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Union City, NJ, US

Jersey City, NJ, US

• Tasked with project managing API/Web development projects to meet the business needs of our Verisk Underwriting Division within agreed parameters of cost, timing, and quality
• Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including planning meetings, daily stand-ups, reviews, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Created Jira dashboards for sprint metrics, epic planning, key JQL filters, and release version reporting
• Developed innovative analysis and techniques to plan and project release timing scenarios
• Identify risk issues, propose solutions to management, and lead efforts to resolve the issues
• Manage team needs and impediments throughout the duration of the project

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, execution, reporting, and launch of the LightBox Appraisal SaaS platform
• Ensured sprint teams plan, execute and meet commitments for each sprint
• Coached and guided teams to stabilize burndown velocity and successfully achieve milestone deadlines
• Worked closely with all business departments to develop and manage a new go-to-market strategy
• Configured and administered JIRA/Confluence to ensure Scrum compliance and best practices
• Presented status updates and identify red flag issues to senior executives (Directors, VPs, CTO)

Aliso Viejo, CA, US

• Managed and coordinated releases of database management products and suites for Toad DB2, Toad MySQL, Toad Oracle (suite only), Toad SQL Server, Toad Sybase (now Toad SAP), and Toad Data Point
• Improved efficiency and delivery of releases by introducing the Scrum agile framework
• Coordinated and managed project plans, timelines, and milestones across multiple teams
• Identified and removed roadblocks from team paths to ensure productivity
• Created and presented insightful status reporting and JIRA dashboards to teams and stakeholders
• Successfully delivered up to 20 Toad product and suite releases per year

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for various IT activities related to division’s radio traffic and billing platform including the development of ancillary applications, client/server upgrade scheduling, and supervising distributed database.
• Significantly advanced delivery and quality of projects by implementing the Scrum agile framework resulting in 80% less post-release issues
• Slashed amount of MediaStar Server downtime for 217 U.S. markets by enhancing backup monitoring, creating daily server health reporting, and introducing disaster recovery procedures(iHeartMedia formally Clear Channel.

• Charged with directing the development of online registration and e-commerce platforms for sports-related leagues and events
• Drove project to digitize paper registrations for the National Cheerleader/Dance Association
• Assumed leadership of the City of Los Angeles Marathon website and worked closely with client to turnaround challenging issues and deliver a timely, successful launch

• Planned, executed, and monitored the creation and maintenance of various intranet projects
• Boosted team performance by spearheading Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes
• Resolved quality and delivery challenges related to time-zone issues between U.S./U.K. teams by instituting shared unit testing

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Managed and improved the MPA’s Box Office Reporting Interface System (BORIS), a secure online reporting of motion picture weekend and weekly revenue for 22 countries
• Communicated system issues and redesign vision to oversight committee comprised of representatives from seven major film studios
• Achieved a 400% increase in usage by revamping entire system, restructuring data entry processes, and creating innovative analyses
• Delivered project 33% under budget for two consecutive years by renegotiating contracts for system rebuild and maintenance

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Information Technology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting & Finance