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Ames, Iowa, United States

Scrum Master for two mechanical teams that design, prototype, build, and test innovative agriculture products. In addition to this role, my other contributions to the company include:Executive coaching on Agile and Scrum principles, helping senior leaders integrate these methodologies within the organization for more effective leadership and decision-making.Leading process improvement efforts by organizing initiatives to streamline project processes, document best practices, and implement continuous improvement strategies across teams.Driving continuous improvement through active involvement in cross-team retrospectives and improvement activities, enhancing team performance.Recruitment and Talent Development by participating in the interviewing and hiring process, particularly for interns and Co-Ops, ensuring the recruitment of high-potential talent aligned with the organization's agile practices.Advocating agile management philosophies such as Leadership is Language, supporting adaptive and dynamic leadership approaches aligned with agile values.Coaching individuals and teams on the identification of personal strengths and weaknesses by facilitating conversation with the use of tools such as Myers-Briggs, Culture Index, and The Working Genius. This has helped enhance team dynamics around trust and openness along with aiding personal development.Transitioned IT Team to Scrum and Agile Portfolio Management practices, promoting a customer-centric approach to portfolio and work alignment.Coached Product Owners in utilizing Rally portfolio structure to enhance focus on goal-oriented release planning, to help improve team alignment with long-term objectives.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Serving as lead in the global organizations Lean-Agile transformation based around SAFe principles. Launching and maturing agile teams, empowering employees, helping leaders grow and transform the culture of their organization for the betterment of the people and the customer.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Responsible for leading the US portfolio for IT and business projects / epics, embracing Lean Portfolio Management, coaching teams and leaders, embracing lean budgeting, understanding the enterprise strategies and objectives, assisting with enterprise tools, and assisting with SAFe transformation. Other responsibilities have included Project Management, Scrum Master and Epic Owner.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Agile Coach helping an existing team adapt to scrum principles around two week cadence iterations, stand-ups, planning, demos and retrospectives. Worked through various principles in external stakeholder influences, interruptions in emergent work, reducing Work-in-Process principles, making work visual through the use of a Big Visual Information Radiator, refining roles within the team and managers, along with other foundational principles. In addition, assisted to begging of leading the change in the organization to SAFe. Served as a key team member on implementing Jira through the global organization.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Responsible for running several internal IT based projects around a variety of systems and operational processes. Oversaw all aspects of the project life cycle from inception through closure. Responsibilities included communicating the need for change, estimating, budgeting, communicating to C-level stakeholders, scope formation and adherence, scheduling, allocating resources in a matrix organization, mitigation of risks, holding cadence based meetings, tracking task along with other various organizational needs. Role also included acting as mentor and helping evolve project governance / processes.

Huntersville, Nc

Managed portfolio of projects as part of the NRC Fukuyama regulatory requirement imposed on the US Nuclear industry. Responsible for several mechanical and civil modifications to secure piping, and add cooling capacity via external sources. In addition was responsible for leading edge project to secure cinder block walls with CRFP (carbon fiber reinforcement) to secure critical cooling lines.

Palo, Iowa

Project Management portfolio includes several technical projects and $15-40 million in capital funds. Manage projects in various life-cycle stages from initiation to final closure and turnover to the organization. Oversee highly visible projects to the organization that require diligent communication to senior executive management, fiscal visibility, and delivery of milestones on schedule within budget. Primary responsibilities also include: communication to various levels of executive management, establishing cross-functional teams, fiscal responsibility, procedural adherence, project estimating and forecasting, scheduling, design oversight, management of implementing documents, initiation for procurement of materials and services, oversight of implementation activities, management of historical lessons learned, project closure and project turnover to the organization.

Job duties and responsibilities included managing multiple clients and project cross-functional teams, recovery of client projects, lead integration applications, mentor and train project managers, project planning, maintain documentation and client relations, document internal processes, design and implement new project management tools, research and develop new tools and applications.

Tasked with developing and promoting technical contracts throughout a diverse client base. Activities included product services, contract sales and renewals, maintenance of contract and business development, introducing and promoting new services and maintaining customer relations.

Mba, Global Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing