Production Specialist Resume
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Gurnee, IL
SUMMARY
- Experienced IT Program and Project Manager capable of successfully managing Programs and Projects in both Waterfall and Agile environments.
- Over a decade of experience assisting organizations transition from the Waterfall methodology to utilizing the Values and Principles of Agile to improve efficiency and recognize measurable cost benefits.
- A professional Agile Release Train Engineer capable of successfully scaling Agile Adoption to Program and Enterprise using the latest SAFe Model.
- Client facing professional that supports and helps create collaborative culture across all stake holders.
- An IT Professional that is able to create the bridge required to transition the traditional method of Implementing IT Solutions to the evolved Agile services used to Implement Technical Solutions Today and in the Future.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Production Specialist
Confidential, Gurnee, IL
Responsibilities:
- Assembly of COVID - 19 Test Packages that provides results within 15 minutes.
- Hands on experience includes, preparation of the Test kit, implementation of test strips and packaging of the test kits.
- At packaging audit to ensure test kits meets control specifications.
- Trained on all aspect of manufacturing process, from, preparing test kit, assembling test kid, visual audit, packaging test kit, to packaging test kit.
- Provide feedback on process improvements to maximize manufacturing capabilities.
- Due to the nature of the importance of this medical product, this position requires, that one be responsible (wear all required PPE), arrive on time, meet quotas, attention to quality, and ability to work individually and as a team.
Agile Release Train Engineer
Confidential, Riverwoods
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate PI (Program Incremental) Planning activities and PI Event for organization of over 200 IT employees.
- I was responsible for leading the Agile Scaling effort to a Program Level utilizing SAFe.
- Responsible for assessment of the current state of Agile adoption and identifying improvements to better support the Scaling effort.
- Inserted the Continuous Improvement cycle in the Scrum Teams workflow to identify action items required to improve Agile adoption. Ensuring the Scrums Teams completed a retrospective at the end of each Sprint/Iteration provided the inputs required to improve Agile Adoption.
- I worked with the EPMO (Enterprise Program Management Office) and the Agile DMS team to establish Agile Best Practices across the entire Enterprise.
- As part of the Agile Assessment I read the EPMO One View Road Map and familiarized myself with the overall objectives of the Enterprise.
- Created and prioritized Program Back Log to ensure Program Level action items were reviewed with Senior Leadership.
- Implemented Story Points across all Scrum Teams to determined Velocity for each Team. Resulted in a dramatic improvement in Sprint and PI Planning.
- Identified and helped created a demo of Work Intake Application to establish best practices for scaling Agile Adoption across the entire Enterprise.
- Align JIRA structure and standardized the Sprint Schedule to ensure unified best practices across the entire Enterprise.
- Manage Initiatives in JIRA and ensure they are assigned to appropriate Program within the Enterprise.
- Recommended and Implemented the use of EPICs as means for better reporting and dashboards within the JIRA Tool.