PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• SAFe Certified Agile Servant Leader experienced in delivering strategic IT project plan solutions and objectives in dynamic environments.
• A high energy Agile manager with outstanding vertical and horizontal communication skills and the ability to manage multiple Agile Stream activities to ensure organizational alignment.
• An organized self - challenging leader with demonstrated ability to engage multiple teams and Executive Stakeholders, promote collaboration, manage change and ensure buy in.
• Experienced with organizations from Confidential 100 corporations to start ups. Specific industries include Apparel, Biotechnology, Home Entertainment, Film/Television Production, Ecommerce and Finance. Project experience includes SAP, Supply Chain, PPM tool implementation, Scrum, Kanban, Global Agile Coach, fluent in French.
• Provided functional direction to Executive Management and IT in change management, process reengineering and restructuring into an Agile organization
• Guided organizational alignment, communications, and security standards throughout the project lifecycle including: data gathering, system design and development, business readiness, system testing and to ensure cross-divisional best Agile practices
• Managed and provided guidance in changing a culture from Waterfall to a highly Agile Environment, successfully implemented SAFe Agile Lean practices

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager, Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Support multiple delivery teams within a fast-paced application development environment
• Build high performing teams and shippable product
• Responsible for leading Agile project coordination to support various upstream and downstream teams
• Serve as the servant leader for the teams to ensure clear communication and organization of the team Monitor and support the Product Owners in managing the production backlog
• Facilitate core Agile ceremonies
• Utilize project coordination expertise and financial tools such as Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint, and SAP to support upstream and downstream teams throughout SDLC.
• Engage stakeholders, contributors and technical resources to analyze user needs and resource limitations
• Facilitate the discussions of complex, high value IT delivery projects that require the coordination of development work or technology work on multiple platforms to achieve desired functionality
• Serve as knowledge source within project teams as assigned
• Communicate committed stories for the upcoming sprint to backlog owners and stakeholders
• Represent the team daily at the Scrum of Scrums (S2) meeting to report impediments for escalation
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies for the team (S1, Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo)
• Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely, cost effective manner. Act as a conduit to other teams and LOBs with which the team is interacting
• Track and produce key metrics (e.g., Velocity, Cycle Times, Points per Release, Burn Down/Up Charts)
• Successfully Implemented Best Practices for Lean Agile Project Management
• Increased morale and productivity of a key financial team through metrics, team building, and Agile Practices
• Guided team from Scrum to Kanban within 3 months

Confidential

Agile Delivery Manager, Iteration Manager, Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached teams on specific Agile Lean values, principles and Best Practices
• Championed needs of business teams and stakeholders throughout the development process, ensuring delivery aligns with original goals and objectives
• Project Manager leading multiple teams through the Agile/Scrum/Kanban process
• Facilitated standups, showcases, retrospectives & iteration planning, increase velocity
• Managed milestones as driver for weekly iterations
• Managed release readiness, unlock requests, Change Board requests & entire release cycle from inception to post branch-cut
• Successfully championed new initiatives to leadership team
• Partnered with Business Analyst to drive customer requirements
• Liaison with Customers and Business to deliver requirements
• Implemented continuous improvement strategies for teams
• Worked with management on budget and interview process
• Led presentations to SVP’s and Leadership on Release and Iteration Completeness
• Participated/managed in monthly stakeholder showcases
• Supported Creation of new 2017 Scorecard (Quality)
• Successfully Implemented Best Practices for Lean Agile Project Management
• Increased productivity by 25%
• Guided team from Waterfall to Agile within 3 months

Confidential

Agile Project Manager, Iteration Manager, Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached teams on specific Agile Lean values, principles and Best Practices
• Removed blockers, call out risks, and resolve issues for the team
• Managed iteration flow, collaborate with Product Managers on backlog prioritization
• Worked with high performing teams and continuously challenge them to improve further
• Managed multiple inceptions and technical design sessions
• Guided Teams thru the development of an MVP, and help the team derive the next step of the product
• Ran Teams through Retrospectives, continuously fostered cycles of constant retrospection
• Manage Financial Planning and Tracking in SAP
• Successfully Implemented Best Practices for Lean Agile Project Management
• Ensured goals for design completion were met on time and on budget
• Guided building 2 highly innovative and flexible Agile teams

Confidential

Engineering Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed Scrum Master Role, led daily scrums, ensured team stayed on track to deliver the
• Communicated, issues and dependencies, mitigated conflicts and risks to keep the project plan on track.
• Fostered mature Agile culture, Coached teams on Best Agile Practices
• Project Planning and Management - Defined project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organized and led project status and working meetings; prepared and distributed progress reports; managed risks and issues; corrected deviations from plans; and performed delivery planning.
• Team Management - Assisted in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removed blockers
• Product Owner Support - Supported the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managed stakeholder communications, and supported implementation of an effective system of project governance.
• Process Management and Improvement - Defined and implemented a detailed project management process and championed ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management.
• Team building - promoted empowerment of the team, supported each team member to incentivize engagement in the project, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team
• SAP Intro Trainer
• Designed and implemented PMO Metrics and Agile Dashboard which resulted in decreased project costs
• Implemented Best Practices for Agile Project Management ensuring release goals were met on time and on budget
• Implemented successful method for managing Hot Fix customer resolutions, resulted in faster solutions for lower cost

Confidential

Portfolio & Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Provide Forecast to actuals analysis of budget variances and CAPEX spend vs OPEX spend
• Designed and managed Project schedules, budgets, and finances (SAP, Excel, Clarity, MS Project)
• Managed and resolved Risks and Issues (Excel, Sharepoint)
• Implemented and maintained weekly status updates and reports (Power point, Excel, Sharepoint)
• Managed and facilitated Team collaboration (Excel, Sharepoint)
• Managed and supported team through high level of change in fast paced dynamic environment
• Researched, sourced, and analyzed project and financial data to meet project/program/portfolio level reporting requirements
• SAP Super User

SAP PMO Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed coordinated and reconciled all purchase order accounting for Levi’s EMEA SAP implementation (100MM+ Pos = $38MM+ Project spend)
• Managed on board processing, Resource tracking, completion of roll off activities for over 300 project consultants and permanent employees
• Provided analysis and recommendations to Project/Program Managers and stakeholders for resource management; assessing skill demand vs. availability, impacted IT areas and trends to identify/mitigate program risks
• Supported Agile coaching and lean Agile practices
• Successfully managed implementation of communication processes and tools for operating of new Supply Chain team
• Designed, implemented new process to increase efficiency, speed for On Boarding over 200 Resources for big SAP implementation - resulted in over $100K in hard cost savings

Confidential

SAP Project Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed year-end 1099 reporting project and additional SOX compliance requests
• Ensured compliance with audit and SOX requirements for vetting and on boarding new vendors into SAP system
• Developed and maintained communications and relationships with internal client groups
• Provided daily, weekly, and monthly metrics measuring individuals’ performance, team performance
• Fostered an Agile Culture and served as an Agile Coach
• Resolved bottle neck issue Reduced backlog of invoices awaiting tax withholding in SAP, which resulted in avoidance of over $1MM in IRS fines
• Aided in discovery and resolution of security segregation of duties issue in SAP roles for Vendor Master Team
• Strengthened integrity of SAP Vendor Master Database

Confidential

SAP PMO Analyst

Responsibilities:

• SAP implementation partner management and resource acquisition
• Managed on board processing and tracking, completion of roll off activities for all SAP project consultants
• Managed execution of contracts with WB VP’s and vendors for engagement of SAP professionals
• Maintained Web based resource management tool, a web-based database for on boarding & off boarding SAP consultants, updating rates, service & deliverables and reporting
• Web based resource management tool Super User for Warner Home Entertainment, Vanguard SAP Implementation and Supply Chain
• Addressed/resolved system access issues for SAP consultants working on shore (US & Europe) and off shore (India)
• Coordinated with Finance Team: Project budget forecasting and budget/Clarity/Web based resource management tool reconciliation
• Managed development and allocation of organizational business structures
• Liaison with Project Methods and Change Governance Department to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• Published team documents, access tracking spread sheets, and contracts to web based document repository tool