Madison Brading

Orchestrate Agile delivery with PI Planning and retrospectives to align infrastructure modernization roadmaps with Front Office (FICC) objectives and compliance mandates. Translate Municipal Bond Desk quantitative requirements into Jira epics and lead concurrent data migration delivery to improve platform stability in a regulated trading environment.

Engineered automated testing suites for high-volume mortgage processing systems, ensuring platform resiliency and 100% data integrity across complex financial workstreams. Partnered to translate Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS) requirements into technical test cases while maintaining alignment with regulatory standards and system performance.

Led a 4-person consulting team to develop a Google Workspace SaaS growth strategy, using user engagement analysis to boost retention. Managed client communications and deliverables, aligning product recommendations with stakeholder objectives and marketing KPIs.

Designed and deployed an ML recommendation engine achieving 90% accuracy using NLP and Levenshtein distance to improve investor targeting and engagement. Improved database performance by 35% through optimized SQL queries and stored procedures.

Led product feature development from ideation to launch for a social film app, coordinating design sprints and cross-functional reviews. Shipped a redesigned profile experience that increased search engagement by 75% and improved user retention, while managing backlog and prioritizing based on analytics and user testing.

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Business Administration from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, completed in May 2023.