Paul Bukauskas, MBA, SMC

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Scrum Master/Project Manager

I am a senior technologist with a strong combination of business acumen and technical skills. I have successfully led and delivered innovative solutions for the entertainment industry, including home entertainment and studio applications. I am proficient at program management and agile development, and I have a proven track record of generating revenue and exceeding expectations. I am a highly self-directed and rare resource who can develop concepts, implement strategies and drive results.

Technical and Professional Skills

Communication Process Modeling AWS S3 & RedShift

Problem Solving Stakeholder Management Hyperion Smart view

Facilitation Tableau, MicroStrategy Data warehousing

Critical Thinking Confluence Power Builder 12

Consensus Building Excel, Word, Project, Visio, Jira Python Pandas

Professional Experience

NETWORKTOCODE.COM– New York, NY NOV 2020 -OCT 2023

Engagement Manager

Managed the major strategic account, Bank of America, and implemented network automation solutions.

Lead five scrum teams of network automation engineers, developers and testers, at Bank of America, building network automation software using various technologies and tools.

Reported to NTC senior management on team progress budget vs forecast vs actual dollar spend providing insights and recommendations for improvement.

Lead an internal open source NTC project, Nautobot, from initial inception to the launch of Nautobot 2.0.

Built highly effective self-managing teams as an agile coach, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

NBC UNIVERSAL– Los Angeles, CA 2020 -JULY 2020

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Managed business relationships with key leaders across all levels in the TV Distribution business and served as primary engagement point of contact. Successfully led Agile team in the deployment of key TVD system to AWS. Engaged with business partners to identify needs on business and system improvements.

Sales and Availability for Filmed Entertainment System (SAFE)

Migrated TVD Licensee Profile module from on-prem .Net application to a Java based AWS solution

Implemented new features around Rights & Holdbacks, Usage Rules, Licensee Fees and Temp download rights as well as other contractual obligations that would assist sales in negotiating deals with new and existing NBC Universal Licensees of the NBCU content

Conducted reviews of 500+ existing contracts with Legal Affairs and international sales offices, created migration strategy to ingest documents into the new application

20TH CENTURY FOX FILM– Los Angeles, CA 2014-2019

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Initiated, implemented and managed FT and offshore resources in the development and sustainment of multiple Home Entertainment applications. Met with key business leaders and created charters for Capital funding. Met regularly with executive stakeholders to report on system health. Assumed additional duties during prolonged absence of IT Director.

Digital Distribution Point of Sales Reporting

Migrated legacy application to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and re-engineered database and Micro Strategy project

Developed new Python based Title Matching algorithm that replaced time consuming manual process

Defined technical interfaces to the contract administration system as well as sales and forecasting systems

Enriched POS data with Revenue Box office, VOD/EST Release Dates and other meta data from internal systems

Consumer Analytics Data Feeds

Managed ten-member onshore / offshore team responsible for daily support of all incoming feeds from outside vendors including Rentrak, Floodlight Audience studio mParticle and others

Used Jira and Confluence to track user story progress, store project artifacts and publish burn-down charts

Team oversaw YouTube TV data migration and user access to 21CF data separation following 21CF Disney merger

Product Owner – Data Analytics

Provided direct support to Director of Data Analytics and management of Home Entertainment. In this role, advanced data solutions that leveraged cloud technology to solve current and future and product development. Meet with outside vendors and presented recommendations to business stakeholders.

Movies Anywhere

Authored technical specifications and transformation rules for all data feeds including user, transaction, video consumption and locker feeds

Worked with business cohorts to devise retention policies to avoid churn based on Non-VPPA Core IDs

As Scrum Product Owner, responsible for authoring user stories and prioritizing product backlog.

Business Analyst – Data Warehousing

Worked closely with the Product, Data Science & Analytics team to design, build & test end-to-end solutions. Modeled business processes with wireframes, prototypes and process flows. Migrated data and legacy reports for international line of business to corporate data warehouse. Wrote test plans, conducted user acceptance testing (UAT) and delivered training material.

Digital Content Delivery (Avails)

Gathered requirements from internal stakeholders to support weekly content delivery to largest customers – Sony, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Implemented second tier delivery of content via Media Morph Studio Connect.

Implemented compliance with Entertainment Merchant’s Association (EMA) version 1.7.3 to support SVOD and EIDR

Worked with partners on to automate rights checks, contract terms and window, language and title avails.

World-Wide Global Data Warehouse Accounting

Mapped Film and TV domestic and international accounting systems together based on P&L and object accounts to provide a single record of all company world-wide home entertainment business.

Designed MicroStrategy visualizations to provide monthly insights into financial actuals, forecast and budget data

METRO GOLDWN MAYER– Los Angeles, CA 2013-2014

Sr. Software Consultant

Wrote an in-house application to support the world-wide Acquisition and Film Sales department. In this role, interacted with Senior level executives to set project scope, define deliverables and project plan. Solicited to provide opinions and recommendations on product improvements and future opportunities. Application was developed using an Object Orientated programming language (PowerBuilder 12) and SQL Server database.

Movie Acquisition Database and Reporting System

Designed Graphical User Interface (GUI) and smart drop-down list boxes that presented context sensitive information based on prior selections

Implemented Word and Excel automation with VBA scripts and Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology

Made heavy use of SQL server stored procedures and enforcement of business processes through a table-driven architecture

THE BOEING COMPANY– Los Angeles, CA 2005-2013

Project Manager

I successfully managed multiple projects ($5M – $15M) within the scope, schedule and budget. I collaborated with internal stakeholders from Legal, Finance and Supply Chain Management departments, as well as external partners, to align our team with the project vision. I fostered a positive, motivated and enthusiastic work culture. I reported weekly to senior management on team progress and risks.

Migration of Rocket Division to Joint Venture (ULA)

Tasked with moving current Boeing Delta rocket business as well as all associated Supplier Management and Procurement (SM&P) applications to a joint Lockheed-Martin Boeing company valuated at one-billion dollars.

Identified and transitioned data and applications from SM&P to ULA. Oversaw hardware procurement, installation and testing

Managed Project schedule, identified risks and prepared weekly heat maps to senior management

Education

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — Malibu, California

Masters of Business Administration MBA

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts

DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Lombard, Illinois

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

Certifications

SCRUM MASTER CERTIFIED (SMC)

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)

Publications

Professional PowerBuilder Programming, Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-12-238577-5)

More Professional PowerBuilder Programming Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-508145-9)

Hands-On PowerBuilder 5 and Oracle 7.2, Learning Tree International

Hands-On PowerBuilder, Learning Tree International

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