Project Manager It

Steven Stoltman

Mrytle Beach, SC

949-***-**** *******@*******.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenstoltman

SENIOR IT PROJECT MANAGER CANDIDATE

CORE COMPETENCIES

Agile and Scrum Certifications Budgeting, Financial Oversight, Resource Allocating, and Reporting Cross Functional Collaboration and Leadership Business and Data Analysis

Telecom, Software Development, Infrastructure, Acquisition, and Agile Program and Project Management Stakeholder Communication, Documentation, and Engagement Business Operations, Agility and Adaptability Process Optimization Digitization, Modernization, and Simplification Customer and Employee Centricity Waterfall and Agile Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, Lean Continuous Improvement. Vendor Management, Procurement, Business Contract Reviews, Statements of Work, Master Service Agreements. Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Project Servant Leadership

SUMMARY

Dynamic and results-driven business technology professional with extensive expertise as a Senior IT Project Manager, Agile Mentor, Agile Ceremonies Facilitator, and IT Project Manager. Known for delivering stellar customer service, optimizing client experiences, and leading cross-functional teams to exceed organizational goals. Skilled at fostering stakeholder relationships, resolving complex issues, and surpassing expectations through innovative solutioning. Proven ability in continuous and process improvements to align business outcomes with customer-centric objectives, ensuring exceptional service and optimal efficiency. Adept at delivering high-impact results utilizing traditional and Agile methodologies. Seeking individual contributor or team lead roles at Dycom Industries.

Seeks out and accepts responsibility for project management leadership, freeing up by as much as 100%, team members to focus on high-priority projects and activities: developers have more time developing, business subject matter experts have more time focusing on functional roles, and stakeholders have more time directing outcomes

Improves lines of communication through tailored reporting, visuals, and data aligned with stakeholder priorities, leading to a 30% increase in stakeholder engagement, a 25% reduction in decision-making time, and a 40% improvement in report utilization

Reconciles program and project budgets, vendor contracts, invoices, and statements of work to ensure accuracy of chargebacks and services delivered, and in some cases, discovering more than $1M in billing discrepancies or reallocation opportunities

EXPERIENCE

Agile Project Management Consultant, Digital Automation April 2024-October 2024

Elevance Health and BCforward, Indianapolis, IN

Enhanced Agile and Jira practices by establishing baseline processes and frameworks, improving Agile project management consistency by 35% and ensuring project alignment with organizational goals across multiple high-impact initiatives

Scrum Master for DevOps cross-functional teams in the analysis and execution of Application Programming Interfaces, Robotic Process Automation, and AI-driven projects, with an emphasis on risk management, timely delivery, and budget adherence, leading to $1.5M-plus in efficiency savings through elimination of repetitive manual transactions

Director, Business Systems Agile Program Management August 2023-March 2024

Fortra, Minneapolis, MN

Led agility process reengineering initiatives, reducing operational waste 50% by assembling cross-functional teams to analyze current processes, identify inefficiencies, eliminate manual workarounds and duplicative efforts, and address data gaps

Slashed post-integration defects 85% by revamping M&A playbooks and improving integration quality of acquired businesses’ systems into Fortra’s core business systems

Lowered technical debt 40% by developing and executing a 3-year roadmap, designing a global intake and prioritization process, consolidating systems, enhancing operational efficiency, augmenting Agile project management, and optimizing solutions delivery

Pioneered a 1:1 Agile project delivery partnership model by embedding Business Systems team members within business functional areas, fostering deep collaboration to optimize technology usage, resulting in a 30% improvement in requirements accuracy, a 25% reduction in rework, and a 40% increase in prioritization efficiency

Director, Business Agility and PMO, Office of the CIO August 2016-May 2023

UnitedHealth Group and Optum Technology, Minneapolis, MN

Led and globally connected siloed business and technology teams, transforming fragmented systems, programs, processes, and services into cohesive Agile enterprise capabilities and scalable products, resulting in a 40% reduction in cross-team inefficiencies, a 30% acceleration in time-to-market for new products, and a 25% improvement in system integration and data consistency

Identified $1.6M in capital reallocation opportunities by restructuring and streamlining a $21M budget and consolidating capital streams, multiple investments, numerous projects, and disparate financial data sources into one program

Increased Contact Center work output 95% and decreased defects 90% by implementing Agile practices across business functional areas and 52 DevOps teams.

Improved implementation and solutioning for internal and external clients 80% and decreased escalations 100% by establishing and piloting a new client service delivery model and building a team to navigate the complexities of the organization for clients

Senior Business Technology Management Consultant January 2003-July 2016

Genesis10 Collaborative Business and Technology Solutions, Minneapolis, MN

As Site Validation Engineer, averted penalties and $$$millions in fines by driving six $5M initiatives with non-negotiable deadlines stringently associated with the FDA.

Resurrected a failing $20M SAP project by leading and establishing new program controls and reenergizing offshore and onshore engineering teams to implement a real-time, cloud-based, order-entry system

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Cardinal Stritch University

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) University of Northwestern

Certified SAFe Agilist, SAFe

Certified Product Owner/Product Manager, SAFe

Certified Process Reengineering Specialist, EDS

Certified Advanced Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance

Certified Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Practitioner, The LeSS Company

OTHER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio), Project Management and Financial Tools, Google Workspace, AI and ChatGPT Prompting, Data Analytics, Jira, Rally, Confluence, Collaboration Tools

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