Kenneth Katz Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Project engineer in the Digital Controls engineering group supporting Environmental and Airframe Controls business unit. Leads project teams, plans and estimates projects, controls cost accounts, and reports Earned Value Management System (EVMS) metrics. Introducing agile concepts such as a daily stand-up and product backlog into an organization with.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Program manager in Digital Technology, managing a variety of business application and infrastructure projects.

Longmeadow, MA, US

Project Management - online course.

US

• Used my agile expertise and experience to increase agile adoption within the company
• Created training materials for Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Release Train Engineers and users of CA Agile Central software. Delivered training to employees as part of an enterprise-wide agile transformation.
• Developed methodology and materials to increase the agility of solution architecture in the company. Introduced architects to an incremental, iterative approach. Advised architects on how to apply the SAFe concepts of.

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• Led development program and coached development teams. Created training materials and delivered training.
• Release Train Engineer (agile program manager) for a software development program with ten onshore and offshore agile teams, which was an element of the company’s largest and highest priority development portfolio..
• Initiated and organized a successful community service project, in which employees with expertise in information technology served as Digital Technology merit badge counselors at a Boy Scout camp.

New York, New York, US

• Led software development teams. Used both agile and traditional software development methods.
• Turned around an important client relationship ($25 million annual revenue) after being assigned to assess and fix a troubled development effort for that client.
• Managed the development of a Standard Mail® solution, which enabled the company to capture an annual multi-million dollar revenue opportunity.
• Served as ScrumMaster for the development of eGift, a web-facing facility for college saving account owners to solicit and process contributions from family and friends. Using a predominantly offshore team.
• Recognized as the company’s leading expert on agile software development. Taught internal classes on the subject and consulted with a subsidiary to improve their use of the Scrum methodology.
• Managed the development of eProspectusDirect SM, a platform for the delivery of SEC-required compliance documents on the web and by print/mail. Led a 50 person team distributed over three onshore sites and one offshore.

New York, New York, US

• Supervised the application analysis team for the eSolutions electronic document products group. Responsible for the business analysis and project management of a multimillion dollar portfolio of new products.
• Consistently delivered projects on schedule and with high customer satisfaction.
• Reduced costs by $4 million annually by rehosting an outsourced application on company-owned infrastructure that had spare capacity.
• Coached an underperforming employee, which resulted in his performance improving so that he became a well-respected and productive member of the team.
• Overhauled software test procedures to achieve higher quality with less effort.
• Managed disaster recovery and business continuity efforts, including planning and exercises.

Lisle, Illinois, US

Teaching in the graduate program.

Managed product development and growth initiatives for a 50 employee online publishing company.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Managed strategic planning and growth initiatives for $325 million commercial avionics division.

Arlington, VA, US

Planned and conducted experimental flight tests and off-site deployments. Directed maintenance and modification work on test aircraft. Flew in V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook aircraft during flight test missions.

Randolph AFB, TX, US

Flight test engineer, 6519th Test Squadron, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB. Determined test requirements, planned missions and analyzed test data for cruise missile programs. Organized, trained and the led mission control team. Flew in B-52 aircraft during flight test missions.

Bs, Aeronautics And Astronautics

Master Of Engineering, Manufacturing

Mse, Aerospace Engineering

Certificate, Data Visualization And Analytics