OVERVIEW

A technically proficient, highly analytical information technology professional with multi-industry experience, specializing in software development, staff coaching and mentoring, Agile methodologies, project leadership, and business transformation. Assumes a variety of roles and responsibilities, from transformation lead and architect to product owner and Scrum Master, to empower daily operations and inspire continuous improvement. Applies broad skills and technical insights in multiple business units crossing traditional functional boundaries. Proven success in providing resources and support to deliver the highest value possible for a dynamic enterprise.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Agile Coach providing leadership, counsel, and training in use of agile practices to empower development teams and enable businesses to apply those teams to work that delivers the highest value.

    • Implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies including SAFe

    • Coaching and training scrum masters, product owners, and team members in scrum and agile methodology

    • Producing communications and collateral to clarify and advance agile practices

  • Product Owner working with Product Management and business sponsors to capture and refine feature and story definition to meet the business need and provide needed clarity to development teams on product purpose, vision, requirements, and priorities.

  • Scrum Master working with teams, facilitating sprint planning and estimating techniques, tracking and removing obstacles, facilitating cross-team coordination, conducting daily stand ups, working with Product Owners to ensure teams have the definition they need to succeed.

  • Solution Architect / Delivery Lead

    • Technical and process leadership on complex projects at the team and program level

    • Working with business and technical teams to develop logical architectures informed by technical knowledge and experience

    • Capturing and communicating designs and processes in a clear and compelling way

    • Working on development teams in Agile and Scrum methodologies

  • Broad Experience

    • Award winning performance

    • Strong background developing in web technologies, data visualization, Java, .NET, SQL, and databases

    • Advising and acting as a sounding board for teams, product owners, architects, change agents

    • Business Development Support, authoring technical content for RFPs and RFP responses, project management

    • Technical due diligence assessments, business process re-engineering

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Awards

Commander's Award for Public Service (2007) 
NDIA Top 5 DoD Systems Engineering Program Award (2009)
Anexinet Sales Impact Award for delivery excellence (2018)
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Specialties

Acting as a key contributor to both the project management and technical aspects of any development effort while introducing new practices and methodologies, leading software development under Agile and Scrum methodologies, web application development, Java and J2EE technologies, SQL and database technologies, team leadership and mentoring, business development support.