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Miami Beach, Fl, Us

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Cross Country Healthcare (CCH) is a leading provider of workforce solutions and healthcare staffing services, committed to delivering high-quality care through innovative talent management and technology-driven solutions. In my role as Senior Technical Program Manager, I drive enterprise-level programs & projects and strategic initiatives that enhance process efficiency, automation, and business growth. • Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO): Established a new EPMO, developing standardized best practices and reusable templates to streamline project execution across the organization. • Process Automation: Partnered with finance teams to automate month-end time-tracking processes, significantly improving accuracy and operational efficiency. • Strategic Roadmap Development: Created strategic roadmaps aligned with business objectives to ensure projects deliver measurable value and support long-term growth. • Budget & P&L Management: Managed project budgets, ensuring financial alignment with company goals and enhancing profitability. • Product Development: Directed product development initiatives, aligning new features with market trends, business needs, and user feedback to drive innovation. • Agile Standardization: Implemented and standardized Agile workflows in JIRA, improving productivity and cross-departmental collaboration. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitated seamless communication between engineering, product management, and design teams, ensuring timely delivery of complex technical projects.Tools & Technologies: Oracle PPM, Replicon, JIRA, Azure DevOps, AWS, Confluence, SharePoint, Power BI, iOS, Android, Python, Snowflake

New York, Ny, Us

ZX Ventures is a global growth and innovation group within Anheuser-Busch InBev. ZX Ventures builds, grows and invests in businesses across industries – from technology to consumer products and everything in between. ZX Ventures operates multiple global business units of varying adjacency to Anheuser-Busch InBev core business: ecommerce, mobile apps, merchandising, on-trade retail, omnichannel, craft & specialties.• Effectively communicate agile principles, SCRUM practices and build trust with key stakeholders• Assist the team in assessing and evolving their ‘Agile and SCRUM Maturity’ and developing a program for progression of each company and individual squad • Educate teams and promote regular SCRUM ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily-Standup, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective• Foster agile best practices and a culture of relentless improvement among the SCRUM team• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures across the product team particularly around success metrics on product development• Daily follow-ups with individual team members to remove impediments/blockers for the SCRUM team.• Assist the Product Owners to make sure the product backlogs are always being groomed and ready for the next sprint• Protect SCRUM teams and maintain focus on backlog and sprint timeline• Work with management to escalate problems encountered with SCRUM team as necessary• Managed and launched LinkedIn Learning across the organizationTechnologies used: Confluence, SharePoint, JIRA, Azure DevOps, PowerBI

New York, New York, Us

Citi FinTech is a start-up within Citi with the ultimate goal of building the global bank of the future. Citi FinTech creates and operates cutting-edge mobile products and services. These mobile-first capabilities leverage internal strengths but also the best offerings available in the FinTech space, across the full range of client needs.• Managed a variety of digital projects in an Agile environment• Delivered global programs such as a developer portal, mobile applications and system launches• Held multiple roles in order to help launch products: Product Owner, Scrum Master and Technology Project Manager• Partnered with Technology and supported Creatives, Strategists, Program Managers and other team members to develop effective end-to-end customer experiences across all channels• Invent and inspire customer experiences and user flows that are consistent, user friendly, and bold by design• Document customer goals, business requirements, technical constraints and ensured they fit within the project parameters• Hosted and participated in kick-off, status and Scrum meetings to ensure thorough communication with all stakeholders at all stages of every project• Proactively communicate with internal stakeholders about production recommendations, risks, challenges and solutions• Forecasted, managed and tracked the utilization of resources to maximize productivity • Managed agency/vendor relationships, budgets to ensure deliverables are received on-time and on-budget• Attained a deep understanding of the client product offering, the market in which client operates, and the target customers• Attended roadshows to promote new product launches• Worked with Creatives and applied Design Thinking principles with Agile methodology to solve UX problems• Stay on-top of emerging technologies • Train team members on Agile methodology and how to use new tools and technologyTechnologies used: Sketch, Measure, ADOBE Suite, Drupal, HTML5, IBM APIm and APIc

ISE is the first all-electronic options exchange in the U.S. that has been known for its innovative market structure and technology. It has won multiple awards including the 'Most Innovative Exchange Technology’ Award. The company was publicly traded until 2007, when it was acquired by Deutsche Börse AG and is currently pending acquisition by NASDAQ for $1.1B.• Successfully deliver core system changes on time and on budget by developing project plans, schedules and monitoring risks and issues • Liaise with the project sponsors, project team and customers and facilitate communication with Steering Committee• Improve project efficiency by ensuring all project requirements and objectives are properly documented, agreed upon and vigorously monitored• Track and report progress on all projects• Obtain and manage all necessary staff (internal and external) in the delivery of the project objectives• Ensure timely and efficient use of resources to meet the agreed timeframes• Enhance existing and develop new tools to help Project Managers to consistently deliver quality products• Provide guidance and project management education and training to new Project Managers across the organizationTechnologies used: C#, Java, J-Script, MySQL, HTML5, GitHub, JIRA, AWS

Manhattan, New York, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed budget and resources responsible for support, development and quality assurance for all of Funds Management internal and external business groups while leveraging the SDLC and PLC for end to end system delivery• Effectively engaged business groups to create a road map and strategy to deliver efficient and quality solutions• Completed first phase of a digital magazine via Apple Newsstand by using ADOBE InDesign and DPS• Launched a global consumer iPad application used by thousands of investors as well as external and internal financial advisors globally• Delivered enterprise web, CMS and mobile app assisting investors and internal and external financial advisors during all JPMC hosted events• Led project teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines and defined processes and tools best suited to each project• Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results• Managed initiatives to meet regulatory requirements for Dodd-Frank, EMIR and other legislative initiatives.• Moved between Agile and Waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures• Lead Informatica project to source data from clients into a Business Objects universe for business intelligence reporting• Delivered client advisor sales opportunity interactive reports while allowing the sales team to focus on higher ranked investors• Managed several SharePoint migrations and development from 2010 to 2013• Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data• Anticipated and Managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environmentsTechnologies used: Java, J-Script, T-SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Informatica, Fatwire, HTML, HTML5, XCode, Quality Center, JIRA, Active Directory, .NET Framework, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer