SUMMARY

• Well - rounded technologist and servant leader with strong business acumen and 20+ years of experience delivering software projects and products of various size and complexity in both internal corporate and consultative/professional services environments using various frameworks and guiding principles (e.g. Agile, XP, Waterfall, Scrum, hybrid).
• Broad experience leading and innovating in both Fortune 1000 and start-up environments. Strong technical and analytic foundation built in programmer/analyst roles early in career. Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• 10+ years leading adaptive/Agile/hybrid project efforts
• Program and PMO experience
• Strong understanding of full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Excellent ability to multi-task
• Innovative problem-solving abilities
• Business Process Improvement/ Organizational Change
• Professional Services/Consulting experience
• PMBOK Knowledge Areas including Risk, Procurement and Stakeholder Management
• Business Analysis and Requirements Management
• Enterprise-scale Implementation
• Product Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Internet: HTML, ASP, ASP.NET, XML, Python, Web Services (SOAP), CSS, Java/Servlets
• Scripting: JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, VB Script,
• Reporting: Crystal Reports, Hyperion (now Oracle)
• Build/Deployment/Repository: Git/GitHub
• Website Development: WordPress 5.1.1
• Database: SQL (language), Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, IBM Websphere
• Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, IBM WebSphere, Apache Tomcat
• Security: SSO, Active Directory
• Environments: Windows, Unix, Linux, PaaS, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Mobility

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master, IT Project/Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• As Scrum Master, established and tailored organizational Scrum methodologies to manage/track backlog/sprints using Jira/Confluence (current) and Pivotal Tracker/Slack (former)
• Serve two (2) distributed development teams and Product Managers on Scrum practices and principles on efforts such as our website, donation (payment provider) integration, Sales/CRM/donor management, and eCommerce
• Setup and administer Google Admin for Nonprofits. managing users, Google Workspace, and email
• Co-Product Owner for proposed community portal for those we serve
• Project Manager/Delivery Manager for healthcare customer engagements using predictive/PMBOK/MS Project approach due to well-non criteria

Confidential, Round Rock, TX

IT Project/Delivery Manager, Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for technical direction of our award-winning RadioConnect software product, oversaw Agile software development process, lead requirements/design/integration of software product with various stakeholders
• Established hybrid/Agile full software development life-cycle (SDLC) utilizing Feature Driven Development and hybrid XP (Extreme) principles including continuous integration, refactoring, automated testing
• Project Delivery Manager for professional services efforts using utilizing various methodologies: typically, either predictive/PMBOK or hybrid/Agile approaches for customers such as: City of Fort Worth, United Nations - Peacekeeping, Philippines Federal Disaster Management, State of Texas DPS, State of Missouri, City of Davao, Philippines, among others
• Led customer sales cycles and managed projects dat typically included international efforts/teams, multiple phases (often over years), custom integration (e.g. GIS/Esri, common operating picture) and ongoing support responsibilities
• Founder and oversaw partnership/teaming/channel partner contracts to expand sales footprint and led UE in becoming an IBM Premiere Business Partner, UE signing a global sales and services agreement with IBM Global Services, and UE becoming a State of Texas DIR Approved Vendor
• Confidential ’s software assets were acquired by Talon7, Inc.

Confidential, Round Rock, TX

Sr. Project Manager, IT Architect/Strategist

Responsibilities:

• As Senior Project Manager lead numerous project efforts for Confidential Sales, Confidential Financial Services (DFS) and Global Finance. Responsible for delivering 50+ medium to large ($1 million plus), complex, cross-functional end-to-end projects, including gate reviews, within full software development life cycle frameworks including PMBOK/Waterfall and hybrid/Agile. Typically ran multiple (3+) projects concurrently.
• Supported early XP/Agile efforts to introduce automated testing, stress-testing and user story cards
• PM for production bug-fix support in 2006 and introduced tailored Agile principles to process
• Coached internal, cross-functional talent to take on new roles in DFS IT organization in role as mentor
• Business Executive liaison to Corporate VP while maintaining PM role and responsible for IT Project Management Office (PMO) corporate wide prioritization and alignment of DFS Corporate portfolio in yearly project cycle/budget.
• Member of Confidential ’s Global IT Strategy and Architecture team - efforts included selection/guidance of Confidential corporate-wide end user reporting platform and BPM/J2EE platforms - all while maintaining PM role. Delivered teh 1st reengineered business controls/BPM application for Confidential .
• Designed and maintained revolving 4-year strategic technology plan for Confidential Financial Services (DFS). Technology plan lead to teh commitment of an incremental investment by DFS Board. Plan was communicated via an enterprise architecture (EA) Current State to Future State view, and described needs across people, processes and technology.
• Led DFS IT recruiting in 2006-7, on-boarding four (4) managers and thirty (30) software engineers.

Confidential San Diego, CA / Austin, TX

Sr. Project Manager, Architect, Practice Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project/Delivery Manager for ASP.NET/BizTalk process management engagements utilizing Agile methodologies
• Practice Manager for mobile computing platforms/solutions/services. Customers included: Williams, Harte-Hanks, and American Express. Project Management efforts included lean/Agile and predictive/PMBOK efforts.
• Technical Pre-Sales Engineer for Websphere customers using Confidential ’s reference architecture

Confidential, Austin, TX

Software Engineer/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed wireless (WML) banking and investment application for TANTAU utilizing proprietary TANTAU solutions and open market solutions (Java / Oracle / SQL). Application was demonstrated at various conferences including DEMO 2000. In June of 2000 TANTAU received $40 million in second round financing. TANTAU was purchased by 724 in November of 2000 for $375M.
• Worked with TANTAU Technology Alliance Partner, New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON), to design and develop a Java based version of teh TANTAU wireless banking and investment application.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Joined pcOrder.com pre-IPO and assisted with expansion and offerings of their professional services organization
• Utilizing predictive/PMBOK methodologies, led e-commerce solution projects provided primarily to and for computer system and part manufacturers, distributors, and resellers such as: IBM, CompUSA, Tech Data, and Sarcom
• Architect/Designer of IBM’s initial efforts to provide build-to-order configuration computers on their website
• Technical Pre-Sales Representative during various customer sales cycles and led closing of a $2M CompUSA deal