SUMMARY

• A results - driven and forward-thinking Project Manager with a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects. Supervising Team Members in various business fields dealing with Retail, Insurance and Financial Arenas, Business strategist, plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom line gains.
• Holds over 5 years of experience in Agile/Scrum environment. As a Scrum Master in Confidential and Confidential .
• Experienced in Facilitating and attending Scrum ceremonies (Grooming, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Daily Stand-Ups, etc.)
• Oversaw custom software development, database design (RDBMS, Systems engineering, System Migrations/Integrations and Enterprise wide Implementation).
• Technical include but are not limited to; Lotus 123, MS Suite of Application, Various CRM platforms
• International Institute of Business Analysis - IIBA - Former President/Advisor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cutler Bay, FL

Sr. Application Development Project Manager

• Led a team of SME’s, 3rd part vendors, internal and offshore resources in the deployment of an external identity management global platform solution.
• Held daily standup meetings and core bi weekly meetings with all application team representatives and technical teams to drive high paced deadline and facilitate coordination of multiple moving parts with multiple infrastructure impact.
• Program included the conversion of over 50 external applications from OIM, OAM, SiteMinder, sterility platform applications to Octa cloud platform.
• Responsible for tracking, reporting resources, budget and deployment of all applications in a timely and effective manner. Expertise utilizing HP PPM project management S/W.
• Working with Analysts, Business Partners, Developers and internal and off shore resources.
• Responsible for the creation of a weekly presentation to be reported to senior leadership on a weekly and as needed basis.

Confidential, Doral, FL

Scrum Master/Project Manager

• Served as Lead Business Analyst on several large IT Project Initiatives with emphasis on Data Management and Application Development.
• Responsible for the supervision of the Scrum team leading coordination of work product deliverables. Served as fill in agile scrum lead tweaking velocity to deliver features, stories etc.
• Responsible for the creation of User Stories, User Testing, Backlog maintenance and demonstrations.
• Created the functional/Business in house custom scheduling application integrating with Oracle/WB/SQL.
• Sat in weekly scrum meetings with Tech lead serving as product owner on determining KPI, adjusting PSI and movement to backlog.
• Managed/coordinated test cases to confirm release were ready for production.
• Developed and implemented project proposals.
• Ensured goals and objectives of project accomplished within budget, timeframe, and appropriate level of quality.
• Assisted and trained reports as a SME on newly released iterations of User interface.
• Assisted in design of the UAT documentation leading demos when needed and collecting sign-off from business customer.
• Liaised with vendors, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Trained IT staff on maintenance tickets teaching ho to mine data within Oracle, Workbench and Internally created application.
• Managed engagement plans/proposals and evaluated progress against desired objectives.

Confidential,Bentonville, AR

Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager

• Served as lead business analyst on several large IT Project Initiatives. Supervising up to Twenty Business Analysts on large Brazil program to five on the project to move Sam’s Club from Discover card to MasterCard. Working with marketing team to incorporate strategies to increase the use of the dot.com portals Samsclub.com/ Confidential .com.
• Responsible for the movement to how to use agile in retail environment summit for Confidential in 2014 working with IIBA.
• Experience training other BAs on Agile and worked several scrum projects for POS deliverables.
• Worked extensively Developed and implemented project proposals.
• Ensured goals and objectives of project accomplished within budget, timeframe, and appropriate level of quality.
• Oversaw all BA work product artifacts from user stories, process flows, and gap analysis documentation.
• Working with the various ERP platforms such as SAP etc.
• Liaised with vendors, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Managed engagement plans/proposals and evaluated progress against desired objectives.
• Created SharePoint accounts for projects setting user groups, folders, notifications and access.
• Trained, peer reviewed, and mentored business analyst within company while serving as advisor/president to local IIBA chapter.

Confidential, Elizabeth, NJ

Project Manager

• Conducted client relations activities for CTIS projects.
• Translated and scoped project requirements and developed and implemented project proposals.
• Ensured goals and objectives of project accomplished within budget, timeframe, and appropriate level of quality.
• Oversaw planning, managing, and coordinating of all activities associated with small- to medium-sized projects. Managed project plans and agendas.
• Compiled, created, and delivered presentations and other communication to clients and external audiences. Liaised with vendors, clients, and other key stakeholders.
• Worked with interface application with ERP platforms such as SAP.
• Directed engagement plans and proposals, and evaluated progress against desired objectives.
• Created SharePoint accounts for projects setting user groups for stakeholders, folders, notifications and access Planned, developed, and executed communication strategies to effectively manage expectations and change to impacted business groups, clients, and other stakeholders.

Confidential,Piscataway, NJ

Business Analyst

• Created operational concepts to analyze organization structure and identify all stakeholders.
• Gathered requirements by conducting interviews with all stakeholders.
• Resolved model clashes amongst various stakeholders to come up with mutually agreeable set of agreements.
• Worked on specs for gaming platform used in the State by the state of New Jersey.
• Created SharePoint accounts for projects setting user groups, folders, notifications and access
• Created life cycle plan for tracking project progress using Microsoft Project.