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Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Contracted senior project manager leading projects in retail store technology.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Led an enterprise software engineering team in application development for e-commerce and customer-related systems utilizing GCP cloud and CI/CD deployment. Responsible for software development staffing strategy, quality and throughput metrics, resource alignment with objectives, team skills growth, and staff recruiting and career development. Defined strategy for utilization of onshore, nearshore, and offshore resources; facilitated transition of software maintenance and enhancement project to offshore team. Led reduction of primary staff-augmentation vendors from 20 firms to 4, establishing selection criteria and identifying primary, secondary, and specialty staffing partners.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Program manager for enterprise-wide IT projects, following agile, traditional, or combined methodologies. Led implementation of enterprise master data management system, utilizing external consulting services and internal IT teams for analysis, development, integration, and QA.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Member of IT leadership team working with business leaders to maintain alignment between current activities and long-term objectives. Led the teams for ecommerce initiatives related to product data, including site search, tier management, taxonomy, site merchandising, and digital catalog management. Led agile planning, tracked project progress, monitored agile process, and directly guided key activities. Worked with site merchandising and merchandising analytics to establish priorities and define tactical and strategic objectives.Led the software development staff for online shopping, transaction processing, and order fulfillment. Monitored work progress and process adherence, managed issues and risks, and provided direction in key functionality, including taxation, alcohol sales, and financial recording. Ensured the team received the training, coaching, and career development needed to create and continually enhance meijer.com.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master for merchandising IT initiatives. Coached team and business partners on agile processes, facilitated definition of business objectives, monitored and administered Kanban boards, and led Scrum activities. Managed non-agile projects as needed, recovering cost and schedule overruns on projects in progress.Managed agile program as SAFe RTE for merchandising IT projects, providing coordination, support, and coaching for scrum masters leading 60+ team members on multiple agile teams. Monitored SAFe agile process adoption to identify and address issues and improvement opportunities. Developed and standardized processes for project communication to senior business leadership.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

As a member of the Office of the CIO, worked with the team to define a framework for information technology process changes and lead change initiatives, coordinating the execution, communication, and measurement of department-wide process change activities across the Information Technology Services organization. Employed organizational change management techniques to create an environment where strategic objectives are achieved through effective and sustained process improvement. Worked closely with the IT Project Management Office to establish and enhance standard practices for project and portfolio management. Led projects to update the project management methodology and the IT annual-planning process.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Defined the standard framework for process change management in the Information Technology Services department. Guided the integration of application support, quality assurance, and solutions architecture activities into standard processes. Led projects for process change, implementing updates to the organization's project management methodology to improve requirements definition, solution design and development, quality assurance, and system support.

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Led enterprise information technology projects for system-wide process improvement, automation, and integration. Projects included integration of IT processes and infrastructure between component organizations, implementation of a custom patient portal, automation of insurance enrollment, and implementation of service catalog and CMDB components of IT service management. Member of internal project management training faculty.

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Recruited by company president to establish team of .NET software engineers and quality assurance analysts in new office. Responsible for staffing, process definition, project management, and transition of leadership from previous office.

Grandville, Mi, Us

Led on-site team of consultants in the development of high-priority software projects at Quixtar. Responsible for team composition, performance management, and project execution. Met regularly with client management team and project leaders to determine current and future consulting needs.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Led team of 25 software engineers, quality engineers, and business analysts in the complete software development life cycle, including analysis, design, programming, and project leadership, for web-based and client/server systems for broadband television advertising traffic and billing. Responsible for staff assignment, project management, and software development process improvement for strategic product development and client-funded custom projects.

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Led team of 31 software engineers in development of advertising traffic and billing software for broadband and broadcast television industries. Responsible for all software development activities in the Grand Rapids office, including process definition, system design, resource assignment, and release management.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Led team of 45 to 80 members in all aspects of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, programming, and project leadership for web, client/server, and ERP software systems. Responsible for development and management of staff resources, $18MM budget, supplier and partner relationships, and software development processes and strategy.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Led team of 4 – 8 developers, analysts, architects, and DBAs in reengineering and development of core business system for management of vendor information used by purchasing, logistics, and accounting departments. Used object-oriented analysis and design techniques to design and develop software.Established and led team responsible for enterprise-wide software development processes, tools, and training. Evaluated, selected, and implemented tools for software development and project management; defined software development standards and processes; and negotiated contracts for software packages and consulting services.

Towson, Md, Us

Designed and developed application services for a mobile communication network, encompassing the application, presentation, session, and transport layers of the OSI protocol model.Developed test plans, tools, and simulators for automated testing of embedded systems and communication software; assisted with setup of telephone support center, establishing procedures and providing training for center operation and system troubleshooting.Led team of programmer/analysts in development of software for error detection and reporting in cellular communication equipment, performing system engineering, project management, and software development.

St Joseph, Mi, Us

Designed and implemented software for real-time data acquisition and process control systems, entailing control of combustion chambers and gas flows, continuous collection of data and calculation of running results, graphical display and comparison of results, and processing of user input for sample descriptions.

Ms, Technical Management

Bs, Computer Science