Project Manager/ScrumMaster Resume

SUMMARY:

Highly accomplished, hands on Agile Project Manager and Scrum Professional experienced in managing projects utilizing Agile, Lean, and Waterfall Methodologies, producing exceptional results that deliver highly valued features on time and within budget, exceeding customer’s expectations.
Strategic planner coaching high velocity, collaborative teams utilizing an array of unique project approaches and processes aimed at boosting efficiency, decreasing waste and defects and meeting business needs, all while producing self - organized, and self-reliant teams.
PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner, Certified ScrumMaster and Scrum Professional Servant/Leader Cloud
Technologies Release/Iteration Planning Backlog Grooming User Story Mapping Acceptance Test Driven
Development Estimating Techniques Facilitator of Scrum Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Review and
Retrospectives) Promote Agile Best Practices/Values Prior Software Developer, Quality Assurance and Business
Analyst Health Information Management Coaching Removing Impediments Defect Analysis Creating SafeHealthy, Work Environments Promote Visibility, Transparency, and Adaptation Facilitator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager/ScrumMaster

Responsibilities:

Matured adaptation of Agile/Lean Values and Principles and initiated Scrum of Scrums and Kanban Practices
Coach teams in Agile/Lean Concepts and Techniques utilized to increase velocity, reducing waste by 15%, encourage local/international team collaboration, team empowerment and self-organization
Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies, collaborate with Product Owners and teams in addressing defects, testing approaches, backlog prioritization & grooming, identifying and removing impediments, and continual process improvement

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Analyze and manage supplier and vendor compensation programs, agreements, and contract requirements
Utilizing a Kanban approach, reduced waste and increased time to market, improving sales effectiveness and program administration by 20%

Confidential

Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Orchestrated teams (testers, analyst, architects, developers, and subject matter experts) and work on the legacy Confidential Program as sub-systems and software programs were enhanced or replaced, providing an end to end product solution that increased rating efficiencies by 30%
Coached and trained Agile/Scrum/Lean Values and Principles to cross-functional teams, assisting them to become empowered, self-organizing, and productive within 6 months
Coached teams on creating Release/Iteration Goals, creating backlogs and Feature/Story Mapping; facilitated Scrum Ceremonies, removed project impediments, while establishing safe environments, thus promoting best practices and continual process improvement, and root cause analysis

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed the organization, project enhancements, and presentation of a portfolio of alternate system design upgrades for future project bidding
Facilitated meetings intended to justify project scope/costs, surface missing requirements, and validate designs

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Served as an Information Technology Specialist and Software Quality Assurance Analyst testing and troubleshooting the integration of a Pharmaceutical Software as a Service into the legacy Patient Records System
Collaborated with external/internal resources to analyze business needs, define requirements, and solutions, initiate User Acceptance Test Plans, and resolved client issues

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Facilitated client JAD Sessions between Subject Matter Experts, IT Administration, and Software Development, re-designing the Enrollment System
Organized, and modified work flow throughout Enrollment Enterprise Systems, utilizing a Lean/Agile Approach to reduce waste, and enhance process flow

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed development of internal contract tracking systems and provided system and field support
Managed contracts from estimation to completion; upgraded system/software effectiveness

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

Coordinated teams in the enhancement of current/future User Application Interfaces and system databases utilized to extract population information for procuring healthcare funding
Lead JAD sessions, created requirements and associated designs, enhancing the utilization of existing healthcare data utilized for congressional reporting and procurement purposes

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

Acted as a liaison between Healthcare Subject Matter Experts, IT Management and Software Developers, troubleshooting and enhancing a new state wide healthcare application release
Performed Confidential Analysis, identified issues, and worked with developers and analyst in identifying and modifying code, requirements, and processes, reducing defects by 30%