About Me
With 9 years of experience spanning start-ups to enterprises of 6,000+, I thrive at the intersection of product strategy, project execution, and cross-functional leadership. My career has been shaped by delivering high-impact digital solutions and helping organizations turn strategy into measurable outcomes while building teams that thrive.
Selected Achievements
Product Strategy & Delivery: Spearheaded the design and launch of a data-driven product suite that empowered 65+ operations team members to proactively resolve enrollment issues for 3+ million members. Together with key system enhancements (including microservices), the initiative drove a 35% reduction in operating costs.
Customer Experience: Grew and led a newly formed team to improve a consumer-facing web portal averaging 64,000 monthly visits. By delivering API upgrades and UI enhancements, we eliminated friction in logins/registration and boosted customer satisfaction scores by 4 points in 5 months.
Agile Leadership: Managed and mentored three cross-functional teams (25 colleagues total) through the adoption of agile practices (Scrum and Kanban). The teams achieved agile maturity ahead of leadership expectations, normalizing lead and cycle times within 4 months.
My Career Journey
Current
Professional Development
Advancing through DataCamp’s Data Science Python track to build strong foundations in data analysis, visualization, and machine learning.
Aug 2025
MBA in IT Management
Accelerated MBA completion (7 months) at WGU’s competency-based program—demonstrating focus, discipline, and mastery of IT management principles.
Nov 2024
Project Leadership
Attained CAPM and PMP in 2 months. Intent of both certifications was to round out project management and leadership skills. Pursuing MBA, IT Management in 2025 while continuing to build on technical skills.
Dec 2023
Digital Product Manager
Led 3 agile teams to support product operations and modernize the tech stack, on track to hit revenue goals of $64M.
JAN 2023
Begin entrepreneurship journey
Launched MVP of auto-text expansion app, yielding 3 user sign ups organically. Surveyed target customers to determine demand and buyer personas. Developed marketing strategy and branding of e-commerce store.
JAN 2022
Technical Product Manager
UX product lead with CodeLogic, a software intelligence startup. Transformed product from a set of disparate functions to cohesive features.
MAR 2021
Digital Product Owner
Delivered enhancements to consumer-facing web portal, impacting the account registration and login experience of 64k monthly users. Boosted customer satisfaction scores through improved messaging and reduced system processing errors.
JAN 2018
IT Solution Consultant to Product Manager
One of two key solution consultants for Membership Enrollment systems, translating business needs into technical requirements. Promoted ahead of schedule and led team to define requirements for a $1B+ membership platform. Assisted teams in navigating their agile transformation from waterfall SDLC practices.
JAN 2016
Entered world of IT - Programming Analyst
Joined Kaiser Permanente's 2 year IT rotation program. Notable accomplishment included successfully launching proof of concept web app for physicians and nurses to easily view patient data across 6 wearable devices, improving their workflow processes.
MAY 2015
Graduated
Earned Chemical Engineering degree from University of Michigan and decided to pivot into world of tech. Self taught web developer.
What Colleagues Say
G.H. (Teammate) -
“She tends to think ‘outside of the box’ and brings a fresh perspective to the team, which is very valuable. Vanna is a great self-learner and is very open with sharing her learnings with others. ”
A.W. (Direct Manager) -
“Vanna breaks down requirements in a way where developers with no prior experience in the area is able to understand the details and business goals. She is very results-driven and flexible despite our complex environment.”
K.F. (Vendor partner) -