Carson Ruebel Bellevue Washington • (425) 285-8385 cruebel@outlook.com • linkedin.com/in/cruebel • carsonruebel.com PMP-Certified Project Manager | Applied AI & Product Development Experience Top Skills ? Project Management - 9+ years of experience across various roles. PMP-certified since 2018. Strong in scoping, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder management, communication, and Agile/Scrum delivery (Jira, ADO, and MS Project). ? Technical Experience – Designed and deployed web applications with Python (Flask), AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3), and MediaWiki, with additional experience in front-end development using Flutter. ? Data & Cloud Platforms – 10+ years with SQL, Kusto, and Power BI, including ETL pipeline design and reporting automation. Experience deploying analytics and cost-management solutions on AWS and Azure. ? Applied AI – Built and launched end-to-end projects integrating GPT-based workflows and APIs (OpenAI, StabilityAI, Claude), including WordPress chatbots and RAG pipelines. ? AI Foundations – Fluent in modern ML concepts (transformers, embeddings, attention, training basics), enabling effective cross-functional collaboration. Work Experience YTP Analytics LLC, Cebu Philippines Independent Applied AI Projects 12/2023-08/2025 See solo projects & articles at bottom for details (wikifiction.ai, flyers, WordPress plugin) Meta Vendor (TEKsystems), Bellevue WA Technical Project Manager 04/2022-04/2023 * Led weekly cross-team syncs across 3 engineering teams (~20 touchpoints/month), eliminating recurring blockers and keeping 50+ feature tasks on schedule * Consolidated 5+ siloed trackers into a single source of truth with role-based views, streamlining reporting prep and reducing ad-hoc leadership requests * Drove triage of 100+ high-priority (P1) quality issues, significantly reducing backlog and preventing critical defects from blocking releases * Produced weekly program updates for director-level audiences, consolidating KPIs, risks, burndown, and decisions into a single shareable post, improving leadership visibility * Coordinated 7 cross-functional groups (QA, PM, Privacy, DS, DE, UX, SWE) to deliver 20+ incremental feature enhancements per quarter, including UI improvements and functional updates Microsoft Vendor (Aptly Inc.), Redmond WA Technical Project Manager 08/2020-12/2021 * Coordinated 4 cross-functional groups (sales, account managers, cloud architects, email orchestration) to ensure API deprecations occurred without service interruptions * Developed comprehensive Power BI report suite tracking burndown of 500 customers' usage of deprecating APIs, providing executives with visibility into migration progress and risks * Led effort to build data model, Kusto/SQL queries, and pipeline to push telemetry from team's Kusto cluster to department-wide data lake via Cosmos and Azure Data Factory * Standardized communications and automated recurring KQL data pulls, reducing prep time for recurring tasks from hours to minutes and preserving institutional knowledge in formal documentation * Consolidated multiple dependency and deployment trackers into a single source of truth, adopted by PM team to coordinate delivery timelines Metacentrix LLC, Seattle WA IT Consultant 11/2019-03/2020 * Configured NAS backups, deployed website changes, testing via containers, diagnosed network and software issues Microsoft Vendor (Mindtree Ltd.), Redmond WA Project Manager 12/2018-11/2019 Marketing Operations * Organized training and transition of Office Commercial marketing operations * Led team of 4 cross-functional roles in building A/B experimental and evergreen campaigns using both email and in-product messaging Azure Global Security * Ensured quarterly review of 150,000+ privileged access requests (UAR), achieving 100% compliance with audit regulations * Partnered with security and data teams to eliminate duplicative processes, improving data quality and clarifying service ownership * Built and owned Power BI dashboards (SQL + Kusto) used by security leadership to track access review completion and trends * Captured undocumented processes after major PM/engineering turnover, preserving institutional knowledge and reducing onboarding time for new hires Various, Metro Manila Philippines Entrepreneur 06/2015-02/2018 Choxxo was a sole proprietorship endeavor to introduce American-style chocolate fudge to the Philippines between 01/2017-02/2018. The Scribe Collective was a collaborative project to scale an existing sole proprietorship to a small business between 06/2015-12/2016. Stefanini, Metro Manila Philippines Senior Team Lead 06/2014-06/2015 * Designed and delivered onboarding training sessions for new programs, ensuring process coverage, backup ownership, and complete documentation to reduce operational risk * Interviewed, hired, trained, and managed a team of 8 analysts auditing thousands of merchant accounts/month using SQL queries, in-house analytic tools, and commercial research data * Introduced performance KPIs (accuracy, throughput) that improved audit quality and team accountability * Provided weekly reports and updates to external stakeholders, ensuring transparency into audit progress and compliance issues Microsoft, Redmond WA IT Operations Program Manager 10/2008-10/2013 * Managed customer relationships for 3 enterprise clients using System Center, supporting 15,000+ devices and $200K/month in revenue * Drove Configuration Manager dogfood, pilots, and enterprise-scale deployments to accelerate product adoption and gather feedback * Orchestrated monthly and ad hoc security patch cycles for ~300,000 desktops and servers, driving compliance with Microsoft security standards * Delivered BI solutions (Power BI, SSRS) and data warehouse ETL specifications to internal teams, improving reporting accuracy and long-term analytics planning * Built content and collaboration platforms (MOSS 2010 CMS and external SharePoint site) adopted across the organization Education B.S. Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle WA Solo Projects & Articles Wikifiction.ai: AI-Driven Storytelling Platform * Built a wiki-style platform enabling users to generate and share fictional content using multi-modal AI (ChatGPT, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, AWS Polly) * Designed backend/frontend stack with Python (Flask), MediaWiki, and AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3) * Implemented custom GPT workflows and API integrations to support stories, children’s books, and video content PDF Tab Switcher Plugin (WordPress.org) * Developed and published a WordPress plugin allowing tabbed navigation inside PDFs, enhancing document usability Flyers: Grocery Pricing Data Exploration * Designed and evolved a project to capture and analyze grocery sale prices across 3 technical phases o v1: Manual Excel-to-SQL pipeline with normalized schema for Power BI dashboards o v2: Python scripts and API integration to automate data collection and storage o v3: Fully cloud-native ETL using Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, and Power BI for scalable reporting * Projects: www.wikifiction.ai · www.ytpanalytics.com · www.carsonruebel.com · PDF Tab Switcher Plugin * Articles: Flyers · Wikifiction.ai Case Study · Media Organization · Resume Website · PDF Tab Switcher (More at www.carsonruebel.com)