John Shepherd, Pmp, Csm Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Rancho Bernardo

Key Responsibilities • Plan and manage development and enhancement projects for new and existing products and services. • Lead and mentor the project team through all phases of the project lifecycle. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish realistic timelines and milestones. • Champion project management best practices and methodology. • Establish and foster relationships with customer sponsors and stakeholders. • Manage and communicate schedules and… Show more Key Responsibilities • Plan and manage development and enhancement projects for new and existing products and services. • Lead and mentor the project team through all phases of the project lifecycle. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish realistic timelines and milestones. • Champion project management best practices and methodology. • Establish and foster relationships with customer sponsors and stakeholders. • Manage and communicate schedules and deadlines for the project management team. • Communicate with senior management for project prioritization and management of resource schedules. • Encourage development of new ideas for improving organizational performance. • Participate in project gate and change board reviews. • Manage project scope. Show less

San Diego, Ca

Key Achievements • Identified, designed, and implemented twelve process improvements to achieve a cumulative time savings of 120 hours of schedule development and maintenance per FTE per year. • Successfully delivered interdepartmental purchase specification and vendor information database significantly increasing the efficiency and accuracy of communication between three functional departments. Key Responsibilities • Develop, test, and debug VBA code for Access database and… Show more Key Achievements • Identified, designed, and implemented twelve process improvements to achieve a cumulative time savings of 120 hours of schedule development and maintenance per FTE per year. • Successfully delivered interdepartmental purchase specification and vendor information database significantly increasing the efficiency and accuracy of communication between three functional departments. Key Responsibilities • Develop, test, and debug VBA code for Access database and present at weekly sprint reviews. • Facilitate weekly project review and planning meetings to discuss progress and identify impediments. • Coach team on adoption of agile processes to achieve higher quality and efficiency. • Develop and manage complex functional, transition, and detail design pre-production project schedules.• Lead continuous process improvement and problem analysis projects and present to senior management. • Maintain performance standards and use critical path analyses to improve overall logic of project schedules. • Devise remediation strategies to enhance schedule efficiency. • Develop technical training documentation and mentor junior team members on departmental processes. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Key Achievements• Oversaw development of fabrication drawing sets and installation of aluminum and glass frame systems on over 75 projects with an average value of $750,000 each.• Created and implemented department drawing standards and documentation procedures leading to more consistent communication within the entire organization.• Developed AutoCAD scripts to automate conversion of third-party drawing files to department standards. • Spearheaded the implementation of… Show more Key Achievements• Oversaw development of fabrication drawing sets and installation of aluminum and glass frame systems on over 75 projects with an average value of $750,000 each.• Created and implemented department drawing standards and documentation procedures leading to more consistent communication within the entire organization.• Developed AutoCAD scripts to automate conversion of third-party drawing files to department standards. • Spearheaded the implementation of department processes utilizing AutoCAD batch plotting features to reduce drawing set plotting times by 50%.Key Responsibilities• Project planning, activity scheduling, time management, cost estimating, materials take-off and procurement.• Identify project risks, present findings, and recommend mitigation strategies to key stakeholders.• Report project status and maintain open communication with clients and other key stakeholders.• Conduct project retrospectives to document and communicate lessons learned. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Key Responsibilities• Identify and add new attack test scenarios and write use cases for the development backlog. • Collect and correlate cyber security intelligence pertaining to enterprise network breaches and data exfiltration.• Analyze attack procedures, techniques and patterns, and identify the cyber kill chain.• Index attack types and log with existing test scenarios.• Update web application content with new test summaries.• Recommend mitigation strategies to… Show more Key Responsibilities• Identify and add new attack test scenarios and write use cases for the development backlog. • Collect and correlate cyber security intelligence pertaining to enterprise network breaches and data exfiltration.• Analyze attack procedures, techniques and patterns, and identify the cyber kill chain.• Index attack types and log with existing test scenarios.• Update web application content with new test summaries.• Recommend mitigation strategies to reduce attack surface and improve overall network defense.• Communicate and present to peers on current threat landscape. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Fine art and concept portraiture photographer. Instructor of advanced photography workshops utilizing portable flash setups.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Adminstration -Emphasis In Management Information Systems, 3.2

Activities and Societies: AITP

Associate'S Degree, Architecture