Agile Project Manager

Scrum ● Kanban ● Lean ● Hybrid Environments

Implementation Management ● Enterprise Deployment ● Application Development Leadership

Delivers Business-Critical ● High Profile ● Complex Projects

Expert in leading business-critical, complex, high profile, cross-functional Agile projects. Demonstrated a record of success in meeting schedules under extreme time-constraints and challenging environments through effective resource utilization, scheduling, estimating, and leadership. Extensive experience in software implementations and enterprise deployments. Strong communicator and synergistic leader providing visibility into resource availability and velocity.  

Facilitate Agile meetings

Identify acceptance and success criteria

Cross-functional alignment

Jira MS Project and Confluence

Drive process improvements

Excellent Interpersonal and verbal skills

Proven leadership ability

Driven team player

Development of standards and team

Passionate for agile methodologies

Requirements verification

Works Independently

Strong problem solving and planning

Analytical and organizational skills

Communicate status effectively

Notable

·         Over 20 years Information Technology experience

·         8 years of experience managing IT projects

·         Successfully lead global deployment of Care Evolve for Bioreference Laboratory Inc.

·         Key client engagements included: Ascension Health, Trinity Health, Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, Adventist Health Systems, Sutter Health, Northwell Health, Department of Defense DOD

Professional Experience

EZNerd, Stateline NV                                                                                                                                     August 2017 to Present

Client Success Manager (remote consulting)

Ø  Spearhead many on time and on budget software implementations by continually reviewing estimates to completion, adapting to resource velocity and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

Ø  Pilot Scrum and Kanban principles increasing resource transparency and early detection of workflow bottlenecks that result in reduction of cycle times by 10%, increasing team throughput.

Ø  Transform estimation accuracy in team delivery commitments by identifying and tracking risks.

Ø  Reduce team distractions and amplified team focus by implementing white boards and information radiators and a clearly crafted project and organization mission and vision.

Ø  Revitalize Scrum Retrospectives encouraging continuous process improvement and efficiency in timeline and user story estimates as well as lessons learned with a focus on insight into risk and velocity.

Ø  Remove waste through current state assessments, value stream mapping, producing a mature agile team in response to change.

Bioreference Laboratories Inc. Elmwood Park NJ                                                                                               May 2016 to August 2017

Agile Project Manager

Ø  Implemented and standardized best practices across all development services.

Ø  Worked skillfully and extensively with various cross-functional projects and teams.

Ø  Created and applied Agile processes and standards.

Ø  Disseminated a culture of open and direct communication by training coworkers about best practices, harmonizing workflow and producing efficiencies by addressing uncertainty head on.

Ø  Demonstrated creative what-if analysis producing the right resources at the right time in the right amount.

Ø  Created templates and tools to streamline project efficiency and adaptability to changing requirements.

Ø  Bridged communications between the development team and the senior stakeholders.

Ø  Provided needs assessment, project planning, project analysis, project validation, as well as data flow analysis and system modeling to more accurately predict development requirements and timeline estimates.

Ø  Dedicated to help the team to perform at their highest level, removed impediments to progress, facilitated strategic meetings, working with SME’s to make sure the product backlog is value and risk prioritized.

Ø  Decreased time to completion for risk and quality control requirements, created more efficient agile friendly procedures still used today.

McKesson Cardiology. Parsippany NJ                                                                                                      December 2014 to April 2016

Agile Project Manager

Ø  Oversaw many software and hardware implementations for national hospital chains and department of defense contracts for Radiology and Cardiology implementations.

Ø  Facilitated agile communications and collaboration principles with the development team that resulted in a reduction of cycle times thus increasing team's throughput.

Ø  Conducted retrospectives for the organization and guided team discussions resulting in improved communication.

Ø  Applied Lean principles resulting in increased team agility.

Ø  Coached and trained teams, which resulted in increased buy in and value recognition.

EZNerd, Englewood Cliffs NJ                                                                                                                       January 2010 to May 2014

Project Manager

Ø  Saved an average of 10% per account in development hours by utilizing a Scrum board and grooming the iteration backlog for value and risk.

Ø  Managed Kanban boards to visualize potential bottlenecks and proactively adapt to changes in production velocity.

Ø  Visually represented project release status to the team facilitating clarity and increased team focus. 

Ø  Defined and assigned user stories and streamlined sprint planning while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the voice of the customer.

Professional Certifications:

PMP #2159316, CSM-Certified Scrum Master, SFC-Scrum Fundamentals Certified #611038, VSP5, EMC Velocity Backup and Recovery, CompTIA Network+, CloudU Rackspace Cloud Computing

Education:

William Paterson University, Wayne NJ

Project Management Professional Certified Course 2018

Agile Certified Coach 2018

Scrum Leader Certified Course 2018

PMI Project Management Institute, Online

Project Management Professional Certification 2018

The Complete Agile Certification 2018

New York Business Institute, New York NY

Network Administration  

Rutgers University, University College, New Brunswick NJ

B.A. Bachelors Degree, Economics

Anthem Institute (formally Chubb Institute), Jersey City NJ

Web Development and Business Programming

United States Army National Guard, Lawrenceville NJ

MOS 73 Charlie, Finance Specialist