Mike Achilles

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Technology / Management Consultant @ Springbach Consulting
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Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, United States, United States
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About Mike Achilles

Mike Achilles is a passionate technologist with over 20 years of experience in developing web and mobile platforms, building technology teams and launching products to market.As a technologist, Mike has worked his way up through the technology life cycle as a developer, analyst, architect, scrum master, delivery manager, technical director, agile coach and founder. His experience includes the full software development life cycle using a variety of methodologies including agile and waterfall across numerous platforms. He is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from the Scrum Alliance, a Certified SAFe Practitioner (SP) and far exceeds the PMP qualifications. Being hands on, Mike actively participates in developing product requirements, technical architecture discussions and even codes when the opportunity arises.Mike has had enormous success in building and managing teams and projects for both large and small initiatives using local, nearshore and offshore resources. He prides himself in his ability to get teams working at their peak and being able to relate to and communicate with customers and stakeholders at large. Mike also serves as an advisor and consultant to organizations needing leadership in product management, software development, qa, dev ops and agile for new teams. Mike enjoys using his years of experience by rolling up his sleeves to help struggling companies in technology, sales, marketing and operations. He also has a interest in data analytics, AI, online marketing, rfid technologies and is a whiskey ambassador.

Mike Achilles's Current Company Details
Springbach Consulting

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Mike Achilles Work Experience Details
  • Springbach Consulting
    Master Scrum Guy | Agile Leadership Expert
    Springbach Consulting Nov 2022 - Present
    Dallas, Texas, Us
    Serves as a senior-level Scrum Master at Pepsi collaborating with Springbach to drive agile excellence and deliver high-impact solutions. With extensive experience in this role, he facilitates the seamless adoption and execution of Agile methodologies, enabling cross-functional teams to achieve peak performance.Mike excels at fostering a culture of continuous improvement by identifying and removing impediments, optimizing workflows, and aligning team objectives with organizational goals. He leverages a deep understanding of Scrum principles and Agile frameworks to mentor team members, enhance collaboration, and ensure the timely delivery of complex projects.Through his leadership, Mike contributes to the transformation of strategic visions into tangible outcomes, consistently delivering value and innovation within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
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  • The Mary Celeste Whiskey And Wine Library
    Founder / Investor / Owner Operator
    The Mary Celeste Whiskey And Wine Library Nov 2018 - Aug 2022
    Envisioned, established, and successfully operated a distinctive whiskey and wine library and restaurant designed to offer curated tasting experiences paired with tapas. From conceptualizing the restaurant’s unique theme to meticulously overseeing the physical buildout, Mike demonstrated exceptional creativity and strategic foresight. He navigated complex regulatory processes to secure food safety certifications and actively participated in both bar and kitchen operations to uphold service excellence. In addition, Mike recruited, hired, and trained a team that embodied the establishment’s vision, ensuring a cohesive customer experience. He also managed all facets of daily operations, including inventory management, customer engagement, and financial oversight. This comprehensive and hands-on endeavor underscores Mike’s ability to blend innovative thinking with operational precision to create a sustainable and memorable business.
  • Self-Employed
    Technology Management Consultant
    Self-Employed Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
    SR SCRUM MASTER (RETAIL) 10/2022 - PRESENTSR SCRUM MASTER / AGILE COACH (RETAIL)KEURIG / DR PEPPER 2/21 – 11/21 VIA THE MARY CELESTE / CLEARBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY (REMOTE)Sr Scrum Master / Program Manager on multiple projects for IT, Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Teams. Projects included overseeing the migration and new implementations of Oracle CRM, Performance Monitoring using DataDog on Swat Team.SR SCRUM MASTER / AGILE COACH (MEDICAL DEVICE / WASTE WATER) SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS 3/20 – 9/20 VIA THE MARY CELESTE / APN SOFTWARE (REMOTE)Project Manager / Scrum Master on multiple projects including medical device development and testing and wastewater treatment plant construction. Helped team migrate into an Agile environment,
  • State Street Bank
    Senior Engagement Manager / Scrum Master
    State Street Bank Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
    Leads group of Oracle Engagement Cloud developers for enhancements and upgrades. Leads AWS consultants, partner, and client teams to manage and deliver AWS cloud products and services that enable customers to realize their business objectives. Technologies include ECS, Redis, Neptune, ECR, ECS Cluster, RDS and infrastructure as code templates for contact tracing software implementation.
  • Self-Employed
    Startup Advisor
    Self-Employed Mar 2013 - Dec 2020
    Los Angeles, Us
    Startup Advisor offering technology, operations and sales support. Provides expertise in building web and mobile apps focusing on revenue generating features. Will help lead technology, building working marketing plans, develop sales funnel and operationally bring it all together.Worked with some great startups including:- Mundial Sports Group (sports entertainment)- Linehire (hr technology)- Men’s Trading Post (retail / e-commerce)- Global Career Center (hr technology)- Crowd Recruiting (hr technology)- Baby Broadcast (telecommunications)- The Mary Celeste Whiskey and Wine Lounge (restaurant / bar)#startup #coo
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  • Apn Software Services Inc
    Sr Scrum Master And Agile Evangelist
    Apn Software Services Inc Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
    Newark, California, Us
    Scrum Master overseeing four medical device agile R&D and manufacturing teams in large research and development project at Siemens Healthineers. Transitioned teams from adhoc agile practices to more mature ones. Introduced SAFE model and prepared the teams for successful PI planning sessions. Optimized the team’s use of Azure DevOps (AzDO) for agile planning and day to day activities.
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  • Ipt Associates
    Sr. Systems Devops Scrum Master And Project Lead
    Ipt Associates Sep 2018 - Dec 2019
    Burlington, Massachusetts, Us
    Lead a major conversion to the AWS cloud at BrightMLS involving 30 project team members and stakeholders across the organization and through multiple vendors. Also lead a scrum and kanban team of systems, network, application and qa engineers as the development operations team scrum master. Transitioned the team into agile by providing SAFE Scaled Agile best practices and leadership.Team Focus:- Conversion of systems to AWS cloud- Agile Leadership- Network Administration: Infrastructure Support- Network Administration: Application Support- Database Administration- Release Management- DevOps CI/CD Pipeline Support- QA Systems Integration- Architecture Support- Systems Support- Training
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  • Jedwards International, Inc.
    Dynamics Erp Systems Strategist
    Jedwards International, Inc. May 2018 - Jan 2019
    Braintree, Ma, Us
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Marketing, CRM, NAV ERP Project Lead and Strategist.Providing functional and technical oversight to system operations, implementation, customizations and training. Leading implementation of logistics shipping solution, warehouse management solution,marketing solution and e-commerce store.Technologies include Microsoft Dynamics Navision, CRM, Power BI, Magento, Scribe, Sql. Marketing technologies include Facebook Ads Manager and Business Manager, Click Dimensions, Google Analytics, Instagram, Twitter and more.
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  • Insight Global
    Project Lead Consultant Learning Systems
    Insight Global Jan 2018 - May 2018
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Project Lead consultant at global management strategy firm Boston Consulting Group. Worked with international HR Learning Systems team in the development and support of Lab, BCG’s learning platform which provides virtual and live training to consultants, project leads and partners worldwide. Integrated agile best practices to streamline development, qa and product management teams.
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  • Computer Enterprises, Inc.
    Devops Scrum Master Contractor
    Computer Enterprises, Inc. Mar 2017 - Dec 2017
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us
    Consultant for multiple onshore, near shore and offshore Dev Ops teams supporting the enterprise wide agile transformation at Anthem, the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield AssociationLaunched new Kanban, scrumban and scrum teams with Agile best practices using Atlassian Jira and Confluence suite. Worked with Anthem internal customers defining features, sla’s and roadmap for implementation. Increased productivity, decreased cycle time and instituted best practices for help desk optimization.Lead teams as scrum master supporting multiple technologies across the devops sdlc including bitbucket, bamboo, build forge, uDeploy, artifactory, rational, clearcase, sonarqube, splunk, mainframe, .net, java, AWS, and more. Liaison with other teams including architecture, CI / CD and test automation teams for support and dependencies.Performed role of interim Product Owner and onboarded new product owner for customer focused team. Together we established team agreements and communication plans with the team and lead the team to a mature agile team in a short amount of time.
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  • Crowd Recruiting Corp
    Hr Technology Startup Founder
    Crowd Recruiting Corp Nov 2013 - Dec 2016
    Founder of international hr technology platform for recruiting. Lead technology strategy, operations and sales. Acquired 5,000+ users from over 100 countries with a very low cost per acquisition. Integrated third party vendor platforms such as Box, Salesforce and Mailchimp and engineered api for leading applicant tracking systems.#founder #startups #hrtech
  • Cisco
    Agile Coach (Consultant)
    Cisco Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Lead 11 local and remote teams as agile coach in their agile transformation. Held team based and one on one sessions with product owner, scrum master, architect, engineering manager and qa manager. Attended ceremonies providing guidance on how to optimize the results of them. As someone who came up through the development life cycle, I was able to provide real world best practices to develop standards and consistency across all eleven teams while promoting scrum principles provided by the Scrum Alliance and the Scaled Agile Framework.Reported the results of the team based agile assessments to executive agile office.#agile #agilecoach
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  • Universal Mind
    Senior Delivery Manager | Scrum Master
    Universal Mind Jul 2014 - Jul 2016
    Denver, Co, Us
    Oversaw the development of the Meijer retail clients web and mobile e-commerce platform.Managed team of designers, developers and qa resources to prioritize, build and test features for the client. As the vendor Delivery Manager, liaised with key stakeholders at the client and with other vendors to provide status, escalate issues and ensure internal processes merged with client processes. Technologies include html, .net, ios, web services, team foundation server (tfs), sharepoint, jira and confluence.Also managed multiple technical audits addressing security and performance concerns.Certified Scrum Master (CSP) and Safe Practicioner (SP)#scrummaster #ecommerce #retailtech
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  • Lela, Inc.
    Scrum Master | Interim Cto
    Lela, Inc. Oct 2013 - May 2014
    New York, Ny, Us
    Lead 19 resources across the web, mobile, reporting, data technology and vendor teams. Managed and groomed product backlog, lead sprint planning sessions and retrospectives. Built e-commerce platform, integrations with other e-commerce platforms, and apis with various email marketing and analytics platforms.Used Jira and Confluence to manage sprints, documentation and product road map. Worked directly with data research and data analytics team, account management, sales, marketing and executive management to lead product direction and implementation across the e-commerce technology startup.
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  • Autopart International
    Bi Project Manager (Consultant)
    Autopart International Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
    Norton, Ma, Us
    Oversaw implementation of Zilliant pricing engine. Managed vendor lead team and internal dba’s and stakeholders. Presented ongoing project status to executive management team and managed day to day milestones. Used Tableau for statistical analysis and business intelligence against ms sql database.
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  • Simmons College
    Project Manager Bi | Hr Strategy (Consultant)
    Simmons College Sep 2012 - Mar 2013
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Developed HRIS / HCM technology strategy for Simmons College. Interviewed stakeholders to determine ERP needs to define business case for executive management and board of directors. Worked with external vendors including Workday, ADP, Paycom and Mercer to define product capabilities, pricing and to define implementation Senior consultant overseeing the integration of the Informer reporting and business intelligence tools. Interviewed institution wide management team to ensure project team was accounting for stakeholder needs. Lead development and analyst team, set project scope and timelines, reported to management on weekly status and deliverables. Technologies include: Entrinsik Informer Business Intelligence Tool, Datatel Colleague and SQL.
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  • Harvard Business Publishing
    Senior Project Manager (Consultant)
    Harvard Business Publishing Nov 2011 - Oct 2012
    Brighton, Ma, Us
    Senior Project Management consultant overseeing the mass conversion of the Harvard Business School Case publication collections to an electronic xml, xhtml, pdf and epub, ebook format. Orchestrated and lead team of leading publishing experts in the design, architecture, development and testing of the conversion process. Reviewed process containing upCAST, xml schemas, dtd’s, schematrons and designed custom dashboard and control panel to monitor the progress in a production environment.
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  • Universal Mind
    Delivery Manager | Sr Project Manager
    Universal Mind Mar 2010 - Oct 2011
    Denver, Co, Us
    Actively consulted as a Delivery Manager/Sr Project Management Consultant overseeing the engineering of multiple projects including a multi-million dollar enterprise e-learning platform with an emphasis on Language and Arts and Science in K-12. Introduced agile practices to a client based waterfall team and managed a cross breed methodology incorporating the best of both agile and waterfall practices.• Managed $3.5 million dollar resource budget• Managed 17 US based remote engineers with flex, jsp, ajax and java skillsets• Liased with key stakeholders including the: European Program Office, 3rd Party European Development Vendor, India Based QA and on and offshore content development teams.• Technologies: Flex 3.0, JSP, Java, Solr, Oracle, Jira, Flash, Spring MVC, Apache Tiles, XHTML, MS Project
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  • Cengage
    Scrum Master (Consultant)
    Cengage Jul 2007 - Mar 2010
    Senior project consultant overseeing the development of the national (SAM) Skills Assessment Manager Microsoft Office 2007 Learning Management System (LMS), a web-based application and content delivery system now delivering over 30 million exams world-wide.• Organized team of 23+ individuals in the product management, editorial, software development and QA teams through the successful re-design and development of an enterprise level .Net 2.0, 3.0, Flex and Sql Server training system.• Liaised with executive and local management on product strategy, features, process improvement and budgets• Managed 3 products and 5 simultaneous projects through 5 major and 6 minor releases • Managed 4 off-shore software engineering and content vendors including contracts and project maintenance• Technologies: .Net (2.0, 3.0), SQL, Java, Flex, WPF, Flash, Captivate
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  • Hollister Staffing
    Sr Advisor To Technology Group
    Hollister Staffing Mar 2007 - Jun 2007
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Subject matter expert to the technology group for advice and leadership on technical personnel including developers, analysts, project managers, dba’s, desktop support and network engineers.
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  • State Street
    Sr. Project Manager Consultant
    State Street Oct 2006 - Jan 2007
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    Project Manager overseeing the re-architecture of a multi-phase Powerbuilder based ETL application to Informatica.• Managed team of full-time and part-time developers and quality assurance personnel on and offshore• Performed ongoing management and improvement of SDM deliverables• Assisted with analysis to ensure requirements were fully documented within an aggressive schedule• Technologies: Informatica, SQL, Oracle 10g, Java, J2EE, Powerbuilder,
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  • Freddie Mac
    Sr. Project Manager Disaster Recovery Consultant
    Freddie Mac Mar 2006 - Aug 2006
    Mclean, Va, Us
    Project Manager overseeing the improvement of business continuity plans (BCP) for the tier 1 recovery of the investment and capital market trade desks at the disaster recovery site.• Managed team of trade desk support personnel implementing 1 hour recovery of complete workstation including software (Bloomberg, Reuters, Blackrock, etc), hardware (pc, monitors, Bloomberg Anywhere keyboards) using Altiris Deployment and Recovery Solution • Managed effort for improved recovery of voice communications (digital / VoIP phones, turret, voice recordings)• Ongoing management of SDLC deliverables including budget and cost containment
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  • Fannie Mae
    Business Process Management Consultant
    Fannie Mae Aug 2005 - Jan 2006
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
    Performed extensive business process management (BPM) analysis and engineering for the recommendation of best industry practices in the systems life cycle improvement of a mortgage based Data Management system on short term contract. • Interviewed stakeholders and incorporated company wide and industry based standards into a best practice Data Mapping software life cycle approach that meets the needs of the business unit.• Identified issues and risks in the documentation of the current state • Recommended solutions and timelines while balancing the need for process with resource limitations• Created Road Map on how to achieve a CMM level 3 for the future state in the short term.
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  • United States Department Of Defense
    Technical Director (Consultant)
    United States Department Of Defense Apr 2005 - Aug 2005
    Washington, Dc, Us
    Technical Director overseeing development and environment teams as sub-contractor on DOD Medical Surveillance GIS web portal for the EI/DS Program Office of Department of Defense (DOD)• Managed installation of multi-tiered architecture including secured AIX ML6 and Windows environments• Managed team of 9 software analysts, developers and testers using j2ee, java, DB2, ESRI arcIMS, Informatica, Web sphere, ESRI’s arcIMS, Cognos ReportNet (CRN) and LDAP connectivity using CMM Level III processes.• ADP-II Security Clearance Application Submitted • Technologies: Java, J2EE, DB2, Informatica, arcIMS, ESRI
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  • John Hancock
    Sr. Project Manager - Data Systems (Consultant)
    John Hancock Sep 2004 - Apr 2005
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Project Manager on the largest release of Wealth Management's CSC Vantage-One Annuity System. Managed Business System Analysts, Business Users, QA Engineers, Test Leads and other personnel for Vantage Mainframe Integration from V11 and V15.03 to 15.16.• Managed conversion of legacy system databases and systems• Developed resource planning estimates for test preparation and execution• Interviewed Project Managers, Business Systems Analysts and QA Engineers.• Technologies: Informatica, Oracle 9i, SQL Server, EJB (Java Beans), Business Objects
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  • Sales Trends Network
    Sr. Project Manager / Architect
    Sales Trends Network Aug 2004 - Nov 2004
    Designed front and backend processing for telephony based e-commerce product for a sales and marketing based company. Integrated Salesforce.com CRM API (Customers, Sales, Pipeline) with local database and web front end.• Technologies: .ASP, Java, SQL Server, HTML, CSS
  • Multiplan
    Business Process (Bpm) Consultant
    Multiplan Jul 2003 - Aug 2004
    New York, Ny, Us
    Business Applications & Planning Engineer - Private Healthcare Services (PHCS)Consultant overseeing assessment and documentation of business processes for redesign of corporate wide Contract Administration System (CAS).• Developed business assessment documents and process flow charts for the web-based administration of contracts with healthcare facilities and healthcare systems.• Analyzed process flows and system functionality to provide snapshot of redesigned web portal.• Technologies: Visual Basic, Java, Oracle 9iSr. Project Manager, Consultant, Private Healthcare Services (PHCS)Project Manager overseeing six (6) projects focusing on the development of a Facility Modeling Contract system for largest healthcare network provider. • Technologies: DB2, Cognos Reportnet for online analytics (OLAP), Java and Java Beans.
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Mike Achilles Skills

Sdlc Vendor Management Business Analysis Business Intelligence Agile Methodologies Management Project Management Start Ups Team Leadership Product Management Scrum Strategic Planning Pmp Software Project Management Analysis Program Management Project Portfolio Management Software Development Business Process Improvement Process Improvement Change Management Agile Project Management Project Planning Project Delivery It Management Operations Management Project Implementation Jira Software Engineering Process Engineering Software Design Business Transformation Process Development Project Execution Budgeting Planning Problem Solving Startup Strategy Management Consulting Mobile Technology Consulting Enterprise Software Leadership Integration It Strategy Business Process Requirements Analysis Budgets Forecasting Offshore Pmi Project Coordination Pmbok Vendor Relations It Governance Project Governance Software Development Life Cycle Start Up Consulting Start Up Ventures Startup Development Technology Entrepreneurship

Mike Achilles Education Details

  • Suffolk University - Sawyer Business School
    Suffolk University - Sawyer Business School
    Finance

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