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Broomfield, Co, Us

Boulder

Provide Agile coaching for up to 40 teams as needed with a specific focus on improving 16 Agile teams. in areas of: Long Term Forecasting, Capacity Planning, Epic/Product/Project Envisioning, Story Inventory creation, Agile Metrics, Jira Expertise, facilitation techniques, and general Agile behaviors (Being Agile, not just Doing Agile).Provide Portfolio (and as needed Program and Project Management) expertise for large client engagements utilizing 5+ Agile teams. Implementation… Show more Provide Agile coaching for up to 40 teams as needed with a specific focus on improving 16 Agile teams. in areas of: Long Term Forecasting, Capacity Planning, Epic/Product/Project Envisioning, Story Inventory creation, Agile Metrics, Jira Expertise, facilitation techniques, and general Agile behaviors (Being Agile, not just Doing Agile).Provide Portfolio (and as needed Program and Project Management) expertise for large client engagements utilizing 5+ Agile teams. Implementation of various Scaled Agile Portfolio Program/Product Management techniques (including SAFe, LeSS, Scaled Scrum) to assist multiple Agile Scrum/Kanban teams in achieving and reporting on large projects. Lead in transforming organization from Waterfall to Agile Scrum including Developers, QA, and transforming Client owners to Product Owners.Started Agile Community of Practice guild to share ideas and celebrate team successes across the entire Organization. Transformed the QA organization into Strategy and Thought leaders from a position of button pushing manual testing.Implemented Automated Testing Practices across Agile Teams.Dedicated to implementing process normalization across organizational groups, and ensuring consistent high standards of quality for more than 30 customers.Responsible for ensuring continuous culture and process change. Show less

Greater Denver Area

Management, Leadership, and Coaching of an international team of Quality Assurance personnel for a top-performing company in the Conferencing Industry.- Ensured timely delivery of Quality Assurance testing of internal and external facing software applications- Successfully implemented metrics gathering and reporting strategies to improve overall code quality.- Implemented Automated testing frameworks, procedures, and strategies in the the organization causing a… Show more Management, Leadership, and Coaching of an international team of Quality Assurance personnel for a top-performing company in the Conferencing Industry.- Ensured timely delivery of Quality Assurance testing of internal and external facing software applications- Successfully implemented metrics gathering and reporting strategies to improve overall code quality.- Implemented Automated testing frameworks, procedures, and strategies in the the organization causing a reduction in regression testing cycle time and improved release night timelines/success rates.- Redefined internal processes to optimize productivity and communications between development and quality assurance teams. Show less

Lakewood, Co

· Cross-functional leader of international teams of Business Analysts, Quality Assurance, and Software Support professionals encompassing every aspect of the Software Development Life Cycle (Agile, Scrum and Kanban). Manage outside development partner’s processes. Manage the budget for my organization.· Responsible for defining, prioritizing, planning, scheduling, implementing, and supporting, all back office and customer facing software required to operate the business. Engage all… Show more · Cross-functional leader of international teams of Business Analysts, Quality Assurance, and Software Support professionals encompassing every aspect of the Software Development Life Cycle (Agile, Scrum and Kanban). Manage outside development partner’s processes. Manage the budget for my organization.· Responsible for defining, prioritizing, planning, scheduling, implementing, and supporting, all back office and customer facing software required to operate the business. Engage all appropriate stakeholders as needed in user story requirement definitions. Responsible for communicating new features and affects to ACT organizations outside of the development process. Ensure company operational readiness at release.· Established new remote development offices in Malaysia for improving the quality and speed to market of the flagship products of the company.· Established new internal development and reporting processes for providing specific cost information surrounding product and project features to the Board of Directors. · Decision maker, coordinator, and backline technical troubleshooter during release efforts to ensure successful implementation of new code with minimal customer impact. Provide architectural input for new designs. Show less

This position involved the management of the overall Connected Services program for Sun Microsystems. It included individually managing multiple projects within the overall program, delegating other project management to others, and reporting and evaluating the overall program to management.The projects were managed and reported on from end-to-end, including developing business requirements, working with architecture groups to design the solution, working with engineering teams during… Show more This position involved the management of the overall Connected Services program for Sun Microsystems. It included individually managing multiple projects within the overall program, delegating other project management to others, and reporting and evaluating the overall program to management.The projects were managed and reported on from end-to-end, including developing business requirements, working with architecture groups to design the solution, working with engineering teams during the build processes, releasing the solution, and working with groups all over the world to ensure training programs were completed for end-users.While running this overall program, I also specialized in designing collaborative meeting tools to aid in overall participation and understanding during meetings, and assisted in designing a new Organizational Governance system to ensure consistent project management and reporting throughout my larger organization. Show less

* Led strategic contract negotiations that resulted in the adoption of new service delivery strategies. Additionally,led negotiations for a new remote learning platform that enabled Sun to save millions of dollars on hardware purchases and allocations to their learning centers.* Structured and negotiated major in-bound technology licenses for embedded technology within Sun products and internal applications.* Developed alliance and OEM agreements with… Show more * Led strategic contract negotiations that resulted in the adoption of new service delivery strategies. Additionally,led negotiations for a new remote learning platform that enabled Sun to save millions of dollars on hardware purchases and allocations to their learning centers.* Structured and negotiated major in-bound technology licenses for embedded technology within Sun products and internal applications.* Developed alliance and OEM agreements with partners to facilitate faster time to market.* Drove technical and business due diligence on third party technologies and entities to ensure legal and financial protection for Sun. This process included working with numerous Sun corporate groups. * Led business case and financial model development for strategic third party initiatives including devising new pricing strategies.* Managed deal approvals and communication to upper management. Show less

* Coordinated meetings for VP level executives, organized content for presentations and assisted with delivery to the executive staff. These meetings solved complex product bugs, restored customer satisfaction, and eliminated product downtime, while increasing product reliability and availability from ~80% to 99%.* Created and followed up on project plans, tracked strategic metric compliance, and performed product release roles. Projects included migration… Show more * Coordinated meetings for VP level executives, organized content for presentations and assisted with delivery to the executive staff. These meetings solved complex product bugs, restored customer satisfaction, and eliminated product downtime, while increasing product reliability and availability from ~80% to 99%.* Created and followed up on project plans, tracked strategic metric compliance, and performed product release roles. Projects included migration of more than ten separateproducts from lab environments into full function data centers, migration of products between data centers, and ensuring that all standards were implemented during the transition.* Worked with product stakeholders to ensure product reliability and availability throughout the product's lifecycle for more than eight remote service and serviceability products. Show less

Mba, Business

Emphasis in Entreprenuership

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurship

Ba, Communication

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