SUMMARY

Quality Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SDLC/SELC), SCRUM, AGILE, SPIRAL, KANBAN, WATERFALL, Six Sigma - Green Belt, ISO - 9000 Environment, TQM - Total Quality Management Program

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SharePoint- Administration
• Excellent MS Office Skills
• Project Management Tools & Techniques
• Achieved CMMI level IV. Supervised IV & V.
• Coach, Facilitator, Team Empowerment
• Problem Solver, QA Delivery Champion
• Transition Manager/Trainer
• Requirement gathering and documentation
• Requirement analysis and coordination wif System Architecture Team
• Worked in Requisite Pro to manage requirements, write Use Cases and enhance traceability.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent Client facing/inter-personal skills
• Very strong problem solving and time management skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

QA Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Guided, mentored, and trained project managers and project teams in the use of standard PM and engineering processes for Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies, including tailoring and other startup activities. Created User stories and the tasks for the Agile teams.

• Drove Sprint Kick-off/planning meeting.
• Created a schedule for the completion of User Stories and tasks.
• Led meetings wif Developers, testers, and Subject Matter experts to resolve issues/bottlenecks.
• Liaison between the Core Agile Teams, Product Owners and the Management.
• Reported the Daily status of all the Agile teams to Release Management-including the goals for the day, stories opened, stories closed, and issues, if any.
• Created and updated the Burn-Down chart of the Agile teams to reflect the number of User Story points remaining to be completed during the Sprint.
• Drove Sprint retrospective/review meeting to track and resolve issues for the Sprints.
• Recognized as being a valuable member for Contributions toward Projects
• Leader for Integrated Solution Team. Documented the requirements from the Business Users and reviewed wif the SMES for Official sign off from the Business Users
• Worked as Scrum Master in Tracking the Business Decisions made by the Team. Updated the Virtual Scrum Board wif the status of the Actions items.
• Recorded the Requirements and facilitated discussions wif the Business Users. Reviewed final Use Case wif the Business Users and delivered to Scrum Master for completion of the official Sign off Process.
• Worked in Agile Methodology. Assisted the System Architect Team in breaking the requirements into User Stories. Assisted the Team in User Story estimations and in determining the Team’s velocity. Assisted the Product Owner wif the User Story Prioritization and dividing the User Stories into Different Sprints.
• Assisted the Product Owner in maintaining the Product Backlog. Assisted the Product Owner in documentation required for official sign off
• Designed and implemented a template for tracking the voting details for Use Cases and the Business Rules that were approved by the various Leads from different directorates, for easy traceability and clarity.
• Monitored Program Level Risks and analyzed mitigation steps and them risks to PMC (Program Management and Control Working Group)
• Worked as Scrum Master, to track all the Tasks and send out reminders, remove all obstacles and close out issues.
• Created and maintained a rolling Issue Log on sharepoint, wif updated Task Status.
• Assisted the Business in transition from Waterfall methodology to Agile methodology.
• Trained and mentored the new team members.
• Participated in the sharepoint migration from version 2007 to 2010. Trained the Client to use the new version and assisted wif troubleshooting issues.

Confidential, Washington DC

Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC), SCRUM, AGILE To ensure Systems
• Engineering Life Cycle (SELC)quality processes, procedures, and programs are in place and effective at all
• Supported USCIS System Releases.
• Provided leadership in the “technology of quality” (e.g., statistics, ISO-9000, inspection techniques, calibration, testing, etc.) Support Total Quality Management (TQM) initiatives including SDLC Methods and Scrum and provide quality training to project team as required
• Coordinated replies to customer concerns related to quality.
• Wrote test plans, policies and reports to include entry and exit criteria. Utilized test for validating data input and output.
• Worked wif management and Led project teams to determine testing plans for the integration of common web technologies and software solutions.
• Assessed programs/projects to identify areas of concern/risks/process deficiencies through the conduct of process audits and observations.
• Provided operational assistance and mentoring as Quality Assurance officials to address and resolve actions necessary for the implementation of QA objectives
• Led teams to identify and resolve significant systemic and isolated quality issues.
• Adapted company QA program to meet the requirements and needs of the specific business area and specific project.
• Reviewed work for soundness of technical judgment and overall adequacy.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Supervisory Quality Assurance

Responsibilities:

• Managed end-to-end process evaluations, establishing points for data collection, and synthesis of data from all collection points
• Responsible for driving facilitation meetings wif users for requirement gathering and documentation.
• Responsible for Functional, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.
• Managed Functional Testing wif valid/invalid inputs for testing different scenarios.
• Coordinated Back-end Testing using SQL queries to ensure Data integrity.
• Coordinated wif Dev Team and Testing Team for tracking, following up and resolving issues.
• Provided overview of program performance and schedule that enables process improvement and identifies actual and potential areas that could create programmatic issues.

Confidential

Executive Business Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Planed and implemented appropriate staffing policies, practices and descriptions for venture capital considerations and planned giving. This resulted in hiring key executives that delivered the seasoned focus team to do business.

Confidential, NY US

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Researched and performed technical documentation and drew conclusions that led to industry compliance for international trade.
• Responsible for conducting meetings wif users for requirement gathering and documentation.
• Responsible for Functional, Regression and User Acceptance Testing.
• Conducted Functional Testing wif valid/invalid inputs for testing different scenarios.
• Conducted Back-end Testing using to ensure Data integrity.
• Coordinated wif Dev Team and Testing Team for tracking, following up and resolving issues.

Confidential

Senior Capital Project Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed redefining financial business processes and integrated technology enhancements
• Documented the requirements and coordinated wif Development and Testing groups.
• Responsible for extensive documentation, where the steps in each test script had to be supported by screen shots and steps describing them.
• Managed logging and tracking defects.
• Led PM Team for Development Team and Testing Team for tracking, following up and resolving issues.

Confidential

Program Management Analyst/ COTR

Responsibilities:

• Accomplished Ten Years Federal Government Service US Confidential
• Defense Finance & Accounting Services and recognized recipient of the Commanders
• Award for excellent performance wif Defense Finance and Accounting