Kaitlin B. Abramowitz Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, United States

Global Technology Product and Agility Office

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Merchant Services Technology- Wholesale PaymentsAssist in managing risks, dependencies and resolution of impediments at program levelHelp drive positive changes in culture by facilitating program level retros to celebrate wins and identify areas for improvement Drive transparency, trust and open communication within the organization Regularly review current processes to identify opportunities for improvementManage and coach team of Agile Leads Facilitate system demos Work with teams to ensure alignment on scope, goals and tracking to avoid wasteful workCoach leadership on Agile best practices (estimation, predictability, transparency, etc) Observe teams to identify areas of improvement for Scrum processes and ritualsAlways encourage organization and teams to look for ways to simplify and automate where possibleGuide program to limit WIP in order to deliver early and often

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Charlotte, North Carolina

Agile Coach for Big Data Infrastructure and front-end Live Application teamsRemoved impediments to improve team success in product delivery and self-organizationCoach and reinforce use of Agile practices within team and across teams with other scrum mastersPartner with Product Owners to ensure backlog is prioritized and replenished on a regular basisEducate teams about different Agile framework/methods and work with teams to determine what is the best for them specifically Work with leadership to provide environment where issues can be raised, and transparent conversations can be hadUsed Jira to create necessary queries and dashboards to communicate to all audiences effectively with data driven conversations

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Act as Servant leader removing impediments to team success in product delivery and self-organization• Coach and reinforce use of Agile practices within team and across teams with other scrum masters• Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog is prioritized (VersionOne) and replenished on a regular basis• Educate teams about different Agile framework/methods and work with teams to determine what is the best for them specifically• Facilitate workshops with leadership to provide environment where issues can be raised, and transparent conversations can be had• Help plan and track PI goals and objectives

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

•Supported 3 teams • Implement Agile/Scrum processes for teams (transition from waterfall)• Reduced time to delivery by coaching project teams on Agile best practices and optimizing processes• Work with teams to uncover and resolve impediments for team- within team as well as organization• Work with product owner to ensure clear understanding of team goals and work with team to achieve those goals• Coordinate with teams to schedule releases•Manage PMUWS with all status updates, documents and approvals, change requests, risks and issues.•Assist with change requests and budget changes. •Fully manage STAMP and FMT for multiple projects including keeping tea members updated (adding/deleting resources, updating activities, etc.), pulling different STAMP queries weekly and monthly to monitor variance and resource activity, ensuring that budget stays intact with little to no variance. •Manage, upload and apply transactions in STAMP. •Enter staffing plan, P&L and any other costs into FMT for forecast, pulling variance reports and analyzing reports. •Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and liaised with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. •Define project deliverables and monitor status of tasks, milestones, issues, risks, dependencies, and financials.•Manage project finances up to $5 Million and reported monthly/overall variances on a regular basis.•Participate in all project team meetings-assisted in scheduling, facilitating discussion and reporting of minutes. •Manage project plan and team SharePoint site until transformation- then onboarded to Rally

Charlotte, North Carolina

•Directed and managed project development from initiation to completion to deliver customized web security software per school or business requirements and ensure highest level of customer satisfaction.•Defined project deliverables and monitor status of tasks, milestones, issues, risks, dependencies, and financials.•Delivered status reports to stakeholders for budgeting and planning purposes. Assist in determining scope of new programs and requests from clients. Continually build and foster growth of business relationships vital to the success of the project.•Effectively communicated project expectations to team members and liaised with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. •Interfaced with client via phone and frequently traveled to client sites for training and meetings.•Developed full-scale plans, associated communications documents, task allocation, roll-out execution and timelines.•Proactively managed changes in project scope, identified potential risks, and devised contingency plans.•Submitted budget proposals and recommended subsequent budget changes to business development when necessary.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Provided reliable financial forecasts to key stakeholders, tracked budget and analyzed variances.• Define project deliverables and monitor status of tasks, milestones, issues, risks, dependencies, and financials.• Liaise with clients to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives• Make sure that clients’ needs are met as projects evolve

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Elementary Education And Teaching

Minor, Psychology