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Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Asset Movement, Business Process Management & Alerts Product Manager

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Leading teams in the Enterprise Capital Management and Balance Sheet Technology unit as a Scrum Master for critical teams on a project to replace the Bank’s existing regulatory reporting system that calculates the firm’s Risk Weighted Assets to satisfy Basel 3 • Identify and take ownership of resolving high-level issues for my team. Work with various Business IT stakeholders or other teams to resolve issues and mitigate risk.• Facilitate, lead and coach the Scrum team in all AGILE ceremonies and adherence to AGILE processes and controls. • Give status presentations to executive-level stakeholders and work closely with product owners and business partners to prioritize and plan workflow, ensuring a balance between meeting the needs of the business, and the capacity of the teams I lead.• Use consulting experience and finance knowledge to work with senior leadership to suggest and develop process improvements and help bridge the gap between business and IT. • Work to shield the Scrum team from external factors that would hinder progress of work. Drive issues to closure and make sure Scrum team has the support needed to resolve any issue.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Analyzed upcoming projects based on scope and impacted teams to determine the resources and the amount of dedicated time required to ensure successful delivery.  Personally responsible for identifying opportunities to support client needs and grow business for my consulting unit. Performed initial estimate, re-estimate and funding change requests based on changes in client needs or project scope.  Responsible for working with client to receive extra funding for necessary work.  Managed forecast and actual budgets of my consulting unit. Conducted continuous financial retrospectives as a key determining factor in estimating time allocation.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Served as leader of a project team’s Scrum Masters. Responsible for interfacing with the clients and product owners to ensure the scope that was delivered aligns with business requirements and project timelines.  Communicated status, health and risk of projects to internal project, executive level and client leadership.  Discussed and led implementation of mitigation efforts to address areas of risk impacting project scope and timeline across development teams.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Provided leadership to the team and facilitated daily activities. Tracked and reported metrics, facilitated iteration planning and issue/defect resolution. Ensured that team members adhered to the AGILE process and that work progressed. Attended project level meetings to report status and effectively communicate back to Scrum team

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Managed the requirements gathering process and ensured proper translation of business requirements into IT requirements. Ensured project participants’ adherence to best practices and controls throughout project life cycle across all applications and domains.  Worked to identify and mitigate risk throughout the project lifecycle using IBM’s software and requirements management best practices.  Created project deliverables and innovations designed to bring out issues and risks as early as possible in the design process in order to minimize costly rework and keep the project on time and within budget.  Managed client relationship and worked to sell client on the value of good Systems Engineering practices to grow my consulting unit’s business.  Interfaced with clients and project stakeholders in the construction and engineering project portfolio to ensure each project remained in scope, was delivered on time and satisfied all the business needs of the client

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for managing testing efforts of portfolio of projects across multiple software releases.  Analyzed testing schedules and data to make sure projects mitigated risk. Attended internal and client meetings discussing testing efforts and schedules.  Monitored communication within each project. Responsible for tracking testing defects, managing the resolution efforts and making sure defects were resolved quickly and efficiently.  Responsible for coordinating the efforts of multiple clients and globally diverse teams to ensure the project’s testing efforts were completed.  Led the effort to mitigate risk of not completing testing on schedule by working with the client and project stakeholders to formulate and execute the appropriate new plan.

Summer College Intern (Summer 2008) Assisted in an audit project to identify a $3.5 million account discrepancy. Rapidly promoted to intern supervisor and was given a team of interns to train and supervise. Also helped to make sure that the clients of the Department of Finance received payments in an orderly and timely fashion and that the transactions were properly recorded.