CAREER SUMMARY

• Experienced project manager offering 12 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects;PMP, CSM credentials; Business strategist;plan and manage multimillion - dollar projectsaligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.
• Excellent communicator;leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies.Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Team Building & Mentoring
• Negotiating and Influencing
• Coaching / Facilitation
• Business & IT Planning
• Vendor Management
• Presentations Skills
• Business Process Optimization
• Software Implementation
• Conflict management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. IT Project Manager III

Confidential,Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Lead and managed all phases of assigned enterprise-wide projects including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Managed resources across multiple business units with project budgets typically between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000 and scopes identified as highly complex.
• Managed project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Monitored and tracked project milestones and deliverables using MS Project and TFS..
• Identified and reviewed, vendors or consultants performance to meet project needs.
• Communicated weekly status reports to senior executives, enterprise wide stakeholders, and external stakeholders.
• Managed change control gaining agreement for revisions from project stakeholders.
• Developed and managed cross-functional teams.
• Estimated costs, timelines and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints.
• Provided direction and guidance to lesser-experienced project management staff to assist them in their role and understanding of more complex project management needs.
• Identified risks and created responses to mitigate or transfer risks as well as planned and directed schedules and project budgets.

IT Project Manager / ScrumMaster

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Maintained accountability for projects from original concept through final implementation.
• Interfaced with all areas affected by the project including end users, computer services and client services to provide a single point of contact for respective project.
• Defined project scope and objectives, including identifying and determining project outcomes.
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and status reports to layout the progression and scope of the project.
• Conducts project meetings and was responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Provided weekly project status reports to management.
• Established and achieved financial objectives by preparing a project budget, scheduling and approving expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Managed the integration of vendor tasks and track and reviewed vendor deliverables.
• Ensured project team has the appropriate resources to function in their assigned role.
• Expert knowledge of Agile Software Development Methodology and SDLC.
• Ensured adherence to quality standards and reviewed project deliverables to decrease instances of scope creep.
• Tracked and reported Project Matrix, Risks, Milestones, (Scrum metrics including team velocity, sprint burn-down, sprint/release progress, etc.).
• Ensuring the teams are practicing in the core Scrum principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Updating agile tracking using Team Foundation Server (TFS) to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs, Matrix, and Engineering data.

IT Project Manager / ScrumMaster

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Directed the activities of project support staff and sub-contractors and was responsible for ensuring appropriate resources are allocated and maintained to facilitate the successful completion of projects.
• Worked delivering Professional Services operations in various online Video on demand Educational Providers)
• Worked on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
• Good working knowledge of Agile Software Development Methodology and SDLC.
• Facilitated sprint and release planning, daily stand-up meetings, retrospectives, demos, and other Scrum related meetings for multiple teams.
• As Product Owners worked to create the Product Backlog and prioritization and assisted development teams with Sprint planning and task estimates.
• Provided Coaching and mentoring of team members on agile best practices.
• Tracking and communicating scrum metrics including team velocity and sprint/release progress..
• Updating agile tracking using Version One to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.
• Assisting team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal.
• Facilitating discussions and conflict resolution.
• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.

IT Project Manager / ScrumMaster

Confidential, Scottsdale, Arizona

Responsibilities:

• Lead and managed all phases of assigned enterprise-wide project including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Implemented conversion Project of Intranet Web authoring software to 65 departments in Arizona.
• Maintained accountability for project from original concept through final implementation. .
• Tracked and documented project issues, risks, milestones, budget and schedule.
• Ensured project results meet requirements regarding quality, reliability, schedule and cost.
• Remove impediments to ensure the team’s progress
• Provided weekly project status reports to management.
• Identified gaps and recommends enhancements in the workflows based on broad view of the organization
• Work with enterprise network engineers on performance, security, and capacity issues of servers in roll out phase.