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Waterloo, IA, US

Urbandale, Iowa, United States

Industry Coach specializing in Agile and Lean effective and efficient solutions that deliver Quality to IT and Software Engineering teams.

Waterloo, Iowa, United States

• Design for Six Sigma projects
• Software supplier quality assessments and coaching around ISO 25119
• Root Cause Analysis, 3 Legged 5 Why, Quality Plan Level design and execution
• Embedded Software Development Process Council
• Lead the determination of quality metrics and the automation efforts
• Leader of Enterprise wide Communities of Practice around Agile Quality Initiatives

Waterloo, Iowa, United States

• Manager of Managers leading an International Team of 175+ Agile DevOps members including Software Project Managers, Software Development teams and Software Quality Assurance including Verification and Test.
• +$20M budget for USA, Germany and India based resources and needs.
• Coordinated hiring and represented Deere as first line screener for recruiters on LinkedIn of software resources for US based Deere organizations. Managed job posting board at SWE and NSBE. Recruiting, screening… Show.
• Coordinated hiring and represented Deere as first line screener for recruiters on LinkedIn of software resources for US based Deere organizations. Managed job posting board at SWE and NSBE. Recruiting, screening and.
• Inaugural recipient of the Deere Diversity and Inclusion Award that is given to one person in each of four regions of the world. Show less

Telework

• Co-authored Deere Executive Global IT Quality Strategy for Agile adoption in a 8,500 person organization.
• Introduced Lean System Management (LSM) to a 900 employee, $400M operations organization. Presented LSM at international conference forums including Pink16, Pink17 and Fusion16. Featured in “Support World” and was.
• NeuroScience Certified Coach.
• Executive Coach for implementation… Show more
• Executive Coach for implementation of Agile framework across Global IT. Show less

Telework

• Agile Coach for Deere Sprayer and Combines software development teams. Sprayer program went to start of production with the highest quality ever delivered. At Combines the teams were recognized for bringing the number.
• Certified Scrum Master and led scrum of scrum activities for both product lines.… Show more
• Certified Scrum Master and led scrum of scrum activities for both product lines.
• Product Owner Lead for all Product Owners creating backlogs for software teams at Combine.
• Completed Women Unlimited LEAD training and was awarded their Networking Award. Show less

Waterloo, Iowa, United States

• Accountable for Enterprise wide Agile Embedded Software Development Process and collaborated with other global embedded leaders to sustain one system within Deere.
• Determined the tools needs by role and managed the licensing warehouse needed for all embedded employees to have the tools they needed. This inventory and planning tool allowed leaders to forecast budgets accurately.
• Delivered world-wide Requirements Management training to systems and software engineers with a Contractor… Show more
• Delivered world-wide Requirements Management training to systems and software engineers with a Contractor who had developed the materials for NASA. This was a 3- day session delivered at a different site every week for.

Chandler, Arizona, United States

• Implemented and led TME standards internet team.
• Managed “People Systems Database” project.
• Designed, led development team, tested, trained, and implemented division wide web based front end for all employee information spread across several backend platforms.
• Guided information owners through creating security and division wide access through web interface, group web master, lead intern manager / recruiter.
• Taught “Effective Listening,” “Web Information Design” and… Show more
• Taught “Effective Listening,” “Web Information Design” and “Project Management” classes at the corporate level. Show less

Chandler, Arizona, United States

• Information Manager, Materials
• Created and led WIDJET (Web Information Design Joint Engineering Team) team for worldwide Materials organization, including e-business/e-commerce group.
• Cataloged and documented all Materials information and worked with owners to link to division web site.Technical Group Leader, Materials
• Scheduled and oversaw the transfer of support from the development organization to the technical production support team.
• Manager of the technical… Show more Information Manager, Materials
• Manager of the technical staff at second level support. Show less

Newtown(ed Leixlip), County Kildare, Ireland

• Database analyst/manager.
• Responsible for the seamless 7x24 performance of the database platforms on which the integrated F12 Automation products were based. These responsibilities included becoming expert in the workings of the database.
• Responsible for the seamless 7x24 performance of the database platforms on which the integrated F12 Automation products were based. These responsibilities included becoming expert in the workings of the database.

Chandler, Arizona, United States

• Supported the T7 factory and the different functional groups within MSPD. Responsible for definition and analysis of factory and business problems, and subsequent recommendation of appropriate IS solutions.
• Provided implementation planning, consulting, and training on recommended tools, systems, and services.
• Coordinated Site Information Technology’s MSPD support and supervised three temporary employees.

Chandler, Arizona, United States

• Consulted with other Computer Integrated Manufacturing personnel or customers, managing advances in the technologies or platforms, and troubleshooting the most difficult problems.
• Area of expertise, databases, included one of the most key applications, WorkStream.
• Key contributor to the reliability of the WorkStream Database, participating in several improvement teams.
• Supervised contractors.
• Also responsible for providing short term application programming support… Show more
• Also responsible for providing short term application programming support, setting software standards, defining software development methods, and maintaining programming tools. Show less