Project Manager Scrum Master
Resume:
Dr. Brian Kennedy
Project Manager/Scrum master
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-kennedy-mba-dba-93743a17/
Hands-on and enthusiastic Project Manager with demonstrated the ability to resolve conflicts, identify issues, and effectively handle multiple tasks simultaneously develop cost-saving methods, and achieve
project goals within the planned time frame
Titles Held:
Project Manager: Strong foundation of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from start to finish. Intake and project planning from inception to procurement. PMO, delivering projects in data warehousing, data analytics, and business intelligence in waterfall and agile methodologies. Project
management history in Game development, health care, and Finance. Organizing and developing teams to meet and address business partners' needs and identify cost- and time-saving methods to save money for the company.
Scum Master: Agile coach, Azure DevOps, Waterfall to agile migration, Task Management, Epic creation, Time management
Sr. Business System Analyst: Including Development, Reverse Engineering, Documentation and systems, RFPs, Data Warehousing, Data architecture, Business Intelligence, SSO and TPS integration, Requirements gathering, Use cases, Data Analysis, Data Architecture, Reporting, Quality Assurance, and
User Acceptance Testing
Software QA tester: robust Systems Development Lifecycle Experience, including developing and implementing test plans, test cases, and test processes. Creating swift updates, corrections, and significant cost-saving additions.
Hands-on technology professional: experience working with large, small, and medium teams on complex, multifaceted projects. Diverse experience in QA software testing, software research, and development.
Work Experience
Requirements Manager Sr Scrum Master
GDIT – Falls Church, Va Sept 2024 to July 2025
At GDIT, I led multiple project module teams, overseeing overall team responsibilities aligned with project requirements. Each team was accountable for developing specific components of a modular platform. I was responsible for tracking and reporting progress, maintaining structured updates in Jira, and ensuring that reporting was clear, concise, and actionable for executive stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities / Tasks:
Managed multiple-module-based project teams’ infrastructure, security, Identity management, multifactor authentication.
Oversaw team responsibilities aligned with technical and business requirements.
Coordinated the development of individual components within a modular platform.
Monitored project progress and ensured timely delivery of tasks.
Reported project status and milestones to leadership.
Maintained and updated Jira with structured, executive-level reporting.
Ensured all Jira updates were clear, organized, and aligned with stakeholder needs.
Provided overall project structure and process guidance to team members.
Project Manager Sr Scrum Master
Elara Caring - Denver, CO Feb 2023 to Aug 2024
At Elara Caring, I manage multiple teams for data engineering and business intelligence. My teams build out data reports and dashboards for the company using data from multiple sources throughout the organization.
PMO for BI and data intelligence
Project intake
Project procurement
Project Manager for multiple projects across the company for various departments
Managed system upgrade to Jira platform and for SNOW
Project Stack ranking for clear upward communication.
Built Jira reports for data presentation.
Project intake
Smartsheet integration
Data tracking and reporting
Organization Agile Coach
Change management.
Big Data
Scrum master: Managing all ceremonies, timeline, and project roadmaps.
Reporting time tracking
SDLC process management
Roadmap planning
Offshore team management
Backlog management
C-Suite communication and update on project progress
Project Manager Sr Scrum Master Release Manager
GHX - Denver, CO Sept 2021 to Jan 2023
At GHX, as the Project Manager/Scrum Master. I was responsible for many facets of the SDLC, including being the PM, Release Manager, and BSA. Day to day, I would work with three separate teams to manage each team's workflow and process to complete Development within the scope of each project. While with GHX, I migrated from the team from waterfall practice to an agile scrum process.
Project management - 3 teams of 40 people altogether
The teams I managed handled architecture, infrastructure, Security, identity management, Multi factor authentication.
Project planning
Epic creation
User Story creation and grooming
Scrum Planning
Agile Coaching
Kanban migration to the scrum board
Process improvement
Retrospective Planning
Process improvement
Works with team and customers to define business requirements, resolve technical issues, and provide training.
Cross-functional/ team collaboration
Work with business stakeholders and other SMEs across Lines of Business to assess current capabilities, understand high-level business requirements.
Translate and create Use Cases and systems requirements into functional technical specifications.
Support testing teams
Gather requirements for engineers.
Agile/Scrum Integration and upgrades
Process Improvement
SharePoint
Project Manager Sr. Data System Analyst
Charter Communications - Denver, CO April 2021 to Sept 2021
I was brought into Charter Communications to manage and develop tableau visual data, allowing management to see where money is spent. Outside of developing visualized reports, I reviewed and updated Jira and used Jira plan board data to assist in identifying missing fields required for more in-depth financial reporting.
Standardized data for reporting
Develop a Tableau dashboard and stories to represent data.
Communication with teams to ensure proper data cleanup.
Migrated data to a new structure for Executive level reporting.
Gave a presentation on new data sources while taking objective feedback for improvement.
Leadership in the direction of Data
Requirements gathering
Identify the best strategy for reporting.
Present dashboards that show the current workloads of engineers and project managers in a visual format
Updated Jira with appropriate fields for reporting
Update Project Managers and directors on the process for how and when to report data.
Provide detailed reports to executive branches.
Data Validation
SharePoint
Project Manager Sr. Business System Analyst/ Scrum Master
Aegon- Transamerica - Denver, CO Sept 2019 - April 2021
At Aegon / TransAmerica, I worked as the project manager/Scrum Master to the data scientists and engineers. I lead the team implementing the Benefits Sherpa program. The Benefits Sherpa program gathered data on multiple companies' employee finances and retirement plans. Then, the Benefits Sherpa platform helped generate reports that measure health/wealth balance and the ability of employees to retire in good standing.
Scrum Master for Data Engineers and Data Scientists
Planned and executed multiple projects and product upgrades.
Analysis to support business decisions and recommend best practices.
Worked on various projects throughout development, testing, and implementation.
Lead analysis and recommendations relating to the organization's optimization.
Works with team and customers to define business requirements, resolve technical issues, and provide training.
Cross-functional/ team collaboration
Work with business stakeholders and other SMEs across Lines of Business to assess current capabilities and understand high-level business requirements.
Translated and created Use Cases/ stories and systems requirements into functional technical specifications.
Data Interpretation
Validation of data
Gather requirements for Data engineers.
Confluence migration to SharePoint
Project Manager Business System Analyst/ Scrum Master
American Water Works Association - Denver, CO August 2017 to August 2019
At AWWA, acted as the Scrum Master, BSA, and often Project manager. Worked side by side with the PMO to ensure the delivery of projects. Assisted throughout our change management campaign, often leading the way through specific points of interest. I also helped develop and implement their agile process.
Scrum Master: Agile development from a waterfall environment
Planned and executed multiple projects and upgrades.
Reported analysis to support business decisions.
Contributed to various projects related to development, testing, and implementation.
Leads analysis and recommendations relating to the organization's optimization.
Works with team and customers to define business requirements, resolve technical issues, and provide training.
Cross-functional/ team collaboration
Work with business stakeholders and other SMEs across Lines of Business to assess current capabilities and understand high-level business requirements.
Translate Use Cases and systems requirements into functional technical specifications.
Support testing teams
PMO strategy development
Communicate project status to stakeholders and provide timely escalation of issues.
Research new software and applications benefits
Project planning
Project Management: Project tracking, process communication with stakeholders, budget analysis, communication management, and SOW approvals with external companies.
RFP design SOW review MSA development and review
Data Warehousing research and development, Business Intelligence, SSO, TPS, API integration,
SAS/SAP
Data Analysis, Reporting, Quality Assurance, and User Acceptance Testing
Managing requirements, analyzing documentation for requirements, Updating/ Gathering Requirements, Stakeholder negotiation and interaction, identifying functional requirements and specifications
Validation engineer/BA
Labs Inc - Denver, CO December 2016 to June 2017
At Labs Inc, I worked as a BA and QA lead for platform development.
Software analyst specializing in updating requirements, gathering information, writing, and performing test and use cases for Lab vantage migration.
Served as a validation engineer and ensured that the company's Lab Vantage system migration was accurate.
Tested programs to make sure algorithms returned the correct information for matching test to samples.
Migrated waterfall to an agile system.
Used TFS system.
Gathered information from developers to update test requirements.
Negative testing
Instrument calibration
Performed regression testing and documentation of results.
Identified possible problems with suggested fixes to Lab Vantage system.
Verified that the system was working correctly after the recommended changes
Quality Analyst
Shane CO - Denver, CO August 2016 to November 2016
I served as a critical software development team member as a QA tester for the new web system rollout. I was brought into Shane.co to be a manual tester helping perform testing scripts as a manual tester.
Tested and documented test cases to identify new and old problems.
Website functional testing
Verified that the website would give correct information to potential problems hassle-free.
Data management testing
Identified monetary traces from the online store to the actual retail.
Regression testing
Verified that the system was working correctly after the recommended changes.
Defect writing and verification through ZOHO
Prevented thousands of dollars in charges by identifying problems that Shane.Co was unaware of
Management of ZOHO system defect tools
Quality/Business Analyst
WPS Insurance - Madison, WI November 2015 to July 2016
I was brought from American family insurance to WPS to migrate their waterfall process to Scrum Agile process.
Responsible for system migration to TFS
UAT tester and ensured that the company's billing system was accurate.
Tested programs to make sure algorithms returned the correct information.
System Migration/Agile Coach
Migrated system from waterfall to agile and analysis of current structure and setup of the agile structure.
Migrated system management tool from Jira to a TFS system.
Worked with business partners to gather updates to business requirements and functionality of design documents.
Exploratory research to answer business questions for development.
Batch jobs and direct communication with Developers
Evaluated business cases, updated business functional requirements.
Communicate project status.
Provide timely escalation of issues to the Technology development team.
Evaluate business requirements and negotiate possible improvements.
Provided detailed information for new software.
Wrote defects test plans and test cases.
Performed regression testing and documentation of results.
Verified that the system was working correctly after the recommended changes.
Implemented system management tools through SharePoint and TFS
Implemented new system management tools for sharing information through SharePoint and tracking system in TFS from Jira.
Managing requirements, analyzing documentation for requirements, Stakeholder negotiation, and communication identifying functional requirements and specifications, Process improvement, delivery of IT solutions.
Customer service for the IT department, identifying software gaps and managing the
integration
Quality Analyst
American Family Insurance - Madison, WI May 2013 to October 2015
Brian was a versatile tester working with a large team to update systems for companywide organizations for business relationships.
Assisted in developing expanding territories.
Used mock data to gather information for testing in different territories.
Input tests for new policies in expansion states.
Wrote new testing documents for upgrades for system updates.
Administered policy and billing tests for various vehicle types:
Automobile, home, and life insurance
Mainframe Testing
Used mainframe testing to identify cost in scenarios.
Guidewire: auto, home, boating insurance policy testing
Documented positive and negative tests cases.
Tested in Guidewire to identify positive and negative testing scenarios leading to more abstract testing.
SharePoint.
Used SharePoint for communication and sharing critical documents.
Jira Tools management system: documentation and communication between dev business analyst and testing team.
Owner/Project/ Product Manager/ Business Analyst
FortBlockGames, LLC - October 2023 to present
Mobile application Company owner, Hands-on working on many projects, project manager, Decision maker of all decisions made for the company.
Manage and maintain 10 employees.
Working with multiple talented people to create new products.
API work with android and IOS
Ported software from pc and mac and verified through testing it functionality.
Direct and manage all implementation dates and project agendas.
Managed project lifecycles, after developing project implementations.
Direct and manage the production of videogames on PC and iOS platforms.
Assisted migration from PC Mac OS then eventually to iPad, iPhone.
Agile development
Scrum Master
Business and project terms Negotiation
Negotiate project terms and conditions and business requirements.
Evaluate business requirements and negotiate possible improvements.
Project and Product Development, Business Intelligence, API integration, Data Analysis, Reporting, Research, Quality Assurance, and User Acceptance Testing, comparative software analysis
Managing requirements and analyzing documentation for requirements
Detailed analysis presentations
Communication Planning
Education/ Certifications
California Intercontinental University Graduation in March 2023
Doctor of Business Administration: Emphasis Information systems and Business Enterprise Resource Management
Herzing University
Master BA in Management
2012
Herzing University
Business Administration and Management emphasis Management
BS in Game Development 2009
Bachelor’s in game design and software Development
Scrum Master Certified 2022
Pmi certification February 2023
Skills
RFP
Office 365
Visio
Jira
oracle
SDLC
SharePoint
Tableau/Power BI
Agile Coach
Scrum Master
API
Project management
BSA
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