Amanda Lopez
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​​Amanda is an innovative Product Manager with experience developing online, mobile, and telecommunications products. Her career achievements (below) reflect a collaborative problem solver—adept at both interpreting and organizing complex information—a true asset to a highly matrixed organization or small company.

​ANALYZE

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NavigationArts     Analyzed 20,000-page site for social media, third-party integration, rich media, analytics and responsive design.
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NII Holdings     Selected to re-engineer requirements process after eliminating 30,000 duplicate Telecommunication requirements.

Health.mil     Increased site traffic by 200% after Web 2.0 launch by aggregating content from 75 U.S. Dept. of Defense stakeholders.

Lockheed Martin     Improved quality of technical & program documents by guiding my writing team of 4 thru a quality control process.

​Design Write     
As a Technical Writer for 10 years, Amanda created abstracts, proposals, manuals, demos, newsletters and press releases.

DESIGN

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Kalino     Guided developer team in business analysis:  personas, user stories, features, functionality, and KPIs for web/mobile app.
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Clinical Care Options     Designed mobile app's user flows and 'look & feel' to aid mobile integration and speed time-to-market.

Health.mil     Improved site navigation, structure, branding, and SEO based on stakeholder vision, web statistics and focus groups.

Sprint.com     ​ Trained content team how to use web portal, bilingual development process, copy writing, branding and new CMS.

Design Write     
As a Graphic Designer, Amanda designed websites, books, newsletters, flyers, product packaging, and marketing sheets.

MANAGE

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Design Write     Wrote use cases for PBS Television's new member station platform for program lineups and content distribution.

General Assembly     Led team to launch in 1 month a wheelchair accessibility 'ratings' app that helped businesses manage risk.

Kalino     Managed scope for teams across the U.S. by creating a change control process for a web/mobile app and training platform.

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Clinical Care Options     Identified missing functionality and content, and led usability testing of native, multi-user mobile app.

​Sprint.com     ​
Recognized with Sprint Nextel Star Award for simultaneous Nextel.com redesign and Teamsite CMS launch success.

“I can attest to Amanda's professionalism, dependability, great attitude and resilient character. She is a creative team-player who excelled at translating strategic thinking into tactical deliverables.” 
~ Carlos Rojas. Director, IT Shared Services at Nextel International (NII Holdings)
Business analysis, requirements writing, and being a quick learner led to my success as an Agile team player:
JIRA   •   Confluence   •   RequisitePro   •   HP Quality Center   •   Bugzilla   •   Omniture Analytics/SiteCatalyst   •   Google Analytics   •   Basecamp   •   Microsoft Visio   •   Microsoft Excel   •   Business process management
Becoming a User-Friendly Project Manager started with copy writing, print & web design, and content management:
HTML   •   CSS   •   JavaScript   •   Photoshop   •   Dreamweaver   •   Project Management Professional (PMP)   •   Sketch   •   Microsoft Project   •   Risk management   •   Usability testing   •   508 compliance
Owning products and processes from concept to end-of-life has distinguished me as a Creative Product Manager:
JIRA   •   Trello   •   Photoshop   •   SiteCore CMS   •   TeamSite CMS   •   Hootsuite   ​•   SEO   ​​•   Microsoft PowerPoint   •   Interviewing   •   Idea generation   •   Market analysis   •   Competitive analysis   •   Product roadmap

 Amanda Lopez is a Product Management consultant ​​living in Sterling, VA.
When not blogging about the Internet of Things,
Amanda is having fun dancing or skiing. 
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