EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Talented IT professional and Certified ScrumMaster with 12 years of experience in project management using PMBOK processes and techniques, systems engineering, and Agile software development. Proven, hands-on project management during all phases of software development life cycle SDLC with an emphasis on communication with non-technical customers, project stakeholders, senior management, and cross-functional teams.Experience with startup environments as well as larger scale enterprise companies. Equally comfortable wearing business, design, and technical hats. Advanced presentation, facilitation, and communication skills. Outstanding user interface UI and visual design skills with ability to translate functional design specifications into clean, intuitive user experience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management: Microsoft Project, Basecamp, Atlassian JIRA
• Languages: Microsoft ASP, Adobe ColdFusion, HTML, CSS, jQuery
• Reporting: Oracle Application Express, SAP Business Objects
• Content Management: WordPress
• Portal and Collaboration: Oracle Portal, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Live Meeting, Adobe Connect
• Identity and Access Management: Oracle Identity Management
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server
• Communication: Microsoft Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes
• Web and UX Design: Adobe Captivate, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Flash

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Confidential

Project management for custom application development and enterprise systems engineering contract with the U.S. Environmental Agency EPA .

• Served as Product Manager for the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program GAP - national grant management system used by the American Indian environmental Office AIEO , tribes and intertribal consortia for grant application processing, data collection, workflow management, and performance reporting.
• Led distributed cross-functional teams and external contractors in software development life cycle SDLC of Java application spanning multiple iterations using tailored PMBOK processes and techniques, and Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Acted as Product Owner, developing and grooming product backlog by identifying, defining and prioritizing critical features per release sprint , ensuring the pre-planning of user stories features . Provided teams with mockups and prototypes, use case scenarios, and business context.
• Duties included business analysis, collecting functional requirements, scheduling project activities and milestones, tracking deliverables, identifying critical path, dependencies and risks, developing contingency plans, resource management, authoring project documentation and presentations, conducting user acceptance testing UAT , and coordinating application security testing and deployment activities.
• Developed and maintained collaborative relationships with customers, stakeholders, tribal grantees, and project teams. Conducted regular teleconferences and monthly change control board CCB to report progress status, manage scope, budget and schedule baselines, and review technical issues. Collected feedback from stakeholders and tribal users for continual improvement. Provided product support and delivered training courses for stakeholders, trainers, and tribal users in classroom and virtual settings.
• Developed and presented monthly financial and progress status reports to Lockheed Martin executive management and project teams.

Sr. Business Application Programmer, Program Management Office Confidential

• Led distributed cross-functional teams across multiple, concurrent portal application development projects Agile, Waterfall . Duties include customer communication and interaction, business analysis, scope management, scheduling and monitoring project activities and milestones, tracking deliverables, risk planning and mitigation, deployment coordination, and aftercare.
• Supported strategic initiatives to educate and drive adoption of enterprise architecture across EPA programs through project sponsorship, communication campaigns, engagements, and developer training. Produced sample code, handbooks and white papers, and delivered product demonstrations and presentations at conferences and technical forums.
• Served as product specialist for PMO chartered with defining best practices and guidelines for enterprise software Oracle Portal, Identity Management, Collaboration Suite throughout the organization and for customers. Directly advised customers and federal partners on key aspects of product implementation. Provided product support and mentoring to engineering teams during design, development and deployment activities.
• Technical lead and product evangelist for enterprise systems engineering contract with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Chaired monthly advisory board to coordinate EPA enterprise architecture upgrades, migrations, and application deployments.
• Initiated, developed and maintained information management portal for collecting and storing all contract-level documentation and deliverables for all Lockheed Martin project teams. Responsible for managing content management and user administration.
• Developed and maintained user interface and visual design standards and best practices for internal and external-facing applications for EPA Portal. Defined and developed user interface standards, site structure, style guides, portlets and callable objects, HTML and CSS code examples, prototypes, use cases, and supporting documentation.

Web Developer

• Led team in redesign of web site for a federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. Duties included: collecting functional requirements, scheduling project activities and milestones, assigning tasks to project staff, developing style sheets and coding guidelines for various media types, mentoring developers on web standards and accessibility best practices, conducting code reviews and accessibility testing, reporting progress status, risks and issues, and tracking deliverables.
• Redesigned and maintained L-3 Government Services corporate website and employee intranet. Collaborated with business units on all content, communications, marketing and learning strategies.

Web Developer Confidential

Led web development and document conversion support for the Federal Highway Administration FHA , focusing on Section 508 compliance.

Web Developer Confidential

• Developed user interfaces, prototypes and style guides for web applications and portals for federal and D.C. government clients.
• Designed websites for U.S. government agencies and commercial clients.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING

Project Manager

• Led design, development, and deployment of company website using WordPress. Worked directly with business development team to produce and edit content.
• Coordinated design and production of brand materials logo, business cards, tradeshow materials .

Web Developer

• Developed and maintained the Tackle Colon Cancer website as part of Aetna Healthcare's regional public health service initiative in partnership with INOVA Health Systems, American Cancer Society, and Darrell Green Enterprises.
• Managed the entire software development life cycle, including developing proposal, client presentations, collecting requirements, designing mockups and prototypes, scheduling project milestones and activities, front-end and back-end programming, web analytics and site optimization, and reporting progress status, risks and issues to project stakeholders.

Web Developer

• Software development contract with the UNC School of Medicine's Center for Aging and Health. Developed a secure web application and integrated content management system for the Carolina Geriatric Education Center Consortium, which is part of a public health education initiative to raise awareness about geriatric care in North Carolina through education, training and outreach.
• Responsible for front-end and back-end programming, gathering requirements, designing web graphics, conducting user acceptance testing, product support for end users, and coordinating deployment activities.