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Dallas, Texas, US

Senior Scrum Master supporting Commercial Excellence team at Great Dane. Facilitating agile processes and supporting Brand Excellence and Sales Operations teams in a SAFe environment.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

Working as part of Amway's development teams to help facilitate and spearhead the reimagining and development of their Account Management toolset, enhancing user experience and driving operational efficiency.

Assisting OnsiteIQ with product development and field execution. OnsiteIQ is an AI-based construction analysis tool for commercial real estate developers.

Hanover, Maryland, US

Leveraged my expertise in project management to lead a comprehensive assessment of GE Aerospace's R&D practices. Identified key areas for improvement and delivered a strategic roadmap for 2024, focusing on the integration of agile methodologies to enhance project delivery and team performance.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Worked on Cloud products supporting discovery, development, and launch of cloud products focusing improving agile delivery and company’s profit analytics offerings.
• Served as a Scrum Maste for four development teams working on next-generation cloud-based applications to support the distribution industry. Improved velocity of teams by 30% and through process improvement and.
• Moved into Product Owner role working on Cloud focused on improving data quality, stabilizing current analytics offering, and conceptualizing and defining profit analytics tool targeted for distribution companies.

Ada, Michigan, US

• Scrum Master, Senior Project ManagerContracted Scrum Master role through Initech Global, converting to a full-time position due to successes. Acted as part of the CRM and Data Products teams, leading the team to.
• Implemented Certona and internal Amway personalization AI engine worldwide (North America, Asia Pacific markets) that provided personalized recommendations to eCommerce shoppers, resulting in multi-million dollars in.
• As scrum master and coach, worked with team in delivering CRM Foundations services running o Amazon Web Services that delivered an omni-channel experience with 1.5M+ email, SMS, and push notifications annually to.
• Agile Champions facilitator commissioned working with five different teams coaching them on agile principles, benchmarking current practices, assisting in team organization, and processes, and how to use agile metrics.

Scrum Master/Sr. Project Manager working on CRM Foundations team that is part of the Digital Transformation initiatives.

• Oversaw software implementations of Infor products (Food & Beverage ERP, Product Lifecycle Management), creating and managing project plans, coordinating consultants to deliver defined scope, and setting/managing.
• Led an internal effort to streamline Avaap Manufacturing Services delivery processes, incorporating agile and traditional approaches while introducing tools and templates. Incorporated best practices, leading to a 25%.
• Led and assisted implementation of Infor ERP and PLM products working with various food manufacturers through planning, analysis, execution, and implementation phases.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Actively managed three to five projects and programs that ranged in delivery from months to multiple years for all phases of projects, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure. Consistently leveraged both.
• Coordinated a multi-year initiative to provide Amazon-like purchasing experience as part of digital transformation for eCommerce customers, resulting in an increase of new product sales by over $1M in the first two.
• Facilitated business initiative to offer unique nutritional products to healthcare segment. Grew from zero to 50+ products to market within three months by working with manufacturers/healthcare providers from sourcing.
• Served as a Project Manager and Scrum Master on a $5M multi-year Agile custom software Java development project, using Scrum and Kanban techniques for system to manage USDA for Education segment. Capability supported.
• Established company-wide business intelligence solution for over 2K knowledge workers. Established customer-facing sales analytics tool enabling customers to gain insights into purchasing behaviors.
• Managed project to deliver the company’s first-ever customer self-service business intelligence solution. Levered the latest in Business Intelligence technologies, including leading-edge cloud-based data warehousing.

Program Director for Gartner Group (formerly Meta Group) covering the area of Business Intelligence. Responsibilities included consulting with hundreds of companies across the globe, advising software vendors on product direction, and presenting materials at industry conferences or other paid engagements. Responsible for thought leadership in the Business.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

Played various roles including team lead and architect on creating internal business intelligence solution used company-wide, helping to introduce near-shore and off-shore development models, and leading several software selection and implementations of third-party and SaaS packages. Notable projects included:- Analyst and architect on selection and.

Victoria, BC, CA

Started career as Systems Engineer for HP Services (formerly Electronic Data Systems) supporting health care, banking, and automotive industries. Notable projects included business process re-engineering and category management for products sold at WalMart stores resulting in lift of 25% for same store sales. Lead development of one of the largest.