Release Train Engineer Resume

SUMMARY

Initiative - taking Senior Program Manager with 15+ years of direct project leadership who is capable of building and leading project teams from initiation through implementation. History of leading highly visible projects with budgets up to $30M for Fortune 100 and Government customers using a variety of software delivery methodologies including Scaled Agile, Agile, and Waterfall.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Release Train Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Acted as servant leader for two successful cross-functional Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
Assisted in developing best practices and metrics during organization transformation to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology.
Optimized flow of business value through eight Scrum teams using various SAFe methods and tools.
Facilitated quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning events in order to drive synthesis of Vision, Roadmaps, and Backlogs between Information Technology, Product Development, and Network Operations.
Ensured delivery of PI commitments.
Interfaced with cross-functional team of developers, architects, business stakeholders and executive leadership to determine PI objectives.
Communicated ART status to executive leadership using automated and manual reporting.
Identified trends and anti-patterns using data-driven methodology.
Assisted in identification of external dependencies and risks to ART.
Ensured Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, iteration planning, retrospectives, system demonstrations, etc.) were performed.

Senior IT Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed and led large $30M enterprise application integration effort.
Created and managed program plan including four work streams with multiple phases and deliverables.
Identified and mitigated program risks.
Managed leading SaaS vendor from program initiation to implementation.
Led program status meetings and report delivery to executive leadership.
Engaged with customers, partners and constituent groups to create positive, trusting and professional relationships.
Mentored and led less experienced project managers to enhance work stream delivery.

Technical Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led large, globally diverse team to deliver managed IT Services program for Confidential 's largest and most complex customers accounting for over $200M in annual revenue to company revenue.
Managed implementation budget of $30M.
Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
Provided all program reporting to VP and C-level management.

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Gathered, analyzed and presented Information Technology data for Chief Information Officer.
Responded to specific BI requests from CIO and direct reports, creating data packets with requested information in easily understandable formats.
Provided various reports of day-to-day activities that were then used to make high-level business decisions regarding IT development projects and priorities, appropriate band-width levels, adjustments to IT budgets, etc.
Led report building and report automation.
Used SQL, Sagent Information Studio, Crystal Reporting, and Microsoft Excel to gather data, analyze data, and build reports.
Produced management reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.

Capital Planning Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led team of twelve financial analysts.
Tracked and maintained IT capital plan of more than $400M.
Planned and prioritized capital plan throughout the year, including recommendations for program priorities and trade-offs.
Established capital planning management processes for all IT departments including capital submission, evaluation, spend, and trade-offs.
Spearheaded development of automated tools to capture and maintain capital plan, as well as executive level reporting of same using web environment on .Net framework.