SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of experience as a Senior Program and Project Manager for software projects. Proficient with MS Office products and Jira.
• Over 10 years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer and 6 years as an Engineering Manager.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with experience driving Agile projects for 3 years. Rolled out Agile into Business Unit.
• Worked with offshore resources for over 10 years.
• PMP in progress with a target date of Q3 2018.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Scrum Master for all of the software projects.
• Facilitated scrum ceremonies of sprint planning, daily stand - up meetings, retrospectives, and sprint reviews/demos.
• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Removed impediments to team deliverables.
• Created a more Agile process for projects and releases, and coached the team as we moved to a more Agile process.
• Project Manager for wireless call point project that involved firmware and software.

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Led the top innovation project in the business division. Utilized Agile methods for this advanced technology project.
• Directed cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget, including driving top cost savings projects.
• Active member of the team that reduced/streamlined common template slides for the Gate/Phase reviews.
• Led smart lighting systems projects from requirements to deployment.
• Transitioned business unit from Waterfall to Agile/scrum. Coached the team on Agile.
• Created Release strategy for business unit incorporating the Agile/scrum process.
• Created and rolled out Agile/scrum for business unit. ScrumMaster for all smart lighting systems projects, and utilized Jira. Facilitated scrum ceremonies and removed impediments.
• Directed team use of continuous Integration and automated testing.
• Key member of company-wide initiative to update the software NPI process incorporating the Agile/scrum process.
• Initiated and led Engineering reviews for business unit.

Project Manager

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed rebranding project for Confidential identity for Enterprise Network.
• Coordinated plans for product management, hardware, quality assurance, technical publications, operations, ODMs, service, and configuration management.
• Managed engineering projects for web services platform for consumer security products.
• Coordinated plans for product management, software, quality assurance, and operations.
• Agile/scrum utilized on projects.

Confidential

Senior Project Management Professional, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Led multiple product development teams through SDLC from concept to launch including software, operations, product management, quality assurance, regulatory, OEM product management and engineering, quality, service, and technical publications.
• Products include 802.11 access points, switches, and controllers. Provided the leadership to deliver programs meeting aggressive goals while under time, budget, and resource constraints. Created risk management strategies and mitigation plans with the ability to execute and escalate appropriately.
• Managed two major overlapping software releases deployed in 2013, including one of the largest with 70 features and $88M in revenue and a $9.6M budget.
• Responsible for creating and implementing the new time-based release process, which was instituted for releases beginning in 2013.
• Led the Branch Office Box program to successfully deliver a new integrated services platform for both voice and data capabilities.
• Received an for successfully leading the team to achieve a key milestone for one of the largest releases to date.

Senior Program Manager

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• System Engineering Program Manager for the largest Public Safety Release, which is comprised of 50 software features with 70 System Engineers. Guided the team through streamlined and improved processes to deliver with quality ahead of schedule.
• Received Team Quality for 2-way Radio feature.
• Public Safety Program Manager for the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) IT project. Created Business schedule, and provided coordination of work items for 17 product teams.
• Budget Manager for Public Safety Infrastructure. Managed the capital and expense for test equipment with a budget of $13 million. Provided leadership for screening of equipment requests, which saved $14 million. Forecasted yearly budget needs for test equipment. Drove improvements in budget management process, including creating a new capital planning process and streamlining the ordering process for remote locations. Received an for key contributor to the Public Safety organization’s capital and expense budget.

Engineering Manager

Confidential, IL

Responsibilities:

• Originated the Estimation Team and became management sponsor for the team, which resulted in much improved coordination and quality of the Rough Order of Magnitude and Budgetary Estimates.
• Managed the development of test tools, including an auto-script generation tool that reduces cycle time by 75% during the scripting phase for features, and a selective regression tool that increases the probability of finding defects early in the test cycle by 60%.
• Project Manager for the common use of Test Management System (TMS) across multiple organizations, starting at business case development. Established common procedures and business rules in the use of TMS, and proposing a common database to store results for all divisions. The cost versus benefit calculation was 49 Staff Months ROI.
• Led vendor management support by providing reports and analysis on quality, improving support efficiencies through automation, and representing vendor management support at key meetings.
• Assisted in driving major improvements as Regression Test Manager, including automation of the test suite and integration of call processing and O&M tests.
• Served as the primary management interface to the test team in India. Led the meetings with the team to work through issues, risks, deliverables, and schedule items.
• As a manager representative for CDMA Test Council, identified several issues and proposed resolutions.
• Led the Council to develop the Release-level Knowledge Repository.
• Customer Support Manager responsible for providing personnel and lab equipment resources for issue resolution, and driving issues to timely closure.
• Received an and of from Senior Management in recognition of above and beyond performance, as a result of being the first Feature Manager to deliver a flawless feature for one of the releases.
• Received an for critical coordination of test activities, as a result of enabling quick turnaround of fixes to the customer.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led initiative for lab effectiveness.
• Technical consultant for Domain Engineering for Wireless Network Management software.