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Bend, Or, Us

Bend, Or, Us

Bend, Oregon, United States

Greater Boston Area

Provides in-depth project management with a focus on delivery of R&D project work streams which arecandidates to become mainstream digital product offerings. Collaborates with cross-functional teams of industry thought leaders across the computer science, mathematics, and engineering domains. Demonstrates exceptional skills in facilitating product ideation, planning, estimation, backlog management and SCRUM ceremonies.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Held an integral role in establishing DockYard as a leader in the highly competitive software development B2B consultancy environment. Effectively pioneered and scaled DockYard's Project Management discipline with a focus on enabling servicing of a growing client base which included multiple Fortune 500 companies. Managed and led the transition of DockYard's operations from brick and mortar to 100% distributed. Skillfully evolved a distributed work environment, without compromising culture, with a focus on collaboration amongst team members and quality of service delivered to clients. Played an integral role in being recognized by both Inc. and Boston Business Journal as one of the Fastest Growing companies in America as well as being recognized as a Best Workplace for Innovators by FastCompany magazine.

Greater Boston Area

Implemented a pragmatic Agile Project Management framework for DockYard during a period of rapid growth. Lead multiple client application development projects within the financial service, education, healthcare, fitness and marketing industries. Additionally was involved in Business Development efforts which led to increased sales performance/conversion.

Greater Boston Area

Managed a multi-million dollar / multi-year Agile development program aimed at Portfolio Managers and Assistants working in Asset Allocation division. Managed all aspects of planning, resourcing, budget, stakeholder communication, scope (Backlog) and status reporting. Program executed using the SCRUM variant of Agile where I acted as Uber-Scrum Master having oversight for four other Scrum Masters managing cross-functional (Dev,QA, Analysis) teams. Team members located in U.S., Ireland and India.

Greater Boston Area

Lead activities aimed to identify and implement Fidelity’s first standard enterprise Agile development methodology. Provided hands-on coaching and mentoring to teams and individuals on all aspects of the Agile process - including planning & estimation, daily meetings, team collaboration, tracking progress, and retrospectives. Work with teams to organize Agile programs with multiple teams working toward a single release. Facilitation of techniques aimed at clarifying/prioritizing scope. Regularly consult with senior management to help them understand key Agile concepts.

Greater Boston Area

Managed multiple complex software development projects across the fidelity.com domain using both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies. Had overall accountability for 3rd party personalized marketing application and 3rd party search engine implementation on Fidelity.com. Direct responsibility for management of project portfolio/budget, strategic direction of the application and business partner relationship. Had regular interaction with senior management on both business and technical team side. Managerial reasonability for Project Managers, System Analysts, and Sr. Developers.

Greater Boston Area

Accountable for Requirements gathering and business analysis for multiple large web application development projects for NetBenefits.com (Fidelity’s Workplace Investment/Benefits Portal) and Call Center Representative workstations. Lead requirements definition discussions with project stakeholders at varied levels throughout the organization. Partnered with other analysts to evolve requirements into technical design specifications.

Assisted clients in maximizing the economic potential of their IT investment portfolios by helping them prioritize IT projects based on economic contribution, degree of risk and alignment with corporate strategy. Engaged with technology vendors (SAP, IBM, HP, OSIsoft, Cognos, etc) to support them in clearly articulating the value of their products and services to potential clients by means of a comprehensive business case.

Greater Boston Area

Responsible for the identification and deployment of technology that can be used to manage interdepartmental data most effectively. Conduct complex data mining exercises utilizing advanced statistical analysis. Manage large inventories of diverse data sets, and assist in translating data for business leaders who are not comfortable with technology. Consult with business partners in an ongoing effort to identify their knowledge/data management needs.