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Berkeley, Ca, Us

Part-time consultant supporting an Agile transformation at a large medical non-profit

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• Developed and delivered Asana training for over 100 staff, including C-Suite, to ensure successful software utilization. Implemented Asana best practices for the Administration division, enhancing project efficiency by 20% and multiple new workflows. • Created 7 training decks covering 10 hours of material to equip staff with essential skills. •Created 5 new dashboards that showed status and progress at the project, portfolio and organization levels.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Transformed SRE, IT, Security and QA teams by implementing Agile and Scrum processes, increasing reliable delivery by 30%. Scrum mastered the teams in those principles, leading to a 15% improvement in estimation accuracy. Developed documentation and training materials.• Managed a significant portfolio of over 15 projects spanning enterprise network architecture, application development, firewall design, compliance, cloud technology, multi-unit APIs, IoT and IAM services. Implemented Infrastructure as a Service with Terraform, and rolled out Okta and Jamf company-wide. Supported integrations with Slack and Jira. Managed a large-scale infrastructure project, which enhanced connectivity across multiple business units and streamlined API integrations.• Facilitated security governance and risk management initiatives across 7 departments, identifying 20 areas for improvement. Improved delivery speed by 5% by standardizing project documentation and best practices. Adapted project management methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall) to enhance productivity by 10%.• Scrum Master for Data (LLM, chatgpt+) team, driving a 50% increase in delivery speed and a 75% boost in visibility. Oversaw LLM fine-tuning, data pipeline architecture, and CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Supported Salesforce Reports development and Snowflake.•Supported marketing efforts by developing and launching a new digital product from ideation to PR and full release.•Senior Jira Site Administrator with extensive experience using Smartsheets, Asana, Trello, Excel, Word, Jira Helpdesk, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Git, AWS, Kubernetes and Salesforce.

San Francisco, California, Us

⦁ Managed several full stack engineering teams with multiple methodologies depending on the needs of the project. Facilitated daily stand-ups, and sprint retro/planning sessions; guided teams on removing blockers. Facilitated all levels of team and leadership management leading to a 20% improvement delivery time and a 8% decrease in budget saving $1.1 million. Oversaw release planning and release management.⦁ Drove a huge website wide navigation revamp (UI/UX/Design) in four months with a full stack team of web developers, API revamp, designers, and mobile developers as we lived the entire SDLC in a Scrum or Kanban methodology. Developed mitigation plans for high risk services. Ran and delivered a huge infrastructure change: a data center to AWS cloud migration in under 90 days with 12 teams and 20 people updating our monolith and saving $3 million over the lifetime of the project in AWS fees. Facilitated IPO readiness efforts (ITGC, GDPR).⦁ Communicated to all stakeholders across the organization: C-suite, all hands, teams, stakeholders. Aligned multiple business units behind company-wide goals. Acted as a source of truth for projects and programs in flight. Regularly added to hiring loops for values and expertise fit.⦁ Jira administration - introduced Jira Roadmaps, built and edited workflows and screens, added visibility across the company and improved efficiency by 8%.

San Francisco, California, Us

⦁ Created and led cross-functional leadership teams and senior full stack teams for short-term/high impact projects like AWS and data migrations that came in 12% under budget and 10 days earlier than the project deadline.

San Francisco, California, Us

⦁ Led multiple full stack teams in Agile/Scrum/Kanban methodologies, increasing sprint delivery reliability from 65% to 87% in three months. Facilitated daily standups, sprint retro/planning sessions, and guided teams in removing blockers. ⦁ Ran large cross-team projects like AWS cloud migration and IPO readiness efforts, contributing to company growth and compliance (ITGC/GDPR).

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Us

⦁ Led a team of six senior systems administrators (Windows Server, Solaris and Red Hat Unix) supporting IT Operations: hardware builds, SaaS and containerized cloud services. Transitioned the team from a waterfall style of development to an Agile one increasing delivery by 15% in the first 3 months leading to a savings of $300k per quarter. Directed the Rally backlog as well as planned iterations. Scrum master, Agile, DevoOps coach for several teams: did daily standups, iteration planning, and Agile training both within the team as a part of a cross-functional one. Did employee development and performance management.⦁ Drove integration efforts as part of the airline merger/acquisition. Developed project based cross-functional teams to implement infrastructure refresh projects. Brought 100% of the projects in on time and on budget.⦁ Planned and prioritized standing up a new data center. Coordinated engineering efforts across divisions which led to a 3 sprint decrease in delivery time.

⦁ Executive level desktop support for startups, homes and small non-profits. ⦁ Maintained and implemented backup systems, build out new desktop and server systems. Helped implement telecommunications changeovers and expanded colo hosted rack services. MS Exchange and AD support. Widows and Mac desktop support.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Managed logistics for events at Herbst and Festival pavilions, overseeing up to 6,000 attendees. Supervised service contractors, ensuring smooth operations and delegating tasks effectively. Processed ticket orders and coordinated with clients on front-of-house and production needs.

Orinda, Ca, Us

• Devised IT policy and budget for the organization, overseeing IT contracting company.• Led a team to modernize online revenue channels, saving $600k and finishing 12% under budget.• Managed office operations efficiently, consistently saving $100k annually.

Orinda, Ca, Us

Orinda, Ca, Us