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Austin, Texas, US

Austin, Texas, US

Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time, significantly boosting client satisfaction.Implemented strategic initiatives to reduce project costs and improve resource allocation.Facilitated stakeholder communication to ensure alignment on project goals and timelines.Analyzed project performance data, driving continuous process.

Austin, Texas, US

• Established and reported on OA Security initiatives to vast Oracle security programs outside of OA. Some examples are inventory & control of enterprise assets, software assets, data protection, access control, audit.
• Rolled out vulnerability management tool OA wide for the first time using Qualys as OA tool to scan the systems. Oversaw the project from inception to postproduction. Postproduction provided regular report to teams.
• Rolled out the first password management system (TPM). This prevented passwords being discovered in an event of system compromise or plain text password in code.
• Scrum master to the penetration and security engineering team by following the scrum rituals.

London, GB

• Lead & manage quarterly release planning which includes defining integrated program roadmap and deliverables against the planned items. Some of the programs are GRID Services, GRID Mobile, and Personalized Learning.
• Work across programs to manage technical dependencies, ensuring the delivery of working software following integration and end-to-end testing
• Assess overall program progress and health by working closely with Technical Project Managers at an individual team level. Translate the content into overall program health status
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate issues and risks in various setting (core team meetings, weekly status updates, escalations, etc.)
• Trained in Pearson's Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which is utilized across Pearson’s programs. Lead & manage quarterly release planning which includes defining integrated program roadmap and deliverables against the.
• Work across programs to manage technical dependencies, ensuring the delivery of working software following integration and end-to-end testing Assess overall program progress and health by working closely with Technical.

London, GB

• Conducted daily Scrum meeting as Scrum master for four teams concurrently (Data Channels, SEER, Gambit & Social). Some of the teams were new to the agile methodology. Effectively rolled out the agile methodologies to.

Englewood, CO, US

• Oversee a development team of 5 resources responsible for building the integration layer between Blockbuster's back-end systems and Alpha Bay's point of sale SaaS product (AIRS)
• Built 28 complex interfaces that enabled functionality such as purchase order creation and receipt, transactional GL mapping, customer creation/lookup, and user creation.
• Built out complex customer and inventory data from the legacy system to AIRS POS database. Converted the first store on 6/20/13 AIRS POS software.
• Heavily involved in initial sprint story definitions and analysis of Blockbuster’s current point of sale system, completion of gap analysis, and formulation of delivery plan utilizing 3-week cycle sprints.
• Lead Scrum Master for 12 sprints consisting of 3-week cycles, project team included up to 25 people. Concurrently participated in two additional Scrum sessions in support of the Alpha Bay integration development. All.

Englewood, CO, US

• Program Manager for Dish's Business Transformation project, a wholesale replacement of all technical components that allow Dish to do business (winner of CIO 100 award for 2012)
• Created and executed upon a complex deployment plan that outlined all tasks involved in the implementation of more than 400 individual software and infrastructure changes including the implementation of two new CRM.
• Headed three major enterprise software releases, each consisting of 20-60 individual projects, organizing dependencies, de-risking program execution, resolving complex technical issues, and managing deployment for.
• Oversaw the integration and flow of all phases of project conception, planning, development, testing, deployment, and support of all enterprise systems
• Facilitated daily enterprise status meetings to convey project status and highlight issues and risks across all release related projects for an audience of up to 100 people in a room and conference call
• Introduced new release deliverable tools including test readiness matrices and an integrated change control process

Englewood, CO, US

• Successfully managed and implemented more than 100 complex and multi-systemic enterprise software development projects including the creation and maintenance of program/project deliverables (i.e. risk analysis, issue.
• Lead PM for new agent order entry tool called AXIOM. This tool replaced 3 home grown order entry applications (POET, R*Connect, and Dish Cart). The applications being replaced are used by retailers, distributors, and.
• Lead PM in support of converting Pricer and Modify Programming Webmethod services by following SOA standards. Both services are heavily utilized by Dish’s front and back-end applications.

Englewood, CO, US

• As a business liaison, responsible for working directly with business sponsors and IT to help facilitate project priorities, requirements, and status updates to executives on the project progress
• Lead IT BL for all project initiated by Dish’s CSC, EPP, CMO, Service, Distribution Center, and Supply Chain.
• Facilitated relationship between business and technology through Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions on complex system issues and requirements, decreasing development time by 50% on most projects
• Acted as the business liaison as well as the PM for Clarify application upgrade, RA RWeb tool redesign, and Future Dated Downgrades for agent facing tools
• Maintained the relationship between the business group and IT on weekly bases by meeting with the VP’s and Directors to provide updates and progress on in flight and pending efforts
• Assumed a project manager role for multiple projects due to lack of PMO support

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Managed 75+ accounts and drove relationship-based B2B consulting in the Small & Medium Business market
• Consulted with B2B clients and offered IT infrastructure recommendations based on hardware and software needs
• Increased sales in low performing territories in Massachusetts to bring in over $1.5 million sales within 12 months
• Trained new account managers on systems and consulting techniques

- Installed and maintained JD Edwards application on 24 servers with full responsibility to make sure the quality of an ERP class is met- Installed and implemented Intrusion Detection (Snort) and Microsoft Live Communication- Setup new systems for faculties and within the computer lab as needed