Mark Abbott Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Anoka, Minnesota, United States

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

• Certified agile leader in CSM, CSPO, CAL-T, and CAL-E• Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement over 2 separate teams.• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. • Participate in SAFE events and actively engaged in program increment planning • Improved team velocity by over 30% through incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track. • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.

• Write complex code when needed or for my team of developers to use in RPGILE using latest techniques. o Including free form o Exclusive embedded SQLo Prototypes and modules.• Multi Award recognition for in depth assistance in critical system issues, Create a complex reusable application that saved the company over 300 FTE work hrs a month, and enterprise wide code that saved over 15TB of data and $600,000 on storage costs.• Lead and coach a team of developers by guiding them on IBMi best practices, push them for current coding standards, and provide feedback on different ways development can be done.• Manage developer workloads by providing coaching on how to handle a situation and stepping in when they are stuck or need help with escalations.• Write designs and/or review technical designs and functional specifications with Systems Analysts and business users to ensure that development follows the business requirements and technical best practices• Point person for all IT questions pertaining to Eligibility processes.• Sets vision for application teams working with Enterprise and Data Architects to ensure all are working toward long term technical goals • Created internal team processes to ensure all developers follow proper SDLC methods and documentation • Manage common IT processes, including the SDLC. Work with multiple internal and external groups to gather requirements, create a design, and facilitate testing and implementation.• Research and recommend changes where technology can be better used within the overall systems environment to improve efficiency, lower costs, and enhance the quality of business applications

• Manage common IT processes, including the SDLC and testing functions.Work with multiple internal and external groups to gather requirements, create a design, facilitate testing and implementation.• Collaborate across multiple teams to on large projects to ensure a smooth implementation of large cross-functional software.• Managed a large software migration of over 1.2 million accounts with minimal errors and zero downtime.• Created import and export utilities for external sensitive data as an object for reusability• Design and create SQL stored procedures and applications on a DB2 database.• Designed and Implemented many batch, screens with sub-files, and reports applications.• Designed and developed a set of system utilities to streamline repeatable processes and code reusability.• After hours on call support.

Results Leadership: Drives for Results Award winner Q3 2010• Managed a team of 3 on-shore and 8 off-shore contract workers.• Technical lead for deployment of multiple cross platform projects including: 3D Distribution Management, Domestic Transportation and Target.com Fulfillment Centers; with team members in the United States and India• Collaborated and designed a multi-tier non-production environment that has been used a model for other large non-production areas.• Managed multiple annual software releases of 40-50 projects or to over 40 Distribution Centers per release.• Implemented a Distribution Center schedule deployment process that reduced confirmation time by 22% and decreased reschedule requests by 97%.• Created and delivered process and training materials to 250 team members for Business Partner Testing, Defect Step-by-steps, and project dashboards.• Successfully managed a large source code migration effort from PVS Dimensions to Microsoft Team Foundation Servers• Created an interactive, full-service SharePoint site as a single communication point for all testing activities.

• Lead off-shore resources through design, construction and testing efforts on projects.• Testing Lead on multiple projects, including creating and implementing the test cases and reporting.• Develop test cases and data for thorough testing of the applications.• Implementation lead on multiple projects including pre and post implementation validation. • Analyze shared components, create back out plans, and verification steps for IT and the clients.• Transition to support lead on major projects.

Managed a small team of employees on the SDLC process to deliver quality processes in a timely manner.• Introduced a high level programming language to the group.• Team lead and representative at meetings.• Project management on new applications and requests.• Analysis, design and development of new applications.- Create test databases and also conducts QA on new applications.• Speed is Life award winner for 1st Quarter 2006.• Leadership award February 2006.• Implemented processes and procedures that greatly improved the teams’ effectiveness in communications and development.• Provide coaching to team members that have resulted in an overall performance increase.• Provide 24/7 on-call support for Recovery Management System (RMS).- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide on-going support of software applications via phone or in-person as needed.

- Provide project and development management for new applications.- Analysis, design and development of new applications.- Create test databases and also conducts QA on new applications.- Leadership Award for June 2005.- Production Maintenance consisting of the updating, modification, testing and repair of existing software.- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide on-going support of software applications via phone or in-person as needed.

- Analysis, design and development of new applications.- Create test databases and also conducts QA on new applications.- Production Maintenance consisting of the updating, modification, testing and repair of existing software.- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide on-going support of software applications via phone or in-person as needed.

- Analysis, design and development of new applications.- Web page design and development on AS/400 using CGI RPG programs, Create HTTP Server- Production Maintenance consisting of the updating, modification, testing and repair of existing software.- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide on-going support of software applications via phone or in-person as needed. - Pacesetter Award winner 1st Quarter 2003.- AS/400 administration responsibilities including daily back-ups, user configurations, software upgrades and additions.

- Responsible for program enhancements including creation, adaptation, integration and deployment of software to solve problems and enable new opportunities.- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide support of software applications to internal customers/regions via phone or in-person.- Production Maintenance consisting of the updating, modification, testing and repair of existing software to provide continued utility.- After hours on call support.- Analysis Design. Prepare and document design proposals.- Develop sample test scenarios to verify that unit development or modifications are functional.

- Production maintenance including updating, modification, testing and repair of existing software.- Small group and one-on-one training of new and modified software applications.- Provide on-going support of software applications to external customers via phone or in-person.- Testing of software development or modifications through development of sample test scenarios and data to verify software integrity.

Ba, Computer Information Systems

Graduated with a 3.59 GPA.

Associate, Computer Programmer/Analyst