SUMMARY:

• I am a passionate Agilist, an accomplished Software Development Leader and Agile Coach with more than 15 years of team leadership experience. By directly coaching and managing multiple on - shore and offshore teams I have successfully lead agile teams to deliver consistently and predictably for the business.
• This passion for agile practices along with knowledge of traditional project management best practices and current technology trends and standards has helped me achieve a track record of successful team transitions from traditional waterfall methodologies to agile processes and frequently surpassing expectations of the business.
• Most recently I successfully transformed a fragmented and disorganized development team for a large, complex platform into a model agile engine.
• Productivity, quality and predictability have increased exponentially. The LaunchPad Development team is now synonymous with efficiency, collaboration and productivity.
• We have stabilized and enhanced a challenged platform by streamlining process where appropriate to increase throughput as well as increased rigor into architectural impacts.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• Certified Scrum Master and Change Agent with extensive knowledge of agile methodologies, Strong track record of Organizational Methodology Development and Transition to Agile.
• Possess in depth knowledge of SDLC, RUP, UML, requirements gathering and agile planning.
• Strong mentoring and team building as well as fostering organizational support for agile practices.
• Member of Agile Alliance
• Certified Scrum Master
• Member of Project Management Institute

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential

Director of LaunchPad Development

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for timely, high quality LaunchPad releases which involved:
• Strong leadership and team building
• Enterprise project scoping
• Project planning
• Enterprise process control
• Technology guidance and management
• Automated testing
• Staffing
• Administration
• Team Leadership was key and we benefitted from:
• Revitalized motivation and level of engagement of all technology teams
• Adoption of appropriate agile practices (scrum/Kanban/TDD)
• Predictable bi weekly releases
• Higher quality Standards (unit, load and automation tests)
• Closer collaboration with business units
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Taking Ownership and being accountable
• Defined Agile metrics and reporting in support of organizational goals
• Train teams in agile thinking and processes
• Evangelize agile principals throughout organization while directly coaching individuals on culture change, self-organization, listening and communication styles
• Aid teams in identifying areas of improvement and implementing best practices to enhance team and individual performance

Confidential

Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Transition two (responsive web and mobile) teams to using Scrum/XP Hybrid Approach
• Participate with Agile COE to bring broader context to their in-house Scrum/XP/Kanban Program and define best practices specifically meeting organizational needs
• Evangelize agile principals throughout organization while directly coaching leaders and individuals on culture change, self-organization, listening and communication styles
• Work with the PMO program managing/coordinating with non-agile SDLC teams to present program and project status, budgets, etc.

Confidential

Program Manager/Scrum Coach

Responsibilities:

• Work with organizations in early agile adoption to champion the processes and advance team engagement.
• Work with Off-shore team to ensure process adherence
• Foster support for scrum at the senior level
• Map existing project management phases and artifacts to scrum process
• Lead Scrum training workshops

Confidential

Senior Scrum Master/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Transform multiple teams into high performing Scrum teams.
• Coached and mentored all project stakeholders of various Scrum teams across many lines of business.
• Implement a program management reporting structure to aid transparency across teams, with the business stakeholders and executives.
• Introduce agile program management in order to manage interdependent teams
• Developed Kanban/Lean methodology for internal service organizations (WebOPS, IT) to better serve the scrum teams.
• Managed 3 DC migrations using Kanban/Scrum
• Developed plan for remote teams and offshore resources ensuring seamless interactions with local teams
• Coached teams into mature agile practices and behaviors recommended and created organizational best practices.

Confidential

BPM Manager /Scrum Coach

Responsibilities:

• Serve as expert in Scrum (both in theory and practice) and mentor to ScrumMasters and teams Including off-shore team members
• Impliment Enterprise Level Scrum program and transition to scrum from waterfall methodology
• Facilitate team problem solving and innovation
• Faciltate Release and Sprint planning
• Serve as Scrum master to 2 scrum teams using Pega BPM
• Guard Scrum Practices and Philosophy
• Create Metrics and Management Statuis Documents on program level
• Faciliate Product Owner understanding of technology capabilities and trends
• Ensure Client Satisfaction with Scrum Practices and team performance

Confidential

Scrum/XP Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coach and serve as Scrum Maser for agile application development team using Java, serving 4 business units.
• Support Scrum and pair programming adoption in PMBOK and Waterfall environments
• Project Metrics and reporting using Jira/Greenhopper
• Participate in PMO bridging Agile milestones against waterfall

Confidential

Senior Project Manger/Scrum Master & Coach

Responsibilities:

• Drive PMO-Agile initiatives for multiple Scrum teams for new flagship product
• Agile program management across globally distributed teams
• Scrum Team Coaching
• Agile, Scrum and Jira/Greenhopper Training

Confidential

Senior Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead end to end SDLC flagship product releases
• Transition the company’s project methodology from Waterfall to Agile
• Manage cross functional teams comprised of members from 16 areas
• Business Process analysis and refinement
• Risk and Issue mitigation and escalation
• Engage Senior Management in driving organizational development
• Defined and implemented PMO framework, best practices and communication plan
• Recruited and trained 3 Software Project Managers and 2 Associate Project Managers
• Provided Senior Management with metrics and visibility into Medidata’s operations and project delivery performance
• Engaged leadership in streamlining processes which resulted in 30% increase in efficiency across SDLC functional teams

Confidential

GLOBAL AGILE PROJECT MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Successfully deliver new products and upgrade existing platforms (resulting in cost efficiencies) on consistent timely basis and of high quality (i.e., Canadian Stock Reports, MarketScope Advisor upgrades, ETF reports and platform migrations) using Scrum and Agile methodologies as well as RUP
• As the lead Project manager in the PMO I manage constrained resources across project teams as well as outside vendors
• Lead in the implementation of an agile framework throughout the S&P Equity Research organization for development of all future projects and project methodologies, i.e. Project tracking, Statements of Work, Service Level Agreements, etc.
• Lead Business Analysts in rerouting market analysis from BusinessWeek to S&P’s in-house analytical team, saving the organization $200K annually in outsourcing fees.
• Actively managed teams of 4-10 members and between 5 to 8 projects at any given time including, but not limited to:
• Standard & Poor’s ETF Report which is slated to generated $3 million annually within a 3-year period
• Upgrading of our premier web based content delivery platform MarketScopeAdvisor
• Upgrading, consolidating, and migrating delivery platform for all S&P products into one delivery mechanism saving the company $1 million annually.
• Upgrading, consolidating, and migrating delivery platform for all S&P products into one delivery mechanism saving the company $1 million annually.
• Manage smaller BAU projects and maintain Project Repository on SharePoint
• Create project plans with MS Project, track and report progress
• Developed communication and risk elevation plans for senior management
• Convey business strategy across functional teams for support and motivation in team meetings
• Coordinate global operations in the UK, Dubai and Malaysia.