David Capelle
San Francisco Bay Area
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Summary
Think tech enthusiast with an Atlassian obsession (in the best way possible) I'm a results-oriented IT Manager and Technical Business Systems Analyst who thrives in Agile environments.
My superpowers?
Atlassian Jedi: Wield Jira, Confluence, and Agile like a pro (think Kanban boards that sing and sprints that finish on time).
Content Creator Extraordinaire: From photography to podcast setups, I can bring your ideas to life. # Testing Ninja: I can sniff out bugs in e-commerce websites, mobile apps, or anything you throw my way. Project Management Mastermind: Deadlines and budgets? Consider them slain.
Optimistic Problem Solver: I don't just see issues, I see opportunities to make things better.
Empirical Process Control Fanatic (yes, that's a thing!): Let's use data to make informed decisions and achieve epic wins.
Basically, I'm the guy who bridges the gap between IT and business, all while keeping things fun and efficient.
Experience
Sr Atlassian Consultant
Valiantys - Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner
Aug 2022 - June 2024 (1 year 10 months)
Cultivated Strong Client Relationships: Proactively identified customer pain points and delivered solutions that maximized their business value.
Atlassian Expertise: Developed custom Atlassian solutions tailored to specific client needs, increasing efficiency and productivity. Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Jira Work Management, Confluence, Apps, Groovy. Cloud Migrations, Cloud to Cloud Migration. Confluence Migration.
Technical Proficiency: Troubleshooted and resolved complex Atlassian instance issues, ensuring optimal performance for customers.
Exemplary Service: Consistently exceeded expectations by going the extra mile to provide exceptional customer support.
Relationship Builder: Established trust and fostered positive relationships, leading to successful customer onboarding.
Built AI GPT to help with translation and coding. Always overdeliver.
Trained customers on all Atlassian tools and other apps.
Project Management: Created PM projects in Jira, with Backlog, User Stories, Sprints and Roadmap to help and support all customers.
Sr Atlassian / Jira Admin - Factory Engineering and Software
Astra
Jul 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 2months) Managed all Atlassian things. Managed contractors.
Lead BI - Eazy BI - Domo. Supported 600+ users.
Developed Atlassian solutions for all teams.
Published BI on TV screens for the rockets, used Easy BI and Streamer.
Built all data related charts, burn down, burn up.
MBA, Jira SME, Confluence, Service Desk, Tech Business Analyst.
DCTech LLC
Jan 2003 - Aug 2021 (18 years 8 months)
Supporting Operations and Eng, for Open Guilds non-profit.
Subject Matter Expert using Atlassian, Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence. Jira and Confluence trainer.
Deliver Jira projects customizations including complex workflows based on business requirements and Jira and Agile best practices. Custom Fields, Automated Issue creation, script runner, Dataplane, Portfolio, Looker and Aha!
Building Metrics and Analytics for the business needs and predictions. Setting up Jira, Confluence and Aha! Integration.
Complex JQL queries and Workflows. Supporting over 400 customers.
Service Planner.
Technical Business System Analyst. Trained with Jira Service Desk.
IT Solution finder, helping businesses to achieve goals faster and cheaper with usage of IT. Technology advisor for small and medium companies.
Not only fixing IT / Computers but making them faster (e.g ssd) and more efficient (cooling system). Cover Retail, Testing, QA, Accounting, eCom web sites via Software, Networking, Remote Network, VPN and multiple other effective and useful tools.
Data Backup and easy Recovery.
Customers: Apple Inc, WellsFargo, Riggs Distributing, The Gap, KQED
Audio/Video, Photography, Office setup.
Sustainable, Green and Local to the Bay Area.
Strategy Consultant IV - Atlassian suite
Wells Fargo
Nov 2019 - Aug 2020 (10 months)
•Consultant with Insight Global, on Atlassian tools with Wells Fargo, Data Management and Insights.
•Worked as BA Atlassian/Jira/Confluence Admin, setup Agile framework and methodology for the team, ran all scrum ceremonies, Jira/Confluence training for end-users, dashboards and reporting implementation, helping move to datacenter, followed Agile coach and Jira best practices.
•Improved BRD and BFD to help the team with the development process.
•Supported complex Atlassian environments and have experience with integrating Atlassian tools with other internal & external systems.
•Documented all systems, processes and changes.
•Provided ongoing support and configuration for Jira projects, workflows, screens, fields, permissions, Confluence Spaces and Templates and other administrative tasks
•Addressed user questions and developed training as needed, worked on incoming questions and inquiries related to Jira applications.
•Created Jira projects, templates, workflows, screens, fields and other administrative activities
•Prepared projects, dashboards, reports and questions for all Jira related services.
•Acted as a liaison for some point of time between end users and technical analyst developers and consultants in my team.
•Assisted in training Jira to the new users and made them initiate efforts to make improvements.
•Users administration and handling licenses performed Jira configuration
Technical Business Systems Analyst - Jira SME
Autodesk
Mar 2017 - Mar 2019 (2 years 1 month)
Subject Matter Expert for the Digital Enterprise Services Department using Atlassian Jira.
•Worldwide support for the DES team to define processes and its implementation in Jira.
•Deliver Jira project customizations including complex workflows based on business requirements and Jira best practices,
custom fields, automated issue creation using script runner, reports using Dataplane, project portfolio management,
Looker.
•Designed Aha! Integration to Jira, and trained Aha! users.
•Responsible for metrics and analytics.
•Trained with Jira Service Desk Slack admin
QA - Jira Specialist
Amazon
Sep 2011 - Jun 2016 (4 years 10 months)
Introduced JIRA to Alexa. Helped with adoption decision.
Implemented JIRA workflows for the entire company and groups (still in use now).
Worked on gaining trust from others by delivering the best QA efforts and help (across teams). Tested multiple projects, web site, new Dashboard, new set of data and analytics, even toolbars. Wrote test plans, test cases and test strategy, for legacy purpose.
Wrote automation test scripts using selenium, JavaScript webdriver, chai and mocha. Acted as Scrum Master when neededed.
Tested on Mac, PC, Tablets and phones (android, iOS). Ran load tests using jmeter and PhantomJS.
Regular usage of Git, AWS and Tower, in a scala and php environment.
Did most of presentations of new projects to entire company before ready to go live.
Built relationships with QA and other teams e.g Customer Support, Design and Marketing, to extend the quality assurance stamp to other areas.
Education
Haroun Education Ventures MBA Degree Program
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Finance, Economics, Math, MBA
1995 - 1998
Licenses & Certifications
MBA Chris Haroun : An Entire MBA 1 Course - StackSkills
67274
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) - SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile 712132
Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) - SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile
715042
World of Wine - From Grape to Glass - edX
7436f3378aed430b968b8594ed071463
Video Production Masterclass: Complete Video Camera Course - Udemy
UC-ebdab5dd-4c57-436f-99da-163538f910b7
Scrum Cert Prep - Udemy
UC-6b2a59ba-f1b2-41f0-9a41-2feea00d1695
Agile Scrum Deep Dive, Certification, Jira + Bonus* SAFe - Udemy
UC-f8bc8ff5-c7ad-47cf-afd0-8eef6ad87d32
Jira: Basic Administration - LinkedIn
Jira: Advanced Administration - LinkedIn
Jira Service Management: Administration - LinkedIn
Learning Jira (Cloud Edition) - LinkedIn
Jira Fundamentals Badge - Atlassian
Jira Service Management Fundamentals Badge - Atlassian
Mental Health First Aid - National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Atlassian Certified in Managing Jira Projects for Cloud - Atlassian
Y362LOE1CF1QQHK8
Cloud Migration Sales Accreditation - Atlassian
Product Development Sales Accreditation - Atlassian
Agile at Scale Sales Accreditation - Atlassian
Product Development Technical Delivery Accreditation - Atlassian
IT Service Management Sales Accreditation - Atlassian
IT Service Management Technical Delivery Accreditation - Atlassian
Skills
Agile Methodologies • Scrum • Testing • User Acceptance Testing • Integration • Web Applications
•Test Automation • Test Planning • Quality Assurance • E-commerce