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I helped drive strategic cross-product / cross-portfolio initiatives to successful outcomes in the enterprise.- Enterprise Item / Modernization 2019-2021- Assortment Planning 2020-2021- Strategy & Implementation 2021-2023- F&B 2021- Food Traceability 2022-2023- Promo Change/Optimization 2022-2023- F&B Owned Brands 2023

Product & agility coach. Lean practitioner. Enabler of cross-product collaboration and keeper of the product flame.

Agile Coach and promoter of DevOps as a culture for Cartwheel's Guest Facing teams: Native iOS and Android mobile apps, Web/mWeb/Adaptive and associated back-end(s).

• Served as PjM and ScrumMaster for multiple cross-functional Telematics teams. Primary impediment remover with ability to navigate the organization. Team builder who aligned teams to product vision and purpose.• Created and executed on release, platform, and project work plans. Tracked and reported status to leadership.• Managed third-party/partner technical and development relationships; aligned respective requirements and related code drops against that of internal release objectives.• Re-enforced an agile mind-set and principles (where applicable). Mentored and coached. Challenged the status quo.

• Project Manager across multiple client work-streams primarily focused on data protection, privacy and compliance in healthcare using IBM solution software.• Managed client relationships and worked closely with client management, project managers, and assigned resources towards the final delivery of work packages per the Statement of Work(s) at hand.• Developed and maintained project plans and tracked team progress against the execution of the established plan and budget.

• Acted as an 'agile' Program manager across multiple product lines; included embedded, display and web/portal work-streams.• Created and maintained overall platform program plans. Tracked team progress. Executed work plans and budgets towards key metrics in a hybrid agile/phase-gated SDLC.• Ensured successful sister factory integration and managed program communication to all stakeholders.• Facilitated platform team meetings, issue resolution, decision making, trade-off analysis, and general problem solving.• Created and maintained detailed project plans, status, KPIs for regular senior management review and approval.

• Provided support and guidance to the transformation from waterfall to scaled Agile methods within JD-ISG.• Drove value delivery and “kept the train on the tracks" by leveraging metrics to manage organizational "Ba" and team entropy.• Aligned product/platforms across the organization and coached teams to institutionalize product development flow.• Assisted product teams in creating prioritized product roadmaps, related backlogs, and story maps.• Acted as Agile Release Train Manager/Engineer for the Solutions portfolio stack; organized, lead and facilitated SAFe Release Planning for 20+ teams / 200+ technology/engineer professionals on an 8 week cadence— making cross-platform objectives, priorities, conflicts and risks highly visible. Managed release risks and issues to resolution. Facilitated and owned Scrum of Scrums across multiple geographies/time-zones.

• Managed work-streams for software product lines using Agile & Lean methods (primarily scrum).• Ensured projects were managed within scope, budget and timelines. • Helped organize, align, and drive the organizational strategy to deliver value-added services for ASP's in the Grains, Oil Seeds, Biofuels and Ag Inputs value-chain.

• Lead a team of 8 who supported multiple agricultural software products lines.• Provided ongoing team management including career development, work direction, coaching, skills development, performance management and team building.

• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator who helped to manage Microsoft, Novell, and UNIX operating system platforms across three (3) locations.• Successfully managed the roll-out of an enterprise anti-virus solution across five (5) locations with 500+ clients.• Provided facility, network, telephony and desktop support to approximately 100 on-site users.