EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience in IT Project Management and PMO in the Financial Services industry
• Waterfall and Agile Project Management experience - Scrum and Kanban
• Skilled in management of IT Network deployments and IT Software Development

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Glen Allen, VA

Integrated IT ScrumMaster

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating Team participation in PSI planning events
• Working with vendor software delivery team and internal component delivery teams providing integrated solutions
• Impediment tracking, resolution, and escalation to ensure continuous flow
• Release planning, Minute-by-Minute plan development, communication planning, and execution
• Representing team at Scrum of Scrum meeting with awareness and escalations as needed
• Implemented Kanban Agile ceremonies for both teams
• Developed customized Version One Kanban Story Boards, establishing SLAs and WIPs
• Implemented continuous delivery / continuous improvement processes
• Worked with Product Owner to build, maintain, and prioritize the Product Backlog
• Coordinated Team participation in PSI planning events
• Worked with Teams to implement Paired Programming and MOB Programming
• Coached team transition from Scrum to Kanban Agile ceremonies
• Worked with team through Value Stream Mapping to develop customized Kanban Storyboards using Version One
• Implemented continuous delivery / continuous improvement processes
• Worked with team and external resources to resolve impediments, serving as escalation point
• Worked with Product Owner to build, maintain, and prioritize the Product Backlog
• Worked with Team to implement MOB Programming

Confidential, Glen Allen, VA

ScrumMaster / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project management for a large-scale server upgrade initiative in preparation for Open UI systems
• Release planning, Minute-by-Minute plan development, communication planning, and execution
• External resource engagement and coordination
• Impediment tracking, resolution, and escalation to ensure continuous flow
• Representing team at Scrum of Scrum meeting with awareness and escalations as needed
• Planning with Senior Leadership Team and Stakeholders, and providing status, identifying risks and impediments
• Enterprise Event awareness tracking and engagement of resources for monitoring
• Working with Product Owner to build, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog
• Working with the team to develop requirements for a customized Version One Kanban story board

ScrumMaster / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining the project backlog and roadmap
• Developing an Agile Ceremony schedule, mapping preparation steps for each ceremony
• Facilitated Sprint Grooming, Planning, Scheduling, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Closeout and Retrospective ceremonies
• Serving team by identifying and removing impediments
• Representing team at Scrum-of-Scrum meetings with Awareness and Escalations, as needed
• Serving team by working with Release Management and delivery teams, scheduling and tracking implementations
• Budget tracking and reporting for each EPIC

Confidential, Glen Allen, VA

ScrumMaster / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Building and maintaining the project backlog
• Creating backlog templates for recurring stories
• Developing an Agile Ceremony schedule, mapping preparation steps for each ceremony
• Facilitating planning, scheduling, tracking, and Sprint closing
• Managing and tracking daily efforts and Estimate Trending
• Developing a Version One user/administrator guide to help teams to become self-sufficient

Integrated Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Matrix-management of design, development, testing, and implementation of multiple applications to establish a common user interface for multiple lines of business to service user accounts.
• Providing project stakeholders weekly updates of project status, risks, issues, dependencies, and project costs.
• Developing a comprehensive minute-by-minute plan including all system implementations and providing project stakeholders updates throughout implementation activities.

Project Manager / ScrumMaster

Responsibilities:

• Providing project management for complex projects, including creating and managing MS Project plans
• Managing and tracking project timelines, milestones, defects, impediments, and action items
• Agile/SCRUM methodology was used for project management of software development of approximately 15-20 stories per month and managed product backlogs for four delivery teams
• For sprint planning sessions, MS Excel was used to assign resources, validate LOE requirements and velocity, and manage resource load-balancing.
• Providing a monthly dashboard representing line-of-business graphical representation of approximately 50 stories including success/failures, and included resource utilization for all stories.

Confidential, Mechanicsville, VA

Information Technology Consultant/Financial Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities included account reconciliations for Personal Property Taxes, Real Estate Taxes and Public Service Taxes.
• Demonstration of technical background and communication skills resulted in promotion to Information Technology Consultant
• Technology site management provided for customers supporting several MS Windows Operating Systems, various OTC products and Information Security.
• Interfaced directly with customers to develop technological solutions
• Provided end-to-end project management, user, and technical support

Confidential, Mechanicsville, VA

Senior Financial Representative

Responsibilities:

• Worked with individuals and businesses to establish financial goals and make better informed decisions.
• Strong listening and interpretive skills were required to develop and recommend customer solutions.
• Responsible for the business office environment for the local office supporting thirteen associates.
• Established requirements definition and developed technology solutions
• Configured, ordered, and installed office automation equipment
• Provided operational support and technical .

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Senior Technical Consultant / IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple concurrent projects for rapid deployment of large scale Frame Relay networks.
• Managed local site preparation activities for server, workstation, and printers - included Ethernet LAN implementations
• Developed processes to support the Bank’s network outsourcing agreement with Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
• Involved engineering Frame Relay network solutions to support merger-related transitions
• Provided Project Management for implementation activities.
• Worked with multiple lines of business to determine and develop system requirements
• Provided Project Management to implement a flexible network solution, supporting all end-users and their various applications.
• Provided Project Coordination and overall Project Management for multiple network deployments.
• Concurrent regional deployments required dependency management and detailed scheduling
• Managed geographically disbursed technical resources
• Developed mitigation plans to manage project conflicts and avoid project delays