EXECUTIVE PROFILE:

• A passionate professional leading Agile team. Thrive in a start - up environment seeking stability.
• Energized by finding ways to positively impact teams to excel and deliver value to customers and has achieved unprecedented results in industry proven by an extensive and credible global track record.
• Result oriented and self-motivated, has excellent analytical, organizational and administrative skills.
• Extremely precise and detail-oriented work habits with adaptability, dependability, persistence and perseverance.

COMPETENCIES:

• Training, Development, Coaching Presentation, Facilitation Instructional Design
• Relationship Management Problem solving A strong Passion for Continuous Learning
• Leadership and consulting Embrace Efficiency Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills

SKILLS:

Adaptive Planning, Agile, Continuous Improvements, Kanban, Lean, XP practices, Problem Detection & Resolution, Scrum, Servant Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, Team Performance, SAFe 4.5 PMPO, SAFe Implementation / Transformation, Lean Agile, RTE, SDLC. JIRA, Confluence

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Agile, Project management, Azure Devops (AZDO), Oracle, Sql, Blackboard Learning Management System, Blackboard Collaborate, Lync, GoToMeeting, Adobe premiere and Illustration, Light room, MS Visio, SDLC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Associated with an Insurance Client
• Support the transformation and (self) on-boarding applications into CI/CD pipelines using Agile & Azure DevOps, processes, templates, artifacts, training materials, and lessons-learned.
• Enabling stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, Continuous testing, integration, and monitoring progress.
• Assess risks based on the reported metrics and recommend mitigation strategies/process improvements
• Build Agile consulting / coaching to assist teams with Agile to on-board incubators to self-serve.
• Conduct Agile training/lean software development workshops for leaders and team members as needed.
• Review Agile estimating process against outcomes and recommend changes to improve productivity and predictability of outcomes.
• Develop and deliver presentations to various levels of stakeholders and leaders and facilitates working sessions to identify resolutions to barriers to scaling use of Agile.
• Implement Agile methods and techniques (e.g. Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban), with transitioning from waterfall/iterative to Agile Scrum methods.
• Other Technologies include Maven, Sonarcube, Veracode, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory.
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART and Solution Train using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanban
• Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings
• Facilitate synchronization meetings, including ART, Scrum of Scrums. Collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• We deliver superior coaching and introduce agile practices to train achieving their objectives committed to during PI planning.
• Orchestrate with PM community and process owners / stake holders to identify opportunities of improvement, prioritize opportunities and develop/ deploy solutions or process changes, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives
• Develop, deliver training workshops, mentor, and motivate Product Manager, Product Owners, Business Owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between strategy and execution both in class room and web-based training technology.
• Facilitate the program level cross-team collaboration, transparency and communication. Guide the team towards high performance
• Leverage and ensure continued alignment and synergy between internal & external resources, strategic objectives and / initiatives, processes and support technologies.
• Deep understanding of communication styles and techniques, group dynamics and coaching/mentoring for small to medium-sized value streams
• Foster trust and collaboration across the cross functional teams; make it safe to challenge, experiment and fail without fear.
• Own and manage process improvement initiatives as projects including integration with process partners and other PMO functions.
• Facilitate readiness for the Program Increment (PI) planning event (vision, backlog, economic prioritization, and event logistics).
• Facilitate the program level cross-team collaboration activities.
• Facilitate all retrospectives for the program level (Inspect & Adapt Workshops) for small to medium-sized value streams.
• Proactively recognize and resolve conflicts between teams/functions through collaboration and consensus.
• Track program risks/impediments and escalate to be resolved within the program.
• Promote, coach, train and educate Scrum Masters, teams, and those surrounding the teams on the principles, practices, and value of Agile and SAFe.
• Be a change agent for Agile transformation and support Agile Lifecycle Management tools.
• Ensure organizational effectiveness by recognizing conflict and provide resolution through collaboration and consensus
• Actively participate in ongoing change management as process, business and technical scope is adjusted.
• Assist with creation and/or delivery of Agile product and project presentations.
• Has thorough understanding of business and technology concepts required for specialized field (Agile, Project Management, SDLC). Demonstrated expertise in Agile principles and values and their application through predominant methodologies and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, etc).
• Provides work leadership to others. Interfaces with senior management to provide and obtain information and to build consensus on project direction.
• Efficiently applies topical knowledge and expertise to make significant solutions for customer groups and the entire business.
• Recognizes the value of a multi-industry perspective and applies best practices to create innovative solutions.

Project Manager

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Project Management Software Capability
• Evaluating selecting, implementing integrating, and supporting solutions working directly with internal customers and project owners
• Regularly communicate project status to stakeholders; key accomplishments, next steps, issues/risks
• Manage scope and schedules
• Liaison between delivery teams and senior Leadership team.
• Accountable for identifying project risks and working with stakeholders on mitigating those.
• Implement the appropriate Governance & escalation model for all the projects assignments.
• Ability to guide and explain Salesforce functionality to the business.
• Able to lead technical requirements gathering session, oversee and approve creation and maintenance of application and system documentation used in design, testing or programming efforts and manage the integration process.
• Participant in testing to ensure requirements have been met. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, implementation, integration, liaison, and control activities on assigned projects.
• Primary objective is the successful execution of planned budgets and schedules while meeting contractual obligations.
• Ensure the activities proceed as predetermined schedule, mitigating and reporting all potential delays by monitoring the progress of the activities on a regular basis and holding weekly status meetings with all the team members, subcontractors and clients and their consultants.
• Coordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include clients, architects, consultants, subcontractors and laborers.
• Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.
• Daily inspection of to monitor compliance with codes, and other applicable regulations.
• Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to administrative staff, subcontractors, and clients -Select, contract, and oversee workers who complete specific scopes of the project
• Prepare subcontracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements
• Manage the budget, track project expenses and minimize exposure and risk in the project
• Collect, review and approve progress payments submitted by all subcontractors and vendors
• Ensure project documentation and reports are complete
• Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others
• Serve as a key link with the clients and review the deliverable prepared by the team before passing onto client.

Project Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Review, interpret, communicate and negotiate contractual matters for Project Management, including contract conditions and scopes of work.
• Expedite vendors as necessary to insure schedules are maintained.
• Devise effective Project Management performance measurements and review problem areas, recommend alternative plans and solutions.
• Provide test program integration and assurance. Evaluate, recommend technical, cost and schedule trade-off opportunities.
• Make provision for preparation of reports and submission including the total Manufacturing Plan, deliverable items, reports, progress reports, and milestone charts as required by management and/or customer.
• Design and implement effective visual displays and presentations consistent with the magnitude, complexity, and requirements of assigned programs which will provide management and customer with an overview of Project Management program plans, status and progress.
• Provide weekly project status reports to keep management fully informed as to progress. Work with finance department to ensure cash flow analysis are maintained and progress billings are processed expeditiously.
• Plan, schedule, implement and expedite the Project Management Plan.
• Provide information to management in support of the project proposal activity. Direct project activities in support of re-quoting, re-forecasts, and budgetary estimates for assigned contract programs.
• Manage and direct the activities of personnel that may be assigned as required by the magnitude and complexity if assigned programs.