SUMMARY

• Innovative Agile Project/Program Manager/Scrum Master skilled at expertly leading cross - functional teams to the successful completion of Confidential initiatives.
• More than 20 years of experience in Information Technology, involved in various industry verticals in both the private and public sectors.
• Understand the general principles of Agile as outlined in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and fully aligned to those principles. Experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies and Agile at Enterprise Scale.
• Successfully led cross-functional teams through concept, RFP, platform development, and change management to rollout/.
• Collaborative with Senior Management, Stakeholders, and the DevSec Ops Project Teams, to identify and resolve problems and remove impediments/barriers for the team.
• Implemented SAP SD/ LE module enterprise-wide concurrently across 9 US distribution centers. Successfully manage the implementation and go-live of the SAP SD/LE/Order-To-Cash at the plant level.
• Led data conversion initiatives during M&A of two healthcare payer insurance companies and one PBM company.
• Include PMP; Leading SAFe 4.5 SA; SAFe Scrum Master; Data Science for Business and Unix/C.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project and Program Manager
• SAFe Champion and Practitioner
• Lean-Agile Practitioner
• ScrumXP, Kanban, CI/CD, DevSecOps
• Working With and Coaching Scrum Teams
• Change Management / Change Management Process
• Collaborative Leader
• Team Builder and Mentor
• Skilled Performance Director
• Task Business Value Manager
• Risk Management & Mitigation champion
• Regulatory, Safety, & Compliance Advocate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Moline, IL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of large strategic projects that are complex and/or involve sensitive topics. This project employs Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and relates to the Security of Internet of Things (IoT) initiative .
• Utilize extensive project and program management experience to direct work assignments involving work teams.
• Establish priorities and gather resources necessary to staff the work team leaders.
• Directs design of major components involved in the project.
• Coordinate strategic deployment of advanced technology deployed on projects.
• Integrate and coordinate with business and Information Technology (IT) management, including senior levels.
• 12 or more persons on a project team; more than 6 disciplines involved; multiple divisions on a global scale involved which included MA&D with local firms; scope in dollars upwards of $5M determined on budget, revenue generated, savings, etc.

Confidential, Waukegan, IL

Responsibilities:

• A short-term engagement providing project management and coordination of System Lifecycle Projects for globally dispersed software development teams. Work closely with Business System Analyst to develop project plans for application modifications / enhancements then manage execution of the plan to completion. Additionally managed several Project Managers and led the Scrum of Scrums ceremonies among several Scrum Masters.
• Create project schedules containing tasks dates and resource assignments using standard lists of deliverables provided by the BSA. Gather input and approval from key project stakeholders to produce a baseline schedule.
• Schedule, manage and provide minutes for project meetings. Provide periodic project status reports at regular intervals, tracking progress through completion of deliverables and milestones, while highlighting scope and schedule changes, risks and issues.
• Employed agile methodologies depending on what the individual team uses. Additionally, MS Project, Jira and ServiceNow among others utiliz ed.

Confidential, Arkansas,

Responsibilities:

• Provide SAFe Business Transformation advisory on SAFe practices and methodology.
• Team with SAFe Release Management, Program Management and Integration.
• Review and actively facilitate Program Increment (PI) planning and readiness including execution of PI planning processes. Advocate for improvement via Inspect and Adopt workshops assessing level of agile/solution train capability. Worked with team of Scrum Masters during Scrum of Scrum sessions to improve on the processes.
• Reviewed, established and communicated schedules for Iterations and Program Increments highlighting SAFe best practices.
• Facilitate synchronization sessions and demos at the program level making sure all Agile Trains align with the value stream levels. Encourage collaboration between trains, teams, various departments and stakeholders to meet successful continuous delivery.
• Lead customer engagement to ensure all scope, time, budget and quality expectations are met through planning, controlling and managing multiple customer projects.
• Manage Confidential, customer and third party vendor efforts to plan, sell and implement solutions to customer problems. Coached stakeholders on Lean-Agile practices and mindsets for Scaled Agile delivery.
• Responsible for business as well as team management, product development and product integration.
• Contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

Confidential, Woodridge, IL

Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing Program/Project Management and business analysis services inclusive of reviewing RFO, RFI, and RFPs to determine company capability to meet the requirement. Perform cost/benefit analysis determining which to respond to and which ones need collaborating with other vendors.
• Manage scope, requirements definition and clarification, resources and skills requirements to plan and successfully execute program increments for each project engagement.
• Provide business analysis on new or existing software applications aligning with client initiatives and document integration points with existing applications.
• Prepare management reports on contracts status for company president. Manage existing project teams on contract at different client locations as needed.
• Attend Vendor Forums for both the State and Federal levels as required.

Agile Project,

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and coach the teams on agile methodology and Scrum values and process. Waterfall and Agile methodologies were used for various parts of the whole project.
• Facilitate PI (Program Increment) and sprint planning processes, as well as all other scrum ceremonies, and empower team commitment to PI and sprint delivery.
• The IPCB COOL Upgrade program is to convert the existing site into a security-first, mobile-friendly, accessible, responsive site. Upgrade the site to Section 508 Compliance and current industry standards. Web-based applications are accessible on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices for access anywhere.
• Took ownership of the product development and integration with existing applications including integration of data to existing data warehouse.
• The project was done entirely on the .Net framework with interfaces to other frameworks where other applications ran. The main project team had 8 .Net developers leading the enhancements and modifications required to adhere to the main initiative.
• In addition, internal project teams of the state has their .Net developers review other systems making sure they still functioned correctly.
• Led the project team to maintain the SQL Server data warehouse making sure all dockets are stored and categorized for easy extraction using various BI reporting tools for analysis and reports.
• Led the global GDPR compliance program supporting the information security domain including data discovery, loss prevention, encryption, masking and data lifecycle management. Defined program strategy and governance, plan budget and monitor execution.

Environment: Waterfall, SAFe-ScrumXP, Kanban, Agile, IIS 8.5, HTML5, CSS3, Asset Frameworks 3.4.1, Angular JS, WEB API, ASP.NET (VB), Bootstrap 3.3.1, jQuery 1.11.2, Query UI 1.10.4, XEROX DocuShare 7.0 API, Entrust IdentityGuard API,Forte.net PCI API, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Jira, MS (Visio, Word, Project)

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Focused on integration of legacy BARTS fraud detection system integration with the Java based IBIS system. Worked with the SME Manager/Business Architect facilitating and documenting requirements, processes, data flows and user interfaces understanding expectations and business value.
• The project teams I led had various specializations, which included 12 Java developers, 7 .Net developers, 2 Mainframe programmers and 6 QA analysts as well as 4 Business Analysts.
• In general, there had to be a seamless flow of work between the different frameworks since the state used several legacy and newer platforms.
• Directed product backlog to the exacting specifications of requirements while working with the Testing team and business users defining acceptance criteria.
• Maintained a high level of service by, coaching, and providing support to employees while monitoring daily job performance.
• Managed scope, identify and resolve issues, disable impediments as required of various inter-related projects under the Legacy Conversion Program. Successfully managed the product development and product integration with other existing applications.
• Worked closely with State database administrators so State Data Warehouses were accurately updated with current and accurate data.

Environment: Waterfall, Agile, MS (Visio, Word, Project, Visual C++), Crystal Reports, .NET, Angular JS, WEB API, JAVA, SQL, DB2,Confidential Mainframes

Ontario, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed offshore development team activities making sure all agreed upon SLA with clients are on time.
• Prepared and managed scope, requirements definition and clarification, resources and skills requirements to plan and successfully execute program increments for each project engagement.
• Provided business analysis on new or existing software applications aligning with client initiatives and document integration points with existing applications.
• Provided appropriate management reports on each project for each client account.

Confidential, Springfield, IL

Responsibilities:

• Implemented SAP SD/ LE module enterprise-wide concurrently across 9 US distribution centers (plant). Successfully managed the implementation and go-live of the SAP SD/LE/Order-To-Cash at the plant level.
• Directed and advised personnel on properly capturing, documenting, and escalating any issues as they arose. Collaborated with distribution center (plant) director and manager on proper approach to immediately resolving emergency issues. Documented methods used to resolve these issues for future .
• Created cutover plan with the team and managed execution to completion taking note of product integration with the other SAP modules.
• Provided daily status reports to company management team on status of implementation. Provided guidance to user teams regarding new system functionality and discussed variety of encountered processing scenarios best practices for resolving daily issues.
• Facilitated daily meetings with distribution center personnel to share insight into processed orders.

Environment: Waterfall, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, MS (Visio, Word, Project)

Fort Defiance, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Led two inter-related projects under the PSM Program on a consistent cadence to completion: Phase I: Technical upgrade of SAP Fund Management from Former Budgeting to Budget Control System; Phase II: Full implementation of SAP Grant Management; Go-Live date: 01/01/2013.
• Developed the integrated master project plan and schedule for the SAP Funds Management upgrade and SAP Grants Management Implementation.
• Took ownership of product management to the extent of product development and product integration were concerned with other existing SAP modules.
• Managed Business Blue Printing of existing system through requirements elicitation, documenting current processes of all modules the project will potentially affect. Led meetings with department managers to elicit and document concerns and issues/risks that may potentially have a major impact on project progress.

Environment: Waterfall, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, MS (Visio, Word, Project)