Bryan Steckler, MBA

5480 Woodview Dr, Bloomfield Township

Phone: 248-517-1030

Email: bryansteckler@gmail.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bryansteckler

Portfolio: www.designbybas.com (Contact directly for access to projects)

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Profile

I'm a creative person who specializes in making digital experiences for the end user. My process involves extensive user research that allows me to have a deeper understanding of what is needed in order to create better designs. I conduct usability tests to help validate or invalidate assumptions. You can predict human behavior however, you never really know if something works until it is tested. I believe that empathy is the best lens to design through and to always design for your end user, not for yourself.

Experience

PRODUCT DESIGNER ⎜FORD MOTOR COMPANY ⎜OCTOBER 2017 – PRESENT

Project: FORD – Marketing & Sales, Information Technology, Dealer Experience

Role: Product Designer

• UX/UI Design
• Create low fidelity wireframes to help business make decisions 
• Design functional prototypes 
• Conduct user testing to validate prototypes 
• Interact with product users to gain insight and help guide future product features
• Communicate design solutions with sketches, prototypes and visual assets
• Conduct field studies to uncover insights and identify user needs
• Information gathering from usability and A/B tests to create iterative designs
• User Story Creation
• Monitor analytics

SCRUM MASTER/PROJECT MANAGER ⎜24G ⎜APRIL 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017

• UX Design
• Conduct user testing to better understand business needs
• Led brainstorming session for product creation
• Documenting business and technical requirements
• Facilitating team meetings
• Tracking project development progress
• Identifying/alleviating impediments
• Coaching project teams in Agile and Scrum practices

CONSULTANT/CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER/BA ⎜RIIS, LLC ⎜March 2016 – March 2017

Project: Lake Trust Credit Union

Role: Scrum Master/BA/QA

• Lead and cross-functional Agile team to revamp client website and brand strategy
• Removed impediments to ensure team was working at 100% efficiency
• Strategize with Product Owner to make sure the product delivered offered the most value possible for the company
• Kept records of meetings to keep team organized and on task
• Led all daily stand ups, demo’s, retrospectives and planning meetings
• Created and presented status reports to stakeholders
• Acted as the point of contact for Third Party Providers to ensure their software was being implemented correctly
• Wrote user stories so the development team would know what needed to be built
• Combed through story backlog to get stories ready for development and track progress
• Met with company Division Leads to ensure we were meeting their needs and requirements
• Tested all functionality to make sure every feature worked as expected
• Made sure all completed stories were “done” and ready for demo

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT / MOBILE UX STRATEGIST ⎜JACAPPS ⎜JUNE 2010 – March 2016

• Mobile strategy creation
• Established UX design as the first stage of all mobile application projects
• Led the design effort for the Wallaby Template Custom Media App
• Designed over 50 mobile applications for radio stations, festivals and custom projects
• Managed projects and oversaw the operation/delivery of the mobile project lifecycle
• Coordinated projects between our clients and our development team, ensuring that projects get developed on time and on budget
• Played a key role in chalking out the overall operational policy such as determining what software and products should be used to maximize efficiency
• Ensured that standard procedures are followed when working with Third Party agencies
• Developed and maintained quarterly and annual budgets

PROJECT MANAGER ⎜BAM STRATEGY ⎜JUNE 2009 – MARCH 2010

• Responsible for delivering on time, on budget digital solutions for our partners using agile methodology.
• Built and managed interactive programs and planned online campaigns from inception to launch
• Researched historical data to help anticipate and plan future projects
• Worked closely with developer and design team to produce successful campaigns
• Planned and scheduled project objectives, timelines and milestones
• Conducted project post mortems and created recommendations in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Prioritized scope/backlogs, identified potential problems, and devise contingency plans
• Managed resources in­‐house, as well as with Third Party agencies
• Responsible for QA for all projects
• Managed project budgets

MARKETING ASSISTANT ⎜ MONTREAL ALOUETTES [CFL] ⎜ JANUARY 2004 – JANUARY 2005

• Carried out marketing for special events and games such as pre­‐season meet and greets
• Researched and recorded statistical information for team database
• Analyzed player stats for Alouettes General Manager
• Assigned various office related responsibilities ensuring the smooth operations of the Alouettes head office

AFFILIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

• NNG Certified - CRX / Specialty in Interaction Design
• Scrum Master Certified
• Mobility UX member
• Mobile Monday Detroit member
• Mobile Technology Association of Michigan member
• Scrum Alliance Member