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Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

- Drive execution of $10.5M capital funded Refinish LINQ Ecosystem program objectives through the development and oversight of the Agile project management methods.- Execute project status communication to various audiences by leading monthly steering committee meetings with key IT and business leaders, preparing weekly IT project report to CIO and business stakeholders, and preparing monthly Refinish IT report- Develop and maintain program roadmap outlining key milestones across multi-year project - Accountable for vendor management and vendor relationship management for software development services including OpenArc, SoftTek, and EPAM- Identify, manage, and prioritize project risks, prepare mitigation plans, and escalate to leadership when needed- Manage $10.5M ACT budget and communicate and report financial status to stakeholders, sponsors, and senior management

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States

- Drive execution of $12M capital funded Architectural Coatings Digital Transformation program objectives through the development and oversight of the Agile project management methods- Obtained Release Train Engineer (RTE) training and certification and serve as RTE for the Elevate product, leading 4 scaled agile teams and program team with ~60 employees and contractors spanning across 7 countries- Align product and project managers for Elevate, Customer Digital Platform (CDP), and PIM/DAM to present monthly program updates to AC, IT, and Digital leadership - Partner with Agile coach to define and manage project management process and champion ongoing process improvement by implementing best practices for Agile project management- Lead program events & ceremonies including quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning events, and bi-weekly ART Sync, Program Sync, System demos, etc.

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Program manager for Customer Digital Platform (CDP)- Oversaw multiple global Agile squads, IT stakeholders and vendors to deliver $3M+ capital funded commerce-enabled global platform- Created comprehensive monitoring of project risks, dependencies, issues to remove roadblocks across 3+ Agile squads and non-digital IT groups including infrastructure, security, QA and integration teams- Presented weekly Customer Digital Platform (CDP) updates to Chief Digital Officer and stakeholder groups to ensure all parties are aligned with their expectations and risks were escalated - Managed progress, escalate and resolve issues, prepare status reports, oversee tasks and activities directed toward completing the project goals.Scrum master for pilot of online ordering app, Prosight (Beta Squad) - Led sprint ceremonies including daily stand-up planning, review, retrospective, QA and estimation sessions- Contributed to customer interviews and product roadmap creation- Assisted with customer activation and training

Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States

- Ensured the successful management of Architectural Coatings USCA trade and retail channel digital marketing properties including websites, applications and color tools- Led projects from initiation through execution including gathering and translating requirements, managing scope, building schedule, executing project plan, tracking and communicating progress, coordinating testing and overseeing implementation- Led cross-functional project teams including developers, UX/UI designers, QA and digital strategy teams and track project progress to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery- Established internal Project Management processes using PMBOK concepts and blending agile and waterfall methodologies- Successfully managed the delivery dozens of customer facing brand website launches and digital applications, including the Masterbrand website launch, Digital Color Platform (paint visualization tool) relaunch, Online Maintenance Binder Application, Homebuilder Previews Application, PPG Paints, Olympic Paints, and Glidden Professional Websites, and many more

Pittsburgh, Pa

- Progressed through roles of Programmer Analyst II, I, and Analyst I while developing a strong knowledge of the SharePoint CMS- Provided SharePoint Publishing Intranet and Internet expertise: Monitoring the ticket queue, providing one-on-one customer support, developing and administering training to site editors, providing design/content consultation, making updates to content sites, creating new sites and style sheet designs-Other SharePoint products/services such as K2 blackpearl, Axceler ControlPoint, InfoPath forms, custom SharePoint Designer work flows, blogs, wikis, etc.

Pittsburgh, Pa

- Following my internship, I was hired on as a contractor to continue support during SharePoint migration while I finished obtaining my degree

Greater Pittsburgh Area

- Coordinated communication with SharePoint intranet site owners and conducted an audit to determine inventory of sites to prepare for the SP2007 migration- Evaluated social media usage for companies in the industry and worked with team to develop new internal strategies- Provided tier II support for SharePoint issues reported by site editors through the internal helpdesk- Educated site owners on how to make content updates to SharePoint sites

University Park, Pa

- Completed Penn State's Instructor Training Program and successfully auditioned to instruct aerobics classes for students, faculty and staff- Taught various cardio and muscle conditioning classes including Pilates, Step Aerobics, 20/20 Fitness, etc.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

- Composed industry focused blogs for the agency's website- Contributed to email marketing campaigns by creating news articles- Collected research to assist various advertising campaigns