• Responsible for the delivery of large strategic projects that are complex and/or involve sensitive topics. This project employs Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and relates to the Security of Internet of Things (IoT) initiative.• Utilize extensive project and program management experience to direct work assignments involving work teams. • Establish priorities and gather resources necessary to staff the work team leaders. • Directs design of major components involved in the project.• Coordinate strategic deployment of advanced technology deployed on projects.• Integrate and coordinate with business and Information Technology (IT) management, including senior levels.• 12 or more persons on a project team; more than 6 disciplines involved; multiple divisions on a global scale involved; scope in dollars upwards of $5M determined on budget, revenue generated, savings, etc…

A short term engagement providing project management and coordination of System Lifecycle Projects for globally dispersed software development teams. Work closely with Business System Analyst to develop project plans for application modifications / enhancements then manage execution of the plan to completion. Additionally managed several Project Managers and led the Scrum of Scrums ceremonies among several Scrum Masters.Schedule, manage and provide minutes for project meetings. Provide periodic project status reports at regular intervals, tracking progress through completion of deliverables and milestones, while highlighting scope and schedule changes, risks and issues. Employ agile methodologies depending on what the individual team uses. Adhere strictly to compliance and applicable policies and procedures of eSQA (Enterprise Software Quality Assurance) at all levels.

• Provide SAFe Business Transformation advisory on SAFe practices and methodology. Team with SAFe Release Management and Integration.• Lead customer engagement to ensure all scope, time, budget and quality expectations are met through planning, controlling and managing customer projects.• Manage corporate, customer and third party vendor efforts to plan, sell and implement solutions to customer problems.• Responsible for business as well as team management.• Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

•Reported directly to the Chairwoman of the Illinois Pollution Control Board.•Mentor and coach the teams on agile methodology and Scrum values and process.•Facilitate PI (Program Increment) and sprint planning processes, as well as all other scrum ceremonies, and empower team commitment to PI and sprint delivery.•The IPCB COOL Upgrade project is to convert the existing site into a security-first, mobile-friendly, accessible, responsive site. Upgrade the site to Section 508 Compliance and current industry standards. Web-based applications are accessible on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices for access anywhere.•Worked with the third party vendor Forte.net PCI API to upgrade the existing payment processing application to receive and process payments for IPCB. This was aligned with Entrust IdentityGuard API for security.•Assist the Product Manager and Product Owner refine and prioritize the Program and Team backlogs respectively in order of priority.•Streamlined the flow of work from the Product backlog to the Team backlog and coached the Dev team on keeping the Work-In-Process at a capacity where they are able to deliver fully tested working code.•Mentored and coached the dev team on keeping the daily stand-up meeting within the allotted time-box and adhere to the three important items to discuss.•All issues were immediately escalated reducing overhead costs by limiting delays in the process.•Adhered to agreed 10 week program Increment with 2 week Iterations.•Simplified the process by introducing the whole project team to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and gained the support of the Board as well as the DevOps teams.•Coached everyone on how to prepare for Pre & Post PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Iteration planning, PI solution demo events.•Report progress to all stakeholders through Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity target updates.

• Provide ongoing Program/Project Management and business analysis services inclusive of reviewing RFO, RFI, and RFP's to determine company capability to meet the requirement. Perform cost/benefit analysis determining which to respond to and which ones need partnering with other vendors.• Manage scope, requirements definition and clarification, resources and skills requirements to plan and successfully execute program increments for each project engagement.• Provide business analysis on new or existing software applications aligning with client initiatives and document integration points with existing applications.• Prepare management reports on contracts status for company president. Manage existing project teams on contract at different client locations as needed.• Attend Vendor Forums for both the State and Federal levels as required.

• Focused on integration of legacy BARTS fraud detection system integration with the Java based IBIS system. Worked with the SME Manager/Business Architect facilitating and documenting requirements, processes, data flows and user interfaces understanding expectations and business value. • Directed product backlog to the exacting specifications of requirements while working with the Testing team and business users defining acceptance criteria.• Maintained a high level of service by training, coaching, and providing support to employees while monitoring daily job performance.• Managed scope, identify and resolve issues, disable impediments as required.• Led and managed project team in the reverse engineering process of the legacy system; conducted meetings and communicated with other state agencies and third party data vendors. • Coordinated the revamp of Pre-audit and Opening Unit processes with the guidance of the SME Manager. Attended technical architectural meetings for project proposals.• Conducted meetings with the project team, SME's and Business Owners to provide an accurate update on project status, issues, impediments, and knowledge sharing.Environment: Agile, MS (Visio, Word, Project, Visual C++), Crystal Reports, .NET, JAVA, SQL, DB2, IBM Mainframes

• Implemented SAP SD/ LE module enterprise-wide concurrently across 9 US distribution centers. Successfully managed the implementation and go-live of the SAP SD/LE/Order-To-Cash at the plant level.• Directed and advised personnel on properly capturing, documenting, and escalating any issues as they arose. Collaborated with distribution center director and manager on proper approach to immediately resolving emergency issues. Documented methods used to resolve these issues for future reference.• Provided daily status reports to company management team on status of implementation. Provided guidance to user teams regarding new system functionality and discussed variety of encountered processing scenarios best practices for resolving daily issues. • Facilitated daily meetings with distribution center personnel to share insight into processed orders.Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, MS (Visio, Word, Project)

• Provide ongoing Program/Project Management and business analysis services to: Touchstone ITS' clients: H.D. Smith, NTUA, State Farm. • Managed offshore development team activities making sure all agreed upon SLA with clients were met on time.• Prepared and managed scope, requirements definition and clarification, resources and skills requirements to plan and successfully execute program increments for each project engagement.• Provided business analysis on new or existing software applications aligning with client initiatives and document integration points with existing applications.• Provided appropriate management reports on each project for each client account.

• Led two inter-related projects on a consistent cadence to completion: Phase I: Technical upgrade of SAP Fund Management from Former Budgeting to Budget Control System; Phase II: Full implementation of SAP Grant Management; Go-Live date: 01/01/2013. • Developed the integrated master project plan and schedule for the SAP Funds Management upgrade and SAP Grants Management Implementation. • Managed Business Blue Printing of existing system through requirements elicitation, documenting current processes of all modules the project will potentially affect. Led meetings with department managers to elicit and document concerns and issues/risks that may potentially have a major impact on project progress.• Prepared weekly management reports for the Budget Manager, CFO, and Department Managers. Facilitated daily project team meetings providing project status and resolving any issues the team encounters.• Monitored actual progress against planned schedule and impacts of technical upgrade to functional teams. Managed project issues; accountable to executive sponsors for escalation of issues, risks, and key decisions.• Managed the creation of user training documentation for client review. The manual created by the team was approved and utilized during the training session, then used as a valuable training resource by managers and supervisors.Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, MS (Visio, Word, Project)

• Partnered with PMO Manager and Senior Project Managers to build out plans and understand scope. Performed all phases of testing (Unit, System, Integration and Acceptance) for enterprise-wide systems adhering to the Test Center of Excellence standards.• Maintained project alignment throughout the project lifecycle, managing scope, issues, resources, and time. Ensured compliance with Test Center of Excellence practices and framework; ensured conformance to test organizational goals and objectives and adhered to appropriate standard and systems guidelines.• Managed expectations on Integration Testing while ensuring adherence to entrance and exit criteria. Advocated for quality and testing perspectives in product/project issue and risk management decisions • Worked to effectively combine client's vision with in-house enterprise testing efforts to provide a clear understanding of what expectations are.• Led meeting between business, development, and test teams defining requirement, goals and business needs for each iteration and resolved known issues. • Provided daily communications, scrum notes, sprint reviews, project retrospectives, and project velocity.• Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings which included Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Check-in, sprint Review and Retrospectives.• Reported progress to all stakeholders through Sprint Burn-Down Reports, Iteration Burn-Down Reports, and velocity target dates.Environment: Agile, Scrum, MS (Visio, Word, Project, Visual C++), Crystal Reports, .NET, JAVA, SQL, DB2, IBM Mainframes, TeraData, Syncsort

• Managed team of functional and technical consultants and client Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to plan entire project life-cycle including fit-gap analysis, design, development, testing and go-live production support. • Prepared high-level scheduling for project milestones, status tracking and weekly reports for management.• Led and managed planning sessions for data mapping, third party application interface, and data cleansing approaches. • Participated in requirements elicitation and documented process and data flows based on existing system to include most relevant processes in the upgrade. Oversaw testing strategy workshops. Environment: RUP, UML, MS (Visio, Project), Java, .NET, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, DB2, IBM Mainframes, Cobol, CICS

• Defined system scope and objectives for deliverables, maintained established timelines and cost estimates.• Together with the project team (geographically dispersed), assigned tasks and timelines to team members; created and maintained project plan and risk and issues log; monitor timelines and tasks completion.• Closely worked with to ensure understanding of user stories. • Facilitate and participate in Sprint planning, design and estimation activities.• Monitored daily stand-up meetings stayed relevant to the planned discussion points and were actually performed within the allotted time.• Provided both business and system analysis for custom eligibility requirements for the $1 million Quantum.• Leap (QL) system, a repository for client membership eligibility data. Conducted gap analysis then proposed business and system solutions, prepared business/functional requirements, application architecture, design document, and test plans/cases as well as business use cases.• Documented process flows and data flows to understand where the data comes from, how it is modified and where it goes to. Participated in QA testing and post implementation review and documented lessons learned for each project. Environment: RUP, UML, Scrum, Java, .NET, CSS, JavaScript, Visio, MS Project, COBOL/390, DB2 v8, CICS, Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, SQL, CA7, FILEMASTER, ChangeMan, Xpediter

• Managed comprehensive project planning, defining goals, clarifying scope, defining implementation strategy, project schedule, and identifying resources and skill sets required for each client membership on-boarding including Federal Employee Programs (FEP) membership, State and Local government memberships..• Communications liaison for all Directors, Managers, client constituents and team members presenting project status, accomplishments, issues/risks, overall project health. • Managed data cleansing, conversion, and activities that included volume, stress, system and integration testing activities. Worked with project teams verifying compliance with HIPAA regulations.• Worked with Marketing Managers and Department Managers verifying adherence to all contractual agreements by organization and clients. • Provided suggestions on how to reuse programs with the same functionality for each client.Environment: COBOL/390, DB2 v8, SYNCSORT, Z/OS, TSO, JCL, SQL, JAVA, .NET, CA7, Microsoft Tools, ClearCase / ClearQuest, FILEMASTER, Endeavor, ChangeMan, EasyTrieve Plus, SDLC, RUP, UML, Visio, Agile/Scrum

• Provided high level analysis, process modeling and project support to identify IT infrastructure, tools/applications that required attention to ensure compliance with new mandatory HIPAA requirements.• Analyzed Department of Defense (DOD) TRI-CARE System including existing Health Insurance Claims System. Identified and recommended system redesign and led development of TNEX, AGE1, NMI, INAS and OCR tools to resolve any compliance issues.• Completely overhauled CICS maps, COBOL and ASSEMBLER programs, and DB2 database queries to accommodate new file formats and created file conversion programs to convert data to new format.. Environment: COBOL/390, CICS, DB2, CHANGEMAN, PANVALET, ENDEVOR, INTERTEST, SYNCSORT, Z/OS, TSO, JCL, VSAM, FILEAID, SDLC, Visual Basic, UNIX