Patrick Powers Email & Phone Number

Versatile and highly motivated. I’m conversant in many areas of software development and agile methodologies with emphasis on best practices, continuous delivery and deployment. I offer skills in strategic planning, product development, and Scrum leadership gained over 25+ years of professional experience. In that time, I have guided complex operational infrastructure systems from conception to completion at the head of cross-functional teams. In addition to being a JIRA administrator I have multi platform experience such Linux, Unix, Windows. I am an engaging leader, one who builds consensus on critical initiatives. I strive to apply the full range of my experience and abilities in all that I do.

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  Director Of Operations

  Information Builders

  Jun 1992 - Present - New York, Ny

  In this role, I orchestrated all aspects of development, testing, and QA installation of Information Builders core JAVA product WEBFOCUS as a champion of continuous improvement. Collaborated across development, product management, and Quality Control teams to deploy rapid deliveries and ensure customer satisfaction. As a JIRA administrator, I managed all aspects of JIRA to enhance productivity, including workflows, custom fields, issue types, screens scheme, dashboards, filters, scrum and kanban boards. As the divisional Scrum Master, I over saw all divisional scrum ceremonies sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint review, sprint retrospectives and “scrum of scrums”. As a configuration’s specialist and divisional point person, I approved all WebFOCUS customer install specifications prior to installation. • Administered all aspects of JIRA for 500 users.• Lead Scrum Master for entire division of 200+ employees.• Oversaw all Scrum ceremonies for the division. • Led 5 scrum teams to productivity.• Built high-performance technical teams and mentored promising professionals into managers.• Lead mentor to divisional Scrum Masters. • Leveraged extensive knowledge of Windows, Unix, Linux, OS400; application servers Tomcat, IBM WebSphere and Liberty Server, Oracle BEA WebLogic; databases Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, and MySQL to drive continuous integration and delivery.• Served as principle architect for the configuration of a collaborative project with IBM on AS400 using Liberty application server – delivered annual revenue of $10M year after year.• Secured maintenance deal worth $1M+ as lead architect for install/configuration of WebFOCUS on MVS/zOS using WebSphere and DB2.• Managed highly complex Source Control System (CVS) comprised of wrapper programs and stored metadata in a PostgreSQL database.• Created simple Docker image of WebFOCUS to serve as a proof of concept for the division.

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  Adelphi University

  Bachelor Of Math And Computer Science