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Chandler, Arizona, United States

Manager of Delivery, Release, Application Compliance, and Production support. Agile Champion.

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Lead Associate for Wholesale Technology division. Part of the Wholesale Customer Onboarding application team facilitating new project intake and delivery for the Wholesale Banking product portfolio. Agile Champion.

Tempe, Az

• Technical Project manager for Bank of The West strategic projects related to new product launches or upgrades, operational enhancements, and production issues.• Using Agile/Scrum, JIRA, & Waterfall methodology to manage, develop, track and manage new engineering, software/application enhancements, product upgrades, process improvement, and regulatory changes needed to the system.• Using Clarity project management application to manage resources, project financials, and status reporting. • Partner closely with other members of functional project teams to define business requirements. • Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs. • Manage both onshore and offshore project teams.• Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising.• Define test plans and ensure that products are defect free before QA and User Acceptance Testing. • Facilitate the QA and User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures. • Effectively communicate to executive management project status, timelines, and budget.

Scottsdale, Az

• Tech Project Manager for the company’s software product and operational initiatives.• Through Kanban & VSTS coordinating various sprint-oriented product upgrades and new engineering.• Using Agile/Scrum methodology, manage multiple software development projects in the areas of Microsoft enterprise systems, ERP, web portals, mobile apps, or cloud-based applications.• Using MS Project build and delivery longer term innovative technology and new infrastructure efficiency through medium and large size projects. • Effectively communicate to senior management project status, timelines, and budget.• Managed both onshore and offshore project teams.• Establish and drive project objectives by planning and evaluation of project activities.• Translate business goals and objectives into concrete project scope, plans, and actions. • Schedule and facilitate peer reviews for all phases and project deliverable. • Manage team task priorities and project resource allocation.

Phoenix A,Z

Technology Project Manager for Internal Operations, IT Infrastructure, Clarity PPM Platform & Cognos Development. EFTPS certified. Lead the implementation of data & network relative initiatives, software & application development, and new technology.Successfully managing project costs under budgeted hours.Establish and drive project objectives by planning and evaluation of project activities.Communicate the technical solution and/or implementation details to ensure that the requirements are met.Translate business goals and objectives into concrete project scope, plans, and actions. Consistently manage the unity and expectations of IT and the Business.Manage team task priorities and project resource allocation.Coordinate and run daily project team calls and working sessions.Define tasks and resource requirements.Plan and schedule timelines.Track project deliverable using Clarity and MS Project.Lead cross functional teams to develop software and process solutions.Provide direction and support to project team.Constantly monitor and report on progress of projects to executive management and stakeholders.Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.

Omaha, Ne

Managed a portfolio of strategic initiative projects that are under the Data Technology & Finance/Risk programs. The total budget of this portfolio was $20M.Design and Implement actionable plans that support the Senior Leadership Teams strategic vision.Developed project scheduling and executed all stages of process and system implementations.Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standardsand cost target.Led cross-functional teams through the planning and initiation phases of strategic and baseline projects.Created cost-benefit analysis and ROI assessments that were used as the basis for decision-making onproposed process and IT related projects.Resolved numerous project issues including staffing shortages, tactical matters, scope creep and divergentbusiness and user needs.Conducted weekly or bi-weekly status reports; updating project team, project lead, & executive leadership.Reported and logged risks or issues, including escalation if needed.Prepared estimates of billable hours for account executives and managed corresponding project work flowaccording to budget proposals.Managed budget, time, & expenses using resources management software.Completed RFPs and conduct Vendor Analysis for new projects.

Omaha, Ne