Scrum Master Project Manager

Fred Moston, PMP®, PSM®

Helena, Montana 406-***-**** *******@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/fred-moston-pmp-5407955b

Program Manager & Agile Coach/Scrum Master

Certified PMP® and PSM® with 15+ years leading multimillion-dollar tech projects, specializing in Agile transformations, AI/ML implementations, and data-driven process improvements. Proven ability to coach cross-functional teams and deliver competitive advantage for Fortune 500 clients like Alcon and IBM

Certifications

PMP, 2015 PSM, 2017 SCRUM Fundamentals (SBOK), 2014

CompTIA Security+, Project+, A+, 2011–2013 CAPM, 2013

Work Experience

Alcon Inc., Fort Worth, TX April 2021 to Current

Agile Coach / Scrum Master - Consultant

Spearheaded $2M GenAI ChatGPT project, leading 4 teams (40 resources) to deploy 12 department use cases, enhancing productivity by 25%.

Facilitated Scrum of Scrums and all Agile ceremonies, aligning stakeholders and senior leadership across 12+ workstreams

Designed and delivered Agile training, upskilling 20+ team members and stakeholders.

Recruited and onboarded high-performing staff, boosting project delivery capacity

Directed $3M Salesforce ML project, coaching 2 teams (20 resources) to implement Next Best Engagement, improving sales targeting by 20%.

Scrum Master and Agile Coach for (2) teams of 30 resources

Hosted all Scrum and Scrum of Scrum ceremonies

Built Agile SAFe framework and trained staff

Led $500K Hub & Spoke Data Integration project, driving Scaled Agile adoption

Hosted Scrum ceremonies and provided program-level reporting to CIO and VP of Business Technology

State of Montana, Helena, MT May 2020 to April 2021

Program Manager / Technology Services Division Bureau Chief

EPM Governance implementation project

Bureau Chief overseeing the transition to SAFe Agile environment

Oversaw division-wide project lifecycle, ensuring SLA compliance for 10+ critical applications

Mentored 3 project managers, resolving technical disputes and negotiating vendor contracts for the State of Montana

Alcon Inc., Fort Worth, TX January 2019 to May 2020

Agile Coach / Scrum Master - Consultant

Managed $3M AWS Data Lake build, overseeing 3 DevOps teams to integrate Salesforce and Hadoop modules Built SAFe environment overseeing three DevOps teams

Managed offshore vendor teams

Implementing Alcon IT Department separation from Novartis Inc.

Technology: Salesforce, US Comm and EBX data lift and shift

cxLoyalty Inc., Stamford, CT December 2017 to December 2018

IT Program Manager / Agile Coach – Consultant

Delivered $600K AWS Data Hub migration, integrating SolarWinds and GitHub, achieving PCI-DSS compliance

Cyber Security Implementation, SolarWinds, GitHub, PCI-DSS Compliance, EDW

Data Lake Creation

Managed $400K Payment Gateway project, leading Agile teams to deploy GDPR-compliant solutions

Security Implementation, GitHub, PCI-DSS Compliance, EDW, OSSEC

Morris Realty Inc., Bend OR June 2017 to December 2017

IT Project Manager – Consultant

Executed $50K website rebuild during partner dissolution, completing transition 1 month early with 3 developers.

Managing the technical team during the transition phase

Directed support training

Ryder Logistics Inc., Fort Worth, TX October 2017 to November 2017

Agile Coach – Consultant

Assessed Agile maturity for 4 Scrum teams (12 resources), delivering training that improved sprint output.

Observed and assessed current Agile team maturity

Provided technical training and Agile Implementation Solution

IBM Inc., Irving, TX Sept 2016 to May 2017

Sr. Project Manager / Scrum Master - Consultant

Led $800K American Airlines compliance project, deploying AWS cloud features for 6-member team.

Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations

Coached Product Owner on JIRA, User Story creation and Backlog grooming.

Opsgility LLC., Flower mound, TX Oct 2015 to August 2016

Agile Program Manager

Managed Scrum development team. Engagement management for clients closing 5 to 10 projects weekly. Project budgets ranged from $20k to $300K.

Microsoft Azure Readiness, GSI, EA, AWS and EP Department projects

Managed development, training and rollout

Responsible for financial planning, budgeting and reconciliation phases

Managed Microsoft MVP resources for international projects.

Sally Beauty Supplies Inc., Denton TX July 2015 to Oct 2015

Sr. Project Manager – Consultant

$100K Microsoft CRM implementation project. Cross-functional teams of 8 developers, testers, analysts and network specialists.

Directed daily Scrum stand up meetings

Managed the project’s documentation

Morris Hayden Realty Inc., Bend OR Feb 2015 to Mar 2016

IT Project Manager – Consultant

$25K Microsoft Office 365 migration project. Cross-functional teams of 4 developers, analysts and network specialists.

Managed the Project from Initiation to Closure

$25K Microsoft SharePoint. Cross-functional teams of 4 developers, analysts and network specialists.

Managed the Project from Initiation to Closure

International Credentialing Associates Inc., Seminole FL Jan 2015 to Feb 2015

Project Manager SME – Consultant

$50K Western Governors University Certification project. Team of 10 Project Manager resources.

Functioned as a subject matter expert on PMBOK and SBOK scenarios

$50K CompTIA Project+ Testing Subject Matter Expert project. Team of 10 Project Manager resources.

Reviewed project testing questions and study materials for accuracy

Earlier Career (2007 – 2015)

Managed IT projects up to $12M, including HIPAA 5010 compliance (Blue Cross Blue Shield) and 4G tower installations (The Pape Group).

Served as Project Manager and Scrum Master across healthcare, realty, and tech sectors, delivering SharePoint, BizTalk, and CRM solutions.

Key clients: Allscripts, McKesson, Priority Health, Opsgility, Sally Beauty Supplier

Education

Clayton State University (1993 – 1997) Information Technology

Skills

Frameworks: Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), PMBOK, Waterfall

Technologies: AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Hadoop, ChatGPT, ML/AI, BizTalk

Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, SharePoint, GitHub

Leadership: Team Coaching, Stakeholder Alignment, Vendor Negotiation, Agile transformation

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