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Holly Johnson

Product Manager

Project Manager

Software Engineer

Professional Summary

Technically minded product manager with a background in software engineering - I can read the pull request and read the room. Detail-orientated, organised and proactive, with 5 years leadership experience, I lead teams with empathy and encouragement. A quick learner and problem solver, collaborating across multiple teams to deliver successful user-centric outcomes.

Experience

🖼️ Technical Product Manager & NFT Minting Consultant

NFT Marketplace & Orderbook Dex

2022 - Present

  • Collaborated with project creators to launch over 20 successful NFT collections
  • Handled the technical side of launching NFT projects from systematic image generation (javascript) to permanent on-chain storage and minting.
  • Maintained user-friendly documentation to allow for easier on-boarding of new creators and users, based on user feedback and discussion with the developers.

⚙️ Junior Operations Analyst

RingGo

Summer 2022

  • Supported day-to-day operational processes related to parking, payments, reconciliation, problem solving
  • First-line support for clients
  • Collaborated across teams to discuss and resolve issues
  • Wrote and executed SQL queries to investigate and resolve data/payment discrepancies

💻 Web Development Intern

Sparks

Summer 2021

  • Suggested and implemented a migration from javascript to typescript to significantly reduce bugs and improve long-term maintainability.
  • Developed an admin dashboard for the team to process user notes.
  • Assisted the manual intelligence team with processing users notes

🐎 Competition Stable Manager

Eventing Yard

2018-2021

  • Managed and trained a team of 4 grooms at a private competition yard.
  • Responsible for all aspects of care for a yard of 8 event horses, including day-to-day care, exercise, show prep and competition grooming.
  • Logistical management of the yard and diary, sole charge
  • Individual care and monitoring of each horse, for example mental wellbeing, physical fitness, body conditioning, dietary requirements and alterations, administering medication.
  • Delivered 5 star care which allowed for fantastic results for the rider such as HOYS champions 2019.

Key Projects

⛓️ Crypto Dividends Smart Contract

Rust • Ralph • Smart Contracts • TDD • Agile

  • Smart Contract Developer of a fully on-chain platform where companies and projects can distribute profits to their shareholders in a decentralised and permission-less way.
  • Designed the core algorithm and developed the smart contract (Rust/Ralph), using Test Driven Development and Agile Methodology.

🎨 NFT Project

React • TypeScript • Blockchain • Smart Contracts

  • Founded and led a successful NFT project, overseeing all aspects from concept to execution.
  • Directed the project roadmap, designed original artwork, created and maintained the website (React/TypeScript), and built and managed an engaged community on Discord and Twitter.
  • Gained hands-on experience with writing and deploying smart contracts.
  • Developed further initiatives such as dynamic NFT's, staking to earn rewards, competitions.

Education

🎓 BSc Software Engineering, First Class

University of Portsmouth

Skills

Product

Product Management, Agile Project Management, User Documentation, Problem Solving, Strategic Thinking, Product Analysis and Development, End-to-end Delivery

Technical

Blockchain, Smart Contracts, NFT's, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Rust, Ralph, SQL, TDD