* Lead initiatives with several large gas station chains and Scrum teams in the planning, design, development, and delivery of mobile payment and connected car applications.* Foster an Agile culture throughout, with clients, engineering, and senior management, and encourage lean thinking and behavior at all levels, which continuously leads to higher quality products and services.

* Coached team members in a fast-paced Agile environment, with the successful development of 4 commercial engineering products for upstream oil and gas operators.* Facilitated Scrum events and ensured customer requirements were captured, prioritized, communicated, and properly sized by the team. Identified and removed impediments to team success, and ensured teams had everything needed to build and deliver value to the customer.* Enabled teams to identify areas for improvement, then helped them adapt and change as needed to support continuous improvement.* Achieved a 40%-50% reduction in development costs, while continuing to deliver products with similar business value, by improving agility and developing minimum viable products.

* Represented the NASA customer as the Scrum Product Owner of 2 major subsystems for a re-architecture of NASA’s Mission Control Center.* Defined Features and User Stories with the customer, and ensured they were properly prioritized, communicated, and implemented by software development teams.* Verified that the customer was satisfied with the results of both subsystems, which in turn contributed to a successful project and a currently operational Control Center for supporting commercial spaceflight.

* Established a new software organization, and served as their Project Manager through the successful development and support of 10 commercial products; full SDLC.* Oversaw maintenance and support of each product.* Supported both Agile and Waterfall.* Coordinated directly with the business office and customers to define and prioritize features.* Ensured that the business value satisfied all stakeholders, through frequent and transparent communication.* Achieved 2 CMMI Level 3 appraisals and ISO 9001 certifications in the organization over a 6-year period, directly resulting in our ability to win multi-year, multi-million dollar government contracts.

Software developer on several projects, including support for the NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station, IBM Research and Development projects, and various commercial applications.