John Penny Email & Phone Number

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

As the C3 Product Owner I lead a key global program tasked with ensuring that Amgen’s interactions with members of the healthcare community meet the diverse compliance and regulatory requirements of 50+ countries. The program was failing prior to my arrival so I was brought in to rebuild the team and relationships necessary to ensure success.• Deployed C3 Redesign to over 45 countries within one year using a rigorous wave rollout plan. • Rebuilt a partnership with business stakeholders, employing structured governance and execution methods that connect the program and teams to executive leadership.• Earned the support of the France team in adopting C3 through building collaborative design structures which meet their unique regulatory needs and support with their way of working.• Completed the full scope for Japan’s C3 go-live, including customizations for local requirements required to support their local Hub model.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Charged with ensuring success by accelerating delivery and reducing risk on Amgen’s most critical digital technology programs through implementation and execution of an innovative, consultative framework.• Design and employ adaptable, fit-for-purpose solutions to meet c-level objectives and key results, including variations on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for planning, budgeting, optimizing, executing, and tracking initiatives in both technology and business domains.• Lead strategic execution of Advancing Digital Innovation program, an enterprise, all-hands effort to pivot the organization to a digital operating model and mindset, delivering 89% of 100+ delivery objectives and managed 90+ interdependencies across multiple lines of business.• Develop and mentor program management and product management teams, provide coaching and training to team leadership, and employ purpose-tailored governance in and across organizational units.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Strategic Operations & Planning Lead - Chief of StaffTransform Operations Information Systems (OIS) internal operations through aspects of talent, culture, and process, including portfolio governance and project execution frameworks, talent enablement, financial budgeting and forecasting, strategic planning, and performance management.• Member of the senior leadership team, acting as a consultant and providing support to functional leads.• Chief of Staff for the head of OIS, guiding the leadership team through strategic priorities, authoring presentations and reports, driving team actions and deliverables, executing special projects.• Manage annual budget and develop comprehensive plan to accomplish company objectives while staying within target. Own budget of $88M ($54M projects, $34M operating expense), achieving variance of 1% for 2020.• Built and led the PMO, 10 project/program managers plus support staff, leveraging a mix of agile and traditional approaches, including portfolio prioritization, OKR measurements, quarterly planning, road mapping, and financial management.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Maximize IS Value program area lead, acting as a consultant with the goal of attaining multi-million-dollar reductions in the IS / technology budget and transforming the way the technology teams deliver value in this space.• Led the Project Delivery initiative - enhance project maturity across the technology enterprise by developing fit-for-purpose processes and tools, including both traditional and agile frameworks. • Achieved $18.5M savings across the External Worker and Managed Services pools. • Developed an integrated prioritization framework for the enterprise project portfolio. • Partnered to set program direction and strategy as member of the program leadership team.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Managed the Enterprise Technology Portfolio at Amgen requires deep knowledge of diverse technical areas to ensure project alignment with strategic goals and business priorities.• Established a governance and prioritization process for the Global Business Services portfolio ($60M) focused on alignment with capabilities and based on Cost of Delay and weighted by job size (WSJF).• Led portfolio team of 6 individuals, including project managers and business and financial analysts.• Built, launched, and refined Scaled Agile (SAFe) implementation across Amgen functions to deliver value through forming and maturing teams of product teams.• Delivered all SAFe (agile) training including certifying Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Executives. Formed agile coaching practice to develop teams and leaders.• Designed and led 2015 IS Strategy design workshops, a 4-month effort to develop a cohesive corporate approach to Information Systems pillars and principles, guiding the IS Executive Leadership Team through agile methods.• Earned the 2015 CIO Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Managed key outsourcing initiative targeted at moving support of internal applications from multiple parties to a consolidated single provider. The project budget was $4M and the managed contract value more than $30M.• Led an RFP initiative for Service Desk and related services (>$45MM) aimed at reducing costs and increasing efficiency. • Developed enhanced metrics and reporting on vendor SLAs and performance. • Automated application monitoring to contain potential outages and reduce manual workload.• Launched implementation of a Lean/Agile framework within the IS organization to better-realize efficiencies inside of a fast-paced environment.

San Francisco, California, Us

Led complex, enterprise projects centered around product-specific business needs. Managed projects within the local PMO and project stream / portfolio – projects range in budget from $20k to $10M.• Drove customer-facing web application projects used for information exchange and banking as well as corporate communication and services. • Implemented Scrum / Agile approach within my project teams and educated business stakeholders. • Managed mergers and acquisitions activities necessary to bring multiple business units within two disparate organizations to a unified set of processes and platforms (Wells Fargo / Wachovia merger).• Led a wide spectrum of development projects in areas such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), website development, business process redesign, financial / loan systems, mobile applications, and infrastructure.• Matrixed management of technical resources attached to individual projects using both Agile and Waterfall approaches.• Motivate the team by fostering a fun and productive environment with trust and recognition.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Move project management includes an iterative RUP-Centric approach to the SDLC and uses Microsoft Enterprise Project Server to maintain schedules. This company operates in the web domain with sites such as Realtor.com and Move.com with a consumer media focus in the web sector.• Managed software development and infrastructure projects with budgets ranging from $40K to $15M for both internal consumption and consumer/commercial use. • Successful (on-time/on-budget/on-scope) completion of a large data center migration and virtualization project. • Full Lifecycle development (SDLC), iteration management (based in RUP and Agile), and JAD process. • Strong functional understanding of HTML, JavaScript, JSP, ASP, ASPX and platforms such as Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, Apache, VMWare, and NetApp, including storage, infrastructure, and web hosting. • Acquired and managed internal and external resources and vendors in both local and virtual teams, including offshore technology teams (India). • Developed PMO framework and assets including policies and procedures, templates, management structure, project selection criteria, and mission/vision. • Created and delivered semi-annual project management training courses to PMO staff. • Managed the corporate Microsoft Project Enterprise Server implementation and designed enterprise project management approach/guidelines. • Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule/financial targets.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

• Unified ideas and objectives from multiple functional groups within every division of the company in order to best design systems that will benefit the strategic direction of the organization. • Served as Project Manager for all aspects of the life cycle, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing using industry standard practices and facilitated by Microsoft Project. • Interacted with the users on the level of surveys, individual talks, and group discussions to design appropriate needs requirements for LACERA's internal and external sites. • Conducted project definition studies for large undertakings, preparing cost estimates and feasibility studies of new systems. • Performed risk identification and mitigation activities for project planning and control. • Developed budgets and production schedules and ensured compliance with local and federal laws. • Developed implementation methodologies to rein in project costs while meeting key milestones. • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives by setting realistic timelines and checkpoints.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Electrical And Electronics Engineering

General Studies