Cognizant

Senior Scrum Master

Elevance Health

* As Scrum Master for IT teams, velocity increased by 30% in 4 months through improved prioritization, in-depth story refinement and estimating, and avoiding over-commitment
* Coordinate dependencies across teams
* Communicate and report on sprint and program-level metrics
* Lead organizational change as a Transformation Champion

Senior Technical Project Manager and Scrum Master

Amount

Agile Coach for development teams throughout the organization. 

* Created partner portfolio processes and best practices for Enterprise PMO
* Mentored, coached, recruited, hired and onboarded 12 Scrum Masters in 6 months
* Improved team velocity by 20% through coaching and innovation on sprint planning commitment
* Successfully led Agile Development transformation including process definition, training, and evaluation across the organization

Agile Coach

The University of Chicago

Scrum Master and Technical Project Manager for The National Cancer Institute's Genomic Data Commons (GDC). A next generation cancer knowledge network supporting the hosting, standardization, and distribution of genomic and clinical data. 

http://www.gdc.cancer.gov

Responsibilities included: 
•	Project and sprint planning
•	Backlog management using Jira
•	Client communication
•	Quality assurance
•	Writing user stories
•	Leading team scrums
•	Facilitating sprint retrospectives and working meetings
•	Working with teams to implement improved processes and coaching teams on Agile project management methodology.

Senior Technical Project Manager

Critical Mass

Agile project management and direct client contact at a digital marketing agency
• Project and client management for a mobile application development project from concept to completion, including creative, UX, front-end and back-end development for a financial services client
• Created an Agile, Kanban, and overview of project epics, stories, and tasks for time tracking, task management, and resource allocation
• Developed risk mitigation plan and work authorization and change request forms

Senior Project Manager Contract

Sears Holdings Corporation

Worked in an Agile and 4D environment and led PDP User Experience projects for the Online Business Unit.
• Managed teams of 20-30+ stakeholders from product, development, QA, user experience, and marketing
• Ran daily Scrum meeting & tracked team’s progress, timing & sprint success across 100+ projects and 500+ issues, using Jira, Excel, MS Project, and Invision
• Maintained project backlog and estimated projects two times per week for projects averaging a potential revenue impact of $1 million

Senior Project Manager, User Experience (contract)

Quill

Senior IT Project Manager responsible for the overseeing the full SDLC for Quill.com e-commerce projects.  

* Co-led the business transformation in processes and training for Staples Europe as they move to a new e-commerce platform.
* Documented as-is business processes and work closely with Technical Writers to create clear and concise process flow documents.
* Managed on-site training logistics for 25 Staples Europe Associates, including meeting coordination, seamless communication and complete documentation.
* Worked with business partners in Marketing, Merchandising, Usability and the Agency, to gather requirements.
* Wrote SRS requirements to capture business needs and provide clear direction to developers and QA teams.

E-Commerce Senior IT Project Manager Consultant (contract)

Cramer Krasselt

Provided senior-level program management for digital marketing accounts that integrate SEM/SEO, email, website development, display marketing and analytics
•	Managed multiple project teams to provide deliverables ontime and within budget.
•	Coached and led project team members on improving collaboration and communication.

Senior Campaign Manager

Razorfish Global

Provided structure and program management on Media, Analytics, Web Dev, Business Intelligence, CRM and Search projects by overseeing and directing multiple project teams within given client relationships.  Strategically scoped engagements, managed client relationships and project teams / deliverables.

•	Created structure and processes on key account that improved team efficiency by 45% and improved on-time deliverable completion by 90%.

•	Utilized daily Scrum and increased one-on-one training of Media team, improving accuracy of IO creation.

•	Improved tracking and measurement of terms and conditions negotiations that led to a 20% jump in signed publisher contracts in 6 weeks.

•	Increased team communication and improved team morale by developing effective methods for resolving conflicts on difficult accounts, ensuring higher productivity internally and client satisfaction.

Program Manager, VivaKi, Publicis Groupe

VivaKi, Publicis Groupe

Drove quality and flawless execution across SEM organization.  Worked with subject matter experts to measure,create and improve upon best practices and general processes.  Created and managed project teams of up to 30 people.  Developed project documents and presented to Leadership Team for buy-in.

•	Boosted efficiency of Paid Search Analysts by analyzing utilization of on-shore and off-shore teams.  Off-shore utilization increased from 84% to 98% in first month by using new organizational model.

•	Created Peer-to-Peer review system, contributing to standardization of deliverables that improved communication and increased efficiency by 20%.

•	Analyzed technical and business needs and created use cases for knowledge management system.

Managed team of 6 Natural Search Program Managers in Client Services (2008-2009) generating over $5.0M in annual revenue through natural search programs, including NSO Connect (consulting services), NSO Direct and Yahoo! SSP.  Provided strategic insight and overall guidance on clients’ search program and promoted best practices within the team and across the Search Operations staff.

•	Effectively mentored and evaluated staff, achieving a retention rate of 96%.

•	Increased NSO account retention rate 12% in 3 months by developing a new process, educating and mentoring staff, measuring successes and implementing program changes.

•	Analyzed search results and provided strategic recommendations to achieve clients’ business goals.

Project Manager

PROJECT DIRECTOR | AGILE COACH
Excels at Customer-Focused Project Management To Improve Delivery Quality and Efficiency

Well-versed results driven Agile Coach and Project Director with extensive experience providing business management for team members to increase productivity and profitability that aligns with long-term company objectives. Excellent communication skills to develop methods that promote teamwork and cohesiveness. Strong command of research, on-line marketing and increasing digital footprints to solidify company brand and revenue goals. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Management Professional (PMP)| Scrum Master | Agile Coach | Vendor / Client Relations
Risk / Change Management |Team Development & Training | Process Management | Coaching / Mentoring

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