Red Rover

Founder

CYMATRAX	
Biotech SaaS transforming audio experiences through advanced technology, fostering enhanced memory, reduced stress, and heightened focus for optimal productivity. 

Product Designer
Enhanced user experience by addressing usability issues and executing strategic design processes, including stakeholder interviews and design system evolution.
- Prevented a potential $100,000 annual revenue loss and 175 customers, saving 240 developer hours, and avoiding a 2-month project delay by emphasizing user-friendly designs and workflow.
- Drove a UX redesign and design system implementation, ensuring brand consistency. Established a unified identity, potentially expanding market share in brand initiatives for the company.
- Mitigated dissatisfaction, resolving 22 usability issues, fostering ongoing feedback in stakeholder interviews, and enhancing clarity and information architecture for a intuitive product experience.

WAGS UNITE	
A social meetup app connecting dog owners through vibrant community and positive experiences. 
  	
Product Designer
Elevated UX, launched app at WebSummit 2023, attracting investors, driving expansion, and loyalty.
- Uplifted user experience, advancing accessibility with a 90% improvement. Revitalized screens, encouraged collaboration for streamlined interfaces and intuitive design enhancements.
- Debuted app at WebSummit '23, revealing growth potential with a favorable user experience. Enhanced information architecture and optimized designs, attracting investor attention.
- Optimized clarity, minimized errors and accelerated development, saving 320 work hours. Organized screens and fostered collaboration, improving workflows to enhance team's efficiency.

Product Designer

Mission Box Solutions

Catalyzed growth and visibility, revitalizing engagement by tripling brand recognition and amplifying web traffic through strategic marketing initiatives.

- Boosted platform engagement by initiating, designing, and launching three educational e-books, resulting in 500+ email sign-ups and 100+ leads within 24 hours, enhacing customer attraction..

- Amplified brand awareness 3X through strategic content placement on industry blogs, podcasts, and online magazines; yielding increased visibility and recognition among the target audience.

- Increased website traffic by  50% through analyzing organic content strategy, crafting targeted content for personas, and mapping buyer's journey—boosting online visibility and engagement.

Marketing Strategist & Senior IT Recruiter

Full Desk Technical Recruiter

Cadensi

Inspired client growth by developing compelling storytelling-focused content, fostering brand loyalty, and substantially increasing web traffic for enhanced online visibility and engagement.

- Transformed social media engagement, captivated the target audience, and achieved a 2,200% growth rate over two months by developing a storytelling-focused content strategy for clients.

- Pioneered and executed a B2B subscription-based social media platform, slashing planning time from 3 days to under 15 minutes monthly in four months, ensuring posting consistency for clients.

- Heightened brand recognition by 80% between 12 clients, strategizing and designing 1,700+ visuals over 12 months, enhancing online visibility and engagement.

Social Media Strategist

Air Essentials, LLC

- Streamlined the delivery of service presentations to a digital format, improving customer communication by 30%

- Increased sales ROI by over 40% through cross-functional team meetings, feedback, and collaboration

Executive Sales Manager

STARK Industries

• Project Build Out - Planned, organized, and executed the build-out of a new location including the coordination of contractors and vendors, monitoring to ensure costs and timelines stayed on track, and implementation of new systems and processes to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.

• Contributed to strategy development by identifying 200+ product opportunities, and creating partnerships with 30+ third-party vendors, to accelerate time to market by 2 months. 

• Conducted a series of meetings with key stakeholders to solve complex project scheduling issues and establish 100% project track realignment.

• Counseled support teams to ensure issues and client feedback were addressed, resulting in a 25% increase in customer satisfaction.

• Streamlined the design revision process by 50%, reducing the time to complete design requests from 2 weeks to 1 week, by creating a design request form and a monthly design revision calendar.

• Spearheaded directing teams to address client issues, resulting in a 25% increase in client satisfaction.

Assistant Program Manager

🔥 Product Designer | 3 Years of Visual Design Excellence | Proficient in Figma & Protopie✨ | Open to Remote Opportunities

I'm a Product Designer with 5+ dynamic years crafting impactful designs in SaaS, social apps, tech recruitment, and startups. 

I've averted $100,000 in potential losses, launched an MVP app at WebSummit, and 3X brand recognition through strategic marketing. I also recently obtained certifications in HTML/CSS and am currently learning Javascript.

Most recently, I played a key role in improving the user experience of a bootstrapped Biotech SaaS startup by tackling usability issues and implementing strategic design processes, which included conducting stakeholder interviews and evolving the design system. Drove a UX redesign and the implementation of a design system to ensure consistent branding, thereby establishing a cohesive identity that could potentially enhance the company's market share in brand initiatives.

I specialize in designing intuitive and engaging digital products, with a primary focus on language learning apps, travel planning apps, and recruitment marketing software. 

As a Product Designer, I excel in both UX and UI design, particularly emphasizing information architecture, accessibility, and skeuomorphic elements. My sweet spot lies in creating consumer-facing experiences for adult users. I thrive in remote work environments and prioritize collaboration with developers, marketers, and leadership. 

My problem-solving expertise centers around AI integration, innovation, differentiation, and ensuring optimal usability and accessibility. Proficient in Figma, Protopie, and Marvel, I am committed to continuous learning, including expanding into web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

I'm open to fully remote, flex-schedule opportunities. Please send me a DM or email me at sanders.samc@gmail.com.

Samantha Sanders

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI)

•	Design and execute large-scale, multi-domain test and training events for the USAF Warfare Center, Air Force, and DoD, incorporating EW and cyber operations capabilities to enhance readiness and operational effectiveness.
•	Drive development and implementation of advanced TTPs, and direct adversary threat replication, shaping training for 30+ diverse Air Force, Joint, and multi-national organizations.
•	Partner with 4 support organizations to evaluate and assess emerging technologies for future operations, systems engineering, test, and training integration.
•	Lead agile projects from inception to delivery, employing advanced techniques to identify and mitigate performance gaps and reduce operational risk, and conducting retrospectives for continuous improvement.

EW & Cyber Operations SME | Project Manager

U.S. Air Force Reserve

Director - Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Chief, Weapons & Tactics | Red Team Mission Commander

Allegiant

•	Integrated IT, business operations, and Learning & Development through SaaS Learning Management System (LMS) deployment project, securing FAA approval for on-time implementation for 5K+ member organization.
•	Managed 30+ member teams across 7 departments in launching new airline destinations and initiating 2x charter route startups, enabling $9M+ increase in revenue in a new 96,000-passenger-per-year market. 
•	Directed initiative to eliminate human error and mitigate financial risk by automating aircrew data transmission to 2 foreign government border control agencies, enhancing data accuracy and compliance with international regulations.
•	Established Enterprise PMO governance structure, introducing improved processes and frameworks for a 9-member team, and incorporating risk management processes to ensure compliance with DoT and FAA directives.

Solutions Delivery Manager (Project Manager)

PatchPlus Consulting, Inc.

•	Supported the agile development and deployment of new space and cyber technologies, fostering collaboration among end-users, acquisitions teams, and industry partners to reduce mission risks and ensure secure software development. 
•	Guided 3 software development teams and 6 systems engineers as a user advocate, supporting user acceptance testing, requirements analysis, model-based system engineering, and SDLC.
•	Designed and implemented an IT Asset Management system to enforce Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, ensuring compliance and enabling secure operations for 70+ team members and 120+ endpoint devices.
•	Tracked and verified asset compliance with critical benchmarks, including OS versioning, firewall configurations, anti-virus measures, data processing/storage, and VPN/network access, ensuring a robust and secure IT environment.

Senior Space & Cyber Operations Consultant

United States Air Force

•	Directed technical integration and cyber plans/resources for exercises supporting 20+ US and foreign organizations and operations centers, managing mission control and logistics supporting 4,500+ personnel annually.
•	Teamed with mission partners to secure $125k in security and IT enhancements and led a $900k building renovation project, addressing critical infrastructure needs and modernizing facilities for the first time in 30 years.
•	Managed unit information security and IT infrastructure programs spanning 3 data networks and 5 operations sections, maintaining compliance with 150+ DoD and federal cybersecurity and IT requirements.
•	Rapidly developed radar reconfiguration procedure in response to system anomaly, moving from concept through testing and implementation in less than 24 hours, ensuring incident recovery and operations continuity.
•	Drove an 80% decrease in mission planning timelines and 13% reduction in resource utilization through automation of operational planning & data analysis processes.
•	Led 28 Functional Area Managers and 46 GRC programs, implementing new GRC tools and processes to maintain compliance with 1.1K+ DoD and Federal policy requirements.

Space Operations Officer | Technical Program Manager | Project Manager | GRC & IT Security Manager

I am senior IT project manager and technical program manager with 10+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, and software projects in the defense, aviation, and space industries.

I have successfully managed multiple projects and programs valued at $5M+ with teams of 30+ members. My experience includes providing subject matter expertise on space and cyber systems development and engineering projects, managing IT security and infrastructure deployments, leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations, and directing hardware and software testing and quality assurance (QA).

With 3+ years in information security and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), along with Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, and ITIL v4 certifications, I have a comprehensive understanding of information security and IT management. I am proficient in Python and Java programming and emphasize security throughout software development, infrastructure, and technology deployment projects.

I look forward to connecting with you!

Key Skills and Specializations

- Agile Methodologies and Frameworks
- Secure Software Development & Testing
- Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance
- Technical Project and Program Management
- Information Technology and Cybersecurity

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