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I Don't Always Use Agile. But When I Do, I Use SCRUM

Doug Dockery

Agile Coach and Project Manager

Areas of expertise:

Project Management IT Strategy Application Development Strategic Planning

Management Consulting SCRUM Agile Unified Process Rational Unified Process Process

Development Business Intelligence (BI) Data Warehousing Team-Building and Leadership

Organizational Transformations Kanban/Lean

Doug's Resume

Monday, March 19, 2012

DOUG DOCKERY

abo2zs@r.postjobfree.com

Agile Coach and Project Management Specialist

Seasoned and successful Agile Coach and project management professional with extensive

experience in developing IT patterns and processes, Agile project management, methodology

implementation, strategic planning, and social media strategy. Strengthens IT performance

by identifying and harnessing appropriate technologies. Utilizes a holistic approach to

enhance team effectiveness, improve client satisfaction, and achieve superior technical

results.

Areas of expertise:

Project Management IT Strategy Application Development Strategic Planning

Management Consulting SCRUM Agile Unified Process Rational Unified Process Process

Development Business Intelligence (BI) Data Warehousing Team-Building and Leadership

Organizational Transformations Kanban/Lean

Technologies:

Microsoft C# Java Objective-C Microsoft SQL Server SQLite Appcelerator Titanium

Callback (PhoneGap) Sencha Touch Adobe Dreamweaver Essbase ASP.Net Microsoft

Project Team Foundation Server Subversion Git JavaScript HTML 5 CSS Flex

Adobe Flash Builder Atlassian Confluence Rally Software ALMPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cincinnati Financial Corporation2011 - Present

A national provider of insurance products and financial services

Agile Coach/Senior Project Manage (2011 - Present)

Designed and implemented Cincinnati Financial's Agile methodology, COMET. Served as the

corporation's Agile coach and trained 20 Project Managers and 600+ IT Associates in the

use and utilization of the Agile methods featured in our methodology..

Tasked with the design and implementation of a matrix managed model for IT that focuses

on flexible resource management applied to pools of available expertise, while balancing

resource capacity and demand.

Managed project teams in a variety of environments (predictive, SCRUM, Lean) using

C#.Net, ASP.Net, Confluence, SharePoint, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2.

Supervised the Project Management effort for Cincinati Financial Corporation s mobile

application development effort for Apple iPad and iPhone using Objective-C and SQLite.

Evaluated Appcelerator Titanium, Callback (PhoneGap), and Sencha Touch as part of the

development of the corporation s long-term development strategy.

Responsible for a program of pilot Agile projects. Responsible for organizational change

management surrounding the implementation of new development methodology and

mentoring/coaching across the organization. Created a shared repository for standard

artifacts using Atlassian Confluence, established a common vocabulary, and developed

standard SDLC processes in support of our organizational CMMI assessment/certification.

Fast Switch, Ltd., Cincinnati, Ohio 20092011

An IT and Financial Consulting Services Provider serving the Mid-western United States

Vice President

Responsible for the management of Fast Switch s partnership with Mainline, Inc. (a $900MM

IBM partner) on a National basis. Tasked with management of all joint Fast Switch/Mainline

projects utilizing a modified version of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) using a

variety of development tools.

Managed teams of consultants working in both predictive (waterfall) and Agile models

(SCRUM) using Microsoft C#, Java, and WebSphere.

LUCRUM, INC., Cincinnati, Ohio 2007-2009

An IT consulting services provider, specializing in Business Intelligence (BI), Data

Warehousing, and Salesforce.com integration.

Vice President/Principal Consultant

Lead cross-functional teams to provide application development and project management for

our clients using Agile development methodologies in a Visual Studio/C# environment.

Served as Project Manager/Architect to determine needs, identify data migration sources,

and necessary customization of implementation of Salesforce.com as CRM solution and SaaS

platform for our clients.

RDI MARKETING SERVICES, INC., Blue Ash,Ohio 2004-2007

A 2,000 person, national provider of outbound tele-services, inbound call processing, and

market research services.

Director of Information Technology

Spearheaded transformation effort to secure company position as leader in tele-services

and market research. Analyzed technical capabilities and potential vendors to create 5-

year strategic plan.

Contributed to design and served as Project Manager for new HQ and flagship call center

construction projects.

Responsible for $10M annual budget for IT and telephony. Led development of applications

(Visual Studio/Fox Pro and C#) in a SCRUM/XP environment and managed production of nightly

deliverables for Fortune 500 clients.

Managed project to convert call processing system from EIS based system to state-of-the-

art telephony system featuring an Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (I3) software switches

and VoIP circuits.

OHIO FINANCIAL GROUP, Cincinnati, Ohio 2002-2004

A major mortgage lending and brokerage organization with offices in 6 states and 10

metropolitan areas and 500 employees.

Director of Information Technology

Managed installation of Cisco VoIP telephony equipment across all offices, resulting in

savings of over $200,000 per year

Designed and managed installation of a Citrix Metaframe network to replace 500 individual

PC s.

Managed software selection, internal application development efforts, website design, and

network administration activities.

DIGITALINK INTERACTIVE, LTD (Trilobite Design, Inc.), Cincinnati, Ohio 1999-2002

A start-up provider of a SaaS solution for small businesses.

Director of Technology and Infrastructure

Built technology portion of company from company inception by hiring staff, directing

daily operations, and managing solution architecture and infrastructure development.

Grew new practice areas, including Agile project management methodologies, Internet

development in an SmallTalk/Objective C and VB environment, hosting, and consulting

services.

RAPIDIGM, INC. (Acquired by Fujitsu Consulting) Columbus/Cincinnati, Ohio 1993-1999

A global provider of IT consulting services headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Vice President (1996-1999)

Maintained P&L accountability and managed budget and bottom line for Midwestern Regional

Offices, encompassing Cincinnati, Dayton, Kentucky, and Indiana. Forged and strengthened

industry alliances and community partnerships. Oversaw sales, recruiting, and

administrative employees and 100 technical staff members.

Branch Manager (1995-1996)

Built Cincinnati branch from ground up. Managed technology group and consulting services

development functions. Was first employee in the region and grew branch to $18M in sales.

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