interviews, client

trainings

Elections Senior Associate

11/2003 - 11/2004

Lead product development of interactive guide of

candidates at federal and state levels

Manage partner relationship with League of Women

Voters

Create and conduct trainings of volunteers and

candidates

Manage candidate database

Media Editor

03/2000 - 11/2003

Maintain and grow media database

Design and create agency database
Fact-check sources
Manage production of print media guide

Families USA | Washington, DC

Health Policy Intern

01/2000 - 05/2000

SKILLS
Proficient in MS Office Suite, including MS Project, MS Excel, MS Visio
Proficient in workflow tools including Atlassian's Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket; DoneDone; Trello;
Redmine; Basecamp

CERTIFICATIONS, TRAININGS AND MEMBERSHIPS

USMC Executive Forum Member (MCEF), June 2014
ScrumAlliance Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), May 2013
CollabNet Certified ScrumMaster Course, May 2013, October 2013
The Economist Group Global Leadership and Management Programme, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Edward Tufte Presenting Data and Information Course, 2005
Pragmatic Marketing Requirements That Work Course, 2003

EDUCATION
Bachelors of Science in Human Development and Family Studies (1996 - 2000)
The Pennsylvania State University - State College, Pennsylvania