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Waukegan, Illinois, United States

Buffalo Grove, Il

Facilitator• Studied modern facilitation techniques, including World Café and Open Space.• Hosted groups of technical co-workers to establish organizational areas for change.• Designed and facilitated large group collaboration meetings as part of an internal department improvement program. • Participated in post session retrospectives to improve facilitation outcomes.• Led periodic user group meetings to provide process training and best practice sharing.

Buffalo Grove, Il

Firmware 3.5 and Siemens Appliance 1.0Test Lead for two concurrent building automation software development projects. Utilized agile Scrum methodology and risk based test plans to meet defined schedules and budget targets.• Managed onshore and offshore testing teams for device firmware project. • Directed testing of software appliance for installation workflow automation.• Achieved quality by test reviews, and coaching and motivating testers.APOGEE Insight Workstation 3.6 – 3.9.1, and InfoCenter 1.6Tester for multiple project revisions for building automation workstation software. Transitioned from waterfall process to Agile Scrum methodology.• Coordinated efforts with offshore counterparts. • Responsible for specific areas of functionality as functional tester.• Learned BACnet protocol as well as proprietary communication protocol.

Buffalo Grove, Il

APOGEE Insight Workstation 3.2 – Life Safety Integration Tester of the initial integration of the Insight Workstation with Life Safety and Security networks.

Buffalo Grove, Il

Project Leader I (Scrum Master, CSM, Business Analyst)Managed, scheduled and budgeted multiple building automation agile software projects to help customers control building conditions and archive system condition data. InfoCenter 1.6.5 Project Led data archival project, the first fully offshore development project for the organization.• Applied Certified Scrum Master knowledge to manage the project• Traveled to India to train testers in best practices and develop relationships with team. • Optimized personnel usage, minimizing support by local staff. • Used Scrum methods to negotiate with interfacing project to manage critical dependencies.• Employed scrum process to bring $1M project to market within planned schedule and budget.• Managed and prioritized product backlog in coordination with Product Owner.• Defined Sprint Backlogs and tracked task completion progress.• Participated in Sprint Demos and Retrospectives to get feedback and adjust plans.Custom Solutions ProjectLed custom software projects requested by end users including negotiation of scope of work, estimation, quotation, scheduling, job progress monitoring and control.• Implemented lean agile process to minimize resource needs and control cost.• Created user stories, assembled product backlog and tracked task completion progress.• Led user story refinement and estimates process.• Coordinated post-delivery technical support, and provided monthly status report to management.• Managed integration of third-party software products using Windows Services and web applications.• Collaborated with Application Engineers, internal or external Developers, and third party software companies.• Developed innovative approach for standardizing repetitive aspects of custom projects, increasing margins by 10% and decreasing response time by 30%.• Negotiated contracts with outside development contractors to ensure beneficial terms.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.3

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, 3.8

Certificate In C++, Computer Science, 3.9