Andrew Turso, Pmp, Csp-Sm, Cspo, Smc Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Placed at DSW, Inc.- Lead one of two scrum ‘squads’, working on Checkout Optimization and KTLO (‘Keep The Lights On’) efforts, managing Scrum Boards in JIRA, including facilitating backlog prioritization with Product Owners and reporting up to leadership on progress of work- Partnered with internal BA on standardizing language and Scrum ceremonies used throughout the organization- Creating standardized Scrum processes for teams, including initiating daily stand up, sprint planning and retrospectives- Managing cross-functional teams to create a better experience for customers as they check out with purchases on dot com, iOS, and Android platforms- Using Clarity to track project progress, resource management and reporting on Town Shoes re-platforming and Angular Upgrade project

Columbus, Ohio

- Helped introduce Agile Project Management methodology to a Waterfall organization- Partnering with vendor, managed requirements gathering, project progress, and reporting on project to build app for Door-to-Door Field Sales agents to use, including Change Management, Scope Management and UAT- Worked to build online Marketplace for customers to use Reward Dollars for them to purchase energy efficient products, aligning cross-functional groups to insure data integrity, compliance and security

- Placed at Alliance Data in the Compliance/Governance group- Managed the update of all 2015 Compliance training modules required for completion by internal Associates, using outside vendors where necessary- Managed creation of process flows and documentation for internal CCA-1 and QC projects- Ensured all active and terminated client CCAs are housed on internal servers for distribution to customers upon request

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Managed World Languages and Middle School Social Studies projects, including work with the internal Digital Platform Group to ensure projects needing digital support were properly sized, estimated and placed within appropriate sprints to be completed within larger schedule constraints- Managed Advanced Placement projects, dealing with outside sources of content and SMEs to guarantee products met College Board standards- Helped Middle School Social Studies team prioritize work to be completed and WIP to meet hard constraint deadline- Initiated agile workflow for state-specific Middle and High School World Languages Programs, including prioritized backlog, in progress board, work complete, and helped team define ‘done’- Managed user story and epic creation for 3 World Language apps and managed the creation of apps with outside vendor, including voice over and photo/art creation- Managed project for converting more than 10,000 individual online assets from flash to HTML5 for use on iOS mobile platform-Worked with multiple functional areas on ensuring forecasts were accurate and budgets for all projects were kept within baselines and scope of work was achievable through multiple change requests- Worked on internal Project Management Methodologies team and educated organization on advantages of agile workflows- Helped create process for product retirement, including stakeholder identification, scope, messaging and risk tracking and mitigation

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Placed at JPMorgan Chase within the Loan Administration Group.- Managing the VLS Loan Transfer and directing the repurchase process flow pieces of DOJ/AG settlement.- Work across various functional departments within the bank to create procedures and process flow documents to comply with legal requirements of DOJ/AG settlement.- Coordinate project to update customer letters across Loan Administration and Document Services Groups to satisfy corporate initiatives.

- Maintained ancillary material schedules and budgets for various projects.- Monitored outside providers of material necessary for completion of textbook development.- Coordinated and managed outside subject matter experts who supplied assessment material for higher education textbooks.- Researched and contacted owners of third-party proprietary material and negotiated for their use in higher education textbooks.- Managed Stand-ups, Backlogs, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Demos, Story Boards and Information disseminations to cross-functional groups both within and without the organization.- Worked with outside vendors/sources of content on ways to apply user stories and feedback in a more effective and efficient manner.

- Managed communications between clients and production facilities in India and Madison, WI.- Monitored processes of programming and production teams in Chennai, India and Madison to insure client change requests, schedules and product quality standards were met.- Directed team of programmers in Chennai, India while writing, testing, and implementing new programming to ensure new and legacy client content was compatible with federal NIMAS educational accessibility standards.- Led the development process of alternate workflows when standardized workflows failed to meet all client needs.- Demonstrated proprietary technology and software to clients/potential clients and determined if the company had a solution to meet client/potential needs.- Helped implement a more agile, responsive workforce by working to co-locate personnel within offshore production facility to a ‘team-based’ structure.

Managed all aspects of manufacturing for more than 500 front list and backlist books and stand alone media products per year.Acted as liason between production department and vendors for prepress/printing issues.Worked with other Pearson Education business units to insure corporate branding and manufacturing standards and pricing structures were maintained.Worked with vendors to reconcile purchasing and invoicing discrepancies in a timely manner.

Managed all client communication, prepress, and print management for 6 clients.Insured all products produced met client specifications and conformed to client branding standards.Managed team of database programmers to insure new client requests changing current jobs and new implementations were finalized in a timely, effective manner.

B.A., History, Medieval Studies

A.A., Social Sciences

President's Scholar for acheiving the highest GPA (4.0) with the most credits taken (34) during the first year of study.