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Florida, United States

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Co-Created the Enterprise Agile Product Management Lifecycle DocumentAligned all adaptive delivery teams to a single cadence for sprint and quarterly planningCreated a single system of record in Azure DevOps as well as a single source of info in SharepointDeveloped a skill development system for Scrum Masters and CoachesOrganized an Agile Leadership Coalition to assist with the guidance and support of the transformationOversaw the Azure DevOps restructuring and Process Template creation and applicationOversaw the Active Directory integration of security in Azure DevOpsCreated alignment with EPMO to develop a single intake model of work, as well as create the "hybrid" delivery model for the enterpriseCoordinated and facilitated the creation of the Agile Center of Excellence which encapsulated the Product Owner and Scrum Master Communities of Practice.Worked with the Business Analyst community to create a shared library of processes and terms through the BA CoP.Created a resource library around Agile practices and Leadership DevelopmentCo-Created the Agile Implementation Roadmap in Azure DevOps (ADO) for transparency and collaboration of changes in the organizationPerformed training around Kanban and ADO structure and setupManaged the team of Scrum Masters and a Business analyst

Consultant helping various entities and organizations throughout the world embrace the new landscape of customer centricity and employee satisfaction through leadership development and delivery excellence.

Remote

Guide the organization in the massive undertaking of becoming an Agile organization through practices, processes, metrics implementation, and cultural shifts. Actively integrate scrum guide, Agile Manifesto, Actionable Agile, psychological safety, kanban and SAFe to assist and guide the enterprise. Administered several individual software delivery projects from an infrastructure and operations perspective from initiation to delivery. SAFe Scrum Master and VersionOne project administrator administering personnel allocation of team members across several delivery and enhancement projects. Implement Agile principles in daily scrum meetings and Agile ceremonies.Participate and coordinate quarterly project initiative meetings (aka PI meetings), identifying project and feature delivery expectations and cross-team dependencies. Create, initiate, and manage quarterly and iteration project requirements. Perform daily scrum meetings for tracking and capacity burndown for iterations and project resource utilization tracking and reporting. Coordinate with development teams to establish team support requirements for forecasting of velocity.Develop roadmap for transformation, creating milestones for maturity. Develop strategy with corporate leadership regarding Agile Leadership and corporate changes to support agility practices through Business Agility practices. Develop business value proposition techniques through Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), Cost of Delay (COD), CD3, and other techniques that take the customer centric ideas and apply them contextually to product delivery.Guide in the development of the product mindset and product delivery, steering away from the project mentality.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Seasoned technology professionals and Agile Coaches who strive to serve others and help them find the best in themselves. We can help represent and develop the company objectives and values through presentation, consultation, promotion, and service. A proven record of success in coaching people and teams into healthy agile behavior through training, mentoring, coaching, and facilitating. Results-oriented attitude enables all levels of an organization to unlock their potential, inspire innovation, find psychological safety, and realize productivity benefits.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Guide the organization in the massive undertaking of becoming an Agile organization through practices, processes, metrics implementation, and cultural shifts. Actively integrate scrum guide, Agile Manifesto, Actionable Agile, psychological safety, kanban and SAFe to assist and guide the enterprise. Administered several individual software delivery projects from an infrastructure and operations perspective from initiation to delivery. SAFe Scrum Master and VersionOne project administrator administering personnel allocation of team members across several delivery and enhancement projects. Implement Agile principles in daily scrum meetings and Agile ceremonies. Participate and coordinate quarterly project initiative meetings (aka PI meetings), identifying project and feature delivery expectations and cross-team dependencies. Create, initiate, and manage quarterly and iteration project requirements. Perform daily scrum meetings for tracking and capacity burndown for iterations and project resource utilization tracking and reporting. Coordinate with development teams to establish team support requirements for forecasting of velocity.Develop roadmap for transformation, creating milestones for maturity. Develop strategy with corporate leadership regarding Agile Leadership and corporate changes to support agility practices through Business Agility practices. Develop business value proposition techniques through Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), Cost of Delay (COD), CD3, and other techniques that take the customer centric ideas and apply them contextually to product delivery. Guide in the development of the product mindset and product delivery, steering away from the project mentality.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Guide and guard Agile Teams toward cultural health, as an Agile Coach by employing leadership and coaching techniques consistent with the vision and mission of the transformation team. By creating and facilitating sessions for planning, execution, continuous improvement, and by developing psychological safety, we were able to witness an organization's cultural transformation toward self-organization, team accountability, and an experimental safe to fail culture from management and leadership to the individual contributor. Reduced burnout and higher talent retention are an expected outcome from the maturity and high performance of the teams. Tools employed are Management 3.0, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and multitude of other sources of leadership and management development.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Perform Technical Lead on BaS&E 4.2 product release. Perform architectural reviews of systems and provide input to PMO in regards to risk and schedule. Create an Integrated Master Schedule in Microsoft Project for tracking of milestones and resources throughout SDLC. Created monthly reports of user activity and data validation for presentation to Program Office. Assist in developing Statement of Work proposals toward Request for Proposals for Government contracts. Provide Program Manager with technical specifications and realistic milestones for completion by contracted personnel. Suggest and implement advanced solutions for future support of PMO testing division. Participated in weekly status meetings to inform government officials of project status. Maintain and configure all network infrastructure in support of the PMO support team. Create and maintain all documentation pertaining to the systems. Peer review documentation from development team in support of the Program Management Office. Evaluated and updated Risk Analysis for customers. Perform System administration and Database Administration tasks as required.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Performed as Technical Lead on LOGFAC 3.0 major release project from initiation to delivery and closing. Participated and provided guidance regarding risk identification, requirements feasibility, design, implementation, and delivery. Suggested and implemented advanced solutions for future support of PMO testing division by incorporating resolutions to project lessons learned. Essential in the development of Integrated Master Schedule in Microsoft Project for presentation to Government officials on LOGFAC 3.0 project. Formulated and delivered contract schedule change and extension proposal to corporate and government officials in LOGFAC, due to scope creep. Performed weekly status meetings to inform government officials of project status, deliver phase deliverables, and resolve scope, risk, resource, and scheduling conflicts. Evaluated and updated Risk Analysis for customers. Reviewed and recommended resumes based on skills and abilities as well as performed interviews. Developed equipment refresh requirements, in conjunction with Oracle Reps. Provided technical evaluation of Equipment Refresh in conjunction with Oracle Reps to replace Sun T5240 with Sun T4-2 systems and 7120 NAS Systems. Evaluated the capability of virtualizing all T5240 systems onto T4-2 systems with NAS, and provided analysis for purchasing and implementation.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Perform duties as President for a non profit organization. Administer Advisory Board meetings and Board meetings to discuss vision and mission. Collect data from Advisory board on high need, low availability positions with high wage requirements in order to coordinate with academia regarding future curricullum and incentives. Solidify the accurement of supplies and equipment for use in academia. Approve and award scholarship and internships.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Actively seeking and developing strong UNIX base of understanding and administration experience. Assign permissions to files in SUDO. Complete patient data merges as well as administering systems by deleting process info which causes errors. Completed certified and authorized UNIX fundamentals class offered by DISA, as well as college courses on basic UNIX programming. Currently perform duties as a junior UNIX systems administrator. Monitor and repair Egate and Tuxedo issues. Move, change, and delete files using SSH Putty and SCP. Perform daily system checks on UNIX systems. Presently perform duties of UNIX and Microsoft administrator. Run preconfigured scripts. Applies a comprehensive knowledge and skill in applying customer support concepts and methods; procedures for troubleshooting and recovering systems and files; installed applications, protocols, and schedules in order to serve as senior customer technical analyst with responsibility for resolving the most complex customer problems. Applies a comprehensive knowledge of systems integration, performance tuning, evaluation methods and procedures, and project management principles sufficient to maintain, plan and coordinate the installation of new products or equipment in a server environment. Apply a comprehensive knowledge of the operating system, applications, and platform environment to support customer processing, backups, applications and configurations.

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Applies a comprehensive knowledge and skill in applying customer support concepts and methods; procedures for troubleshooting and recovering systems and files; installed applications, protocols, and schedules in order to serve as senior customer technical analyst with responsibility for resolving the most complex customer problems. Applies a comprehensive knowledge of systems integration, performance tuning, evaluation methods and procedures, and project management principles sufficient to maintain, plan and coordinate the installation of new products or equipment in a server environment. Apply a comprehensive knowledge of the operating system, applications, and platform environment to support customer processing, backups, applications and configurations.

Handpicked to develop technical qualifications section of request for proposal to support base wide contract for information technology needs to include helpdesk, client support administration, computer equipment accounts, etc. Developed contracts in conjunction with finance section and contracting office for the support of military and civilian unit after departure. Delivered metrics and reports to leadership on IT operations and status. Direct line of communication to customers and higher officials ensuring seamless implementation of fix actions. Evaluated and recommended selection of new systems diagnostic tools while researching all the new directions of the industry. In an attempt to streamline service, recommended Sun systems for technicians on the maintenance floor. Technical evaluator for proposals submitted on Hill AFB wide information technology contract. Specialized leader and technical supervisor of all IT operations. Received various recognition for excellent customer service. Singlehandedly functioned as Client Support Administrator and Helpdesk for over 500+ computer systems for 6 months while awaiting contract approval. Provided a single point of contact for 500+ users in regard to computer support at 309 MMXG with no lateral support; installed and configured commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications and software/hardware enhancement products on a daily basis, while ensuring compliance with license agreements and DOD regulations. Selected specific equipment to perform hardware refresh, and provided suggestions to Government.