DERON BURKS, PMP

773-***-**** MAHWAH, NJ ad24ex@r.postjobfree.com LINKEDIN.COM/IN/DERON-BURKS-PMP-

TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER

Project Management Professional™ with over 13 years’ IT leadership expertise and relevant experience within a broad range of technical operations and deployments. A strong leader with experience overseeing the software development life cycle of projects and the performance of teams in the efficient delivery of websites/systems and services using Agile, Scrum, and Hybrid methodologies. AI Enthusiast.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Project Management Professional Certification Project Management Institute (December 2023) Bachelor of Arts in Economics University of Illinois at Chicago (May 2011) AI for Everyone Course Coursera (January 2024)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

● Oversaw virtual cloud migration from hybrid infrastructure to AWS and Google Cloud Platform for RTR’s scalable website.

● Project Manager, Product Owner, and Scrum Leader for key Merge & Acquisition, across multiple teams and stakeholders.

● Oversaw team delivery of 200+ stories, epics, and themes for 25+ departments using Agile, Scrum, & Kanban principles

CORE COMPETENCIES

Cloud Migrations • Merge & Acquisitions • Project/Program Management • Infrastructure as Code • Agile/Scrum • Engineering • Manufacturing • Digital Transformation • Automation • Software Dev • IT Governance • Artificial Intelligence TECHNICAL EXPERTISE & PROFICIENCIES

MS Project • Kanban • AI workflows • Agile • Sharepoint • Scrum Master • GitLab/GitHub Actions • AWS/GCP • CHEF • CI/CD • PowerShell Scripts • VS Code • Azure • Docker • Ruby • Python • terraform • Kubernetes/K8s • Linux/Unix • SRE • SQL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Project Manager - Manufacturing Oct 2022 - June 2023 onsemi East Fishkill, NY Oversaw the technical and M&A operations for Fortune 500 and Nasdaq-100 semiconductor company. Act as IT project manager for roadmap plans and coordinating projects for the Manufacturing Systems team. Helped engage multiple IT tracks to ensure integration timelines, user acceptance tests, system integration tests, Oracle ERP apps and more were met and that preparation for company merger was complete for Day 1 of acquisition. Provided development support for middleware applications. Mentored entry level members.

● Arranged for successful planning & cutover technically and virtually, User Acceptance Testing, Go-Live, and Post Go-Live Support.

● Improved stakeholder communications and collaboration by facilitating 25+ cross-functional meetings and initiatives. Developed code for middleware team using containerization and JavaScript.

● Created MOS Roadmap Plan utilizing MS Project, Sharepoint, and other O365 tools for IT cross track and cross team with Manufacturing executives to adhere to for 2023-2024 as EFK moves into digital transformation stage and IT Governance structure.

Infrastructure Project Manager - Engineering May 2022 - Sept 2022 Rent the Runway HQ Brooklyn Heights, NY Oversaw the technical, operational, and support functions of a team of 11 Engineers divided into SRE, CloudOps, DevOps, and Database Admins. Ensured 99.xx uptime of Rent the Runway website while additionally iterating on our development processes and workflows. This included improving scalability for peak seasons and low periods to save the business funds through auto scaling. Fulfilled tasks of hiring and mentoring new members to the infrastructure team. Worked directly with IT Governance on quarterly SOX Audits, regulatory functions.

● Lift & Shift AWS/Google Cloud Platform cloud migration from physical infrastructure to full AWS and GCP support for website. Utilized Ruby and Python to review code for the website w/ GitHub w SREs and DevOps Engineers.

● Assisted in architectural design of CI/CD pipelines and orchestration using tools such as Kubernetes, Helm charts, terraform configuration, and other containerization methodologies.

● Integrated DevOps principles more concretely by instilling more arrangement to daily standups, retrospectives, sprint planning, and other meetings fundamental to proper development. Software Development Project Manager - DevOps 2018 - 2022 Watchtower Branch Headquarters Tuxedo Park, NY Oversaw the technical, operational, and support functions of a PaaS middleware team of 9 DevOps Engineers tasked with delivering scalable applications and constant accessibility for a global website available in over 1000 languages. Facilitated the meeting of service level objectives (SLOs), cybersecurity requirements, and system reliability for cloud-based platforms and data center servers.

● Oversaw 2 Senior Management 3-month projects involving global building controls, assisting deployment in the migration of physical server administrator data to cloud automation (AWS w/EC2) as a workflow and Infrastructure as code with CHEF, Octopus, and CI/CD delivery methods. Used Ruby and Python for committing, reviewing, improving infrastructure as code.

Systems Analyst/Night Shift Lead 2016 - 2018 Fiat Chrysler Automotive Co. (Chrysler LLC) Trenton, MI Managed a 3-4-person IT support team, while utilizing specialized programs as a Server Administrator and Datacenter admin. Provide world class Automobile manufacturing company with top quality IT support by means of project management and technical expertise. Provide technical support and root cause analysis using VMWare on servers, quality and count reports, and a variety of other issues. Schedule and execute daily training for team members on IT related processes and techniques.

● Lead Systems Analyst for ICT Powertrain division of Chrysler manufacturing systems. Chairman for multi-plant meetings.

● Supervise the operations of 3-4 employees and ensure that executive directives are met during evening shift. Lead IT Consultant - Project Manager April 2016 - October 2016 Ciber Incorporated Southfield, MI Key contributor to Help Desk startup by acting as Project Manager, Lead website/access Administrator, FAQ/Knowledge Base integration, documentation author, and by providing internal support via phone and email for all level users.

● Main point of contact between Toyo Tires and the consultant firm. Facilitated communications with executive stakeholders.

● Utilized scripting tools such as powershell and bash, for toyotires development, QA, and production website launch.

● Managed IT Business workflows for manufacturing company Toyo Tires. IT Specialist II - Project Manager 2014 - 2015 Huron Consulting Group Incorporated Chicago, IL Spearheaded all new hire initiatives for IT Support. This includes short term and long term projects and executive communications with all stakeholders. Support Analyst for over 10,000 internal employees. Corresponded with Human Resources for all incoming employees entering the company and managed the machine builds for all new hires. Built Lenovo Windows and Mac model computers for users by scripting and using powershell functions and designing workflows with bash.

● Lead all projects short term and long term for new hire initiatives.

● Coordinated and conducted all new hire training monthly or bi-monthly.

● Oversaw Tier 2 support for teams of 4-6 for IT related issues and remediation.

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