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Somerset, Nj, Us

Paris, Fr

London, Uk, Gb

Worldwide, Oo

Work cross functionally with Product Management and IT Delivery teams to align strategy, methodology and execution. Coordinate with program leaders to drive definition and refinement of the program backlog and develop key metrics to determine criteria for success. Encourage “learn by doing” environment to facilitate change management and enable Agile mindset. - Facilitate discussion between technical teams to provide direction on prioritization and ensure all dependencies are aligned for Discovery and refinement of program backlog. Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration- Conduct Inspect and Adapt sessions to identify opportunities for improvement and team maturity. Coach teams on Scaled Agile processes and behaviors for success of adopting Agile mindset.- Escalate program impediments reported by leaders and teams to ensure visibility and facilitate ROAM (Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated) session to determine strategy and impact to program roadmap.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

Provide leadership to a multiple scrum teams of developers, delivering a System of Systems to reduce tools and enhance Customer Service Representatives capabilities to service customer calls. Responsible for transforming 3 Agile teams into high performing teams delivering value in 2 week iterations. Serve as the primary escalation contact for the team and remove impediments to delivery. - Provide leadership, direction and coaching to Scrum Masters and 4 scrum teams across the program. Serve as Agile SME providing guidance on SAFe principles and drive continuous improvements. - Scale Agile to the Portfolio Level and develop processes & metrics for Senior Management to track progress of Agile Release Trains. - Collaborate with Product Management, Technology Delivery Owner and Scrum Master to coordinate PI Planning. Identify value add Features and develop roadmap by identifying key dependencies between Business Units supported and coordinating with other Business Analysts to align strategy for development. - Coordinate with Value Stream Teams: Payroll Process Management and Tax Process Management to align Product Roadmap and synchronize on delivery dates. Identify and collaborate on delivery of key enablers for MVP Features and ensure that architectural runway is sufficient to provide time valued deliverables. - Facilitate Scrum of Scrum meetings with Value Stream technology teams to identify impediments and align strategy for delivering product. Reduce the silo approach to developing the product by introducing pair programming between internal development teams and system or record technology teams. - Lead team of 5 Developers and 2 Quality Assurance leads to deliver value and quality solutions to end-users in the program.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Provide leadership to a multiple scrum teams of developers, delivering a System of Systems to reduce tools and enhance Customer Service Representatives capabilities to service customer calls. Responsible for transforming 3 Agile teams into high performing teams delivering value in 2 week iterations. Serve as the primary escalation contact for the team and remove impediments to delivery. - Provide leadership, direction and coaching to Scrum team to deliver system of systems application to business units as part of a strategic initiative to reduce tools. - Coordinate with technology partners to develop roadmap for delivery of APIs and develop project plan to implement solution.

San Francisco, California, Us

-Consult on Saleforce.com project for Global Sourcing Council.-Assist in developing strategy to migrate current database to Salesforce.com.

New York, Ny, Us

Business Architect Skills-Partnered with capability owners, developers, and user experience teams to ensure capabilities deliver a world-class user experience.-Deliver innovative designs for large-scale capability transformation in support of strategic objectives that impact revenue growth, customer satisfaction, productivity, and operational excellence.-Served as core team member on American Express transformation initiative (Platform Blueprint) to drive a standard view of the company across business units, technology platforms, and organizational boundaries. Documented Blueprint models utilizing Provision. -Derived value to federated architecture teams and at the enterprise level by identifying and selecting point of arrival solution to automate development of enterprise business capabilities utilizing Agile Scrum Methodology. Aligned with all Scrum ceremonies and Managed Product Backlog utilizing Rally & JIRA Enterprise. -Engaged stakeholders to understand long and short-term business objectives. Analyze investments to identify opportunities to extend capabilities across the enterprise and reduce overlap.Agile ScrumMaster/Coach Skills-Serve as Agile Coach/Scrum Master educating the team on Agile principles and ceremonies. Trained 4 Product Owners on writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and user acceptance testing to deliver Enterprise Architecture Portal as part of Blueprint Transformation project. -Created strategic themes and features in Rally to align with product vision and roadmap. Set quarterly Release cycle to track status of initiatives and ensure delivery of features delivered the highest value features to the end-users. -Collaborated with Technical Architects and 3rd party vendor to perform story elaboration and ensure that the product outcomes are clear and in alignment with the product roadmap.

New York, Ny, Us

Implement governance around development, support, and usage of PeopleSoft/Oracle CRM system for usage in global markets/regions. Manage deployments of system to global markets and provided training on usage. Develop reporting strategy and dashboards identifying trends that would improve Leader & Employee experience. Serve as Product Owner and manage product application development lifecycle utilizing Agile Scrum methodology and Rally tool to manage Product Backlog, User Stories, Iterations, and measure team performance. Partner with Scrum Master and developers to ensure that all product roadmap timelines are achieved on time and within budget by attending all ceremonies (Standups, Retrospectives, and Planning sessions).Key Achievements:* Transition team from Waterfall to Agile Scrum Methodology - Partner with American Express Technologies team to change from project focus to product focus, to reduce the cycle time of product deliverables.* HR Transformation - Deploy CRM system to 9 global markets to ensure consistency in how Employee & Labor Relations cases were being recorded. Prepare system for transition to 3rd party vendor. * Develop Reporting Capabilities - Performed Data Analysis and created dashboard reporting for Employee Relation PeopleSoft CRM system to provide reports to Senior HR Leadership. * Developed and Implemented Governance & Production Support Model - Defined parameters for all change, support, and security of the Employee Relations PeopleSoft CRM system to ensure compliance and mitigate risk to system.

San Francisco, California, Us

Provide strategic planning, management consulting and business strategy advisory services to Taproot Foundation, an organization that enables business professionals to donate their skills to help nonprofits with their marketing, human resources, strategy management and creative skills.Key Achievements:* Girls Inc. of New York City- Balanced Scorecard Project: Partnered with with consulting team and executives to understand client portfolio, business strategy, and priorities and develop Balanced Scorecard to measure progress toward Financial, Stakeholder,Internal Process, and Learning and Development iniatives.* Osborne Association- Balanced Scorecard Project:Interview Executives and assist in setting goals and objectives toward developing KPIs for Balanced Scorecard.

Facilitate the delivery of Microsoft curriculum to students and manage the course content in Learning Management Systems. Utilize adult learning principles to recognize different learning styles and effectively match curriculum using various learning techniques. Translate complex concepts regarding business and technology in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences. Conduct assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction and implement modifications as necessary.

Consult on cross functional projects and contribute to strategic initiatives for Shared Business Services in the company. Provide advanced support for Business and Technical issues related to incidents, problems, and change management.

Lead the Help Desk Team in providing world class support to the Merck community by serving as the primary escalation contact, monitoring KPIs, and overseeing the daily operations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Executive Mba Program

Master Of Science - Ms, Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Information Systems