SUMMARY:

• Direct all phases of project and program management for networking, infrastructure, enterprise application, web development, software, and hardware development lifecycle management from inception through completion. Provide delivery of project goals on time, within budgets, and specifications. Agile, Waterfall, and Iterative Methodologies.
• Planned and managed project initiation, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post - implementation functions. Headed multiple projects concurrently with responsibility for defining and documenting scope, requirements, and business cases; creating and controlling budgets; and allocating resources.
• Creation of detailed project plans creates project design documentation, and functional specifications. Identified, assessed, and mitigated potential risks and negative impact. Coordinated the efforts of multiple teams (projectized, matrix, and offshore), participate in code reviews, conducted weekly project status meetings, and provided status reports to senior management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Pivotal
• SAP
• Ariba
• JIRA
• Clarity
• Microsoft Project
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Visio
• Outlook
• Access
• RUP
• JAD
• ClearCase
• ClearQuest
• IAA
• VB
• FPGA
• ASIC
• Java
• SMS
• SQL
• Oracle
• CVS
• SQL Server
• .Net
• .ASP
• ProChain
• Netscape calendar web page editor
• Front Page
• Adobe
• FrameMaker
• Windows 10
• 8
• 7
• 2000
• Unix
• HTML
• HTTP
• Multi Media Applications
• C
• Mentor Graphics
• Solaris
• Sun OS
• Basic
• Assembly
• Office Professional
• ChangeMan DS
• CVS
• Windows Server Security
• Windows Network Infrastructure
• Active Directory Infrastructure
• Windows Client Deployment
• Exchange Server
• VB
• FPGA
• ASIC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager, Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Project Manager and Scrum Master self starter supporting the HDE and HDI iOS application development and CRM payment integration teams. Manage iOS application development (UI and Payment Integration) and QA teams with new feature and maintenance of iPad (iOS) and mobile credit card device for Home Depot mobile home external and interior sales to successful completion. Identify risk, generate mitigation plan, facilitate meetings, manage budget (SAP BPC) and generate reports for upper management. Coach team on agile process and xtreme programming. Work with business owners, product owners during sprint planning sessions listening to SME’s to determine deliverables.
• Usage of Micro Soft Project and Pivotal for backlog grooming, management of stories and epics. Support teams and production owners during sprint planning sessions. Using xterme programming to provide weekly deliverables.
• Sr. Project Manager and Scrum Master for IT Finance Reporting team, IT Finance Planning and Forecasting teams, IT Finance Accounting team on finance applications. Support teams facilitaiting daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, coach teams on agile process. Work with product owners gathering and develop business requirements. Usage of Pivotal for backlog grooming, management of stories and epics. Work with business owners, production owners and SME’s during sprint planning sessions to determine deliverables.
• Work with the teams to Identify risk, generate mitigation plans, facilitate meetings, manage budgets (SAP BPC), generate reports for upper management, and coach teams on agile process generating biweekly deliverables.
• Sr. Project Manager and Technical Writer IT Security Architecture team. Facilitate assessment meetings to evaluate security for new and updated infrastructure and application development for all enterprise level projects. Facilitate VPN Remediation project with third party vendors moving access to Home Depot Network secure access.
• Reviewer and technical writer for data protection processes. Support the Data Protection teams in development of data protection process and support team with writing and editing of process documentation.

Product Owner/Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SAMS eCommerce support teams to developing applications for SAMS members to generate discounts for purchases. In store and mobile applications used for CRM to identify customer eligible for additional discounts and coupons.
• Big Data Analytics Applications for Data Café - Omni Channel and International Retail analysis. Work with teams to develop big data analytic applications used to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other useful information for vendors buyers and managers to make better business decisions...
• Facilitate daily scrum meeting to determine daily activities and possible blocks.
• Perform analysis, gather and develop business requirements, create user stories for development and QA requirements validation
• Backlog grooming for sprint and PI Release Planning. Work with scrum team and business management to prioritize application development.
• Coach and mentor team members in Agile methodology.

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Project Management Consultant for Performance Management, Learning Management Systems, and HR data migration and data warehousing project. Usage of Micro Soft Project to track project activities.
• Manage offshore and onshore development teams in migrating HR data of acquisitioned company into the Walgreens environment. Migration of active employee data into learning management system and warehousing of inactive employees for compliance and historical purposes.
• Work with business units and development teams to develop requirements, processes, manage issues, risk, facilitate team meeting, and project schedule on a daily basis...
• Facilitate weekly project status meeting with development and business units to monitor project progress and track issues on a daily bases.
• Coordinate efforts with third party vendors/cloud providers
• Generate reports for stakeholders including risk, issues logs, status, and change management request.
• Coach and mentor team members

Business IT Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Generate business case/business requirements for the Internal Web Portal and Stipend projects for the Mobile Wireless Organization. Generate all other necessary documents including High Level Requirements, Scope of Work, Project Plans, Manage Resources, Risk, Test Plan, Quality requirements, and Communication’s Plans.
• Create Web Enterprise Application using Microsoft InfoPath 2003/2007, using Webservices linkage to Oracle SQL database and SharePoint infrastructure
• Provide MS Project schedule to support web, application, and SharePoint projects. Facilitated Weekly Project Status review meetings with representatives from all functional teams for monitoring project progress (planned vs. actual) to ensure project remained on schedule.
• Translate business requirements too technical requirements for project development.
• Generate Request for Proposal’s, Work Flow Diagrams, Risk Management Plan’s, Issues Log’s, Status Reports, Change Management, Communications Management and Presentation for Upper Management.
• Provide vendor management including facilitating team meetings, facilitating bidder’s conference, vendor presentations, and vendor selection process.
• Audit the organizations Server billing process and provide a gap analysis of the billing process with recommended changes and updates.
• Create and manage SharePoint 2007 and 2010 Web sites including documentation management.

Sr. Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program/Project Management Consultant for Requirements/New Work and Change Management of onshore and offshore resource for the 3G and 3GSM Platform Software Developments for Mobile Devices
• Facilitate daily meeting for Smartphone software product requirements and new work (Java apps, multimedia applications, http browser applications, VB, Network and stack functions, MMS, SMS, email, memory, SIM storage, Blue Tooth, and database application)
• Facilitate daily status meetings with upper management and development teams to identify and assess risk, and critical issues
• Infrastructure responsibility was for software and application developments for mobile wireless products
• Provide analysis to establish priorities and severity of identified issues on a daily basis
• Provide daily summary reports; generate presentations and present status at program meetings
• Facilitate team meeting to review product defects and resolve team conflicts of defect ownership
• Update database for tracking product defects

Configurations Management Manger/Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided business analysis of business objects application developments, product and release management processes
• Responsible for infrastructure consistent of software configuration management processes; this included configuration management tool used and processes for release management of all software and application for the organization, Agile methodology for iterative application releases.
• Configurations Management Consultant for the PremierServe Managed Care Organization client server application releases. Provided SEI CMMI Level 1, 2 and 3 System and SDLC analysis of their application developments
• Develop and document configuration management and releases management processes
• Organize and develop a migration project to install ChangeMan DS and/or CVS on software applications
• Generate job description, review and interview candidates to aid in application migration project
• Manage and assign the contractor work initiatives
• Determine and document scope, objectives, and requirements for the application migration project of business objects, crystal reports, Oracle developments, Remedy
• Develop and maintain the project plan (MS Project), Manage Resources, risk management plan, issues log and software configuration processes for the organization
• Train and prepare teams for quality and CMMI audits

Adjunct Professor

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate undergrad and graduate level management classes. Classes: Project Management, CIS Strategic Planning, CIS Risk Management, Corporate Culture and Organizational Climate, Management: Theory, Practices, and Application, Operations Management, Quality Management and Productivity, Organizational Behavior, Project Management In a Technological Environment, Implementing Organizational Initiatives, Project Management In The Business Environment, Strategic Implementation and Alignment

Sr. Program/Project Manager/Estimator

Responsibilities:

• Aid in establishing initial PMO office
• Train software and Web developer in software development lifecycle methodology
• Project Manager, Agile methodology delivery of Progress Database and Java, Visual Basic web and software developments for supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics for retail environments
• Develop and document Project Plans (MS Project), Resource Management,Configuration Management, Change Management, Risk Management, and Releases Management processes
• Moderate and review database, web, and application developments, technical requirement, software test and validation documents
• Responsible for infrastructure in defining program and project management, resource management, processes for integration of software, database, documentation and management company wide
• Lead in all phases of project management processes Change Management, Budgets, Risk, Quality,
• Interviewing of potential candidates and mentoring of project management team members
• Evaluate blueprints to generate BOM and create estimates for contractors of their construction projects
• Management of materials to construction project jobsites

Sr. Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program/Project manager for new product developments (Optical, Broadband, and (LPM) LightPath Management software developments)
• Infrastructure experience cover software across switching products and program/project management for new product development
• Lead matrix teams and multi-site developments
• Mentor and instruct project management team on Microsoft Project, esource Management, Web design and development, interval reduction techniques and Theory of Constraints
• Worked with external vendors to manage requirements, risk, quality, schedule, documentation of their deliveries and integration into product
• Usage of ClearCase, ClearQuest and RAD tools to aid in the CM, SCM processes
• Develop documentation using MS Project and monitor schedules, program/project risk, validation testing and processes for ISO9000 Quality initiatives
• Provided analysis and presentations of project progress to upper management, making recommendations for resolving issues and mitigating risk
• Present project status to upper management, making recommendations for resolving issues and mitigating risk
• Develop and document configuration management and releases management processes
• Moderate and review technical requirement, software test and validation documents

Sr. Program/Project Manager MTS

Responsibilities:

• As Program Manager, I was responsible for switching module development of the 5ESS switching system. Managed and lead software and hardware developers, and external vendor developments. (Hardware, Software, Firmware, Tools, Quality, Testing and product delivery)
• Infrastructure experience covered hardware and software across 5ESS switching products
• Identified risk, configuration and change management methodologies to be utilized for all projects in the organization
• Responsible for Interviewing potential software and hardware developer’s for the switching module development of the 5ESS switch. Provide performance feedback of team members to management for performance reviews. Develop contracts (RFP's) and manage outside vendors providing products and training for developers
• Provide daily project analysis; develop presentations of program/project progress to upper management
• Develop project plans (MS Project), resource management, risk mitigation plans and issue resolution on a daily basis
• Moderate and review technical requirement, software test and validation documents
• Provide feedback of team members to management for performance reviews

Circuit Design Team Leader MTS

Responsibilities:

• Designed circuit packs, ASIC's, PAL's, and FPGA's for analog and digital switching applications
• Maintained version controls for component firmware
• Determined resources and monitor schedules, quality and risk to successful completion of projects
• Work with vendors to determine products required quality and scheduled deliveries of product to the factory
• Provided analysis and progress of projects to stakeholders
• Made recommendations for resolving issues and mitigating risk for progress and schedule reduction
• Wrote circuit pack requirements and component specifications for hardware development
• Updated documentation, test and test plans maintaining version control and change management processes
• Developed test plans
• Moderate and review technical requirement, hardware test and validation documents
• Defined hardware processes for ISO9000 Standards

System Administrator/Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Develop software models to emulate hardware components and circuit packs
• Sun System Administrator (UNIX, Sun OS, Solaris)
• Designed LAN and WAN for software and hardware development organizations
• Assessed equipment and software needs for LAN and WAN access
• Procured components for LAN (Server, Communications Interface, routers, Work Stations)