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Carmel, In, Us

Greater Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Promoted from Scrum Master I to Scrum Master II in less than 18 months due to my strong capabilities in the position.Lead two software engineering teams in their effort to significantly reduce expenses in their space. Actively collaborate with the teams to continually align on delivering technology that allows the business to reduce spend. Teams are on track to deliver significant expense savings, with a reduction of $19M by 2025 and $35M by 2030.Lead the engineering teams to identify the most critical work efforts for multiple financially significant software applications that deliver more than $800M in payments to thousands of valued business partners.Actively lead and coach two software engineering teams in the use of key performance indicators to drive continuous improvement of the team’s effectiveness and operational practices, resulting in greater efficiency and lower cost of operations.Regularly mentor and advise engineering managers, technical leaders, and peers regarding process improvement initiatives. Exercise influence to shape process design and operationalization.Leverage knowledge of strategic objectives to expertly facilitate conflict-prone cross-functional groups to improve collaboration. Align the group to deliver critical strategic technology improvements that tie back to vital business initiatives. Manage relationships to create high-performing partnerships that increase the delivered value of initiatives.Develop an expertise in product management through coursework, books, and training. Attend Liberty Mutual’s Product Thinking pilot training program to be an early adopter of new product management practices. Developing a proficiency in using product level KPIs and OKRs, product visions, value estimation, stakeholder interviews, and continuous discovery.Mentor a team of five software development interns for a six-month rotational program. Align them to the portfolio vision and provide support to deliver a user-ready application.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Regularly act as the squad’s scrum master in addition to fulfilling regular software engineering responsibilities. Completed significant self-study to develop an expertise in Agile software delivery and greatly improve mastery of the subject, including Scrum and SAFe practices.Significantly improved the team’s presentations to stakeholders by focusing the team’s message on the delivered business value. This improvement resulted in more active participation by stakeholders during demonstrations of new features, as evidenced by more frequent comments, questions, and feedback.Frequently led successful process improvement efforts to increase the team’s work output. Initiatives included improving the code review process and bringing more innovative work into the workstream.Mentored five college interns on best practices for software engineering in an enterprise environment. Resulted in faster delivery of software features and better communication with stakeholders.

Portsmouth, Nh

Acted as lead data analyst for a team of four analysts. Applied effective communication and leadership skills to coach analysts in the utilization of advanced analytic techniques in PowerBI, SQL, and Python. Conducted group and one-on-one training sessions to improve technical proficiency within the team. Efforts resulted in a significant reduction in the time taken to deliver complex operational reports.Utilized advanced data analysis skills to automate a comprehensive suite of operational reports, resulting in a 90% reduction in time spent creating the reports. Achieved monthly savings of over 40 hours across a team of four analysts.Lead the departmental migration from a retiring analytical software application to a more up-to-date and cost-effective solution. Work with technology teams to identify and validate various options before settling on the final selection. This resulted in a cost savings of $60,000 in software license fees.

Portsmouth, Nh

Promoted from Business Analyst II in 2014.Managed 20+ high-visibility projects for major corporate clients through collaboration with customer leadership and Liberty Mutual technology teams. Frequently managed more than four projects simultaneously. Oversaw work of cross-functional groups and maintained frequent contact with internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects quickly in a fast-changing environment. Earned a high degree of trust from stakeholders through excellent communication and a high degree of transparency. Leveraged relationships with business and IT to improve project speed while maintaining project quality.Managed a complex data analysis project to identify expense savings opportunities. Total impact of the new strategy was estimated to improve profitability by more than $150,000 annually.Independently developed a sophisticated data analysis and reporting tool to enhance KPI monitoring. Used the results to realize $100,000 in engineering cost savings and a monthly decrease of 40 labor hours.

* Created 10+ sophisticated analytic and reporting tools for a variety of clients, including the Department of Defense and Fortune 100 companies. Efforts required an advanced level of data analysis and modeling skills. The resulting tools were used to drive private sector business strategy and federal public policy.* Completed 25+ data-driven consulting projects. Regularly explained technical findings to nontechnical audiences. Efforts required excellent communication skills and the ability to turn data into actionable information and recommendations.* Spearheaded the creation of a sophisticated web-based analytical tool for the State of New Hampshire. Engaged and coordinated with technology teams, including software developers and web designers, to apply complex logic to the project in order to produce a user-friendly but powerful analytical tool for the customer.* Identified, learned, and taught several analytical procedures to peers in order to improve the sophistication of the company’s data-related skillsets. Was recognized as an expert in synthesizing large amounts of data to tell an impactful story and in the application of analytics, modeling, and forecasting to complex problems.

Master Of Science (M.S.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)