PROJECT MANAGER PRODUCT MANAGER BUSINESS LEADER
Accomplished Project Manager with a demonstrated history of leading cross-functional teams through
the delivery of multi-million-dollar development projects. Effectively manages aspects of the product lifecycle including workflow management, resource allocation, and release schedules. Utilizes strong leadership and communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical teams and business units to deliver products that meet business objectives.
MS Project 2016 Professional MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) MS Visio 2013 Atlassian Jira / Atlassian JQL Atlassian Confluence Jama Software (Requirements)
SAFe 4, Certified Safe Agilist Certified Project Management Professional (PMP® #1678604) Certified Scrum Master (ID 000450078) Certified Scrum Product Owner (ID 000450078)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines – Miramar, FL
3/14/2018 – Present
Scrum Master & Agile Coach (Contractor)
Performing Scrum Master role for two development teams.
Coaching third sprint team, product owner and business analysts.
Implemented sprint board for three sprint teams working from one backlog in Jira
Implemented improved Jira workflow for sprint transitions
Implemented new Jira filters for each sprint team
Implemented sprint external dependencies in Confluence to enhance coordination between sprint and external teams.
Alpine, An ITW Company – Fort Lauderdale, FL
6/28/2004 – 1/16/2018
Senior Project Manager (2011 - 2018)
Provided resource management for $2M of new development annually by a team of 40 developers comprised of 5 to 6 new features and numerous enhancements. Scheduled all releases and hot fixes and provided risk analysis for each release, including phased releases for new features, coordinating release dates with Product Management. Provided cross team coordination for development. Created and maintained release information in MS Project, Atlassian Jira / Confluence. Managed service packs in-between major releases.
Achieved 95% on time delivery of all application releases through collaborative ground up estimation and resource management
Optimized feature development with heavily siloed teams through process change, collaborative feature meetings and dependency mapping and scheduling
Improved risk management through active milestone management and expanded inter team communications.
Incorporated Agile framework for use on critical development; Product Owner, backlog grooming, and “sprint” review meetings.
Requirements Manager (2014 - 2018)
Provided guidance and direction for 3 Business Analysts and a Technical writer. Generated user stories for Agile development, scope management and MVP for larger more technically complex requirements. Managed development of requirements for large and complex projects. Groomed Product Backlog for MVP and Iterative development. Delivered expected functionality with improved UX/UI design in conjunction with current development methodology.
Improved estimate accuracy by over 50% due to improvement in scope definition.
Streamlined and accelerated requirements development to allow early start when needed, based on foundational development and minimally viable product definition
Improved scope definition by introduction of user stories to the requirements process.
Improved feature test creation and developer comprehension by adding use cases and work flow diagrams to requirements
Product / Project Manager - Business Applications (2007 - 2011)
Managed existing legacy business application while developing Alpine’s current business application. Developed the current application using and iterative and adaptive development methodology specifically designed to ensure the application was consistently aligned with end user needs.
Scheduled and prioritized development to ensure increased user value proposition with each subsequent release. Provided portability of legacy data and customer workflows to ensure adoption of the application.
Managed development and release of new business application
Accelerated migration of the top 10 % of customers to new application through initial application design
Project Manager Customer Conversions (2004 - 2007)
Managed 2 field technicians and a database developer. Documented customer process and work artifacts on competitive software products and developed a migration plan to move customers to the Alpine software. Migrations involved, using Alpine software to replicate work artifacts and workflows when possible, educate customers on Alpine specific functionality to achieve identical results when not possible. If neither non-development solution was feasible new development requests were generated and managed in line with financial constraints for each conversion.
True House – Jacksonville, FL
3/25/2003 – 6/1/2004
Plant Manager
Supervised 40 production employees in saw, roof and floor department.
Oversaw more than $4 million dollars of production.
Conducted all plant hiring, scheduling, and resource planning.
Designed and implemented truss batching for saws and tables.
Increased quality and reduced on site field repairs by changing batching system to allow tables to produce more efficiently.
Increased production while reducing saw labor by 20%.
Stark Truss – Canton, OH
4/5/2002 – 3/7/203
Light Gauge Steel Division Manager
Managed Startup of Light Gauge Steel manufacturing division
Purchased and installed light gauge steel truss production equipment and software.
Developed customer base and sales in South Carolina.
Designed, priced, sold and supervised production of light gauge steel trusses.
Reliable Truss – New Bedford, Ma
7/10/1989 – 4/26/2002
General Manager
Managed $4M annual sales
Purchasing responsibility
Supervise 30+ manufacturing and technical associates two shifts.
Developed computer procedures increasing throughput at various stations by up to 50%.
Responsible for all sales in Long Island and Connecticut with average sales in the $70,000 range.
Increased labor productivity 20% by developing standardized production methods and setting production-oriented design standards.
Increased quality and reduced production oriented back charges by 80%.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Boston University, Boston, MA