LOREN KALLEN, MA, CSM, PMP
Schiller Park, 60176
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Summary:
Looking for role as IT PM, Scrum Master, Engagement Manager
Diversified experiences in practical & technical applications in Program Management/ Financial Management
PMP certified
Six Sigma Green Belt
Trained in Agile, CSM certified, CSPO certified
Technical Skills:
Statistics/BI: R, Stata, SPSS. Access, SQL, Excel
Project Management: Agile, Waterfall, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, JIRA, Wrike
SAP experience, Microsoft Dynamics
Business Mediation
Experience:
Lutheran Social Services August 2023 to April 2024
Senior IT Project Manager (Contractor)
IT Project Manager for Data Migration project moving from CareLogic to NetSmart’s myEvolv EHR system
Executive level reporting and was point of contact between dev, technical managers and executive leadership
Data conversion BRD build out and Data Collection Workbook
Completed internal training of lead IS Applications engineer
Wavicle Consulting March 2021 to April 2023
Senior IT Project Manager
IT PM and Scrum Master for DE and DS work for Diesel Pricing Optimization for Pilot Flying J
IT PM for Fifth Third Bank for new IRA program
IT Program Manager for Signal Health for Data Migration project
Executive level reporting and was point of contact between dev, technical managers and executive leadership
Went over transition to Agile environment (Pilot Flying J)
Project/Scrum Manager for 10 onsite Developers, 3 QA resources, 1 BA, 5 Data Scientists (Pilot) and 3 onsite Developers, 3 offshore Developers, 1 QA resource, 1 BA (Signal Health), 2 Developers and 1 QA resource (Fifth Third)
StoneX (formerly FCStone) January 2020 to January 2021
Solutions Architect (Contractor)
Ran Scrum sessions for entire lifecycle of SDLC for Market Intelligence project
Ran four AWS migrations including help with endpoint testing, cutover planning, etc
Managed DevOps team, Dev team (and myself) had to do full cycle testing
Project/Scrum Manager for 7 onsite Developers, 4 offshore Developers, 3 QA resources
Catalyst Consulting Group August 2018 to September 2019
IT Project Manager/ Scrum Master
Ran Scrum sessions for entire lifecycle of SDLC for Chicago Department of Finance-Water Billing, Cook County Clerk-Election, Illinois Finance Authority, University of Chicago-Booth Kilts, Hanover Insurance
Managed 1.3 billion Oracle Data Migration for Chicago Department of Finance-Water Billing from January 2019 to June 2019.
Ran three AWS migrations including help with endpoint testing, cutover planning, etc
Managed build of payment portal for Hanover Insurance; and property casualty aspect of filing claims
Managed DevOps team, Dev team (and myself) had to do full cycle testing
Project/Scrum Manager for 8 onsite Developers,1 Data Scientist, 2 Network Engineers
SafetyChain March 2016 to August 2018
IT Project Manager/ Scrum Master
Managed timelines, budget and back-end configuration for Form design for Food Safety projects
Ran Scrum sessions for entire lifecycle of SDLC of Food Safety Projects
Had fastest “Go Live” event in company’s history
Workflow analysis and structuring projects
In charge of multiple large scale projects with clients such as PREMIO Foods, White Castle, Albertson’s, Whole Foods, Sanderson Farms, etc.
CareerBuilder February 2014 to December 2015
Project Lead/ Business Intelligence Analyst (Contractor)
Led Scrum sessions for EHR data projects for Humana and then transitioned to Chrysler Hiring Program
Data manipulation using SQL. Financial data comparing pharmaceutical costs.Trained employees for input process of hard copy data into the database for Humana
Epoints March 2011 to January 2014
Junior Business Intelligence Analyst
The Princeton Review October 2006 to January 2011
Assistant Director-January 2010 to January 2011
Regional Finance Manager/ Stats Analyst-March 2008 to November 2010
Site Manager/ ACT/ SAT, Math and Statistics Tutor-October 2006 to March 2008
Education & Training:
Scrum Alliance: Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner
Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Master of Arts in Psychology (focus was Statistics, Consulting)
DePaul University
Bachelors of Science in Finance (graduated from University Honor’s program)/ Psychology