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Texas, United States

Westlake, Tx

Enterprise Agile Coach helping Fidelity to deliver a strong portfolio of products using Agile Methods. Coaching, mentoring, and partnering with select progressive and committed Product Areas, leaders and teams to overcome the obstacles to creating generative environments where Agile values and outcomes can thrive.• As a member of the FFIO Agile Coaching Chapter brought scaled processes and practices to the organization using lightweight frameworks to assist development such as an Impediment Removal Framework (based on Scrum@Scale EAT practice) and a Quarterly Planning and Preparation Framework. • Coach to 20 teams, 2 Product Areas and 2 Domains while mentoring a peer Coach.• Trained teams in SAFe, Scrum@Scale, Scrum, Psychological Safety, etc.• Trained teams on using Jira and Jira Align, as well as internal tools, to assist in monitoring success outcomes.• Facilitated AgilityHealth assessments, retrospectives, and rollups.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States

MATRIX Resources short-term contractAssisted both SiriusXM – Streaming Services (Lawrenceville, NJ) and Connected Vehicles (Irving, TX)• Created Agile Assessment for all Agile Teams and the local business unit. • Trained and coached Leadership, Business and Scrum Teams.• Assisted successful Scrum deliveries by forming an Executive Transformation Team.• Deceased defects by 50% over the course of the engagement.• Started an Agility Community of Practice to help embed business agility in the department.

San Francisco, California, United States

MATRIX Resources short-term contract• Trained over 100 development teams in San Francisco and Mountain View locations.• Held Topic Training sessions, brown bags, and spot coaching to improve team performance.• Assisted in consultancy starting a Professional Services practice in San Francisco including follow-on engagements.

Arlington, Texas, United States

MATRIX Resources short-term contract• Trained/coached a global manufacturer of commercial, military and business jet aircraft.• Enabled placement of contractors totaling $500K in revenue.

Plano, Tx

RCG Global Services short-term contractCorrected development and roll out of a new store POS application that struggled for the previous 5 years using Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). In 5 months this client was beginning production implementations. Coached teams and the organization on the use of Agile processes and practices while including elements of Lean, Kanban and XP. * Helped the company understand SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and implement it on a multi-million dollar enterprise POS system. * Worked with AgileCraft to improve the tool for Agile/Scrum/SAFe Teams, Business and Management* Developed and gave Agile, Scrum, SAFe and Kanban training.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

KForce short-term contractFacilitated 2 teams building the next generation B2B platform for AT&T servicing small, medium and enterprise businesses utilizing web HTML5, CSS3 and mobile (iOS and Android). The Web team built a Learn-Shop-Buy enabling business customers to learn about AT&T products, Shop for Tablets, SmartPhones and Internet devices, pay for and provision them. The mobile iOS and Android teams built native app solutions the do the same thing as well as an authenticated Business Center functionality for customers to manage their mobile accounts.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Pre-sales client engagements, lead Agile Team and Organization transformation projects utilizing various tools and mechanisms. • Formulate company methodology for using Agile to innovate organization transformation to make better software and better businesses.• Lead company engagements as Agile Coach and Scrum Master

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Improving Enterprises short-term contract• Agile Coach for Airport systems (kiosk, agent systems, ground handling, etc.) • Lead Agile process adoption and Agile project/program management for project teams• Lead training classes for Agile for Project Managers, Agile for Product Owners, Project Kickoff Workshops, Agile Fundamentals, Rally, etc.• Facilitate organizational transformation

Irving, Tx

• Led team that rewrote Bahamas.com for the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation ($1.7MM)• Facilitate all project meetings for Strategic, Release, Iteration and Daily Planning• Brought together Creative and IT Development to create a holistic Agency Agile Development Process.• Created a Value Stream Map for Production Banner work and analyzed for efficiencies.• Created/rewrite marcusgrahamproject.org.

Ft. Worth, Tx

TEKsystems short-term contract• Agile Coach to various groups comprising the AA.com website• Lead training and presentations for team maturity• Advising senior leadership and meet with PMO on overall AA transformation.· Agile Coach to 9 Development Teams totaling over 100 members new to Agile.· Trained Teams in Agile Development including the use of the Rally Project Management Tool.· All projects utilize a Web Interface, Java and many internal and external system interfaces.· Integrated AA.com UX practices into Agile Teams.

Dallas, Tx

Insource short-term contract• ScrumMaster and Agile Coach to a Microsoft Silverlight team on a complex over $1 million dollar Healthcare Spend Analytics project. • Coached team and increased velocity performance by almost 300% in 3 months.• Product approved by Board of Directors ahead of schedule.

Dallas, Tx

ViaRun Inc. short-term contract• Coached and Mentored Scrum Masters and Development Teams in Kanban and Agile methodologies.• Trained Southwest teams on User Stories, Strategic and Release Planning, Agile Iterations & Metrics.• Transformed Air.com team to use Kanban and Scrum/XP hybrid methodologies in open workspaces increasing team performance by 35%.

• Advised clients on benefits of Agile Software Development processes and practices.• Researched clients’ customer to determine which aspects of Agile were best suited for their situation.• Presented Agile to client’s customer for a contract proposal.

Highland Village, Tx

Home-based business• Invented new product publishing a provisional patent and trade mark the product line with USPTO.• Created company business plan and web site.• Product development and consulting.

Irving, Texas, United States

Valtech Technologies short-term contract• Led IT Projects as Scrum Master using Scrum/XP and Kanban in all phases of the Agile SDLC. • Created Presentations, Excel spreadsheets and other tools as needed to meet client’s needs.• Advised middle and executive client management on best practices to integrate Agile development into their horizontal and vertical organizations.• Transformation was successful with Agile still being use at this client after 18 months.

Round Rock, Tx

Valtech Technologies short-term contract• Led IT Projects as Scrum Master using Scrum/XP and Kanban. • Transformed 30 IT team members to use Agile Methodologies including using a Scrum of Scrums.

Southlake, Tx

Software Development Manager (2005 - 2008)• Coached/Mentored staff Project Managers and development teams in Agile Project Management increasing IT teams performance and increasing product quality. • Development Manager of a $30MM dollar Web e-Commerce Internet Reservation Engine with 19 direct reports with 27 client airline carriers and 900 online travel agencies generating $100+MM/month total revenue.• Managed client airline relationships and technical vendor/partner relationships.• Coordinated multiple projects enabling new software deliveries for successful airline activation's.Technical Lead Developer - Java (2001 - 2005)• Technical Lead on various Sabre projects such as a large internet booking engine enhancement, a secure internet ticket printing platform, a merchant service fees system and a guaranteed transaction processor.• Interfaced with clients Swiss Rail, German Rail, Belgian Rail and Princess Cruise Lines to ensure correct and timely technical delivery and problem resolutions.• Advised Project Managers and development teams on Unified Process and Agile methodologies.

Bachelors, Computer Science

Aas, Data Processing

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