Scrum Master Project Management

Jon-Frederick (Derry) Simmel

Chapin, SC ***** 803-***-****

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SENIOR IT PORTFOLIO MANAGER

A driven, highly organized, analytical, self-motivated, and consistent senior it program manager with attention to detail, a passion and work ethic to meet deadlines and budget while providing excellent customer service. Demonstrated ability to work independently, with minimal supervision to managing projects and providing technical solutions. Excellent management skills demonstrating ability to mentor, and lead projects for over 15 years and having led training for PMP certification.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

SDLC (Agile, Kanban, Waterfall) Communication Skills ITIL

IT Management Financial Planning Portfolio Management

Conflict Management Business Requirements Communications Skills

Quality Standards Client Services Project Management Tools

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

•Management experience supervising a team of over 20 developers, business analysts and testers to implement first version of Property and Casualty processing system after 3-year implementation cycle.

•Built PMO for IT department developing corporate and project governance procedures, technology roadmap, templates, and documentation for scoring, selecting, and executing projects. Reduced number of open projects by 2/3 allowing staff to focus on priority work and increasing the number of projects delivered on time and on budget.

•Managed divestiture of major subsidiary over 2-year period including moving over 300 staff, 50 systems, associated hardware and confidential data. This involved close adherence to GDPR, HIPAA and US privacy regulations to transfer and protect the confidentiality of the data.

EXPERIENCE

Harsco Rail, Columbia, SC 08/23 - present

Harsco builds, maintains, and supports railroad equipment. They are a manufacturer of the equipment. Harsco is upgrading their time accounting system to the next release. This is a short term project (<6 months) and we will go live in early January.

Project Manager

Manage project to upgrade Kronos to UKG WFM Pro. This involves coordinating work of vendor and Harsco and typical PM tasks such as status reporting, risk management, scheduling, testing, and training.

I am responsible for working with the vendor and making sure that both vendor and Harsco stay on schedule and provide deliverables when planned.

Enstar Group US, Columbia, SC 06/17 – 05/23

An insurance consolidator who purchases long term loss portfolios from global insurance companies and processes purchased claims with unique procedures which reduce overall cost resulting in profitable acquisitions.

AVP, Services; Project Manager

Coordination of divestiture of subsidiary company including all systems, data, and staff. Acted as single point of contact for the divestiture for external and internal stakeholders.

Responsible to manage projects and programs and providing leadership for IT portfolio for US area. Consists of 10 – 20 complex projects varying in size and an annual budget for the portfolio of $10M. Accountable for resource management, work management, process improvement, business relationship, and project financials

Project manager responsible for managing IT projects composed of cross-functional teams, creating project documentation such as: scheduling, project budgeting, document management, status update, QA test plans, project plan, change management, and user acceptance testing using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Project.

Department of Social Services, Columbia, SC 03/16 – 06/17

Department of state government responsible for social services and the tracking and enforcement of childcare support.

PMO Manager Responsible for monitoring subcontractor program management activities. Collaboration with my vendor counterparts resolving issues and management reporting.

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Coordinate bi-weekly risk management meeting which reviewed, actioned, and evaluated risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and resolve issues.

Accountability for project management artifacts (project schedule, RAID log, weekly status, etc.) report to Program Executive with State and Federal oversight. Responsible for building project accounting metrics and data presentation related to project planning, project scope estimation, risk, and issue management.

Unitrends, Columbia, SC 10/14 – 12/15

Company which produces system backup software for disaster recovery and archiving of corporate data.

Software Engineering Manager

Scrum Master for multiple lean and agile application development projects introducing the Scrum and Agile techniques, developed internal process for SCRUM including prioritization of the backlog, use cases, sprint planning, user stories, procedures and artifacts and training of management and staff on these methodologies.

Agile coach for Engineering department helping team with agile and lean implementation. Introduced agile methodologies including business case development, key performance indicators using Jira, PowerPoint, SharePoint, MS Project, Visio, MS teams, and Smartsheet as collaborative tools.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Michelin, Greenville, SC

Agile Coach

CGI, Columbia, SC

Software Development Manager

General Information Services, Columbia, SC

VP, Information Technology Group

Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA

VP, Director of Project Management Office

AFLAC, Columbus, GA

Senior Manager

EDUCATION

MBA Accounting, University of Phoenix

BS, Computer Science, University of South Carolina

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Certification (PMP)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI)

ITIL Basic Training

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Past Vice-Chair for Membership for international PMO Special Interest Group

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