Policy Servicing Systems - Coached scrum teams on agile techniques such as goal writing, story mapping, pointing, planning, tasking, retrospectives and various general agile behaviors in a scaled agile environment - Worked with Product Owner of a scrum team to develop, prioritize, and manage a Product Backlog - Managed scrum team Product Backlog using Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Azure DevOps by writing user stories in Gherkin format - Worked with a scrum team to create Program Increment Objectives in a SAFe Product Increment planning eventQuoting Systems - Assisted Application Development Center of Excellence team in the evolution of the Agile based Progressive Software Development Methodology - Wrote and managed user stories for Agile projects using HP ALM for solutions written using an iterative methodology - Coached new Agile project teams on the value of vertically sliced user stories and the Agile methodology through mentoring of developers, testers, and product owners - Provided high level estimates across multiple platforms used in enterprise project prioritization and planning - Mentored peer analysts and assisted them in guiding their project teams towards agile behaviors - Created a waterfall requirements document template to standardize the collection of both business and technical requirements with platform projects

• Managed the enhancement and implementation of an online warranty processing application• Produced and executed various software improvement project plans consisting of design, development, and testing phases• Conducted sales sup• port meetings with sales team members and executives to coordinate sales driven software improvements• Debugged and improved existing ASP, ASP.Net, SQL Server and COM functionality within the application• Integrated the warranty product with ARI’s web based catalog viewing application using XML

Online Inventory Management and Ordering System• Designed and developed a complete inventory management system using Java, JSP, MVC Design Patterns, UML, XML, CVS, SQL Server, NetBeans, and WebSphere Site Developer• Diagrammed the design of the system in UML using Rational Rose• Maintained communication between the business team and development team to coordinate project timelines, bug fixes and enhancementsOnline Catalog Searching and Purchasing System• Converted an existing ASP application into a Java Web application conforming to the MVC Design Pattern on both WebSphere and Tomcat Application Servers using NetBeans, Java, and JSP• Converted existing Tomcat applications to conform to the IBM WebSphere Application Server architectureCorporate Account Management and Sales• Managed client accounts by maintaining positive relationships and developing new business partnerships between Altruant and the clients• Participated in sales meetings to discuss future client projects and staffing requirements• Wrote and presented technical requirements and proposals used to implement client solutions• Conducted personal and technical interviews with candidates and presented feedback to management regarding their qualifications

Internet Quoting and Buying Application• Managed entire project lifecycles of several concurrent enhancement projects including technical design, time estimation, implementation, testing, and elevation to the production environment• Implemented product enhancements within the quoting and buying application using ASP, C++, XML, and Visual Basic• Created web utilities to facilitate the development and testing processes and standardized these tools across the entire web development team

Product Pricing Application• Designed and developed a pricing engine using JSP, JAVA, and Tomcat Web Server with a DB2 backend• Wrote a hardware analysis document comparing and contrasting a UNIX environment with an Intel/Windows environment resulting in an implemented solution• Constructed project design requirements including flowcharts, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and database models and presented the documentation to technical and business managersCorporate Banking Web Site• Developed and maintained a corporate web site using ASP, SQL Server, COM, XML, Photoshop, and Visual Basic in a team environment consisting of consultants, senior level managers, and marketing advisors• Created technical specifications and project time estimates based on marketing and business requirements presented by marketing departmentOnline Warehousing and Distribution Management System• Created an online warehouse, distribution, and order tracking system in ASP with a SQL Server database based on requirements gathered in meetings with the company president and owner• Wrote Functional Specification, Business Requirement, and Project Plan documentation during project sales phases• Created user documentation and lead end-user training classesCorporate Leadership Responsibilities• Mentored peer consultants and conducted yearly performance reviews