Candidates About

Victor r. Penman

SPC4, RTE, CSP, CSM, ACP-PMI, PMP

OBJECTIVE

Help organizations deliver maximum value in minimum time by adopting Lean-Agile practices.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Agile Coach                           GS1US (Consultant)                          Lawrence Township, NJ

Oct., 2017 – April, 2018

• Stood up new Release Train of seven teams.
• Agile Coach for NOVA program modernizing product development and organization for not-for-profit standards agency responsible for Universal Product Codes (UPCs) licensing and security.
• Training and coaching: Leading SAFe, SAFe For Teams; Test Driven Development (TDD), Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD); Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineer, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Business Owners.
• Implemented transition to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Agile Scrum Master Coach   USPS IT & Accounting Center (Consultant)                       Eagan, MN

July, 2017 – Oct., 2017

• Coaching four Scrum teams in collective bargaining environment. Teams provide IT payroll support for 640,000+ postal employees.
• Member of the IT Continuous Improvement team with specific responsibility for identifying and implementing value metrics.
• Provide instruction and coaching for Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, Story sizing, Release Planning, Traceability from project Vision to task, and how to measure and track Value.
• Conducted multi-team Agile Maturity Assessment using a combination of observation, group and individual meetings, and an anonymous survey.

Scrum Master/Coach                         Cargill (Consultant)                                       Hopkins, MN

June, 2016 – Jan., 2017

• Introduced Leadership and Product Management to Agile practices for practical, value-based decision making.
• Introduced Leadership and development team to test-first (TDD, ATDD, and BDD) development.
• Facilitated multi-team Release retrospectives and led problem solving workshops to identify ongoing issues and solutions for them.
• Scrum Master, trainer and coach for two teams modernizing legacy code developed over two decades for an international, multilingual product.
• Utilized Kanban to reduce technical debt backlog
• Led Daily Scrums, Backlog Refinements, Sprint and Release Planning, Sprint and Release Retrospectives, Scrum of Scrums, Problem Solving meetings and Problem Solution teams.
• Provided training in Backlog Refinement, Sprint and Release Planning and Estimating.
• Mentored Product Owners in Vision Statements, User Stories and value-driven prioritization.

Scrum Master/Coach             Optum Data Management (Consultant)           Eden Prairie, MN

Sept. 2015 – Jan. 2016

• Scrum Master and Coach for two distributed, Data Fabric teams
• Conducted Scrum ceremonies
• Provided Training in Standup meetings, Relative Estimating, User Story and Acceptance Criteria creation, and Test Driven and Acceptance Test Driven Development
• Mentored Product Owners & Facilitated Releases
• Implemented Kanban

Scrum Master/Coach                     Omnicell (Consultant)                              Mountain View, CA

April 2015 – July 2015

• Scrum Master and coach for team incrementally improving medication delivery cabinet and team developing new product.
• Used anonymous survey to identify underlying causes for on-going resistance to adopting Agile practices.
• Created company-wide agile training program placing emphasis on short classes followed by hands-on practice and creating curriculum using challenges teams currently faced to address issues identified in survey.

Scrum Master/Coach                     Consensus Corp (Consultant)                 San Francisco, CA

Jan. 2015 – April 2015

• Scrum Master and Coach for three teams, one entirely off shore and two mostly off shore (three continents, four time zones). Teams developed the Core Components for the Connected Commerce system (in-store e-commerce) using APIs to allow mobile device activation to be leveraged into additional revenue opportunities.
• Provided training in Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Agile estimating and planning, and Jira.

Agile Project Mgr/Scrum Master                   Comcast (Consultant)                      Sunnyvale, CA

March 2014 – August 2014

• Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master for SEEiT Partner Integration Layer (PIL) enabling customers of different Cable TV providers to control television programming (record, view on mobile device, set reminders, etc.) remotely and connect via Social Media. 
• Led internationally distributed team.
• Provided Agile and Scrum training to Product Owners.

Agile Project Mgr/Scrum Master                   GE Healthcare (Consultant)         San Ramon, CA

January 2013 – January 2014

• Initiated internal start up for Medical Diagnostics (MDx) development at GE Software Center of Excellence.
• Scrum Master for Genomic Reporting projects using the Cloud to annotate, compare and distribute Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) data to researchers exploring causal relationships between variants and genetics disorders and diseases such as cancer for the purposes of allowing better/earlier detection and treatment.
• Agile Project Manager for joint General Electric/Microsoft Proof-of-Concept project for storing and manipulating big medical data in the Cloud (Azure).
• Taught Agile and Scrum classes. Coached team and Product Owner.

Scrum Master/Agile Coach                           Direct Digital                                      Roseville, CA

September 2012 – December 2012

• Scrum Master for Transformation Team of managers and directors responsible for transitioning major insurance company from Waterfall to Agile.
• Scrum Master and coach for Customer Care Portal and Claims Pricing Portal pilot teams.

Scrum Master                                                 State of Idaho                                                       Boise, ID

July 2012 – Sept. 2012

• Scrum Master for Medical Management of Information Systems (MMIS) Team for Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) in upgrade of state’s Medicaid system (mainframe legacy code) to increase usability by Medicaid consumers.

Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master     Victor R. Penman, LLC                       Morgan Hill, CA

September 2010- July 2012

• Scrum Master for Torque 3D 1.1 – first new release in two years of technology that allows games to be created and played in all major internet browsers (for GarageGames). A combination of Scrum and Waterfall approaches for internationally distributed team of coders and internal team of web developers and artists.
• Performed company-wide management systems analysis for CEO and delivered report and recommendations for changes to improve employee morale and performance.
• Scrum Master, Coach and Project Manager for Rise of Immortals (MOBA).

Agile Project Manager                                      Instant Action                               Las Vegas, NV

April 2010 – July 2010 (placed through temp agency)

• Scrum Master and Agile project manager for online social network game InstantJam.
• Led distributed, international development team and team of local artists and coordinated their client-based work with that of remote platform team.

Program Manager/Product Owner             Forterra Systems, Inc.                         San Mateo, CA

July 2008 – November 2008

• Product Owner for virtual worlds corporate training program.
• Worked with clients to identify actual needs and how to use existing technology to met them.

June 2004 – June 2008

• Direct report to CEO, chaired company’s monthly project status meetings, independent project auditor for CEO.
• Managed video microscopy, RFID, vitrification, multi-threading and ultrasonic projects.
• Implemented Lean software development practices
• Functional manager of software engineers and customer support.
• Quality Assurance Manager for FDA-regulated medical devices.
• Identified and implemented changes necessary for human medical market entry.
• Setup Good Manufacturing Practices and passed FDA inspection with no corrective action required.
• Guided medical device "SC-2000/SC-2045" through FDA 510K process resulting in approval to market.

August 2003 – June 2004

• Subject Matter Expert for online multiplayer children’s financial game for CUNA Mutual marketing services. Advisor on technical, business and design issues.

November 1994 – August 2003

• Developed, refined and implemented user-friendly medical record and second-opinion tracking database management system by working directly with healthcare office staff.
• Started company and served as Executive Producer, Sales & Marketing and HR staff.
• Responsible for design, development, and launch of three successful retail software products with distinctions such as “top 25 pre-orders” at Amazon.com

September 1993 – October 1994

• Partner and primary publisher contact for startup computer game company.
• Created business plans, marketed company and expanded business.
• Functional Manager for software engineering and scripting staffs.

Dec. 1991 – Sept. 1993

·         Producer on Bards Tale IV and Shadowcaster computer games (developed by Raven Software).

·         Internal FRP Subject Matter Expert (Dangerous Dimensions).

PROFESSIONAL Skills

Implementing Agile practices using a variety of methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Lean, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), Critical Path Management (CPM), Waterfall, PMBOK, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Proficient with MS Project, JIRA Agile, MS Office, TFS, VSTS, Rally, and VersionOne.

Education/Certifications

Certified Scrum@Scale Practitioner                                                                                  Agile Inc

Certified Large Scale Scrum Practitioner (CLP)                                               The LeSS Company

SAFe Program Consultant 4 (SPC4), Release Train Engineer (RTE)           Scaled Agile Academy

PMP and Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP-PMI)                                 Project Management Institute

Scrum Professional, Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner                                           Scrum Alliance

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism                                               Calif. State University-Long Beach