Brian Perkins
Oakdale
Summary
Results-driven Product Owner with expertise in Agile methodologies, user acceptance testing, and technical documentation. Proven ability to facilitate stakeholder communication and manage projects effectively.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
OSAIC inc
Scottsdale
03.2024 - 11.2025
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define and prioritize product requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Developed user stories and acceptance criteria for product features.
- Facilitated sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions with development teams.
- Conducted user testing to gather feedback on product usability and features.
- Coordinated release planning activities, outlining feature sets, launch dates, and marketing campaigns to enhance product visibility.
- Facilitated daily stand-up meetings to review progress towards sprint goals.
- Managed sprints, tracking progress against project timelines to ensure timely delivery of product features.
Offshore Team Lead
OSAIC inc
Scottsdale
10.2021 - 11.2025
- Coordinated project schedules and allocated resources for offshore activities, ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Managed offshore team of engineers, ensuring completion of tasks on time and to budget.
- Facilitated interdepartmental collaboration to enhance project outcomes and streamline communication.
- Analyzed customer requirements, developing solutions that meet their needs while staying within scope and budget.
- Organized daily scrum meetings with engineering team to track progress and address upcoming tasks efficiently.
- Provided technical support for troubleshooting complex problems encountered during the development process.
Application Analyst
OSAIC Inc
Scottsdale
02.2019 - 11.2021
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather and prioritize requirements for application enhancements, improving alignment with user needs.
- Managed system configurations and user access within application environments.
- Developed and maintained documentation for application processes and workflows.
- Assisted users in troubleshooting application issues, streamlining support processes and enhancing overall user experience.
- Conducted testing of new features and updates before deployment to ensure functionality.
- Monitored and optimized system integration points to ensure seamless data flow between applications, improving data accuracy and accessibility.
Senior Technical Lead
Advisor Group
Phoenix
03.2015 - 02.2019
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define requirements for system enhancements and features, ensuring alignment with user needs.
- Developed project metrics to track system build-out progress, facilitating timely decision-making.
- Developed technical documentation for system processes and user guides for end-users.
- Facilitated regular meetings with project teams to ensure alignment with business objectives and promote effective communication.
- Analyzed requirements, designed architecture, and developed technical solutions to meet customer needs.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure integration between different components of the system.
- Gathered feedback from stakeholders to improve product design and development process.
- Created detailed technical documentation for internal use and external customers.
Senior Business Analyst
Advisor Group
Phoenix
05.2010 - 03.2015
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and define project scope.
- Managed project timelines and deliverables, ensuring successful alignment with strategic objectives.
- Analyzed business processes to identify optimization opportunities, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Performed root cause analysis to determine underlying issues in complex problems.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for workflows and system specifications, facilitating clear communication among stakeholders.
- Documented test cases for validating system functionality against user requirements.
- Mentored junior analysts on best practices in business analysis methodologies.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN05-2005
Skills
- User story development
- Requirements analysis
- User acceptance testing
- Scrum methodology
- Agile methodologies
- Technical documentation
- Team leadership
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Product Owner
OSAIC inc
03.2024 - 11.2025
Offshore Team Lead
OSAIC inc
10.2021 - 11.2025
Application Analyst
OSAIC Inc
02.2019 - 11.2021
Senior Technical Lead
Advisor Group
03.2015 - 02.2019
Senior Business Analyst
Advisor Group
05.2010 - 03.2015
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Metropolitan State University