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Senior-level program manager directing and developing Innovation & Research initiatives. Responsible for ensuring governance, oversight, execution, and support are carried out through completion of program activities and processes and primarily focused on developing and implementing an Innovation Network to promote internal innovation with Business Unit partners.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Working in the Technology and Innovation (IT) division I have been working in several areas of digital technology, operations technology and business convergence. My team established the first Technology Experience collaboration site and acted as the front line collaboration for new and emerging technology at TVA. While in this role I accomplished the following:- T&I SME for fleet of 6 Boston Dynamics Spot robots- Trained site SMEs- Completed software and licence upgrades for computer and sensor payloads and the robot platform- Created Autonomous Mobile Robot standard and work instructions- Developed original IoT Community of Practice, standards and SharePoint site- Acting Dojo coach for software dev teams

Remote

As a servant leader for multiple teams working on health education and lifestyle software, I implement an Agile process that enables fast delivery of value to customers. I help teams understand how to work with product owners and customers to define high value and then visualize and measure delivery. I remove impediments to delivery to allow teams to deliver at optimal efficiency.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

I am a Scrum Master and Agile Consultant for software development and IT teams at Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga Tennessee in the Power Generation IT department. I am on development teams working on IoT R&D, nuclear plant cabling analysis, plant maintenance, data historian and radiation monitoring.As a team Scrum Master I coach my teams in Agile Scrum by facilitating scrum events, developing roles and managing artifacts.I also define, gather and publish project and team status metrics that bring clarity and transparency to stakeholders outside the dev teams.As an Agile Consultant I participate in department process improvement initiatives, promote team growth it the areas of test coverage and continuous integration and participate in communities of practice.In my role I use and administer software tools such as: Team Foundation Server, Custom Excel reporting using formulas and Visual Basic for Applications, SharePoint online and Microsoft office tools.

865 Corporate Way, Fremont, Ca 94539, Usa

ProductivityTeqTron, an Oracle Gold Level Partner, is a value added solution development and consulting service company, focused on deploying integrated and seamless end-to-end business applications solutions for its customers. Our commitment to continuously seek out areas to improve how we do business has lead to excellence our in customer satisfaction and loyalty. I am helping to define and implement company continuous process improvement initiatives in internal communications, documentation, project management and marketing.Software ToolsInternal communications tools are one of the ways we create ways for employees to collaborate with each other. Being made up of mainly distributed teams, working from customer sites, we know the importance and value of using tools that bring us together as a company to inform and empower our employees so that our customers are supported with reliable and knowledgable staff. It is my pleasure to help define and manage our intranet platform.Product MarketingWith the depth and breadth of experience and expertise, it is natural for TeqTron to package those solutions that we have implemented for many clients into scaleable, manageable business solutions, based on Oracle's SOA framework and powered by TeqTron applications. I am supporting product marketing for seamless integration solutions for Oracle's PLM solution - Agile, advanced supply chain solutions, EPM and BI solutions.

Mountain View Ca

- Agile Coach / Scrummaster: Introduce Agile concepts, lead Scrum ceremonies and process improvement for up to 3 concurrent, international teams.- Atlassian JIRA Admin: Project configurations and workflows- Tech Writer: Author end user Help Docs for an Identity management SaaS application. Business analysis, and author sales and marketing documents for new product definition for a Master Data project. Manage the company Wiki space on Atlassian Confluence- QA: Conduct manual testing, set up and manage test framework, run automated tests for SaaS Identity Management Project.- Project Manager: Manage integration projects, vendor acquisition, manage developers and communicate with product team to deliver integration PoC projects.

Silicon Valley, Ca

Small business web site design and management.

Provided installation, configuration and training support for a Product Life-cycle Management system (Omnify Software). Tools and languages used: MS SQL server, .NET, MS Server. MS SQL Server Management Studio and VB Script.

- Design and deliver in house and on site training for CAD products- CAD Applications Manager for the West Coast leading VAR for PADs products.- Provided support and training for Mentor Graphics PADs, DxDesigner, Hyperlynx, PowerLogic, Valor Systems Valor. Provided CAD software services, including: Help Desk Support, - Training and Installation. Also provided internal admin and sales IT support.

Mechanical and Printed Circuit Board design and documentation for Medical Equipment industry. Managed and automated CAD libraries. Components engineering and Process Mapping support for CAD Group.

Electro/Mechanical design support for consumer and industry products. Projects included: 3-D glasses, Electronic lock box and various PCB designs.

Manage quality program for electronics assembly company. Supervise and train AQ technicians. Create quality manuals and procedures. Create SQC charts, compile data and report to company president

Process engineering for IC package laser and ink marking equipment. IC packaging lead frame design. Package marking equipment design and maintenance. Author and implement training and equipment process manuals

Certificate, Certified Scrum Master

Activities and Societies: Webinar: Recipes for Agile Governance in the Enterprise

Sociology

Activities and Societies: Sociology program

Mechanical Layout Design, Mech. Design

Activities and Societies: NASA/AMES Research Facilities Technician intern working in the Thermo-physics Facilities group.

General Studies

Law, Business