Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Agile change agent: highly-skilled in streamlining processes, reducing costs, decreasing waste, and achieving results while enriching relationships—serve as a trusted advisor to mature Agile businesses. Leadership by example: regarded for ability to train teams and inspire creative thinking, fostering atmospheres of transparency and accountability. Multipronged approach to problem-solving: able to identify organizational impediments to Agile adoption—analytical, with an eye on optimization and goal attainment. Empower and enable execution: collaborate with and influence all organizational levels, implementing Agile techniques across cultures and environments. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Management: Technical Leader, Coach, Mentor, Team Transformation, Multiple Scrum Teams, Content Management Systems (CMS), Process Improvements, Strategy, Operations, Relationship Management, Facilitation, Creative Direction, Concept Creation, Training, DevOps Technology: Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Atlassian Portfolio, Microsoft 365 Office Suite, Salesforce, Smartsheet, PowerBI, Aha METHODOLOGIES: Agile, Scrum & Waterfall
Progressively promoted to define and optimize business processes, ensuring consistency and scalability. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Facilitated testing and migration of 100 Jira projects and 150 Confluence migrations. - Trusted to overhaul Internal Financial Tool components. - Selected to lead team of 10 engineers during hiring freeze.
Actively recruited to oversee 3 teams across multi-cloud data management, software-defined storage, OpenStack, and GDPR (multi-sectored); trained technical architects to fill product owner roles. Selected Accomplishments: * Mentored and developed a high-performing engineering team, focusing on skill enhancement, career growth, and a collaborative work culture. * Collaborated with leadership to create and sustain an Agile-friendly environment, aligning organizational goals with Agile principles for enhanced productivity.
Actively recruited to oversee 3 teams across multi-cloud data management, software-defined storage, OpenStack, and GDPR (multi-sectored); trained technical architects to fill product owner roles. Selected Accomplishments: * Orchestrated successful management of external software programs and internal initiatives focused on seamless new software implementation, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and timelines. * Played a key role in a substantial Jira migration project, contributing expertise to streamline processes and enhance team collaboration.
Actively recruited to manage 3 Scrum Teams of ~15 per; led daily stand-ups, collaborated with product owners / managers, and removed impediments. Selected Accomplishments: * Led implementation of story mapping in department for 8 teams * Implemented and trained department on Atlassian Portfolio
Actively recruited to manage 3 Scrum Teams of ~15 per; led daily stand-ups, collaborated with product owners / managers, and removed impediments. Selected Accomplishments: * Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning * Improved support response time by 50%
Actively recruited to assume pivotal role in 8 digital projects (combined budget, ~$2M); fostered synergy across multiple cross-functional teams of ~10 per. Selected Accomplishments: * Initiated adoption of Agile project management methodology/practices * Accelerated pace of delivery on client quick-turn requests
Progressively and rapidly promoted to full scope project management, leading multiple cross-functional project teams of 10 per while simultaneously managing projects’ quality assurance. Selected Accomplishments: * Increased productivity 90% with 5 fewer employees while reducing errors by 95% * Launched 46 websites for current clients within 12 months * Improved service to internal clients by creating SLAs