I spent my first year as a Release Train Engineer setting up processes around Development and Release best practices. At the time, we didn't have a Release Manager, so I was effectively also in charge of ensuring all our release candidates where ready every sprint and would facilitate the deployments of each release to Pre-Prod and Production.In my 2nd year as a Release Train Engineer, we hired SAFe coaches at VF and I was certified in Leading SAFe and as a SAFe Release Train Engineer. At which point, we stood up a new ART. I coached our Product and Scrum Teams and built our Agile Guidelines, which is a document that anyone on or off the train can see exactly our process from standing up a new train to facilitating an Inspect and Adapt.I'm spending my 3rd year as a Release Train Engineer, now been asked to take what I've built for our train and stand up a new ART, based on a switch to a regional model.- I have three other RTE's that I mentor and partner with with regards to running the other ART's. - I've established a COP with our SM's and lead through metrics- I've established a LACE (Lean Agile Center of Excellence) with peers from our Training org.

I began my journey at VF Corp as a Sr. Scrum Master overseeing two Mobile teams and one Orders/Payment Team. - Established Team Working Agreements and healthy scrum processes- Facilitated all Scrum Ceremonies and ran PI Planning for the Mobile Teams- After a year, I was promoted to the Release Train Engineer for a new initiative called Canvas / 1.5, which was a platform switch for all of our brands, The North Face, Vans and Timberland.

The ARC Guild is a combination of 5 Agile teams (3 Scrum, 2 Kanban) which I am Scrum Master for. Through transparency and honesty we saw our areas of improvment. Through coaching and documentation we've brought consistency to all our teams.- Facilitated ceremonies and evolved working agreements for on-site and virtual meetings- Effectively acted as release Train engineer for all PI support, planning and execution for 2 remote teams and 2 on-site teams- Blended my experience with Agile with the Cigna's adoption to manifest procedural changes by listening first and then fostering the understanding for the Team Leads and Management

A joint effort between the Kudelski Group and EchoStar that combats TV Piracy and develop Set-Top Box applications for various cable providers around the world.- Increase companies acceptance percentages and overall throughput by promoting open and honest communication, addressing the teams pain points and executing plans of action- Support the company transition from Waterfall to Agile; served as Scrum Lord to for up to 15 other Scrum Masters- Gathered difficult business requirements, created User Stories, set iteration priorities and managed project deadlines and expecations- Managed all app releases from development to production (coordinated contingencies and roll-backs)- Maintain strategic focus while ensuring disciplined operational execution; grew headcount and restructured the team to improve overall throughput - Coordinated and lead investigation for Production Issues and insured the health of 25 client applications- Inspect and Adapt: Manifest procedural changes based on qualitative and quantitative analysis

- Merged as team lead; Scrum Master for one agile team --> Assist in the development of operational procedures, including defect writing, testing and release procedures- Transferred off-shore team and built out our teams internally --> Maintained relationships with recruiters and formalized interview and on-boarding processes. - Took over management of Release Plan for all applications from test through production --> Worked with Product Management and Stakeholders to ensure timely releases --> Coordinated efforts with multiple third parties and improved processes and fostered relationships

- Supported the organizational transition from Waterfall to Agile; served as the Scrum Master for two agile teams during implementation- Managed an off-shore Development Team --> Formalized QA processes and workflows across multiple teams --> Created and structured libraries of Test Cases and Sets in Rally (agile ticket system) which greatly increased coverage, productivity, and cross-functionality - Work hand in hand with Developers, Architects and Product Owners to ensure quality and testability in all phases of the development cycle

High Country Search Group is a boutique search firm with three practices: Finance & Accounting, Energy and Technology. - Responsible for sourcing/qualifying new candidates to populate a database through forms of social media/networking sites--> High level of preparation and documentation required for maintaining volume- 50% of time allocated to business development of new/existing clients – negotiate/execute fee agreements- 35 daily calls, 20 Interviews (candidates/month), 8 Send Outs/month, 4 Job Orders/month (New) --> High level of accountability and transparency- Clients were typically small/medium companies in a wide range of industries --> Candidates: IT Infrastructure, IT Development, ERP Consultants (Perm/Contract)

- Emphasized and sold services and product features of commercial restaurant equipment --> Discussed credit terms, price quotes and order preparation- Strong understanding of procedures and policies with my company and other institutions --> Managed/Built own book of business consisting of 1500 accounts consisting of Military, Schools, Fortune 500 Companies and- Had accounts outside of the US and negotiated terms with Freight Forwarders --> Mined my accounts using Marketo marketing promotions and select incentives to win additional bids --> 80/20 principle with specific industry segments

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