Taylor James Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Austin, Texas, United States

• Partner with the Product team to develop detailed project plan and monitor project progress to ensure it stays on track and meets deadline.
• Manage the integration of an acquisition into D&B, ensure that milestones are met and any barriers are identified and appropriately resolved.
• Partner with leaders from acquisition to develop detailed integration schedules, meeting agendas/meeting minutes, risk and issue management plans, and status reports.
• Report project status to stakeholders and facilitate team-wide communication
• Participate in continuous process improvement in all release management cycles, including quantitative and qualitative analysis, forecast trends, identify and manage risks.
• Coach multiple Scrum teams on the Agile/Scrum Methodologies and project management process implementation, actively identifying process gaps and improvement opportunities.

Austin, Texas

- Write Technical User Stories, Manage Scrum Ceremonies, Prioritize backlog through an Agile Methodology.- Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies for multiple teams including daily Standups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning & Estimation, and Sprint Retrospectives through Agile Methodology.- Improve organizational performance by proactively identifying impediments.

Austin, Texas

- Support requirements elicitation and documentation for new application development within Global Connected Consumer Experience. - Utilize strong analytical and problem-solving skills while interacting with technical and non-technical resources. - Gather, define, analyze, and document requirements for each project release. - Work closely with Business.

Austin, Texas Area

Work within the Global Integration Gateway, creating a better Global Connected Consumer Experience through Advanced Diagnostics. - Responsible for communicating test defects, running triage calls to expedite defect resolution.- Accurately and effectively compile and report test results and defects to the project manager. - Identify and communicate testing.

Austin, Texas Area

Various project objectives include the consolidation of global data-marts, data integration, and creation of centralized reports in the Enterprise Data Warehouse. Helped define testing methodology, engagement, and metrics, using an agile approach on multiple high-profile projects. Executed functional, integration, performance and regression testing suites.

Responsible for all Recreation Center operations including the opening and closing the facility, supervising staff members, and ensuring customer service is provided to all patrons. Hired, trained, and scheduled information clerk staff (totaling 30 employees), as well as supervised all student employees (totaling 150 employees). Responsible for all events.

Boulder, Colorado

NCAA Division I Varsity Letter Winner as a member of the University of Colorado (Live Mascot) Ralphie Handler Program. Dedicated over 40 hours a week to the program while maintaining a full academic course load. Served as a mentor for both junior and senior team members. Provided direct assistance with event logistics, showings, practices, and other team.

Supervised lifeguards, provided customer service to customers, and was in charge of the general pool operations. Created schedules and evaluated more than 40 lifeguards and front desk attendants. Trained staff members and conducted team building. Certified in American Cross CPR/ First Aid and Lifeguard Open Water.