Jerry Dowdy, PMP, SPC */*/*

**** *********** **, *****, ** 22015

Phone: 571-***-**** E-Mail: ad3awv@r.postjobfree.com

A versatile, collaborative, accomplished, and knowledgeable professional with a successful track record in Software Development Life Cycle with experience that transcends 20 years. Outstanding organizational and problem-solving skills. Highly collaborative with a talent for building productive relationships that allow smooth functioning while driving others towards excellence and attaining business goals. Possess verifiable leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills that help put across things with a crisp point. A remarkably successful mentor and agile coach to peers and colleagues, owing to exceptional people skills. Have a solid track record in achieving the set goals and delivering personal best at every step of the way to provide optimal results. Currently holding a Top-Secret/SCI CI-Poly clearance with the next periodic review in April 2028.

Skill Areas: Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SAFe SPC5), and Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Database Architecture. Professional communication, product management, and agile training using Jira, Jira Align, MS Teams, Confluence, and MS Office. Multi-Tiered Enterprise Application Development, Database Development and Implementation, Data Models, Data Access, Maintenance, and Security Policies.

Professional Experience

TRIAEM

SAFe System Architect supporting NGA (Aug 2023 – Present)

Implemented Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) for an NGA program of 5 Solution Trains supporting analytics. This involved creating artifact templates, coordinating with solution train RTEs, and creating an agenda to support LPM needs.

Applied a full spectrum of agile management principles, tools, and concepts while working with management, solution trains, and stakeholders to deliver on program objectives to support reporting needs.

Taught team members to perform WSJF analysis to prioritize epics.

Performed regular updates to the internal team implementation roadmap based on prioritization needs, dependencies, and solution train metrics to keep solution trains aligned with SAFe principles.

Authored agile best practices for solution trains to align.

Created tailored architecture process to deliver architecture needs to solution trains which adhered to SAFe best practices.

Tailored legacy program processes to align with agile principles.

Coached NGA program management staff to perform within agile principles.

Enlighten

Program Manager (Aug 2022 – Jul 2023)

Provided active liaison support between the government and the program development, security, and DevOps teams for a US Army cyber security system.

Created weekly status reports, monthly status reports, reviewed and approved all program invoices.

Worked with Human Resources, PMO, and Talent Teams to create, interview, fill, and extricate positions.

Applied a full spectrum of agile management principles and concepts while working with development staff, external customers, and stakeholders on technical and analytical issues.

Performed regular updates to the implementation roadmap based on product vision, prioritization, resource allocations, dependencies, risk management, and team agile metrics.

Tailored program processes to align with agile principles such as Kanban boards, Wikis, and other information radiators.

Coaching team members to perform within agile principles where no agile methodologies were followed.

RAYTHEON

Product Management supporting Department of Homeland Security (Aug 2018 – Aug 2022)

Provided Scaled Agile management support for the PMO, solution engineering team, and Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).

Trained and coached staff for SAFe certification to support alignment of program initiatives.

Provided active liaison support between the government and the program Agile Release Trains.

Applied a full spectrum of agile management principles and concepts while working with development staff, external customers, and stakeholders on technical, analytical, and Scaled Agile issues.

Performed regular updates to the implementation roadmap based on product vision, prioritization, resource allocations, dependencies, and risk management.

Tailoring program processes to align within Lean and Agile principles.

Coached teams and staff to perform within SAFe principles.

Worked with teams to develop initial component based technical baselines, lean documentation, and ATO needs.

Taught Scaled Agile classes in Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Management.

GENERAL DYNAMICS – MISSION SYSTEMS

Project Manager supporting Department of Homeland Security (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018)

Provided agile management practices for a team to deliver NCPS initiatives in creating a data analytics software platform.

Scheduled and performed software release management for the project.

Provided active liaison support between the Government Product Owner and the Agile team.

Applied a full spectrum of project management principles and concepts while working with development staff, external customers, and project stakeholders on technical and analytical issues.

Performed regular updates to the implementation roadmap based on product vision, prioritization, resource allocations, dependencies, and risk management.

Managed the delivery of a fully operational application supporting federated queries to production.

Authored white papers covering best practices for data management and infrastructure usage.

Managed the delivery of infrastructure updates and performed metrics for teams cadence.

Performing transition activities and documentation to Raytheon.

Taught a Scaled Agile Scrum Master class to program staff.

CYBERMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Project Manager (Feb 2016 – Jun 2016)

Under Contract to Customs and Border Protection

Provided strategic planning, organization, and agile management practices to support the activities of the Business Process Solutions (BPS) branch of the Human Resources Management (HRM) division of the CBP.

Provide agile management recommendations on methodologies and processes to assist BPS initiatives in creating a quality HRM software platform.

Provided active support on four deployed projects as well as planning and management for a new software development effort.

PARSONS CORPORATION

Project Manager (Jun 2015 – Feb 2016)

Under Contract to Army Research Lab

Provided the strategic planning, organization, and management to support the activities of the Chief Information Office (CIO), under the direction of the Information Assurance Manager (IAM).

Regularly interfaced with members of the CIO to support the design, deployment, and implementation of technologies most effective in promoting and enabling collaboration with research and development(R&D) partners.

Provided formal recommendations on technologies, methodologies, and platforms to assist Scientists and Engineers in their R&D initiatives.

Managed the software team responsible for a highly customized, flexible, and diverse collaboration environment to foster partnerships with industry and academia based on the open-source Redmine Portal.

Applied a full spectrum of project management principles and concepts while working with internal and external customers/stakeholders on technical and analytical issues.

CVP CORPORATION

Project Manager (Nov 2014 – Jun 2015)

Under Contract to Department of State, Diplomatic Security

Agile scrum master and team lead supporting an ASP.Net MVC and ETL project which processes and analyzes data for analysts.

Managed the daily Scrum stand-ups, held sprint reviews, planned sprints based on the product backlog, managed the product backlog with the product owner, planned release schedules, prepared scrum artifacts documentation(burn-down charts, burn-up charts, velocity) on demand.

Created, delegated, and approved user stories using JIRA and Kanban boards.

Scheduled and performed software release management.

Performed regular updates to the implementation roadmap based on product vision, priority (both product and technical), resource allocations, dependencies, and risk management.

Previous Experience:

GENERAL DYNAMICS – ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Lead Software Engineer (Mar 2006 – Nov 2014)

SPAWAR, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Technical Specialist (Dec 2003 – Mar 2006)

SPAWAR, EUROPE

Technical Specialist (Dec 2000 – Dec 2003)

SAILNET, LLC

Software Engineer (Mar 2000 – Dec 2000)

AMSEC, LLC

Software Engineer (Mar 1997 – Mar 2000)

Education & Certification

EDUCATION

B.S. Business Administration

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (1995)

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

AWS Cloud Practioner, January 2021 - active

Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SAFE SPC5), March 2020 - active

Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SAFE SPC4), 32 Hours, February 2017 - active

Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, June 2015 - active

Certified Scrum Master, August 2013, Bearded Eagle - active

Software Project Management, 32 Hours, 2005, Learning Tree International

VMware, 40 hours, 2014, Skillport Computer Based Training

Microsoft SQL Server High Availability, 24 Hours, 2013, Learning Tree International

Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL, 24 Hours, 2012, Learning Tree International

Microsoft SQL Server Administration, 32 Hours, 2012, Learning Tree International

Oracle 11g Database, 40 Hours, 2009, Oracle Corporation

Oracle 10g Application Server Administration, 40 Hours, 2004, Oracle Corporation

Oracle 9i Database, 40 Hours, 2003, Learning Tree International

Microsoft ASP.NET, 24 Hours, 2002, LAN Schaeffer IT

Scaled Agile Framework 4/5/6 Certified Instructor

Leading SAFe 4.5, 5.1, 6

SAFe Practitioner 4.5, 5.1, 6

SAFe Scrum Master 4.5, 5.1, 6

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager 4.5, 5.1, 6

SAFe for Architects 5.1, 6

SAFe Lean Portfolio Management 6

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