SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Seasoned Certified Scrum Master (CSM)/Digital Project Manager with hands - on experience in software design/development/QA, global team management, resource planning and budgeting. Experienced with extensive client interaction in determining business, functional and system requirements.
• Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem solving skills, with an attention for detail.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Solid experience and knowledge of business analysis and project management best practices, SDLC methodologies including Waterfall and Agile Scrum.
• Confident and poised in interactions with end users, team members and management with the ability to successfully influence and drive consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Robust experience with running projects in the Web space and in the client-server model alike.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MS Project, MS Office, SharePoint 2010-2013, JIRA, Team Pulse, Version One, TFS, AML, MS Access, DB2, SQL Server, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, UML, Visio, Cognos Power Play and Impromptu, HP Quality Center. Strong CMS and Data Warehouse concepts.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Use Scrum methodology to mobilize and lead teams of developers/QA through the software development life cycle
• Initiating and facilitating all Agile ceremonies and providing Agile coaching to teams on all aspects of the project management framework, with a strong focus on Scrum practices.
• Facilitating and documenting all scrum events (as needed) including daily stand up meetings, sprint planning, user demos, retrospectives, and backlog grooming for multiple scrum teams.
• Working closely with the Application Development Manager in sprint/release planning, product enhancement coordination and resource planning.
• Facilitating Web design and UX meetings, working with the users to review screen mockups to ensure the changes do not come at the last minute.
• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Supporting and educating the Product Owners.
• Producing and maintaining artifacts to help communicate team successes, issues, deliverables, and timelines.

Confidential, Melville, NY

Agile Project Manager/ Sr. Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
• Escalate and resolve impediments to the team’s progress.
• Leading Scrum of Scrum.
• Proactively orchestrate cross-functional resources to deliver strategic initiatives on time .
• Briefed project stakeholders and business leads on plans and status updates
• Identifying key project objectives, risks, and drivers and create plans, tasks and schedules to manage these elements.
• Provide team guidance from agile experience/learning and day-to-day support to the scrum team.
• Coordinating a group of Web designers/developers to develop the front-end that satisfies the needs of the business.
• Facilitating coordination with the business rules group (middle tier) and DBA’s.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and disseminating information.
• Organizing and facilitating project planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings as needed.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity, establishing and updating Release & Sprint burn-down/burn-up.
• Updating agile tracking systems to show the status of user stories and to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
• Providing direction on project activities to ensure successful implementation and support.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Confidential, Tarrytown, NY

Sr. Technical Project Manager/ Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrated the entire project life cycle, including evaluation of requirements, prioritization, defining scope, and establishing project timeline. responsible for efforts and alignment of deliverables between multiple organizations; identified project objectives and created plans, schedules and milestones accordingly work closely with upper management to make sure that the scope and direction of each project is on schedule; translate corporate business requirements into actionable IT plans and coordinate implementation efforts; coordinated exploratory information gathering meetings to ensure technical specifications meet end user needs identify, prioritize and mitigate project risks; integrate project plans and allocate staff and project resources for multiple projects;
• Assign tasks, track project status, plan releases.

Confidential, Brooklyn, New York

Digital Project Manager / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Worked with a variety of large and small clients in developing web/mobile software, graphic design, social media, and user interface experiences (UI/UX).
• Managed local and offshore teams of BA, developers, designers, QA analysts, and database administrators.
• Architected and managed project for Confidential, consisting of the development and design of an interactive mobile app for both Android and iPhone.
• Managed projects for eCommerce companies such as eSupply Systems (National property management supply procurement), Legre (Eyeglasses brand), GastronomNaDom.com (Online supermarket and deli), DealYard (home supplies) as well as others connecting to 3rd party systems and integrating additional vendor modules.
• Managed third party vendors and technologies for client projects
• Coach engineering & product management teams in agile management, cultural and development practices
• Experience managing Kanban and Scrum.