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Denver, Co, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Supply Chain and Financial Logistics – Enterprise SAP S4 System Implementation • Identified and outlined eight areas for efficiency and process improvements.• Directed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from up to twenty-five cross-functional business units/product teams to understand business requirements, integrated business flows, and app/system interdependencies to conduct E2E integration validation.• Leveraged boundary teams’ systems, technical and functional knowledge with an eye to identify opportunities within each integration effort to continually improve process.• Maintained issue log, including corrective actions and possible risk and or mitigation required.• Worked in partnership with Integration SMEs, Product Managers, Delivery Managers, and Principals to strategize the best E2E Integration and Regression testing approach.• Developed and maintained strong working relationships with project sponsors, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, technical leads, middle and senior leadership.• Provided daily project status reporting and metrics to Stakeholders.

Denver, Co, Us

• Financial Services - FinTech - Software as a Service (SaaS) - Amazon Web Services (AWS)• Successfully led a globally dispersed multi-functional project team; to deliver a multi-million business services (B2B) transition project for the Cybersecurity vertical ahead of schedule.• Managed full lifecycle IT projects from E2E, while balancing scope and schedules.• Supported Product Owners with assessments of User Stories; to review task definitions, business use cases, time estimates, inter-team dependencies, testability, and acceptance criteria.• Facilitated all Scrum ceremonial events, Sprint / Increment Planning, Daily Scrum / Stand-up, Sprint Review, Sprint Demos, Sprint Retrospective, product backlog grooming and prioritization, and other planning and impediments resolution sessions as required for the Scrum team, Product Owners, and Business Stakeholders.• Trained, coached, and mentored technical and non-technical individuals in Agile methodologies.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

• Led a team of 10 Senior Project Managers in the E2E execution of projects by providing leadership, management, guidance, clear assignments and direction, while maintaining close communication, and providing the team with the support needed to perform with success.• Acted as the primary customer contact while monitoring program activities; including cost, schedule, and technical performance. Established plans and schedules in alignment with contract objectives.• Cultivated customer relationships to develop further opportunities.• Ensured that the programs/projects are on schedule to the program milestones.• Coordinated the preparation of proposals, business plans, Statement of Work (SOW) and specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms/conditions of the contract.• Established milestones and monitored adherence to master plans and schedules; identified program problems and obtained solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications. Participated in the negotiation of contracts and contract changes.• Resolved issues in accordance with business objectives, strategies, legal requirements, regulations, contract terms, and company policies.• Ensured program team understood and adhered to contract scope, and managed changes through Change Control Board (CCB) activities.• Implemented two (2) new Intake processes in JIRA, including Dashboards. One for the Release Management team, and one for the Prov Ops Analysts team for managing defects. • Managed the Operational Task Force (OTF) process for Executive Leadership for upcoming major initiatives. Averaged 62 submittals a year, taken from concept through executive approval.• Facilitated projects and backend release management activities for APO for NextGen 2, including apps as TPSI (Triple Play Self Install) with microservices.• Successfully coordinated more than 50% of the team’s production deployments yearly.

Glendale, Colorado, Us

• Elevated the team to one of the top performing groups in IT, by increasing domain knowledge, efficiencies, and testing skill-sets.• Saved the company $100K annually by improving the teams’ efficiencies, thereby removing the need for additional resources.• Achieved less than 3% of project scope per release cycle returned to Developer from Business Validation.• Directed the expansion of the automated scripts library from 12 to 123.• Improved the teams’ testing efficiencies and productivity by promoting best practices to the IT department.• Promoted a high level of documentation within the team that set the bar for the IT department.• Defined, documented, and implemented new processes for QA, and IT.• Owner of the Release Management process and practices, along with ensuring that all team members are familiar with the process to ensure a successful release.• Coordinated and scheduled releases for all pre-PROD, and PROD environments.• Performed all screening and interviewing of new applicants, followed by offers of employment.• Conducted all HR functions such as goal setting, annual performance reviews, and conflict resolution.• Mentor and promoter of self-management and sustainable work habits.• Fostered an environment of continuous improvement, and encouraged individuals to view oversights as an opportunity to learn and improve.• Removed impediments for the team, and focus on mitigating issues before they become roadblocks.• Adjust resource allocation across projects to meet deadlines.• Relied upon for coaching IT groups to ensure best practices, communication, and collaboration.• Oversaw the coordination between QA and Application Support to ensure that SLA’s were met.• Member of the Change Management Board, a.k.a. Change Advisory Board / CAB, an ITIL based process.

• Conducted through property inspections of single family residences, multi-family, and commercial structures for potential buyers.• Mentored clients on the main components of the structure; including both general operation and maintenance items.• Conducted reviews of new structures to verify construction to plans & specifications for single family residences, multi family, and commercial properties.• Performed building permit investigations as requested, for additions and/or finished areas.• Provided continued customer service to clients, for generalized questions regarding their property.

Littleton, Colorado, Us

• Performed continuous dual roles as a Software Test Engineer and Scrum Master.• Created an environment where the team drives progress and feels ownership by facilitating team self-management. • Gained the respect of each team member, so they feel safe to express themselves honestly.• Encouraged the team to work in a collaborative environment.• Responsible for organizing and facilitating Scrum ceremonial meetings, including daily scrums, release planning, sprint planning, retrospectives, sprint demonstrations, prioritization, and other planning and issue resolution meetings as required for the Scrum team, Product Owners, Stakeholders, and the Business. • Captured and reported sprint metrics including the burn-down, and velocity.• Participated in business requirement/technical specification reviews with Product Managers and developers to review task definitions, business use cases, time estimates, and testability. • Developed estimates for projects, monitored and reported project status and milestones.• Recommend resource allocation adjustments to meet project deadlines.• Led the team in reducing the product backlog by over 400 work items within one year. • Executed Black and White Box testing of enhancements and defects (bugs), by running functional test cases or by creating ad hoc tests for affected functionality. Tests for UI, end-to-end, and SQL database queries for both Software and hardware.• Prepared test plans, test scripts, and test cases based on business requirements/technical specifications.• Responsible for risk analysis of functionality affected areas.• Experienced with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Team Foundation Sever / TFS, and Test Manager.• Implementation team member for ISO 9001 certification.

Us

Software company developing a structural engineering design application with 3D modeling.• Recruited for the Leadership Program, trained in the functional business acumen of Software Development in preparation for senior level roles within the organization.• Obtained an MBA degree as part of the Leadership Program.• Performed continuous dual roles of Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Scrum Master.• Trained and coached the newly formed Scrum team in regards to Scrum and Agile methodologies.• Lead and mentored Junior Engineers in regards to SQA policies, processes, and best practices.• Facilitated all key Scrum ceremonies, daily scrum, release and sprint planning.• Responsible for creating, reporting, and maintaining QA process documentation and metrics.• Participated in business requirement/technical specification reviews with Product Managers and developers to review task definitions, business use cases, time estimates, and testability. • Prepared test plans and test cases based on business requirements/technical specifications.• Executed Black Box testing of enhancements and defects (bugs), by running functional test cases or by creating ad hoc tests for affected functionality.• Performed industry specific User Acceptance Testing / UAT, root cause analysis investigation, functional, regression, integration, stress, performance, upgrades, and install testing.• Peer reviewed functional test scripts and cases written by Quality Assurance associates.• Experienced on a .Net / C# platform using an SQL Server, on a Windows operating system.

• Maintained a 92% billable rate, and a 100% completion rate for projects being on-time and within budget, while maintaining quality standards.• Administered multiple programs with several simultaneous projects varying in size, magnitude, complexity, cost, and time-constraints.• Managed projects from inception to completion (end-to-end), including development of specifications / requirements, design, Request for Proposal (RFP), Statements of Work (SOW), bidding, vendor / supplier selection, contract negotiation, subcontract management, pay request approval, auditing, inspection, and overall progress status. • Adhered to Earned Value Management (EVM) principles for all government funded projects.• P&L responsible for project budgets up to $60MM.• Acted as Owners' representative and liaison for local, regional, state, and federal agencies.• Provided leadership and direction to project teams, including assignment of individual responsibilities.• Outlined, documented, and implanted standardized project management standards, procedures, methods and tools to support project teams across the entire organization.• Managed and balanced stakeholder expectations regarding the project schedule, cost, and scope. • Identified and managed risks and issues. • Prepared and presented project deliverables including project management plans, schedules, risk management plans, status reports, budget plans, quality management plans, communication plans, work breakdown structures, and resource breakdown structures.• Managed relationships with project sponsors, team members, and stakeholders.• Highly experience in customer service relations.

Mba, Finance & Accounting

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Civil Engineering