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Nancy Hang
Technical Program Management Leader, Focusing on Strategy, Planning and Operations
Ex-Googler, Ex-Mozillian, 16+ years of engineering & product experience in building and leading high performance teams, scaling organizations and optimizing processes. Extensive experience setting org structure, best practices, strategy planning, board decks and operational excellence.
I help founders accelerate growth and scale, by leading initiatives, and driving results at start-ups and tech companies. Not sure if it's a good fit? Happy to chat.
Work
- https://labs.mozilla.org/projects/firefox-reality/
Firefox Reality is a fast and secure browser from Mozilla that is designed for browsing the open web in Virtual Reality
Web DNA Report | MDN Web Docs
https://mdn.dev/archives/insights/What are the Top 10 Frustrations for Web Developers and Designers? Lessons from the 2020 MDN Web Docs Developer Needs Assessment.
- https://you.com/
An AI-powered search engine founded by ex-Salesforce chief scientist
MDN Web Docs
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/The MDN Web Docs site provides information about Open Web technologies including HTML, CSS, and APIs for both Web sites and progressive web apps.
GitHub - Let-s-help-each-other/COVID19-resources
https://github.com/Let-s-help-each-other/COVID19-resourcesAt the beginning of the COVID pandemic, I led and created the COVID-19 resource list when there was a shortage of PPE supplies and other needs.
Experience
Anaplan
Director, Product Operations, Program Management
Oct 2021 - Present
Leading SaaS planning software company
- Chief of Staff to Chief Product Officer
- Manage and Oversee Overall Product Program Portfolio and Product Roadmaps
- Manager of the following teams: Product Operations/Program Management, Product Insights and Analytics, Pricing
- Driving all strategic planning and operations, including Quarterly Board Reviews, headcount planning and product priorities
Mozilla
Head of Engineering Program Management, Emerging Technologies
Sep 2017 - Mar 2021
Mozilla makes browsers, apps, code and tools that put people before profit
- Lead strategic planning and operations and managed overall program portfolio
- Built Engineering Program Management team
- Implemented best practices and process across Eng org
Walt Disney
Senior Technical Project Manager
Jul 2015 - Mar 2017
Worked in the Disney video game and interactive media team
- Agile transformation across Engineering
- Led a portfolio of projects for 5 teams in Infrastructure using Google Enterprise Tools and Atlassian products
- Led cost savings initiatives across 9 teams saving $5 million/month by removing underutilized & old servers
Paramount Global
Project Manager (contract)
Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
Worked in the Viacom division
- Led & launched the integration of a new photo asset management tool across 3 brands: MTV, VH1, Paramount
- Implemented the Digital Project Initiative (DPI) program, and created security policies for the digital assets
- Project management lead for the MTV VMA’s, MTV Movie Awards, MTVU Woodie Awards shows websites
Google
Project Manager
Jul 2011 - Apr 2013
Worked in Google Payments & Google Maps
- Directly managed and led the Platform & Technical Operations team in Google WalletDirectly managed and led the Platform & Technical Operations team in Google Wallet
- Centralized and Streamlined organizational information
- Launched NFC Tap and Pay, Google Wallet card
- Managed projects to optimize search on Google Maps to produce accurate results and location dataManaged projects to optimize search on Google Maps to produce accurate results and location data
Vayama
Project Manager
Feb 2010 - Jul 2011
Compare and book flights, hotels and cars worldwide start-up
- Led program management team and implemented best practices
- Managed and led the portfolio of projects across the start up
- Created a roadmap and strategy plan for each product launch
At&t
It Analyst- Management Training Program
May 2007 - Nov 2008
Hired into the Technical Management Rotation Training Program specializing in technical project management
- Led & managed the creation of the MATREX dashboard as a one-stop shop for resources targeted for internal teams
- Managed the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) support team by helping to create a voice recognition application
- Led a QA team as a Defect Manager for the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV & U-Verse, Lightspeed)
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