Scrum Master / Technical Project Manager – Agile TransformationUS Department of Agriculture (TECHPerm LLC – Contractor) Oct 2023 to Present• Agile Scrum Master and Technical Project Manager for the USDA REE-ARIS Modernization Program in the migration of 30+ Oracle applications to Microsoft Power Apps Components and over 500+ reports using Power BI Analytics.• Responsible for leading the Technical Team in the overall implementation and replacement of the current infrastructure and Oracle applications to improve overall functionality, usability and flexibility to meet critical business requirements and overall user experience.• Orchestrate the Agile Kanban Standup meetings to obtain updates from each member in the Project Team and conducted “Pineapple” sessions after Standup to address any blockers and issues to remove obstacles.• Utilize and responsible for customization of GitHub and ADO tools to capture all tasks and issues for Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives held bi-weekly. • Schedule meeting cadence to drive delivery schedules with the Project Team which included Business Analysts/Testers, Wireframing, UI and API Developers.• Expert using MS Project and Excel to build detailed project schedules and plans to assist in understanding the complexity of the Program Workstreams and efforts to support established delivery schedules.• Responsible for the design and development of Status Reporting Dashboards using MS PowerPoint that were distributed to senior leadership on a weekly basis to provide technical details for each of the Applications in scope for delivery.• Key leader within the Project Management Office (PMO) and responsible for strategic direction and oversight of the 21 member Project Team with alignment with the Director and Program Manager.• Developed GitHub to meet Program requirements and reorganization of Phases to manage the Project Team issues and tasks across each of the Applications.

Scrum Master/Project Manager – Agile TransformationWendy’s Company (TEKsystems – Contractor) Nov 2022 to Jul 2023• Lead Scrum Master/Project Manager for the Data Factory Team (DFT) which included 4 Pod/Workstreams for Sales & Operations, Marketing, Enterprise (Finance) and Innovation.• Responsible for leading the Agile Transformation effort using Kanban with migration to Scrum framework and scheduled and led the meeting cadence which included Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sizing, Prioritization, Retrospectives and Demos.• Proficient in JIRA and building out boards along with creating structure and standards and reporting of velocity charts, burndown, and overall capacity planning using story point estimates to meet sprint delivery and release schedules.• Utilized Confluence and SharePoint for the storage and management of key technical and business documents to support the Pods/Workstreams with the overall program artifacts.• Managed the day-to-day work effort of the DFT (Technical Leads, Product Owners, Architects, Developers, Business Analysts, Quality Assurance and Unit Acceptance Testers).• Proficient with various tools utilized which included Jira, MS Office 365, GitHub for Integrated Development as well as HP Quality Center for Testing to support the 2-4 week sprint cycles and monthly release schedules to Production.• Managed and scheduled meetings with the business partners to discuss scope of the work effort and requirements and adding use cases and additional requirements, acceptance criteria and supporting documents to JIRA.• Established Metrics within JIRA and responsible for monitoring capacity, velocity, burndown, cycle and lead times and making reports available for Senior Leadership to have a view to the DFT program overall progress.

•Senior Project Manager within the Program Management Office (PMO) responsible for the overall delivery of the Membership Data Warehouse (MDW) integration as part of the Kaiser Permanente Membership Claims (KPMC) Program and most recently the Claims Data Warehouse (CDW) changes to Production for MYP 2021•Alignment with the core Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies for Waterfall projects and experienced within the Agile Scrum framework as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and ensures these processes and policies are followed within the team structure as required•Manage the overall Project Management Processes which includes implementing team structures and methods to achieve efficiencies to get to an end-to-end delivery of the MDW workstreams which includes 6 LOBs to meet business requirements and expectations and CDW Production Change Request implementations•Create and manage project plans, timelines and schedules using MS Project Online and conduct weekly cadence of meetings with the core team and senior leadership to provide updates to the overall plan that is the foundation for delivery•Lead the cross-functional teams to establish key objectives and priorities, manage risks, issues and actions to drive to delivery against aggressive schedules•Deliver on a weekly basis Project Dashboard status reporting and updates to Senior Leadership on the progress of the projects managed and bring awareness of critical path items with well thought out mitigation strategies to meet program timelines•Responsible for Financial planning and forecasting for the MDW Integration workstreams and CDW Change Requests to Production

• Senior Project Manager within the Program Management Office (PMO) responsible for the overall delivery of two tracks which includes Documents Management and Business Process Maps• Aligned with the core standards and methodologies within the Agile Scrum framework as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and ensures the SDLC processes and policies are followed within the team structure as required• Provided strong leadership and partnership with the Product Owner within the business to meet requirements for the overall development and testing of the Converge Policy System implementation within an Agile Scrum Transformation environment using Cloud-based technologies and solutions• Managed the overall Project Management Processes which included implementing team structures and methods to achieve efficiencies to get to an end to end delivery of the Policy Product to meet business requirements and expectations• Created and managed project plans, timelines and schedules and integration of tasks achieved into the Master Program Plan to align with the cross functional tracks and identified dependencies• Led cross-functional teams to establish key objectives and priorities, manage risks, issues and actions to drive to delivery against an aggressive schedule• Delivered on a weekly basis status reporting and updates to Senior Leadership on the progress of the projects managed and brought awareness of critical path items with well thought out mitigation strategies to meet program timelines• Advocated as a Change Agent to drive to overall delivery on the tracks managed and ensure the integrity of the product delivery is being achieved

• Program manager of the Corporate Services Portfolio (CSP) which consisted of a suite of projects ($125M) within Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources and Corporate Security• Led and trained the Project Management Office Transformation Team (10 resources aligned) to migrate projects within the portfolio from Waterfall to Agile to improve overall delivery schedules and maintained budgetary allocations within 10% margins• Responsible for the planning and execution through organizing sprint teams across multiple projects which included conducting sprint planning sessions, daily stand ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives as well as establishing metrics across the projects within CSP and responsible for 3 key SAP HR projects Bid & Award, Applicant Tracking and Onboarding• Developed project timelines and schedules to include scope, costs and time captured within major milestones which were critical path to meet project delivery• Change agent advocate in managing risks and issues and identified mitigation strategies to ensure projects stayed on schedule and within budget• Financial manager of program and project costs using the HP Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tool and setup staffing profiles, financial forecast estimates against actuals and used MS Project integration to develop project plans and schedules• Worked closely with Product Owners and ensured commitment and engagement within the sprint planning, daily stand ups and reviews as well as ensured the backlog grooming and prioritization was managed and maintained• Involved in removing impediments for the team to keep momentum and addressed all issues and risks that prevented the teams from meeting delivery schedules• Responsible for status reporting and presenting to senior leadership on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to include CIO, CTO and VP management layers for reporting

• Managed a $16M Global Warranty Policy System program and responsible for transformation from waterfall life cycle to Agile which included project initiation, requirements, design, development, testing, implementation and post implementation efforts• Provided leadership to a team of Project Managers and Coordinators as the technical/professional liaison and responsible for defining scope, resource requirements, budget, timelines, deliverables, major milestones, project schedules, managing issues and risks and determining mitigation strategies• Involved in all aspects of the transformation from Waterfall to Agile through sprint planning sessions, daily stand ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives as well as establishing metrics through the alignment with Product Owners in the implementation of a Global Policy System solution across multiple divisions• Engaged with Architecture and Dev Ops team in the technical design of the infrastructure requirements using Cloud-based solutions and established Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the business divisions to ensure performance efficiencies were achieved• Oversaw the financial budget, estimates and forecast against actuals using HP Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools and responsible for ensuring the product met the business needs and stayed within the budget allocations established• Maintained the relationships across multiple divisions and key partners and project stakeholders in defining requirements, establishing status reports and communication plans and creating management presentation materials to provide updates to the program on a weekly basis• Responsible as an advocate of change and strategic leadership through collaboration and communication across the functional areas which included Electronics, Vehicle Protection and Mobile Service divisions in the implementation of a Global Policy solution

• Aligned with the Program Management Office (PMO) as a Senior Project Manager following the PMI standards and governances and processes for supporting mission critical projects that were revenue generating and highly visible• Managed the strategic direction, as well as program goals and objectives as a part of the $3.2M Venetian/Palazzo Hotels Two-Way Integration Project• Managed additional project efforts, which included channel-based projects to achieve performance enhancements across applications such as the Avalon Enhancement and BOSS WEB Integration projects• Provided technical leadership, guidance, and direction to the overall Project Team, which included, Project Managers, Architects, Developers, Business Analysts, and Testers assigned across the various IT channels using Agile methodologies and SCRUM framework using JIRA

• Managed the strategic direction, as well as program goals and objectives as a part of the caBIG® Clinical Trials Information Suite supporting Electronic Health Records and the caBIG® Clinical Trials Reporting and the Clinical Trials Operations programs for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)• Provided technical leadership, guidance, and direction as the Contract Office Technical Representative (COTR) managing large projects totaling $56.7M to support oncology care through defined business capabilities.• Directed and managed as the COTR the Subcontractors supporting the program to ensure contractual requirements and deliverables were met and engaged in project planning, tasking subcontractors, budgetary reporting, developing and reviewing statements of work, task orders, and all aspects of managing within a multi- contract environment• Participated as a member of the Program Management Office (PMO) and involved in ensuring the overall direction of the project was aligned with the contractual goals and objectives to meet the ARRA contract guidelines• Managed the Development, Analysis, Quality Assurance, Deployment, and Operational Team efforts to integrate the developed Semantic Service Oriented Architecture (sSOA) to support the integration of the divergent data types, such as outcomes, clinical encounters, bio-specimen annotations, medical images, as well as molecular biology information that was collected by the large number of independent organizations across the United States and internationally as it relates to cancer research and development• Utilized Project Management tools, which included MS Project Server 2010 for project planning, scheduling and timelines, HP Quality Center for business requirements and defect tracking and JAMA software for additional

• Managed the development, product support, QA, and deployment efforts for the CDC’s Message Subscription Service (MSS) application which utilized Rhapsody as a tool for managing Electronic Lab Reporting (ELR) and Case Notification (CN) Health Level 7 (HL7) messaging in supporting government sites across the United States with the National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) in the Division of Integrated Surveillance Systems and Services (DISSS)• Managed development efforts and followed the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies in the creation of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using web-services as a redesign of the MSS application using HTML, JAVA, JBOSS, Spring, Struts, C, and C++• Built relationships across multiple divisions and coordinated and interfaced with 30+ state partners across the US in the implementation of MSS in the support of integration efforts and coordination of technical support resources to implement the tools for managing HL7 messaging from their national and local laboratories• Managed a Development Team that conducted Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies from architectural design to inception designing the application which provided E-authentication and identity proofing for CDC internal and external customers using JAVA and .NET technologies including JBOSS, Spring, Struts, C, and C++• Managed and defined system architectures, database structures, system requirements, test plans, implementation strategies, and documentation for the deployment of the E-Authentication application redesigned for SDN• Delivered ahead of schedule in-house developed applications that allowed the Federal Bridge and CDC users to access applications supported within the SDN• Managed a team that included Architectural Design Engineers, Security Engineers, JAVA and .NET Developers, Database Analysts, Test Analysts...