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Monrovia, Md, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

North Bethesda, Md, Us

- Facilitated scrum to the larger team and coached teams on Scrum, Agile principles, and best practices for the MD-based real estate agency.- Streamlined/added cohesion to the Scrum framework across 10+ project teams by researching/documenting Bright’s Agile practices, developing Jira templates for each Scrum event, and coaching Scrum Masters/Product Owners on their implementations.- The documentation, guides, and templates created were adopted by all Agile teams for their retrospectives, sprint reviews, and reporting.- The numerous resource/scope changes added a high-level of cohesion to the processes.- Established a formal InfoSec Assessment process, including documentation, and eliminated DevOps Scrum team pain points by meeting with DevOps and IT Security leaders to identify, formalize, and create a process that could be automated with Jira.- Led a Scrum Master team to meet mission-critical priorities/fulfill commitments for business owners and customers.- Tracked issues, managed working software delivery, and facilitated effective daily scrum activities/demos/ retrospectives for upper management and the team.- Leveraged Jira, Confluence, and Slack to track/manage team and project activities.- Owned team success and performance, conflict/impediment resolution, cross-team communication, and Agile compliance.

North Bethesda, Md, Us

- Transitioned from a contractor position with Beacon Hill Staffing to a full-time position under the same role (Project Manager and then, Certified Scrum Master) once Bright adopted SAFe in August 2018.- Reduced incomplete tickets 90% and cleaned up the 300+-day backlog for an inherited Kanban Public - Records project team by converting the team to Scrum and establishing metrics for sprint success.- Improved an inherited Waterfall team’s adoption of Scrum/better communication by migrating the team to the new methodology and establishing a working agreement, definition of “done”, and team charter.- The efforts led to outages becoming documented events.- Led Agile ceremonies that recognized member contributions, key areas of improvement, and successes.- Managed multiple software projects working with team members around the world (DEV, QA, Marketing, Communications, Customer Support, and Product Owners).- Tracked projects following the Scrum/Agile method, ensuring stories/defects were tracked from backlog to production and closed as projects progressed/ongoing release cycles were deployed.- Led development team for the Bright MLS website’s WCAG compliance initiative, the public records tax team, and the Matrix application team.

Boston, Ma, Us

Managed numerous ongoing projects for Bright MLS and coordinated project teams for the technical consulting company.- Improved project visibility/collaboration by proposing the inclusion of outside contractors (75% of the project teams) to SharePoint allowing them to access required project documentation.- Identified an incongruence in the Bright policy regarding documentation and teammate collaboration.- Leveraged VPN software and NDAs to alleviate executive leadership fears.- Coordinated eight project teams supporting multiple projects (QA, DEV, Customer Support, Communications, Marketing, and Product Owners).- Scheduled team meetings for members across the world (MD, PA, Philippines, India, and Canada).- Utilized VersionOne, Skype, Slack, OneNote, Google Docs, and SharePoint to track/manage Kanban projects.- Drove project progress meeting strict milestones, deliverables, and timelines.

Silver Spring, Maryland, Us

Created Level-of-Effort (LOE) estimates for web projects and coordinated the PMs/internal/external stakeholders to ensure projects remained on schedule for the full-service marketing and communications consulting firm.- Developed/delivered a .NET-based website for a client after the Palladian bid on the project without any .NET developers.- Won a follow-up contract with the same client based on the work previously performed.- Identified requirements, developed appropriate technical solutions, and leveraged Jira, Robohead, Bitbucket, and GIT to manage web projects/teams.- Managed a 6-member team of web developers to deliver quality websites and assigned tasks based on available/ expertise.- Conducted Section 508 and WCAG remediation/testing to ensure compliance.- Trained developer teams and QA staff on Section 508 compliance (ADA, Accessibility, and WCAG).- Leveraged content management systems and developed their templates, customized WordPress and configuration, and supported Drupal development.

Silver Spring, Maryland, Us

As the Senior/Lead Web Developer:• Troubleshooting and fixing database, server, and application issues• Reviewing and remediating issues found in IIS, MySQL, and PHP logs• Applying security updates and ensuring security protocols are established for database, servers, and applications• Identifying requirements and developing appropriate technical solutionsAdditional tasks:• Designing, developing, and maintaining modular and responsive websites (bootstrap) that are Section 508 compliant using PHP, MySQL, CSS, .NET, and JS• Conducting Section 508 remediation and testing to ensure compliance• Evaluating web traffic and analytics data• Converting graphic designs and elements to web-based graphics• Developing social media widgets• Using content management systems and developing their templates. Modifying WordPress plugins.

Silver Spring, Maryland, Us

• Designing, developing, and maintaining websites and databases using PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, mySQL, XHTML, and CSS• Conducting Section 508 remediation and testing to ensure compliance• Evaluating web traffic and analytics data• Creating modular and responsive websites that are Section 508 compliant• Converting graphic designs and elements to web-based graphics• Developing social media widgets• Using content management systems and developing their templates• Troubleshooting and fixing application issues

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Designing, developing, and maintaining websites and Oracle databases using SQL, ColdFusion, Perl, CSS, XHTML, and JS• Conducting Section 508 remediation and testing to ensure compliance• Evaluating web traffic and analytics data• Creating modular and responsive websites that are Section 508 compliant• Converting graphic designs and elements to web-based graphics• Using the TeamSite content management system and developing its templates• Troubleshooting and fixing database and application issues• Writing bash scripts• Conducting usability testing• Identifying requirements and developing appropriate technical solutions

Ms, Computer Systems Management

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