SUMMARY:

• Coach, mentor, and trainer for companies and teams converting from Waterfall to Agile.
• Practicing Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) since 2008.
• ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP - ACC) and Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
• Experienced leader of business software design, development, implementation and support.
• Track record of delivering complex projects on time using Agile/Scrum and Waterfall approaches.
• Strong technical management skills having led many teams and staffs of 50+ professionals.
• Former developer with hands-on experience in software development and database design.
• Proven analytical thinker that resolves business problems, improves productivity, and innovates.
• Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Mortgage, Broadcast, Energy, Manufacturing, Defense

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Office Applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, SharePoint, Visio, VBA

Software Tools: Rally, Jira, Greenhopper, TeamTrack, Quality Center, Perforce, VSS, TFS, Subversion, MS Project, Project Server, Portfolio Server, Crystal, Innate, Redmine

Business Applications: Oracle Applications, SAP, Expandable, Empower, NetSuite

Process/Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Lean, SAFe, Kanban, CMM, UML, OOD/OOP

Languages: C, C++, C#, .Net, Java, JavaScript, VB, PL/SQL, T-SQL, XML, COBOL, FORTRAN

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, Image

Operating Systems: Windows, Solaris, Unix (various), MPE, MVS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Independent Consultant - Agile Coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Primary Coach for a Business Unit having 6 coaches that provide support for 140+ teams.
• Assessment of a large program & development of an evolutionary improvement plan.
• Development of training programs for Product Owners and Agile Program Managers.
• Coordinated the development of a training program for business units of ~500 Engineers.
• Conducted Basic Agile and Product Owner training classes.
• Coach for Scrum & Kanban teams converting to Agile methods.
• Agile Coach for 12 Scrum/Kanban/Scrumban teams converting from Waterfall to Agile methods.
• Embedded with each of the teams as they started up, providing both team and individual guidance.
• Trained and coached new Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
• Conducted general agile training sessions for the entire organization.
• Provided targeted Agile training for many skills groups: PMO, BA, SA, QA, and Dev.
• Led user story writing workshops for Product Owners and Business Analysts.
• Implemented the data collection and production of metrics for the Agile teams.
• Organized and led community of practice groups for Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
• Coach, mentor, and trainer for 11 Scrum/Kanban teams converting from Waterfall to Agile methods.
• Conducted Agile/Scrum training sessions for teams, managers, product owners, and executives.
• Scrum Master for 3 product teams while training and mentoring new Scrum Masters.
• Scrum Master for a team of developers and business analysts customizing Empower.
• Documented requirements for the customization and integration of the loan origination system.
• Led the project to define and build an ACA compliant portal to deliver state based HIX solutions.
• Wrote user stories and created a product backlog for the HIX portal development.
• Established policies and procedures, and researched tools for a newly created product owner group.

Confidential, Newport Beach, CA

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Sr. Director of Development

Responsibilities:

• Directed development for TV Broadcast industry provider of SAAS and client server products.
• Led the companywide training and rollout of Agile/Scrum methods to improve time to market.
• Conducted Agile/Scrum training sessions for developers, testers, and product managers.
• Scrum Master for 4 product teams, while training and developing new Scrum Masters.
• Established product backlogs and taught product owners backlog grooming techniques.
• Initiated product measurements and the use of software product quality metrics.
• Achieved significant improvement and turnaround in quality of the company’s flagship product.
• Established Project Management Office procedures, tracking, reporting, and dashboards.
• Achieved $400K in annual savings through contract renegotiation with vendors and contractors.
• Led software development using Microsoft tools, C++, C#, .Net, JavaScript, and SQL Server.

Confidential, San Ramon & San Diego, CA

Scrum Master / Development Director / QA Director / PMO Director / Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led development and QA teams supporting SAAS and client server software products.
• Adopted Lean and Agile/Scrum processes to improve cycle time and product time to market.
• Trained engineers throughout North America in the Agile/Scrum values and practices.
• As Scrum Master, led teams through initial stages of Agile/Scrum adoption.
• Trained and mentored selected team members to be Scrum Masters and transferred team leadership.
• Instituted a Scrum of Scrums for cross team coordination, and led this team as Scrum Master.
• Supported ongoing product revenues of $100M+ annually through innovation and quality service.
• Achieved $2.5M in annual savings by replacement and retirement of a legacy mainframe system.
• Implemented Oracle’s Exadata to improve Data Warehouse performance, scalability, and salability.
• Managed an outsourcing program which achieved $2M in annual labor expense reductions.
• Established product QA metrics to analyze and improve productivity, quality, and service.
• Conducted tactical and strategic portfolio reviews to ensure proper project selection and alignment.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Principal Consultant / Owner

Responsibilities:

• Provided software product and project management consulting services.
• Conducted client system audits to satisfy government regulatory requirements.
• Developed product requirements, conducted RFP evaluations, and made bid recommendations.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led 25 engineers in the development of business-to-business e-commerce software products.
• Managed a $3M project that developed a risk & portfolio management software product.
• Increased software engineering productivity and billability by 24%.