Risk Technology Services Agile Coach responsible for leading adoption and implementation of Agile practices across the department.Works with groups to develop agile transformation road-maps and assists with initial implementation of processes and ongoing support to include a multi-day Introduction to Scrum training.Partners with Agile teams, stakeholders, and management to improve performance and outcomes.Provides coaching, facilitation, training, mentoring, impediment management, and leadership in support of collaboration, consistency, and value delivery.Primary focus is on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps processes with specialization in using Azure DevOps (Team Foundation Server) for project/product management and the SDLC.

Lead and manage a cross-functional team in the development of internal applications that provide the backbone for U.S. Bank's Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery processes.Our applications integrate with multiple U.S. Bank systems to generate Key Risk Indicator (KRI) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) on how the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery program is performing and staying within guidance. We also provide data integration with outside vendors including providing Crisis Management and Emergency Notifications.Converted Development team to use Agile Project Management and am the Product Owner for our applications. Transitioned team from Clear Case to Team Foundation Server (TFS) and am working on building out continuous integration processes.

20+ year career leading soldiers from team to platoon sized elements embodying discipline, team building, mentorship, problem solving, training, planning, and decision making processes at all levels. Received over 45 weeks of leadership training developing leadership competencies:• Directing Others • Customer Focus • Conflict Management • Integrity and Trust• Problem Solving • Motivating Others • Approachability • Ethics and Values• Decision Quality • Composure • Listening • Functional/Technical SkillsBrigade CBRN Staff Officer, 347th Regional Support Group, Brooklyn Park, MN, 2015-Present• Part of a staff of 20+ specialized officers that provide advice and updates to the Brigade Commander.• Utilizes military decision making process to analyze projects, develop/analyze/compare courses of action, present decision briefs to commanding officer, complete and execute the selected plan. Skills/Experience• Lead training events by ensuring training venue is adequate, selecting event team and assigning roles and tasks, creating and presenting plan to higher, procuring necessary supplies, creating risk assessment, and supervising the event until completion.• Utilize leadership procedures to assess mission, make a tentative plan, research courses of action, complete the plan, issue plan to subordinates, supervise work, and report status to commanding officers.• Led platoon, 20+ soldiers, on CBRN missions with accountability of all soldiers and equipment.• Suicide Intervention Officer responsible for assisting soldiers to receive appropriate treatment.Achievements• Distinguish Honor Graduate - Erickson Trophy Award, MN Officer Candidate School• Honor Graduate, CBRN Basic Leadership Officer Course • Battalion NCO of the Year, Battalion Top Squad, Battalion Top Gun• Army Achievement Medal (AAM), Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (ARCAM), and 11 additional medals.

Oversaw enterprise-wide derivative valuation system providing end of day valuations for hundreds of billions in notional. Valuations spanned 14 currencies and were delivered to clients via website access.• Directed and had $1 Million budget responsibility for Operations, IT, and Software Development departments responsible for providing support on over 90% of revenue.• Provided strategic vision to support DerivActiv’s long-term vision and support the structure and accountability of day-to-day operations, including resolving all production environment issues.• Advanced projects on an enterprise-level by providing project requirements gathering, plan development, executive team presentations, multiple department team selection, executive team status updates, supervision, and completion processes. • Championed projects for software development, enterprise-technology solutions, SOC 1 compliance, process automation, data provider migration, office move, backup and recovery, client process management, and technology procurement.• Communicated with enterprise-wide technology vendors to assess technology and services. Negotiated contracts for Managed IT, phone, printers, and third party data services.• Supervised daily operations processes including client valuation delivery, daily batch processes, cross department project management, and client time-tracking.• Oversaw enterprise-wide SOC 1 compliance procedures by developing and assessing procedures, implementing changes to policies, and managing annual external audit.• Directly responsible for all phases of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, investigation, testing, design, installation, implementation, integration and maintenance.• Managed 5-7 direct reports including Quality Control Manager, Senior Software Developer, Quantitative Developer, Senior Quantitative Analyst, and Hedge Accountant (CPA).• Continued to provide primary duties of Software Development Manager.

Supervised entire software development process from initial concept to final execution. This includes: managing full time programmers and outside consultants, writing design and specification documents, implementing code, managing the testing and version control systems, managing website and pricing engine updates, and implementing and tracking development timelines.• Designed, implemented, and managed daily batch processes responsible for generating daily client valuations used to produce 90% of revenue.• Responsible for all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile principals. Participated directly in all planning, testing, implementation, documentation, deployment, and maintenance.• Coordinated with multiple departments on requirements gathering, design approvals, project timelines, requirements and coordination testing, production deployments, and user training.• Implemented Team Foundation Server deployment including automated builds, testing, and deployment.• Initiated and held quarterly cross-department development strategy meetings to create quarterly project plans. • Provided business intelligence data warehouse queries for executive management and sales departments.• Worked directly with clients on website improvement projects.• Architected software solutions that included gathering information requirements, use-case scenario analysis, high level process design, database schema design, batch process design, third-party data provider API analysis, development stack analysis, and network system design.• Managed team of software developers consisting of 1-2 internal developers, 1-2 local consultants, and 4-5 offshore consultants using SDLC processes and Agile principals.• Implemented valuation reporting website for four Channel Partners that had a single code base but was "White Labeled" using dynamic CSS and skin paths.• Used Team Foundation Server with Telerik Work Item Manager to manage Product and Sprint Backlogs.

• Developed Document Management software from requirements drafting to implementation.• Participated in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall principals. • Architected role-based authorization and licensing strategy by providing granular license and role-based permission access, resulting in ability to deploy one set of code with multiple pricing strategies. • Designed, implemented, and maintained daily-automated test plans.• Developed and distributed ASP.NET standard coding policy used by all developers.• Researched and provided recommendations on core development technologies.