Hi, I'm Aimee Venot and I am a technology product leader. I am a detail-oriented communicator, passionate about leading strong cross-functional teams to success. I make evidence based decisions and utilize a data-driven approach to prioritize and execute strategic initiatives from start to finish.
I have experience in agile, product design, robotics, automations, people management, and lean six-sigma. I love working on technical solutions to solve customers' toughest and most complex problems. I've worked with top companies like Google, Apple, Kroger, Spotify, and many more. I'm currently interested in growth stage start ups.
In my free time, I like to garden, read about art history, travel, work on graphic design, and share my passion for wine with friends.
I pride myself on designing products that both internal or external customers love interacting with day in and day out. Focusing on their desires and ensure that they feel well taken care of in the process.
Everyone knows how pertinent it is to design great products, but what about the maintenance of these products? Focusing on the big long-term strategy and the logical steps to get there are my bread and butter.
I put a strong emphasis on reducing manual, non-value work to not only reduce redudant tasks but to overall improve employee satisfaction. Are you sick of emailing the same content to your team week over week?
Designing cohesive stories to get users loving your products. Focusing on systems that are easier to build but still beautiful for all users.
Is your team struggling to push out valuable code? Are priorities getting missed? I love working with struggling teams and pumping out valuable products, early.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude with two bachelor's degrees: Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Management from the honors program at Miami University.
Since then, I have been self taught in the following: Javascript (React, JQuery, Typescript), SQL, Python (Pandas), AWS (lambdas, RDS, Dynamo, Redshift, S3, Cloudfront, etc.) various design softwares such as Sketch, Figma, Marvel and more.
The Founder Institute is an American business incubator, entrepreneur training and startup launch program. In the 2019 Chicago Summer Cohort, over 320+ entrepreneurs applied, 34 were accepted, and only 11 reached graduation.
During the program, I founded and incorporated a company called Streetalk which you can read more about on our website here.
Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving toward six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process – from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service. A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt possesses a thorough understanding of all aspects of the Lean Six Sigma Method including competence in subject matters contained within the phases of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC)
Manufacturing Engineering deals with product and process design. It requires the ability to plan the practices of manufacturing; to research and develop tools, manufacturing processes, machines and equipment, control strategies; and to integrate the facilities and systems so that quality products can be produced at a competitive cost. Industry has a pressing need for academically qualified manufacturing engineers due to the fact that today's products and the technology to manufacture them have become increasingly more sophisticated. Examples of new manufacturing technologies being applied to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce costs include computer-aided design, robotics, statistical process control, and computer-integrated manufacturing systems.
Provided the detailed technology vision & strategy for European Expansion. Launched a United Kingdom Ruggable website in under 5 weeks with localizations such as language, currency, and metric units. Shortly after, launching a stand-alone Canadian website for customers
Provided the detailed vision & design for our in-house Warehouse Management System to track inventory levels in real-time. Led a team of 5 developers to build the system for over 8 months with these components:
Read more about what our team has accomplished from Built in Chicago here
Technical product manager who optimized and automated Home Chef's operations
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Agile Product owner of 4 scrum teams across 4 products. Successful Q4 2017 rollout of new product: Global Music Connect
The Emerging Leaders Program develops future leaders who can provide clients with the innovative data management and technology solutions they need to make critical decisions. The program includes four six-month rotations over two years. These roles provided challenging on-the-job learning and development opportunities:
Project Managed a team of 6 Global team members for user acceptance testing process for first Global PepsiCo rollout