George Moerlins, PMP, CSM
Torrance, CA
Professional Summary:
Over 10 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
5+ years of experience as an Agile coach.
Extensive experience leading and managing deployments and process improvements
Extensive experience leading multiple engineering teams through the SDLC
Experience with full life cycle delivery to scale
Possess strong leadership, mentoring and communication skills
Rigorous attention to detail with a strong focus on user experience and quality management
Proficient in Waterfall and Agile methodologies (Scrum); Certified Scrum Master
Experience with BRDs/ FRDs, Use Cases, Test Cases, Test Plans, Visio Diagrams
Mentor junior PMs, work with Off-shore and vendor teams
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stamps.com, El Segundo July 2018 - Feb 2024
Scrum Master/Agile coach
Managed all phases of SDLC for software projects for multiple agile/scrum engineering teams.
Managed a large scale ETL infrastructure migration project to AWS s3/kafka infrastructure delivering the migration of all ETLs to AWS s3/kafka for the Business Intelligence group and database teams.
Managed an SQL Server to BigQuery project for the Data Engineering team.
Responsible for delivery of all software requirements for monthly releases of USPS Portal web application.
Conduct backlog grooming sessions with IT, Marketing and Business Development stakeholders.
Conduct daily scrum meetings for multiple agile/scrum teams.
Conduct sprint retrospectives for multiple agile/scrum teams.
Remove blockers to progress for multiple scrum teams.
Manage risks and cross functional dependencies for each project I managed.
Prioritize BI data requirements for monthly front end application releases.
Reporting - communicate weekly project status reports to project stakeholders and senior management.
Proficient with Jira (managing scrum boards and generating metrics), Confluence and MS Project.
Entertainment Partners, Burbank, CA August 2015 – August 2017
Senior Data Warehousing Analyst / Scrum Master
Create technical and business requirement specifications for multiple software development teams.
Create data mappings for 3rd party data requirements for data warehouse.
Run daily scrums for multiple agile/scrum teams.
Remove impediments to progress for multiple agile/scrum teams.
Conduct bi-weekly Sprint planning sessions with multiple agile teams.
Conduct Sprint retrospectives for multiple scrum teams.
Gatekeeper for data warehouse vendor file transfer process using Global Scape.
Responsible for defect tracking and resolution in staging for data warehouse data ingestion.
Responsible for weekly reporting to all project stakeholders and senior management.
HERBALIFE, Los Angeles, CA July 2013 – Feb 2014
Senior Project Manager
Managed all content delivery for Herbalife.com and several other B to B order entry application upgrades in an AGILE development environment and my responsibilities included;
Managing a $1mmUSD budget
Managing cross-functional SCRUM teams through the SDLC for timely project completion.
Facilitated requirements gathering and documentation with product owners.
Managed all facets of Design, Development and Quality Assurance testing of HTML based web services and mobile applications.
Managed project schedules using MS Project and Oracle Primavera.
Establish and manage daily Stand-up meetings and Sprint planning sessions.
Remove impediments to progress that hinder productivity or block the teams progress
Work with team in the grooming and prioritization of product back-log and work effort estimations
Provided weekly project update presentations to C level executives..
Generated weekly and monthly project status reports to wider project team.
Created and enforced a change management process to track scope changes and authorizations.
Provided project closure insuring proper handoff of new products and services to production support staff.
Project successfully completed in December 2013.
Managed delivery of a new 3rd party vendor infrastructure build out to support an accounting system..
Responsible for $250K USD budget
Managed all aspects of the project including budgeting, scheduling, server virtualization installs, web server builds and Windows SQL server installation, vendor risk and resource management and stakeholder reporting. Project successfully completed in Feb 2014.
THOMSON REUTERS, New York, NY June 2006 - Dec 2012
Senior Project Manager - Fixed Income
Managed several software development projects for a business transformation program in an AGILE environment;
Managed delivery of new product requirements during every SDLC phase for the Thomson Reuters EIKON application.
Establish and manage daily Stand-up meetings and Sprint planning sessions.
Remove impediments to progress that hinder productivity or block the teams progress
Work with team in the grooming and prioritization of product back-log and work effort estimations
Managed delivery of new HTML based web services used to provide market data and analytics to end users.
Managed end to end delivery of new data sources to a Fixed Income Data warehouse
Responsible for gathering and documenting all business and technical requirements
Manage cross functional teams through each phase of SDLC
Well versed in ETL processes and tools such as AB Initio and Crystal Reports.
Managed large scale data center migration project involving 250 servers, 50 production and development applications and Market data including Web Server architecture and related websites, CMS, LAN/WAN connectivity and SAN/NAS storage technologies and regulatory requirements experience (i.e. Sarbanes Oxley)
CITIGROUP, New York, NY Apr 2006 – June 2006
Project Manager - QA
MARKET AXESS, New York, NY Oct 2000 – Feb 2006
Senior QA Lead
JP MORGAN, New York NY Aug 1999 - Oct 2000
QA Test Analyst
LEHMAN BROTHERS, Jersey City, NJ July 1998 – Aug 1999
QA Test Analyst
REUTERS, Hauppauge, NY July 1996 – Sept 1997
QA Tester
EDUCATION
CSM Certification
PMP Certification
NYU, Stern School of Business Certificate Information Systems
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND, Staten Island, NY BS in Finance