Scrum Master Program Manager

Active DoD Top Secret Clearance

Information Technology Project/Program/Product Manager, involved with full life cycle development and enhancements for complex, real-time systems.

Professional Experience

COGENT PEOPLE, INC COLUMBIA, MARYLAND

Project Manager October, 2022 to November, 2022

Responsible for managing IT projects, specifically, building and managing the project team, developing and aligning plans with contract requirements, communicating with staff and clients, monitoring project progress, and ensuring timely and quality delivery of project results.

PERATON, INC LINTHICUM, MARYLAND

Senior Project Manager May, 2022 to September, 2022

Responsible for the performance of relatively small technical projects or a definable portion of a larger technical program in accordance with contract requirements and company policies, procedures and guidelines. Directed and supervised all support resources for the performance of project assignments and activities. Managed the technical direction of a project through the design, implementation, and testing in accordance with project objectives.

GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Scrum Master November, 2021 to May, 2022

Led a team of fourteen developers and analysts through three week sprints and ceremonies to deliver financial management information system improvements and upgrades to the Army infrastructure.

TELESIS CORPORATION Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Project Lead/Scrum Master July, 2021 to September, 2021

Led a team of ten engineers through four week sprints to deliver tactical infrastructure capabilities for the military.

KAPILI GOVERNMENT SERVICES Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Scrum Master October, 2019 to December, 2019

Led projects in a fast-paced, high-impact environment and responsible for delivering against key priorities for multiple initiatives in parallel. Facilitated Scrum events such as backlog creation/grooming, prioritization, stand up meetings, estimation, showcase and retrospectives. Provided Sprint Progress with Jira J2E. Collaborated with Government Project Lead to plan roadmap execution based on estimates and capacity; also identifying risks to the plan.

AMTOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC Hunt Valley, Maryland

Scrum Master February, 2019 to April, 2019

Supported two delivery teams within a fast-paced product development environment. Provided coaching and facilitation to ensure each team followed Agile processes (e.g. self-directed problem solvers) and ceremonies (Daily Standups, Estimation, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo). Tracked and monitored teams’ progress with TFS/Azure Dev Ops toward Program and Sprint objectives via Agile Progress Reporting Charts (e.g. Burndown Charts) and deliver input to status reports as required by the Release Train Engineer.

CENTURION CONSULTING GROUP, LLC. Windsor Mill, Maryland

Deputy Program Manager March, 2018 to October, 2018

Collaborated with the PM by undertaking key operational aspects of the program, including responsibility for planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of program goals and objectives. Duties included ensuring that all programs/tasks run within scope, time, and budget constraints, interfacing with program and functional leaders, subcontractors, and support personnel. Primary focus with architecting and overseeing large and complex IT projects (e.g. Agile Transformations, IT Modernizations) while ensuring a quality outcome and setting customer expectations. All efforts supported the Social Security Administration (SSA), a civilian agency.

CACI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Program Manager (Business Ops) August, 2016 to March, 2017

Worked directly with the Army customer organization and the Government COR. Managed the contract support staff, both managing finances and schedule. Interfaced with and directs sub-contractor PMs. Worked closely with senior CACI management to achieve performance and business goals.

LEIDOS Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Deputy Program Manager/Technical Director April, 2015 to December, 2015

Provided Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) Solutions Sustainment support, management and administration for the delivery of a combination of hardware infrastructure and application infrastructure necessary to achieve a complete, centralized, and elastic environment for building, hosting, integrating, and managing web enabled business applications and application services to Army CECOM SEC’s Enterprise Solutions Directorate (ESD).

ADAMS COMMUNICATION AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY APG, Maryland

Program Manager February, 2015 to March, 2015

Provided overall management for upgrade of manned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Aircraft System to include Geological Intelligence capability, with focus on financial, administrative, local customer interface and primary subcontractor oversight.

FOXHOLE TECHNOLOGY Fort Meade, Maryland

Product Manager September, 2014 to December, 2014

Provided management of a large scale DoD cyber security contract by managing contract deliverables and maintaining the master schedule, collecting information from many people and sources and providing management with accurate situational awareness.

ENGILITY CORPORATION Indian Head, Maryland

IT Program Manager July, 2013 to December, 2013

Responsible for all aspects of management associated with execution of a multifaceted team of 50-plus IT professionals to include Network Operations, Information Assurance, Software Development and Help Desk.

QED SYSTEMS, LLC Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Senior Systems Engineer 2012 to 2013

Responsible for the Systems Engineering Team leadership of the FACE and VICTORY Programs gathering, refining and managing high level requirements prioritization and categorizing, defining, developing and documenting a System of Systems (SoS) architecture for the product line developed by Product Director Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PD PNT).

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Project Lead 2011 to 2012

Responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for a technical program and results of multi-functional project teams. Responsible for the administrative, technical and operational leadership of a project within the C4ISR program space, as set by the Program Manager and/or customer.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Baltimore, Maryland

Software Development Manager/Integrated Product Team Lead 2000 to 2011

Produced system security schedules for Integrated Product Team (IPT), provided a core development staff, established a software development environment, generated an internal Software Development Plan, then executed and monitored the IPT against plan for Special Access Programs.

Education

Masters of Science in Computer Science & Masters of Administrative Science (Management) The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland

Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance, 2012 – 2024

Project Management Professional Boot Camp – PMTi

ITIL V3 Foundation Exam Prep Training – KITCO

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