Connie Woodworth

503-***-**** - ad259w@r.postjobfree.com - www.linkedin.com/in/conniewoodworth

Agile Portfolio, Program, Project Manager/ Coach/Product Owner/Scrum Master

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

•Excellent effective and persuasive formal and informal presentation and communication skills with a focus on relationship and team building.

•Outstanding organizational, and problem-solving abilities, resolving team members' relationships and cultural differences.

•Experience across a broad range of products and services.

•Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft White Board, Google Suite, Confluence/Jira, Azure DevOps, Version One, Rally, Trello, SAFe, Miro, Prosci ADKAR, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt working towards Black Belt).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Greenbrier Companies – Lake Oswego, OR 10/2021 – 10/2023

Agile Coach, Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master - contract

•Established Agile training and coaching across IT and Business Divisions, trained large groups and individuals (over 60) from Technical and Business Teams.

•Created Agile Tools and Training Teams site, created twelve separate Agile and Azure DevOps training documents, posted on the site with access to all.

•Established and set up seven new teams with Agile Practices and Scrum Events, trained and transferred teams to new Scrum Masters.

•Delivered as Project Manager/Scrum Master with three to five teams simultaneously, including projects with vendors. Delivering projects on time and under or at budget.

•Established Product and Technology bi-weekly Demonstrations to audiences across the IT and Business divisions. Widely adopted and attended by high-level leadership and team members.

•Triaged large high-visibility program, establishing Agile Scrum events, helped product owner create a backlog and backlog refinement process. Established Sprint iterations. This resulted in a well-run team sprint delivery.

AMN Health Care - Portland, OR 03/2020 -05/2020

Agile Program Manager/Scrum Master - contract

•Contract closed due to the impact of COVID-19 on the company. I was the last contractor to leave.

•Managed portfolio of projects with direct responsibility for three Scrum teams, established and improved ability to deliver Scrum goals.

•Trained Scrum teams on rolling wave planning to validate the ability to meet Scrum goals.

•Established Agile Program Management Charter and artifacts.

•Participated in continuous improvement by recommending solutions and engaging in problem-solving activities at all levels of leadership. Developed and implemented performance metrics.

Nike - Beaverton, OR 10/2019 - 11/2019

Agile Program Manager - Short contract, completed.

•Identified and met with functional stakeholders, and discovered over twenty work streams that were not originally reported. Established program guiding principles, program management framework, and artifacts.

•Established, an initial detailed schedule with milestones and drafted recommended program-level status reports and measurements.

•Used critical thinking to break down problems.

•Transferred Program to vendor met requirements and on time.

Nike - Beaverton, OR 02/2019 - 03/2019

Senior Project Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master - Short contract, completed.

•Coached and trained twenty-one team members. Both business and technical, on first sprint ceremonies, story creation, and acceptance criteria to track and report on progress.

•Moved team from no sprint deliverables (red) to sprint phases completed (green) in two two-week sprints.

•Assessed each Scrum team member’s responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee’s workload.

Northwest Evaluation Association - Portland, OR 05/2017 - 01/2018

Director PMO and Center of Excellence – direct employee

•Earlier the PMO was disbanded, then in 2017, I was recruited back to re-established PMO for the second time.

•Established and led the PMO, Project Portfolio and Project Management Center of Excellence.

•Managed teams of ten or more project managers, both employees and contractors. Overseeing performance, hiring, training, and professional growth.

•Project Manager to deliver first ERP System modules for Human Resources and Supply Chain process improvement.

•Project/program feedback into corporate strategy and strategic priorities.

•Transitioned project into agile frameworks.

•Established a dashboard with metrics for project success and continuous improvement across the company.

Nike - Beaverton, OR 10/2016 - 03/2017

Senior Program Manager / Transition Manager – contract

•Completed contact and successfully transitioned the program back to owners at the end of the contract.

•Established end-to-end supply chain program management plan and artifacts to deliver Nike Attire to Emerging. This was a new complex cross-functional. Cross-geographies business model.

•Recognized global communication areas needing improvement and implemented communication programs, enhancing productivity by 30%.

Woodworth Consulting - Portland, OR 06/2006 - 01/2017

Establishing Consulting Business Portfolio – President

•Established and delivered a wide variety of projects, programs, and portfolio requirements according to formal agreements.

•Collaborated directly with clients and brought in vendors and resources for staff augmentation to accelerate deployment.

•Managed teams of ten or more project managers, both employees and contractors.

Overseeing performance, hiring, training, and professional growth.

•Project/program feedback into corporate strategy and strategic priorities.

•Transitioned projects into agile frameworks.

•Drove project success and continuous improvement across the company.

AWARDS AND HONORS

•NWEA Achievement Award

oAwarded Achievement for Delivering New Software as a Service and Establishing Project Management Best Practices

•Intel Quality Award

oAwarded Intel Quality Award for Customer Support Improvement and automation.

•Intel Achievement Award

oAwarded Intel Achievement Award for Establishing User Testing Processes with Recommendations to Improve Products, Product Documentation, and Customer Support Response and Turnaround times.

CERTIFICATIONS

•Certified Agile Product Manager

•Certified Scrum Master

•Certified SAFe

•Certified Project Management Professional (PMP in 2002)

•400 hours Intel University, by Invitation Only attended and Passed Leading the Organization

•Usability Testing University of Washington

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

•Agile Alliance (08/2019 – Present) including Agile Coaches Stem, Agile Mentors

•Scrum Alliance (08/2019 – Present)

•Project Management Institute (2012 – Present)

•Local Project Management Group – Portland, OR (2012 – Present)

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