SUMMARY:

• Senior Program / Project Manager with extensive expertise leading multiple technical projects through the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Proven leader at successfully planning, scheduling, and delivering software releases for numerous multi - million dollar technical development projects.
• Agile Project Management
• Risk Management
• Full SDLC Management
• Communications Management
• Requirements/Scope Management
• SW Quality Management
• Software Integration Management
• Resource Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: C, C++, Java

Platforms: Mac OS X (El Capitan), AWS Cloud, Windows 10, Android, Linux, Unix

Applications: MS Project, Jira, Rally, Kanban, Trello, Confluence, Clearcase, Salesforce, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Cloud Services

Tools: Eclipse, Postman, JUnit, Selenium WebDriver, Qualcomm s QXDM/QPST

Additional: Embedded Software Engineering, Wireless Communication Systems, CDMA1X/EV-DO, 3G, UMTS, 4G LTE and Android Phone SW Dev.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master

Confidential, San Diego, CA

• Created MS Project plans for each of the deliverables required under each contract and use the generated Gantt chart and milestone timeline in the monthly status report deliverable to the Prime Program Manager (PM) for the contract.
• Worked directly with Subcontract PM and COO to schedule and facilitate internal and external demonstrations of each software deliverable with senior leadership, the prime contractor and the customer stakeholders (VA/DHA).
• Created and maintained Confluence Wiki page(s) which included project goals and accomplishments, User Interface (UI) graphical mock-ups, requirements specifications, REST API service descriptions and links to contractual and project documentation.
• Facilitated daily research and development (R&D) brainstorming meetings to resolve technical issues, review and revise user interface / functional requirements and drive strategic direction for the project.
• Scheduled and executed REST API, manual User Interface, Java Unit (JUnit) and Selenium automated tests within the Postman utility, Chrome browser and Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) as part of an Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) strategy to ensure software quality.
• Setup and executed Sprint Backlog meetings with Product Owner and Technical Lead to add or remove user stories from the backlog. Create, prioritize and define the user stories, acceptance tests, story point estimates and goals to be discussed at the next Sprint Planning meeting.
• Facilitated and coached the Scrum team at the Sprint Planning meetings to solidify the user story descriptions, acceptance test criteria, story point estimates and goals for the potentially shippable product increment (PSI) for the next 2-week sprint.
• Convened and optimized daily Standup meetings to review the current development of each team member’s tasks from the previous and current day and remove any impediments or blockers from meeting the sprint’s goals.
• Facilitated and managed the Sprint Review meetings to allow the Product Owner and customer stakeholders to review and demonstrate all user stories to validate if they meet the definition of done specified as part of that sprint’s goals.
• Executed Sprint Retrospective meetings to allow the entire Scrum team to openly discuss the just-concluded sprint’s successes, issues and suggested improvements to continuously improve the projects operational efficiency.
• Participate and present the projects resolution status for any software bugs/issues that have been created by testers and users of the software at the Scrum of Scrum meetings to the Prime PM.

Senior Program Manager

Confidential, San Diego, CA

• Collaborated with CBSP Tech PM, Platform Test, Product & Integration and Product Engineer representatives to plan and produce end-to-end MS Project schedules for two Linux/Android based products (APQ8084, MSM8962), two Windows-based products (APQ8084, MSM8994) and two Modem products (MDM9635, MDM9645).
• Produce weekly SP reports that included SW Feature deliverable status, delay justifications, risk assessment/mitigation plans, baseline vs. actual delivery graphs, pre-silicon test status, bring-up lab schedule and milestone dates. Responsible for presenting these reports in Core SW Target and SLT weekly meetings.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, San Diego, CA

• Created and managed software release plans, schedules, release readiness reviews, customer release notes, and field service bulletins for 6 smartphone handsets (Droid 2, World Edition, Pro, X and X2, Atrix 4G).
• Collaborated with 4-member senior leadership team to strategically plan and manage a team of 16 software engineers to release 6 separate Linux/Android-based platform upgrades (i.e. Froyo->Gingerbread, Gingerbread->Ice Cream Sandwich).
• Coordinated risk and mitigation assessments throughout the full lifecycle of each upgrade project and provided internal evidence of quality metrics to the senior leadership team for final submission approval.
• Managed software integration and delivery of 2 critical releases for the White House that improved the security of the phone’s UI by disabling the camera and installing power-up graphic content.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

• Designed and implemented object oriented phonebook/user data backup and restore feature using Windows MFC API’s which was utilized by Verizon’s test lab and storefronts to preserve user data after upgrading software on Confidential ’s StarTAC and Razr mobile phone product lines.
• Led the interoperability validation efforts for Confidential TDMA mobile phones. S/W engineering field interface for interoperability testing at Ericsson/Lucent/Nortel infrastructure test labs.