Candidates About

 

 Mary t. Buriak, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM

 

EDUCATION               

Bachelor Degree in Business, University of Texas at Dallas

 

CERTIFICATION         

Ø  Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, #1362609

Ø  Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance, Member #000117030

Ø  Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP), Project Management Institute, #1533020

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY   

·         Accomplished and seasoned Project Manager, Agile Coach, Mentor, and Scrum Master, with Scrum, RUP, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework, TDD and Distributed Agile Team Management as well as SDLS and ITIL experience

·         Motivates teams transitioning from requirements gathering to solutions delivery, building on small changes and generating results

·         Skilled facilitator of team and client interactions informally and in meetings

·         Subject-matter expert in complex projects utilizing Agile (Scrum) and PMI (Waterfall) and methodologies and applying SDLC practices to all types of projects

·         Effective communicator, skilled and understanding that teams are not cookie cutter, but always unique

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS    

·         Methodologies: SDLC, PMI Project Management, Scrum Alliance Framework, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, SAS, Java, SQL, Cognos, .Net, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Open Workbench, VISIO, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Controls

·         Project Management Tools: Clarity 12.0 & 13.1, Rally, HP ALM 10 & 11, RTC, RRC, Jira, Confluence

·         Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, RUP, Kanban, ITIL, USE CASE – System/Business, Functional Requirements, Data Analysis – Logical/Physical Modeling, Data Mapping, Data Modeling, Process Definition and Reengineering

·         QA Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Quick Test Pro, TFS

·         Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, SharePoint, Google Sheets

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS       

·         Project Management Institute, National & Chapter

·         Scrum Alliance

·         American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (ASAPM)

·         International Project Management Association (IPMA-USA)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AmeriSourceBergen    (Consultant and FTE)                                     Aug 2015 to Present  

Project Manager

•      Responsible for regularly managing projects with team level integration points.  Manages the activity of multiple vendors and platforms: SalesForce, Financial Force, Oracle, SQL

·         Responsible for meeting Enterprise PMO strategic goals 

·         Supports continuous improvement

·         Managed CRM Project implementations (SalesForce, Financial Force)

·         Manage/Coaching during Agile transformation

•      Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources to meet the project needs

•      Monitors plan and highlights anticipated issues or slippage

•      Formulates recovery plans or assessing impact if not recoverable and escalates as appropriate

•      Records and monitors project actual costs vs. project budget

•      Responsible for proactively identifying variances to plan and developing appropriate mitigation plans

•      Formulates corrective actions when project deliverables deviate from the work plan with the assistance of team members

•      Understands how project decisions impact key business metrics and the enterprise strategy

•      Builds consensus among team relative to project scope, task execution, staffing and issue resolution

•      Provides clear and reliable communications to internal teams, project stakeholders, external vendors, and customers

 

Barclay’s Bank                                                                                    Jan 2015 to Feb 2015

AVP, Project/Portfolio Operations Manager (FTE)

•      Partner with the PCD Delivery Leads to manage and report on the pipeline of agreed upon strategic initiatives through the end-to-end delivery lifecycle. Support the efficient transition of projects from initiation through delivery removing obstacles and implementing best-practice methodologies 

·         Focus on delivery of solutions that deliver business benefit and align with the overall Organization Strategy

•      Ensure consistent planning and prioritization of initiatives in the most efficient manner with the goal of optimizing the technology resource pool and delivering maximum business benefit; facilitate regular alignment and prioritization of demand

•      Provide governance and management of the demand pipeline by facilitating regular communication channels and forums to align on planned activities in the delivery of the portfolio between business units and Technology Services

•      Support portfolio performance management by leading the development and implementation of portfolio delivery dashboards, reports and presentations that clearly communicate program and portfolio progress against objectives

•      Define and implement best practices removing impediments and roadblocks that hinder efficiency in program delivery

•      Partner with Portfolio Analysis to characterize and prioritize improvement and support activities; operationalize business processes such as portfolio reviews, business plans, etc

 

Healthtronics                                                                                      Jul 2013 to Dec 2014

Agile Scrum Master

·         Led two Agile Scrum Teams supporting Healthtronics Urological products and services Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System development in support of their corporate and Medical Provider’s Meaningful Use Two (MU2) Certification

·         Assisted PgMO to develop and standardize Agile processes and artifacts

·         Mentored team and stakeholders in Scrum roles and activities

·         Coached teams and individuals as requested and from observation of teams using established best practices

·         Charter was to deliver a solution to be submitted for certification May 1 2014 and begin deployment activities in June 2014. Solutions were delivered on time and have been deployed

·         Team 1 focused on development of the secure electronic transmission and storage of medical records via an external HISP exchange between medical physicians, providers and hospitals

·         Project team comprised of distributed Product Owner, Business and IT Stakeholders, Java, SQL, User Interface (UI) Developers, and QA Testers

·         Team is comprised of distributed individuals in multiple USA and offshore locations

·         Team 2 focused on development of the Secure Collection and Storage system to support Auditing functionality for the Client’s two disparate EMR systems to satisfy MU2 certification auditing requirements

·         Project team comprised of distributed Product Owner, Business and IT Stakeholders, Java, SQL, User Interface (UI) Developers, and QA Testers

·         Global Team is comprised of remote individuals in multiple locations (USA, India)

·         Facilitated and guided teams through forming, storming, norming, and performing while adopting Scrum practices through sprints of 2 week in length

·         Assisted in the cleanup and update of several information artifacts on SharePoint Site

 

 

 

 

 

GameStop                                                                                           May 2012 to Jan 2013

Project Manager, Agile PMO (FTE)

·         Led the Agile Program Management Office for Teams using the Agile methodology throughout the global GameStop Corporation, ensuring that Agile planning and execution processes were established, developed, and maintained to achieve optimal technology project delivery and system management

·         Supported various Scrum teams responsible for the systems development for Security and Authentication (Active Directory), middleware, e-Commerce, Back-end functionality (transactional data storage)

·         Project Management Release scheduling

·         Managed CRM Project – SalesForce Platform Upgrade

·         Managed the department-level disciplines in software configuration and build management, and automated functional and performance testing

·         Project teams comprised of Business Analysts, User Experience/User Interface Developers, Designers, and Testers

·         The principal business outcome was to maximize the return for GameStop’s Information Technology investments

·         Served as the Clarity PPM Application Administrator

·         Setup Clarity application to enable customer reporting and pivot tables

·         Developed and implemented custom reporting using Clarity Crystal Reports

·         Implemented the ability to enable Single Sign On (SSO) Authentication via Active Directory

·         Provided education on agile topics, observe team progress and make recommendations, encourage agile thinking, and help to overcome barriers to adopting agile from the organization’s culture

·         Guided ecommerce-focused project teams of all sizes through the adoption of values from the Agile Manifesto, specific practices from Scrum adapting to fit specific needs of the client

·         Facilitated and guided teams through forming, storming, norming, and performing by adopting Scrum practices through sprints of 2 week in length

·         Conducting interactive mini boot camps for team members to kick start understanding of agile

·         Mentoring team in Scrum roles and activities

·         Coaching team and individuals as requested and from observation of team

·         Guided the use of “Big Visible Charts” through education and guidance of teams in using backlog management tools including Clarity, MS Project and Excel

·         Used Burn Up / Burn Down charts to communicate sprint and project health

·         Created mock-up of executive-level release planning and roadmap of the project

·         Facilitated scrum techniques in daily team stand-ups, Planning Poker, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and other team workshops

·         Promoted agile in the team and client environment sharing information about agile training courses, creating and delivering agile topics to multi-level audiences, mentoring the teams and individuals.

·         Implemented SharePoint Site for team information sharing and storage

 

HP  (FTE)                                                                                            Oct 2011 to May 2012

GM Agile Transformation Program/Project Manager (HP Consultant assigned to GM)

·         Scrum Master on team of Agile experts brought together to provide guidance for transformation but also acted as a coach to various scrum teams

·         Creation of Agile documentation to be used as guidance for GM Transformation including the final Phase I collateral to be used in a self-extraction file

·         Coached and mentored multiple teams as they began their exploration of scrum

·         Facilitated creation of product backlog with multiple teams and product owners including the creation of use stories, prioritization, relative sizing, sprint planning, and estimation of user stories

·         Ensured successful team demos and retrospective by providing maximum value in a timely fashion

·         Encouraged the use of “Big Visible Charts” through education and guidance of teams in using physical board display while waiting on the primary backlog management tool

·         Implemented SharePoint for document storage and sharing throughout organization.

·         Implemented Salesforce.com for client use

 

 

Sogeti                                                                                                  Oct 2010 to Oct 2011

Project Manager (FTE)

·         Responsible for overseeing all aspects of client projects with the ultimate goal being delivering the project on time, within budget, and with quality

·         Duties included assembling project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects, taking projects from the original concept through final implementation, interfacing and communicating with all areas affected by the project including project sponsors, external clients, vendors, end users, executive management

 

Client: MedAssets                                                                                              

XClaim Software Development Scrum Master

·         Led Scrum of Scrums for 12 project teams providing software development to support MedAssets implementation of IDC10 and proprietary BI applications (Scrum teams from US and India)

·         Ensured project success through the creation of current and to-be maturity model diagrams including templates for the activities along with the identification of roles and responsibilities

·         Supported management organization through communication, scheduling of quality reviews, and validating results, scheduling vendor demonstrations with enterprise wide client participation

·         Coached the teams through their initial and ongoing transition to Agile project management using distributed scrum teams

·         Provided training on the Agile manifesto, scrum basics, product ownership/scrum team roles and responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle and use of scrum processes and tools (Rally), including Backlog management, Story writing, Scrum demos, Daily stand-ups, Sprint prioritization/story sizing, and Retrospectives

 

Client: Pier 1                                                                                         

Project Manager

·         Project Assessment project for Pier 1 to enable corrective actions on a troubled project

·         Assessed current situation provided guidance and developed corrective measures with Client, including resource evaluations, minimizing timeline and scheduling of priorities to enable project to complete on time with objectives satisfied. Project was focused on Authentication and Security

·         Project completed during start up activities for another client (GameStop)

 

Client: GameStop                                                                                              

Project Manager

·         Managed the installation and configuration of Computer Associates Clarity Project Management software application (12.1) for GameStop Corporation

·         Managed project team through requirements gathering, design, build, testing, including use case development, and implementation

·         Engineered processes to support the implementation of global project management frameworks that supported both traditional waterfall and agile methodologies for project teams supporting domestic and international projects, including ecommerce, Infrastructure, Store Support, and International Operations

·         Produced the training materials and facilitated the training sessions for GameStop Project Management personnel worldwide (Scrum, combination of offshore and onshore resources – India, US - CA, Sogeti, GameStop)

 

7-Eleven                                                                                              Oct 2008 to Oct 2010

Project Manager  (Consultant and FTE)

·         Managed $9.6M Business Transformation program consisting of separate projects focusing on redesigning the ecommerce systems to support Logistics, Vendor Order Management and Settlement to support a retail enterprise.

·         Combined back end functionality among projects included storage of records related to ordering, invoicing and payment

·         SharePoint document sharing and storage

·         Enabling integration amongst disparate systems and enablement of Active Directory

·         Collaborated with stakeholders and participating vendors, service delivery partners to produce deliverables on time and within budget.

·         Integrated the 7-Eleven service delivery processes related to vendor ordering, warehouse management system and vendor settlement functions to the new 7-Eleven business transformation model. (Waterfall and Scrum, combination of offshore and onshore resources – Japan, US, India – HP, NEC, NRI, 7-Eleven, Exel)

 

Microsoft                                                                                             Nov 2007 to May 2008          

Microsoft Business Services, Solution Delivery Manager (Consultant)

·         Responsibility for client relations, driving program implementations and improvement projects for financial management systems, invoicing and billing within the MBS IT Solutions Delivery teams.

·         Developed the business model, processes, and system(s) that support financial applications.

·         Integrated disparate systems and coordinated five separate, though connected projects (Waterfall and Scrum - Offshore resources – UK, India, Germany – Microsoft and contractors)

·         Project teams consisted of Product Owners, Developers, Testers, BAs

 

EDS                                                                                                      2005 to 2007              

Portfolio Management, Project Management Consultant (FTE)

·         Directed the development of company market requirements for specific products(s) or product line(s)

·         Development of business plans, managing project lifecycles, and product positioning in the market place

·         Ensuring business processes aligned with services portfolio and client directed solutions. Combination of Waterfall and Scrum methodologies depending on the type of development and client preference for each project

·         CRM Project Management

·         Utilized onshore and offshore resources for service delivery (Project teams of 15-45+ resources from India, UK, Ireland, Hungary and Germany

·         Project Lead for Infrastructure Business Unit, Project Lead / Tech Lead for EDS’ E. Solutions B2B Practice, and Testing Analysis and Quality Assurance Tech Lead for EDS Y2K testing for various clients worldwide

 

Avaya                                                                                                  2000 to 2005  

Lifecycle Services Integration Manager (FTE)

·         Integrated telecommunications products and support services portfolios for Telecommunications services spanning the entire SDLC

·         Developed template and client-specific call center communications applications and service delivery including BI functionality

·         Managed the global project teams (20-25+ resources comprised of Developers, Testers, and Business Analysts) through requirements gathering, systems design, build, testing, UAT and acceptance stage gates

·         Project development using Waterfall and Scrum methodologies and a combination of onshore/offshore resources – UK, Hungary, US