Management Development

BRAD D. BARTON

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Agile Product Management Practitioner & Mentor

Dynamic professional with more than a decade of experience developing and

deploying innovative software solutions in the higher-education, wealth-

management, and consumer-lending industries.

Passionate problem-solver and organizational change agent with a pragmatic

awareness of business realities and a profound understanding of how to

leverage the human aspects of software development processes to delight

customers and deliver results. Accomplished mentor, coach, and leader.

. Conceptualized and led the delivery of numerous major new products and

features, including the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania 's

"2001 Best Use of Technology" Award Finalist - the "Online-Payment

Solution" biller-direct electronic bill-payment product

. Selected to lead a major software development process redesign that

reshaped American Education Services (AES), resulting in the creation

of a Chief Product Officer role, and a Product Management & Delivery

Division

. Repeatedly fostered a highly-collaborative approach to product

development, demonstrating the potential of true servant-leadership in

both traditional and Agile environments and resulting in the delivery

of real value for customers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACT CONFERENCING, Denver, Colorado ( 2010

Global provider of audio, web, and video conferencing services.

Scrum Master

Leading the adoption of the Scrum framework, including: educating business

and technology team members, facilitating all activities, and fostering

continuous process improvement.

. Coaching the application of Agile methods on a mission-critical,

geographically-distributed new product development effort, including team

members from two vendor development shops

. Working with practitioners from across the organization to develop a

strategy to support Agile Portfolio Management and project execution

. Developing and delivering interactive lunch & learn sessions to provide

stakeholders with more information about the benefits and impact of Agile

methods

NET OBJECTIVES, INC., Bellevue, Washington ( 2007 - 2009

Software-development process training and consulting organization.

Sr. Consultant, Lean-Agile Product Management & Development

Provided Lean, Agile, and Scrum consulting services for one of the nation's

premier mutual fund providers, with over $1 Billion in assets.

. Originally engaged to provide hands-on coaching and support for Product

Owners assigned to a large ($100 million+) pilot program used to evaluate

the scalability of Scrum

. Sole coach retained to provide full-time support for rollout to the

entire software development organization

. Led visioning and user-story workshops to assist with the launch of new

efforts.

. Introduced collaborative backlog grooming to encourage continuous

assessment and improvement of the product envisioned.

. Fostered the creation of Communities of Practice (CoPs) to provide

practitioners from each contributing discipline with a means to share

experiences and promote knowledge transfer

CITIGROUP, Baltimore, Maryland ( 2007

Major financial services conglomerate.

IT Lead / Scrum Master

In support of a $200 million+ program, led cross-functional teams

responsible for business process reengineering and the development of a new

system to support consumer lending at CitiFinancial.

. Selected to serve as one of the first three Scrum Masters and primary

Product Owner coach

. Invited to consult with the Program Management Office (PMO) to assist in

their efforts to develop an overall program plan for their first Agile

effort

. Developed the requirements management model utilized to ensure the

satisfaction of stakeholder needs, including configuration of Rational

RequisitePro to manage the process

. Contributed knowledge of software development best practices, including

Lean and Agile methods, in support of efforts to adopt a business-driven

approach to software development

AMERICAN EDUCATION SERVICES, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ( 1995 - 2007

Nation's largest non-profit, full-service student-lending organization and

provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for the student-aid

community.

Product-Line Manager, Lender & Consumer Products

Directed AES Loan Servicing and Loan Origination product development

efforts. These products served more than 200 lending clients who relied on

AES for the management of more than $30 billion in student loan assets,

resulting in greater than $100 million in annual revenues.

< Led a team of 20, including Product Managers and Business Analysts,

responsible for ensuring the marketability and success of all products in

the line

< Contributed to continuous improvement efforts as an advocate for adoption

of best-practices, increasing collaboration and overall effectiveness of

product development practices

Asst. Vice President & Lead Business Analyst, Financial Management

Development & Support

Ensured the efficiency of the AES Financial Management Division operations

by providing leadership to a team responsible for the ongoing analysis of

business processes and the support of technology changes.

< Championed the adoption of best-practices and a market-driven approach to

product management and product development, resulting in a major software

development process redesign

< Conceptualized and led the development of numerous opportunities for new

features and major product improvements, including the AES biller-direct

"Online-Payment Solution" and the business-to-business "Automated Funds

Transfer" electronic-payment products

< Provided thought leadership in the area of electronic funds transfers,

specifically ACH

< Selected to lead a team of analysts assembled to support a newly formed

ecommerce division

FORMAL EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

GPA: 3.96, summa cum laude

Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania

TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) & Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum

Alliance

Certified Business Analyst, George Washington University

Certified Web Professional, Pennsylvania State University

METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

Product Visioning and Roadmapping, Stakeholder and User Needs Analysis,

Business Case Development, Scope Definition, Change Management, Business

Process Modeling, Unified Process (UP), Unified Modeling Language (UML),

Use Case Specifications, Wireframes, User Stories, Business & System

Requirement Specifications, Test Case Specifications, Persona Development,

Lean & Agile Principles & Practices

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