SUMMARY:

• I am a resourceful leader demanding and delivering excellence in Project Management capital strategy related to culture and continuous improvement. As a certified ScrumMaster I have guided and facilitated key team rituals including sprint planning, daily stand - ups, grooming and spring retrospectives at four different clients for seven teams. I have used my educational and professional background in psychology, counseling, and education to coach and empower my teams into highly efficient, fully functioning Scrum teams. Using a level of tact and transparency when communicating key metrics such as team velocities, business values, defects, and sprint statuses. I have been recognized for the ability to build solid relationships with strategic partners as well as consensus across multiple organizational levels. Skilled in distilling key points of interest and communicating complex IT business concepts and strategy to a wide audience with varied levels of understanding with a dynamic communication and presentation style. Passion and proficiency in mentorship of employees and knowledge sharing of best practices with business partners and peers.
• 6+ years experience with HRIS (IT) system migrations
• 4+ years Managing Migrations and Implementation Projects
• 6+ years of Project Management
• 4+ years in Curriculum Development (e-Learning)
• 3+ years Healthcare
• Scrum Master
• Proven team building and leadership skills
• Process and continuous improvement advocate
• Excellent and effective communication skills
• Highly analytical, excels in ideation, and excellent at removing development roadblocks

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Scrum Master

Confidential, MN

• Guide scrum teams on organization and on how to use scrum and Agile methodologies
• Ensure that employee engagement is maintained at high levels and that employee development plans are created and maintained
• Coach, facilitate and provide direction when needed during daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning and demos
• Communicate and identify problems as they came up so each team is able to complete all tasks and sprints on time
• Provide coaching and performance reviews of staff
• Eliminate roadblocks or impediments that interfered with the team’s ability to complete their sprints on time and on schedule
• Interact with IT and business leadership to contribute to our strategic plan and project portfolio plans

Scrum Master

Confidential, Port Washington, NY

• Help build a Scrum team from scratch, into a highly evolved, self sufficient Agile team
• Worked with existing teams which were functioning at about 70% Agile, used experience as a coach and counselor to create two self sufficient and highly functioning Agile teams
• Held daily stand ups; discussed what was completed yesterday, what was currently being worked that day and were there any road blocks
• Tracked and communicated progress leading multiple teams through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project using the Agile/Scrum process in the delivery of enterprise software development projects to the production environment
• Worked with team members on any and all issues such as sprint backlog, sprint burn-downs and product backlog
• Worked with offshore team members, including developers and QA’s
• Provided leadership, direction and coaching to scrum teams
• Fostered a collaborative team environment that tears down silos between groups to act in a single voice
• Acted as the execution point to ensure one agile train
• Served as an escalation agent for impediment removal for scrum teams
• Implemented, taught and mentored agile practices across the organization
• Led user story creations with product owner and story grooming with scrum teams
• Publicized the team's progress and successes to make sure they are highly visible to product owner/stakeholders
• Provided status updates and kept track of detailed deliverables

Scrum Master

Confidential

• Managed the migration of HRIS Systems from ADP to Zuman
• Built a Scrum team from scratch; worked with Product Owners and Managers
• Acted as a client liaison for business to technology and technology to business translation
• Lead and instituted the creation of all direct feeds between vendors and Zuman
• Facilitated daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospectives
• Worked with product owners on artifacts such as product backlog, sprint backlog and sprint burn-down
• Managed all change control request for assigned clients and defended business justification in committee
• Assisted clients in the creation and maintenance of cost analysis and service utilization reports of specific clinical areas to aid in cost reduction efforts

Scrum Master

Confidential

• Lead team to successfully implement a new HRIS (ADP) system
• Responsible for change management processes
• Facilitated team into creating direct feeds between various vendors and HRIS systems
• Effectively facilitated team members so they could manage time-lines, and budgets
• Actively identified and removed impediments to team productivity
• Communicated and provided transparency and visibility to stakeholders and peers
• Managed human resource technology solutions and vendor relationships related to on-boarding, payroll and benefits administration
• Identified and evaluated existing human resource compliance and policy standards to identify areas for improvement resulting in strong SOP’s
• Managed COBRA, LOA’s and 401K administration for over 800 employees
• Oversaw the process and management of short-term disability claims
• Supported strategic and tactical initiatives to drive progress, talent management programs, succession planning and processes
• Identified and effectively mitigated implementation risks and issues, and communicated to project teams, management and other impacted groups

Senior Human Resource Specialist| Project Manager

Confidential

• Worked with managers to put together a fully functioning scrum team
• Facilitated the successful completion of implementing new HRIS (ADP) systems
• Led teams across broad technical and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were complete on time, on budget, and with the desired results
• Ensured projects were complete on time and in scope
• Enabled continuous integration of HRIS systems and benefit packages to ensure the best solutions for business and steak holders
• Provided ELS for each client release; ensure a smooth transition to operational support
• Trained and mentored team members in process improvement concepts and tools
• Worked with team members to ensure the integrity and quality of the transition for each release
• Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures

Human Resource Practitioner

Confidential

• Lead and instituted the creation of all direct feeds between vendors and ADP
• Managed the migration of time off/PTO tracking from HR Online over to ADP
• Facilitated daily meetings, planning and reviews
• Managed HRIS database and necessary reporting to ensure critical and accurate analysis of HR functions
• Processed employee paperwork and/or status changes required for bonuses, merit increases, terminations, layoffs, transfers and new hires
• Employee relations; coached and counseled employees, managers, supervisors and employees to improve overall productivity
• Publicized team's progress and successes to ensure their visibility and transparency for product owner/stakeholders
• Tracked and reported status and other metrics against goals on an ongoing basis
• Conducted, documented and reported exit interviews, handled terminations and unemployment claims
• Managed HRIS database and analytics to ensure critical and accurate analysis of the HR function
• Updated HRIS records, investigated complete health coverage, ran various queries and reports, worked through findings and handled all new and change requests