Ninfa Borth Altadonna
Hawthorne, CA *****
***************@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninfa-borth-altadonna/
SKILLS
Support demanding environments: Engineering, IT, Corporate Finance, Corporate Development, Human Resources, Legal/Business Affairs, Programming/Media Planning, Digital Asset, Ecommerce, Marketing, Accounting/Credit & Collections, Hospitality, Construction and Retail
Reduce redundancy and improve efficiency
Excellent Vendor and Asset management interface and negotiation skills, resulting in improved productivity and reduction in expenditure
Collaborate with remote teams in South America, Europe, India and Asia
Support Accounting/Finance areas including GL, variance analysis, balance sheet comparative, aging and reconciliation reports
ITIL certified, BA certified, Kanban, Advanced Google Analytics, SDLC Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall
English (Native), Italian (Basic), Spanish (Practical)
Software skills: Advanced in: MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Dynamics 365), SAP, AS-400, Clarity, Adobe, DBOSS, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, Quip, Wrike, Trello, Asana, TFS (Microsoft Team Foundation Server – Visual Studio), G-Suite, Omniplan and Monday, GitHub (Basic), MicroStrategy for Business Intelligence, Tableau Basics, Google Data Analytics
WORK EXPERIENCE
TechStyle Fashion Group, El Segundo, CA Sept 2019-June 2020
Project Manager / ScrumMaster
Increase productivity/completion by 15% for JIRA Help Desk and Development ticket queues
Initiate external communication, roadmap, quarterly performance report, application team guide and newsletter
Direct daily standup, grooming, sprint turnover and stakeholder meetings for technical lifecycle applications PLM and Merlin
Lead PMO and Global Product team efforts related to business requirements gathering, benefits qualification/quantification and overall application design
Provide overall direction, experience and knowledge of PMO and Global Product team business processes
Paul Hastings LLP, Los Angeles, CA Jan 2019-April 2019
Sr. IT Project Manager / ScrumMaster
Oversee leads for legal operations organization from inception through execution to completion
Operate & maintain consumer facing website and its various affected apps such as AdminTools and Marketing Center
Controlled daily meetings, grooming, sprint turnover, retrospectives and stakeholder meetings for BU requests and Oracle Implementation project
Set budgets and project timelines with stakeholders and clients in agile environment, 25% communication improvement and tickets completion
Orchestrated resources and forecasting, trail issues and risk assessments for projects along with noting change logs
AT&T/DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA Aug 2017-Sept 2018
Project Manager
Operated $5m+ budget initiatives for video broadcast and engineering for entertainment production operations organization with 12 engineers and architects supporting AT&T Uverse & DIRECTV from inception through execution to completion
Handled the technical lifecycle management of the Local Collection Facility (LCF) upgrades and launches
Vendor management for all telecom business domain project consultants including architecture, hardware, and software
Negotiate 10% cost savings equipment upgrades
Warrant bill of materials lines up with engineering records while abiding to overall project
Handled LCF selection and interface with Corporate Real Estate (CRE) for building modification, rails on buildings and permitting
21st Century FOX, Los Angeles, CA Mar 2017-Jul 2017
Digital Advanced Ad Product Project Manager / ScrumMaster
Oversaw initial client contact to assess scope of work, schedule and resources necessary
Headed overall project executive presentations and scheduled weekly project meetings; ensure that all project goals and tasks are documented, well communicated and eventually, completed
Monitor, communicate and reduce project risks and roadblocks by chasing the issues and saving change logs
Work closely with engineers, analysts, and numerous project stakeholders to ensure coordination of overall project delivery
Consolidate meetings discussions improving time efficiency for several teams involved which resulted in travel expense savings of 10%
Calywire, Inc., Gardena, CA Jan 2017-Feb 2017
Project Manager
Administer AI project initiatives for major smartphone company’s IT Operations organization from inception through execution to completion
Chair budgets, project timelines with stakeholders/clients and provided forecasting in agile environment
Hire, generate materials and train resources; trace issues and risks for projects along
Fashion project plan presentations to executives which included status and burn down information
Microsoft, Los Angeles, CA Jan 2016-Dec 2016
Project Coordinator / ScrumMaster
Support Sr. PM Sr. Program Manager and team of 111 for complex projects budgeted at $45m
Deliver complex, cross-group projects on-time meeting scope requirements in agile environment
Coordinate with Developers and QA leads to schedule resources
Provide 15% amount savings on project budget resource usage
Monitor and control charge schedule trends using earned value management system (EVMS) best practices
Support and provide data analytics on forecasting and budget
AT&T/DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA Apr 2015–Dec 2015
Project Manager for EDS Digital Media Assets Project / ScrumMaster
Operate $5m budget for posters creation with Vietnam Art Poster team of five
Direct in-house graphic art by providing editorial guidance on posters to air on STB, DOTCOM and other interfaces in an agile environment
Utilize internal and external (e.g. Gracenote) resources and programs to increase poster creations which resulted in increased visuals for company and resulting in cost savings of approximately 15%
Craft media asset guideline manuals for various tools
Special projects include resource planning for future creation of posters in other territories
Performed quality checks (QC) of third-party vendor files and formats prior to ingest and play to air
Standardized method of procedure for operations projects with internal and external vendor in Vietnam
AT&T/DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA Feb 2013-Apr 2015
Project Coordinator
Coordinate planning resource recruitment efforts with several agencies and negotiate rates resulting in cost savings of 15%
Conduct interviews to hire various roles including System Engineers and Business Analysts
Upgrade and manage the Xytech System Engineer project: Media Asset Management product application for Programming
Update various reports in DBOSS/SAP Business Objects (BMC Remedy ITSM Suite Database for change operations)
Design, conceptualize and administer the System Architecture SharePoint site and BSE Systems Engineering Kiosk
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, CA Jan 2012-Oct 2012
Associate Business Analyst
Provide workflow administration of PPM and ServiceNow Application using SDLC Methodology
Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT), set up test scenarios, automated tests, track tickets
Create effective functional specifications for prioritized enhancement demand requisitions
Collaborate with ADM technical leads to clarify functional requirements
Plan, develop and deploy multi-team enhancement or projects
Upgraded media asset management of SPE IT files
EDUCATION
MBA, Pepperdine University
Finance; Attended the Shanghai Intensive Global Program
BSBA, Boston University
Business Administration and International Marketing; Attended the Boston University London Internship Program
UCI, Irvine Extension, Advanced PMBOK Guide Applications Course
CSM®, Scrum Alliance ScrumMaster® Certified
CSPO®, Scrum Alliance Product Owner® Certified