Develop project dashboards to convey project progress and impact
Provide support services and product delivery across multiple projects/products utilizing industry best practices, within a scaled agile framework
Manage multiple product releases and overseeing development stages
Manage global team in U.S. and Ireland
Act as the liaison between the software development team, business owners and internal and external stakeholders
Manage program budget process and coordinate with executive leadership, project managers and vendors to ensure project resources are applied efficiently and effectively
Manage problem escalations
Align project schedules
Manage and allocate staff resources
Responsible for determining feature requirements, researching customer experiences, and outlining a detailed product strategy
Measure project performance using appropriate application tools and techniques.
Mentor and motivate teams to improve system processes
PROJECT MANAGER (SCRUM MASTER)
Almac Group
October 2015
to September 2017
Project Manager of Mobile Applications
Monitored progress and performance
Managed teams to remove impediments
Owned product vision from conception to implementation
Established and drove product iterations and story features
Managed multiple agile product road maps and releases
Responsible for determining feature requirements, UX Design, and the overall customer experience
Ensured development teams followed scrum framework values and agile best practices
Managed program and project teams
Coordinated and delegated cross-project initiatives
Identified key requirements needed from cross-functional teams
Developed and managed project budgets of more than 8 million dollars
Successfully delivered against established business goals and objectives
Microsoft Dynamics, Senior Business Analyst
ED&F Man and Westway Feed Products
September 2013
to September 2015
Full-time
New Orleans, LA and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
United Kingdom
The de facto project and program manager responsible for establishing and delivering on project/program objectives, scope and budgets of more than 10M dollars for the replacement ERP system, MS Dynamics AX
Set goals and objectives to develop team members and provided coaching and feedback to assist staff with reaching their full potential
Coordinated with corporate communications partners to develop key project/product messages
Gather data for emerging new ideas and system features
Conducted market research to expand products development. Assisted with overseeing the design, deployment and growth of features using the Agile Scaled Framework.
Analyzed and evaluated the current business processes to identify outcomes and areas of improvement.
Collaborated with decision makers, system owners and end users to define business, financial, and operational requirements
Supported all industry aspects (i.e. usage questions, issues, business processes, reporting, and data quality) of the MS Dynamics AX and associated application components
Developed detailed project plans to monitor progress against budgets
Law Firm Practice Systems, Senior Business Analyst
LexisNexis
January 2011
to August 2013
Full-time
Cary
United States - North Carolina
Provided detailed requirements for Law Firm practice management and mobile application solutions
Defined Agile product roadmap, epics, features and sprints
Performed decomposition of themes and epics for multiple sprints and releases
Developed user stories and detailed acceptance criteria per Agile SCRUM methodology
Managed weekly backlog grooming team sessions
Contributed to User experience (UX) designs
Participated in identifying market problem and developing solutions
Senior Program Manager, IT Systems Consultant
Verizonbusiness
October 2000
to December 2010
Full-time
Cary
United States - North Carolina
Accountable for coordinating internal resources and third party vendors for the execution of network topology projects
Estimated the budget, resources, and time required to complete projects
Managed software engineers responsible for developing three major VZB systems: 1. Global Notifications Services (GNS)
2. Outage and Situational Information System (OASIS) 3. Fiber Locate Protection System (FLPS)
Developed, documented and refined network operation center (NOC) policies, processes, procedures, and associated systems requirements
Maintained call volume history, hiring, managing, coaching and evaluating personnel, partnering with peer management to ensure resolution of service issues.
Responsible for managing the operation of the NOC, including scheduling to meet staffing requirements