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Agile/PMP Certified IT Project Management Professional
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Highly qualified Project Manager with experience in Agile/Scrum and SDLC/Waterfall software development. Very proficient managing Telecom, Information Technology, Web/Cloud based and Telephony projects on time and on budget. An ideal candidate with strong Project Management, Engineering Management and Architectural experience coupled with solid sales, marketing, business administration and business analyst skills. Exceptional managerial, interpersonal, technical writing, presentation and oral/written skills and I am familiar with Lean, Kanban, and Extreme Programming (XP). I learn rapidly and would prefer a telecommute position.
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Professional Achievements
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- Certified Agile/Scrum Master (CSM) - www.ScrumAlliance.org
- Certified Agile/Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - www.ScrumAlliance.org
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute
- Certification for Object Oriented Programming - www.ObjectMentor.com
- Principal Inventor on Total Control patent (www.google.com/patents/US5761281)
- Sales Contributor of the Year U.S. Robotics, Inc.
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Professional Experience
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AT&T, Inc.
Leading Multinational Telecom Corporation. Largest U.S. landline provider & 2nd largest U.S. mobile provider.
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• Managed four concurrent software development projects using Agile/Scrum framework to enhance AT&T’s business services infrastructure. These 4 projects had a combined budget in excess of $16 Million USD.
• Led Scrum of Scrum meetings for all projects each with 8-10 Scrum Masters. Managed many cross functional Scrum Teams from AT&T, CGI, Amdocs, Accenture and IBM located in the United States and offshore (India).
• Worked closely with Agile Coaches to help transform AT&T from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum software development. Became very proficient using Rally to manage the product/sprint backlog, sprints and releases.
• Coached AT&T Solution Architects, Program/Project Managers, Product Owners and Scrum Masters on Agile practices and worked closely with these individuals to continuously groom the Product Backlog using Rally.
• I rapidly became the go-to person AT&T executives turned to with questions regarding Agile, Scrum & Rally.
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WikiHorseWorld.com, Inc. (Springfield, MO)
A leading equestrian website offering equine products/services for horse owners and organizations worldwide
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President/CEO and Project Manager (2007 - Present)
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• Managed many software projects using Agile/Scrum and led all Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews & retrospectives. Wrote user stories and maintained the product/sprint backlogs.
• Served as principal architect and project manager. I led a team of programmers and graphic designers to develop this advanced equestrian site utilizing PHP, Java Script, Linux, Apache, MySQL and Zend Framework.
• Spun off the website’s equine pedigree system as a separate cloud based service enabling horse registries and breeders to manage their database of pedigreed horses and display horse info & pedigree charts on their site.
• Managed all the website’s online advertising, social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns and became highly proficient using Content Management Systems (CMS).
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Computer Clinic, Ltd. (Springfield, MO)
A full service I.T. consulting firm serving small and medium size businesses in the Springfield, MO area
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President/CEO and Project Manager (2001 - 2007)
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• Managed all Information Technology (I.T.) projects for this startup company to facilitate the installation, set-up, and configuration of many types of I.T. products and networks including computers, servers, Cisco routers, switches as well as Voice, Data and Teleconference (Telepresence) networks.
• Successfully managed all projects using Microsoft Project and PMI (PMBOK) project management techniques.
• Built computer/server hardware and installed and configured Linux, Windows and Apple operating systems.
• Managed the customer service help desk to troubleshoot and repair all computer, server & network outages.
• Proficient with Cloud Computing, Voice over IP (VOIP), SIP, H.323, IP, IPsec, HTML, and LAN/WAN networks.
• Developed excellent IT project management, network administration and customer service/support skills.
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Open Port Technology, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
Unified Communications (UC) & Unified Messaging (UM) firm providing the IP LaunchPad messaging platform
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Principal Software Architect (1998 - 2000)
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• Charter member of the software architecture group. Initiated projects to define the architecture, design, features, functions and business case for the IP LaunchPad carrier grade unified messaging platform which enabled any-to-any messaging for voice, fax, email and instant messages.
• Oversaw all software architectural issues including software design specifications, selection/implementation of development tools/methodologies and determining which modules were designed using Java versus C++.
• Developed the architecture which enabled the IP LaunchPad to access wireless/mobile networks using the Wireles...
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