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• Managed an 8 person team of Development and QA resources• Held bi-weekly 1:1 meetings and prepared quarterly reviews for all direct reports• Worked with direct reports to define yearly personal goals• Interviewed and hired both Full-Time and Contract employees • Scrum master for 7 person Scrum team• Successfully guided multiple scrum teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development• Encouraged Scrum principles and helped enable and encourage continuous improvement within the team• Facilitated planning meetings, review meetings and retrospectives for my scrum team• Maintained TFS task board and produced progress and result information for others• Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity• Worked closely with the Product Owner to determine backlog priorities, coordinate refinement and determine release plans• Worked with IT to prepare and plan releases• Participated in multiple taskforces to help implement and improve our companies scrum practices and guide teams to enhance their performance• Coached new scrum masters and teams on Agile processes• Organized and managed UAT testing sessions of over 50 users

• Led several teams simultaneously of up to 14 people including in-house and overseas resources• Managed 10 person team over two separate three month periods • Led meetings and training sessions of up to 30 people throughout departments• Created estimates and schedules for short and long term projects• Interviewed both Full-Time and Contract employees • Trained and mentored new employees, ensure successful onboarding• Participated in scoping and project design for new and future projects• Constructed and executed test plans• Provide technical support and user acceptance demonstrations for the Operations department• Continually created, maintained and improved procedures, workflow documents and other diagrams used throughout departments

• Built and maintained automation test scripts using TestPartner• Wrote functional test cases using HP Quality Center• Developed and maintained customer facing specifications• Discovered and documented defects using HP Quality CenterCertification - IIST - Principles of Software Test Automation - 2008Certification - IIST - Managing the Software Testing Process - 2008Certification - IIST - Principles of Software Testing - 2007Certification - IIST - Developing Reusable Test Designs - 2007

• Wrote functional test cases using QADirector• Performed white and black box testing• Discovered and documented defects using StarTeamCertification - IIST - Database Application Testing Fundamentals - 2005Certification - IIST - Database Testing: (SQL) for Test Professionals - 2005

Bs, Computer Science

Mini Master Of Project Management