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Information Technology Project Manager | Certified Agile Scrum Master

Proven Leader | Exceptional Organizational Skills | Process Improvement Focused

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

·         Outstanding record of delivering projects for new product launches and existing product improvements.

·         Experienced Leader in a Cross-functional Matrix Managed Environment. Managed cross functional teams in multiple locations, using excellent motivational, organizational, time management, and problem solving skills to inspire individuals to deliver systems that meet the Business requirements on time and within budget.

·         Coordinated all aspects of product development by identifying and understanding engineering – technical – business requirements and corporate organizational needs while successfully delivering end products.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

·         Scope, define and manage projects from concept to launch.

·         Proficient with MS Project – Excel – Power Point – Word – Visio – Jira – Confluence – CA Agile Rally.

·         Agile: 2 week sprints – facilitate sprint planning – daily standups – retrospective meeting.

·         Infrastructure: Coordinated Development, Database, Network, Security,  and Web activities

·         Strong interpersonal – analytical – problem solving – negotiating – influencing – facilitation – prioritization skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

V2Soft – Basking Ridge, New Jersey (Scrum Master Contractor)                                         October 2016 to March 2017

Scrum Master/Project Manager – Medical/Life Insurance enhancement projects for V2Soft’s client Optum Insurance

Roles and Responsibilities

·         Software solution Scrum Master responsible for managing a software technical development team that was responsible for delivering scheduled software upgrades for Medical/Life Insurance System enhancements.

o    System Architect, Technical Lead, Developers, QA, coordination with specialty areas deliverables

·         Coordinated with Product Owner, Release Manager, and Project Tech Lead for Program Increment – Scaled Agile Framework planning sessions.

·         Collaborated with Product Owner to create and deliver weekly project status updates for Member Domain Consumers.

·         Reconciled with Release Manager as well as area managers to resolve technically blocked features and user stories

Job Search                                                                                                                                            June 2016 to October 2016

HireGenics – Livingston, NJ (Project Manager Contractor)                                                              June 2015 to June 2016

Security Engineering Projects for HireGenics’ client AIG Insurance

Roles and Responsibilities

·         Microsoft Consultant Team Credential Theft Mitigation Project – Implementation of an Enhanced Security Admin Environment – Red Forest System for management of core domain controllers. I was responsible for managing all client activities that were established by the Microsoft Consultant Team.

·         Conversion of an outdated Bindview 2003 application to the latest version of Dell Enterprise Reporter. I was responsible for managing the Security Engineering activities that were required for the conversion.

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Job Search                                                                                                                                                March 2015 – June 2015

Verisk Analytics, Inc. – Jersey City, New Jersey                                                                   September 2000 – March 2015

Information and analytical tools for the medical/life insurance, healthcare, and financial services industries.

AGILE SCRUM MASTER (PMO)   (January 2011 – March 2015)

Collaborated with project sponsor to create charter, document business cases, identify stakeholders, and high-level risks. Created Management Project Plans that contained communication requirements, change management requirements, human resource requirements, quality assurance strategies, risk identification and issue resolution. Collaborated with resource managers to identify, manage, negotiate roles - responsibilities, and identify - resolve conflicts. Obtained final acceptance of the project deliverables, documented lessons learned, closed contracts and archived project documentation.

Roles and Responsibilities

·         Developed and installed a new WEB based interactive Statistical Web Services product which brought in new revenues of $2.5 million annually. This project ran for 18 months.

o    First Scrum project for the business unit. Educated about product backlog, user stories, points, burn down rate and 2 week sprint deliveries, improved team maturity levels in understanding Agile process while improving productivity.

o    Managed a multi-functional team which included an 8 person Java Development Team, an IT Database Management Team, a Web Implementation Team and a Business Unit Representative. 

o    Maintained project status using Atlassin-Jira based Agile Life Cycle Management tools.

o    Worked with Product Owners to control project deliverables; Review, prioritize, refine product backlog; Transition EPIC level requirements into business cases and user stories; Define business value for each user stories; Provide sprint commitment; Communicate sprint status.

o    Supervised sprint planning sessions; Conducted daily standups with team and stakeholders; Protected team from external influences such as requirement spikes, other project discussions, management meetings, etc.; Facilitate technical discussions with Architects to resolve technical challenges the team encountered; Directed retrospective meetings.

·         Upgraded the current Fire Suppression Rating Schedule application to capture Mitigation Hazard Discipline Data which brought in an additional $1.1 million annually. This project ran for 12 months.

o    Managed a project team of 4 Java developers, an IT data batch processing team, a Web Implementation Team, Field Reps Validation Team and Business Unit Representatives. 

o    Maintained project status using Atlassin-Jira based Agile Life Cycle Management tools.

o    Supervised sprint planning sessions; Conducted daily standups with team and stakeholders; Protected team from external influences such as requirement spikes, other project discussions, management meetings, etc.; Facilitate technical discussions with Architects to resolve technical challenges the team encountered; Directed retrospective meetings.

·         Built a new Joomla based Verisk Website Linux clustered system which resulted in an outside vendor access improvement of 35% which brought in an additional $1.1 million annually

o    Managed a project team of 10 which included representation from 3 Information Technology (IT) groups and 1 business unit.

o    Watched over project status using Atlassin-Jira based Agile Life Cycle Management tools.

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APPLICATION VALIDATION PROJECT MANAGER   (January 2008 – December 2010)

Conceived and implemented validation plans for software upgrades and hardware upgrades for enhancement projects. This involved creating and executing a validation project plan which coordinated IT implementation group activities with business unit development programmers that performed the validation tasks.

Roles and Responsibilities

·         Validated the operating system upgrade of the 8100 servers that were used in the Risk Decision application.

·         Executed the validation of the DB2 system upgrade of the servers that were used in the Fraud Analysis application.

·         Implemented the validation of the network server’s operating system upgrade for the Internal Risk Priority application.

PROGRAMMER   (September 2000 – December 2007)

Implemented software maintenance and enhancements of Risk Decision System applications. Programming skills include: CICS, JCL; Syncsort; SQL; DB2; and VSAM.

EDUCATION | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

M.S., Information Systems Management, Stevens Institute of Technology

B.S., Electrical Engineering Technology, College of New Jersey

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, Inc.   (2011)

ITIL Foundation Certification in IT Services, Axelos – PeopleCert   (2014)

Project Management Professional Training, Avtech Institute of Technology (2014)

Change Management, Total Quality Control, Effective Presentations,

Effective Communications, Risk Management, Java Programming Basics