SUMMARY:

• SAFe Program Consultant, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Agile Team Member, Business Systems Analyst, Lead Requirements Analyst with 10 years of web portal development
• 15 years of software application development with extensive experience in project management, business systems analysis, requirements elicitation and management, data warehouse development, user story and backlog development, SOA specification design and development, data integration across systems, data analysis, testing, and release planning

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS: Windows/UNIX

Database: ORACLE, SYBASE, DB2, and SQL Server

Utilities: Platinum, Data Expert, SSMS

Languages: Perl, C++, SQL, Ruby, and JAVA

Software: Rally, JIRA, Version One, Ruby, Application Life Cycle Manager, Knowledge Link, Embarcadero ER Studio, Magic Draw Team Server/Magic Draw Client, Confluence, Visio, Microsoft Project, WebSphere, SharePoint, Gherkin and Cucumber

Techniques: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 4.0), Test Driven Development (TDD)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

SCRUM MASTER III

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owners on the development of Epics and Features for Program Increment (PI)
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters on the ART PI Planning, Stories, Risks, and Dependencies
• Plan a 5 sprint (2 week cadence) for the PI
• Develop a value stream level with Features and Capabilities
• Assess Agility Maturity for each team monthly
• Monitor Cucumber adaption
• Plan conversion from Rally to JIRA for ART

SCRUM MASTER/PROGRAM MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with Product Owner on Project Vision and grooming of Product Backlog
• Collaborated and maintained sprint backlog using Rally
• Initiated Scrum Ceremonies
• Collaborated with team members on story grooming
• Collaborated with sprint teams for time box sprint and release planning
• Communicated sprint impediments and story dependencies to the program
• Managed the release of features delivered in a 2 week iteration cycle
• Worked with the Discovery Team to assimilate national requirements
• Managed 3 Teams: Cloud/Infrastructure/Data Management, Discovery, and Development

SCRUM MASTER III / PROJECT MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Owner on Project Vision and grooming of Product Backlog
• Collaborate and maintain sprint backlog using Version One
• Maintain the mapping of system test results to related stories using Application Life Cycle Management (ALM)
• Initiate scrum ceremonies
• Collaborate with team members on story grooming
• Collaborate with sprint teams for time box sprint and release planning
• Communicate sprint impediments and story dependencies to the program
• Manage the release of features developed in Oracle OFSAA for QRM Risk Modeling Tool

SCRUM MASTER / PROJECT MANAGER/ AGILE TEAM MEMBER

Responsibilities:

• Provided advance analysis on back - end system requirements for Employee Benefit user interface re-design
• Analyzed and managed the data requirements for the SOA service specifications
• Supported the enterprise transition to a Service Oriented Architecture
• Managed the integration challenges between the current and new screen functionality and process flow
• Resolved data conflicts for core system service subscribers
• Coached sprint team on adherence to Agile framework
• Collaborated with Product Owner on Project Vision
• Maintained sprint backlog using JIRA
• Managed project artifacts maintained in Confluence
• Managed As-Is business analysis of existing business processes to define sprint backlog
• Prepared high level system interaction diagrams to determine roles and functions in scope

AGILE COACH/ PROJECT MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Tech mentoring role assessed the "agility" of the product team, developing goals and objectives, developing a mentoring plan
• Provided Project Managers/Team guidance on agile methods, artifacts, and use of IBM Rational tools to promote adaption to new framework

SCRUM MASTER / SENIOR IV&V PROJECT MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Verified and validated deliverable content prior to gate reviews
• Facilitated gate reviews with project signatories and external support groups
• Created and customized deliverable templates and checklists for Project Management and Project Teams to use in the development of project artifacts, supporting multiple methodologies (streamlined Waterfall, and Agile Framework).
• As Government liaison reported on status of systems development between project team and core support areas.
• Specialized in web development, use of Web Services, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Data Warehouse projects.
• Business area focus: Citizenship adjudication case management and re-design of business processes

LEAD BUSINESS SYSTEMS AGILE ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Elicited requirements via facilitation sessions, developed use cases and systems requirements documentation, developed screen mockups, and the planning and implementation of UAT for a Real Estate Inventory application for Leased and owned Federal Buildings.
• Analyzed and interpreted government regulations and policy.
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, quality control, designers, and the business client using an Agile (SCRUM) development methodology and IBM Rational tools.

PROJECT MANAGER/SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Elicited requirements via facilitation sessions
• Managed project plans via Microsoft Project and maintained project deliverables on SharePoint
• Collaborated directly with Executives/Channel managers and.Net developers on requirements to create (3) demo versions of the top CMS products using requirements, and power users within the organization to test, compare, and select the CMS tool
• Managed the scope through implementation of an online virtual recruitment fair, a new product offering within the GMAC portfolio

SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Re-designed the internal solicitation business process, procurement vehicles (GWAC and other government proposals) and automation of pricing models to determine profitability of firm responding to government solicitations.
• Designed and implemented pricing metrics from Proposals to Contract award.
• Managed agile development effort and phase deliverables on SharePoint.
• Collaborated directly with Pricing Managers and .Net developers.

PROJECT MANAGER/SENIOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Led business re-engineering effort working with the Director and Branch Chiefs to identify and capture the business requirements, roles, business processes, data requirements and data flow, use case scenarios, and reporting needs for the Wage Determination process
• Mapped the requirements against the existing software applications (web and backend) to determine redesign opportunities
• Defined business processes based on Federal and Local policies and regulations

SCRUM MASTER /SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Used Agile Methodology to optimize copy, images, and ads to achieve performance (load time) gains
• Facilitated reviews with Product Teams, created Action Plan templates, maintained competitor ranking statistics per product, managed the review schedule, reporting of results to executive management, and trained Project Managers in New York and Dulles
• Used a mixture of Microsoft .Net and Java for channel development
• Elicited requirements via facilitation sessions
• Managed business and technology team relationships
• Sized and prioritized project sprints (LOE), and managed project budget for Executive Management
• Collaborated with Product and Channel Managers on business process re-design of publishing life cycle of AOL as an information portal.

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the current and proposed business processes, developed use cases, analyzed the source to target mapping of enterprise data, determined source system requirements for creating a centralized data warehouse for travel reporting for the DTMO, an agency of the DOD.
• Facilitated and prepared data warehouse requirements, creating high level logical data model, and preparing presentation of findings to executive management, the Branch Chief, to determine best implementation alternative.

SCRUM MASTER / SENIOR PROJECT MANAGERz

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated requirements sessions, managed and created SDLC phase deliverables
• Managed business and technology team relationships, sized and prioritized project sprints
• Managed project budget and reporting to Executive Management
• Collaborated with Product and Channel Managers on business process de-design of publishing life cycle to meet new corporate business model of AOL as an information portal
• Managed design and rollout of new publishing template that expanded content management placement to a 955 pixel wide view