Product Manager

SAFe® Agile Product Manager

RICKY D. FREE, PMI - PMP & SAFe® 5 & 6 - SPC

eMail: ****@**.*** USA Citizen cell: (817) 689 - 5736 LinkedIN: Ricky Free -Profile on LinkedIN

Key: PgM & PM: PMI - PMP Certified Project Management Professional Application Development: PMI-ACP - Agile Certified Practitioner, SAFe® SPC - SAFe Practice Consultant - SAFe implementation professional - Coach - Trainer LPM-Lean Portfolio Management-Certified, APM-Agile Product Management Certified POPM-Product Owner Project Manager Certified, SA-SAFe Agilist Certified SP-SAFe Practitioner Certified, & CSM Scrum Alliance Scrum Master Certified SAFe® Validated-Enabled to Train: LPM(v5&6); APM(v6); POPM(v6); SA(v5&6); SP(v5&6); SSM(v6); ARCH(v6); SDP(6); RTE(6); SASM(v5); ASE(v5); SGP(v5); Cloud: Amazon Web Services: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 ITIL-Foundation & Intermediate Service Operation, & Six Sigma-Black Belt Professional Experience:

EDZsystems, at Federal Reserve Bank - REMOTE Feb 24 – Xxx 25 SAFe® Product Owner for Stored Value Cards (SVCs) a smart card-based alternative to cash. SVCs contain a chip which stores currency and processes transactions. SVCs can verify and perform financial transactions in an offline-mode, versus traditional debit-credit cards. Currently, SVCs are in use in over 80 military bases and installa- tions in 19 countries (including the U.S.), and on board over 135 Naval ships. Modernizing the legacy application written in Java and SQL on-prem – to the AWS Gov Cloud. Focused on plat- form work for applications, logging CI-CD pipelines. interface with technical contractors, which is the business side and interface with other PO’s and their technical teams. Gitlab and work with being demo'd and less banking application focus a highly regulated Treasury environ- ment. SAFe with daily stand up and looking ahead to prepare work for developers. Engaging with Architect team, and other developers to help with Scrum log to aggregate it, to engage and work with other partners. DISYS-Dexian, at LPL Financial - -REMOTE Feb 23 – Dec 23 Technical Agile Product Manager - Owner for Infrastructure & Operations Delivery Engineering Organization.. IT infrastructure (on-prem & AWS cloud), in support of the aligned domain prod- ucts. Responsible for managing Monitoring of New Infrastructure (IaaS) Delivery supporting the complete lifecycle of the services of the aligned Product Domain. Lead for enabling Cloud based solutions. Fast paced, start up like environment, assist to identify requirements and facilitate im- plementation, while following appropriate change control and release processes. Using, SAFe

(Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise), JIRA and Dynatrace. Industry: Wealth Management Ricky D. Free, PMP (817) 689 - 5736 ****@**.*** Fort Worth, Texas 76109 APEX, at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation - DTCC - REMOTE Apr 22 – Dec 22 Technical Agile Product Manager for Network Systems. Financial service clients (Banks, broker- age firms, insurance agencies,…) generate revenue over the DTCC designed and managed client networks that providing support for Customer connectivity (ie. on-line applications - services includ- ing: API’s, file sharing & messaging) through a private cloud via SMART (Securely Managed And Reliable Technology internal managed network) and then moving toward the public cloud with third party providers and networks. Participated in STRIDE(Strategic Transformation & Resiliency Initia- tives for DTCC Evolution) - Delivery Modernization efforts transition to Amazon-AWS & MicroSoft- Azure Cloud Infrastructures ..Researched client network connections with external customers through secure third party internet - network connections integrated into a Spine & Leaf architec- ture. SDWan Cloud aligned network services through software defined WAN. High-level in- frastructure redesign-move to Leverage Alkira, Megaport, Zscaler & Equinix to connect with se- cure third-party public Cloud connections. Led data evaluation of Firewall, Loadbalancer, Proxy, VLan & VPC-Virtual Private Cloud in an effort to reduce Wait-Time in the provisioning of these ac- tivities. Key contributor to the creation of a Products & Services Catalog by Business & Product Lines for Sales decision making options and analysis through the Global Address Book. Integrated with multiple Agile DevSecOps Teams-Squads driving process improvements. Continued the Ven- dor Evolution from: Packaged-Software; to IaaS-Infrastructure as a Service; to PaaS-Platform as a Service (app. & data held); to SaaS-Software as a Service (all securely vendor managed) to CLOUD so-That there is less Cost with greater speed of: provisioning, connection and delivery. SNow & JIRA tools used. Algosec Tool used for Firewall pathway Analysis moving toward further automation and quicker FW approvals.

ACS-American Cyber Systems at Verizon - REMOTE Oct 19 – Apr 22 Global Network & Technology - Network Systems (1Fiber) & Verizon Business Group Enterprise Solutions - VZ Bus. Transformation (NearNet-1Fiber) VTF-Agile Product Owner for Verizon Network Systems - Core Engineering and adjunct Product Manager & Agile Coach. SAFe Agile Story drafting and backlog refinement - prioritization with Business Users and Systems-Application teams. Velocity tracking, story grooming, etc CA Agile Central (which was Rally) & JIRA tools used. Verizon Access Unification Parents over 1-Fiber, Building Enablement and NearNet ART’s -projects. Acquired the SAFe 5 Certifications in LPM, APM, POPM, SA & SP in 2020 & 2021.

Activities: DSU support, Daily Story-BUG tracking updates per issue touch in JIRA & Rally; On Re- quest DEMOs, support and confirmation of documentation in JIRA when Status was updated; Weekly Business Facing, BackLog Refinement Meetings for Stories & BUGs reviewing confirming the content is at the appropriate level and the Priority sequence is as the Business defined or up- dated; 2ceWkly Scrum Team Facing, BackLog Refinement Meetings to confirm Tech resources un- derstand Story Description & Acceptance Criteria; Every 2 weeks support Retrospective Meeting; Every 2 weeks get PRODUCTION Dates documented in JIRA (for all Stories & BUGs where coding changes were made) when the Code was confirmed functional in the PRODUCTION Environment; 1ce a Quarter: PI Planning Document (based on our Velocity minus Holiday-Vacations planned) showing Features, Stories, Dependencies & Risks Planned for the upcoming Program Increment; 1ce a Quarter JIRA Board-dash board updating of Parameters to display both Scrum Boards & Kanban Boards per Sprint-Iteration; Meet After to explore Blocking issues; RTE initiated Release Train Meeting; Coach Team Members toward the use of the SAFe Framework effectively using the JIRA & RALLY Tools.

Ricky D. Free, PMP (817) 689 - 5736 Fort Worth, Texas 76109 National Cutting Horse Association, Fort Worth, Texas June 14 – Feb 17

(dba… RDF Enterprise through Robert Half)

Scrum Master and adjunct Product Owner - Product Manager - Agile Coach: Azure Cloud migration

Application Development using Agile’s Scrum methodology. Agile Certified Practitioner - ACP certification from PMI and Certified Scrum Master - CSM from the Scrum Alliance. Managed the Development of an Agile (SDLC) Application (ultimately to serve Members in 42 International Coun- tries); Primary user of Microsofts Visual Studio’s TFS – Team Foundation Server - Tool for Story organization and reporting; Application architecture Hosted by Azure, offsite; User behavior and customer experience analytics, Cloud enablement and deployment (App. and DB), Mobile product extension; DevOps refactoring for Azure and Azure DB as a service; Leveraged cutting edge tech- nologies: Azure Cloud implementation, Reporting tools, Database-MS SQL Server 2012; Extensive work on executing Product development initiatives using, Scrum; Experience with hosted & on premise applications, real time requirements capture and rapid development via agile; Product De- velopment scrums: Setup scrum teams for implementation of the scalable agile model; Managed DTO – Data Transfer Objects; Schema changes to DataBase; Data Conversion ETL – from old Data to New Data Format; Velocity tracking - estimating; SQL Refactoring Data Base; .NET (dot net); MVC; Ajax, bootstrap, Kendo, Teleric, Angular; Single Sign-on; Credit Card processing. Coor- dinated the Planning Meeting per Sprint - Iteration to set out assigned Stories and subsequent Tasks per Story; Lead the RetroSpective Meeting at the end each Sprint-Iteration. Other Activities included Grooming Stories, participating in the Story Pointing, and Grouping - subDividing Stories into Epic - Feature - Story categories. The application dealt with Horse Ownership, Membership, Affiliates, GrassRoots, NCHA PRODUCED Events-Shows-Classes, Secretaries, Judges, Monitors, Trainers, and Riders.

Managed all AgileTeam Resource interviewing and hiring. Sirius Computer Solutions, San Antonio, Texas -REMOTE July 08 - April 11 Senior Project Manager: IBM WebSphere Commerce v6x Engagements, managing an experi- enced team of consultants that include: Architects, Business Analysts, Technical Developers and 3rd Party resources. Project Planning, Project Finance, Change Processing, 3rd Party management, and Bug Tracking. All project activities from Requirements gathering through site Launch. Academy Sports Retailer: B2C Large IBM WebSphere Commerce engagement. Hayward Pool Supply Wholesaler: B2B Large IBM WebSphere Commerce engagement. Other Companies: BE Aerospace, Pitney Bowes, Colibri, Smith & Wesson, and Corcraft Products.

Environment: As-400, IBM MAINFRAME, IBM Websphere Commerce v6x Engagements Ricky D. Free, PMP (817) 689 - 5736 ****@**.*** Fort Worth, Texas 76109 C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

PMI: Project Management Professional PMP 79108 Project Management Institute Issued: 2003 - good to Nov. 2025

PMI: Agile Certified Practitioner ACP 1954489 Project Management Institute Issued: 2016 - good to Aug. 2025 ACP is a Certification in Agile approaches: Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming

(XP) and test-driven development (TDD).

SAFe® 5 & 6: Certifications 2020 - 2021 from Scaled Agile Inc. SPC-SAFe® Program - Practice Consultant Certified for Implementing SAFe® - #196*****-**** Issued: Dec 2022 - good till Dec 2025

LPM-SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management ie - Certified SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager for PMO pro- fessionals. 5.1 - #685*****-**** Issued: Nov 2021 - good till Dec 2025 APM-SAFe® Agile Product Management ie - Certified SAFe® Agile Product Manager for PMO pro- fessionals. 5.0 - #234*****-**** Issued: Nov 2021 - Good till Dec. 2025 POPM-SAFe® Product Owner - Product Manager ie - Certified SAFe® Product Owner - Product Manager for PMO professionals. 5.0 - #287*****-**** Issued: Jan 2020 - good till Dec., 2025 SA-Leading SAFe® 5.1 ie - Certified SAFe® Agilist - - #339*****-**** Issued: May 2021 good till Dec. 2025

SP-SAFe® for Teams 5.1 ie - Certified SAFe® Practitioner - #977*****-**** Issued: June 2021 good till Dec. 2025

Amazon Web Services: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C01 Issued: Dee 2022 good till Dec 2025

Certified Scrum Master - CSM Scrum Alliance Issued: Aug. 2010 ITIL Foundation HP Education Issued: June 2005

ITIL Intermediate Service Operation MyITstudy Issued: Dec 2016 Lean Six Sigma: Yellow, Green & Black Belt 6sigmastudy.com Issued: Dec. 2016 Ricky D. Free, PMP (817) 689 - 5736 Fort Worth, Texas 76109 SAFe® v6 Enabled-Validated to Train: Feb 2026

SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management LPM Feb 2026

SAFe® Agile Product Management APM Feb 2026

SAFe® Product Owner - Product Manager POPM Feb 2026 Leading SAFe® - SAFe Agilist SA Feb 2026

SAFe® for Teams SAFe Practitioner SP Feb 2026

SAFe® Scrum Master SSM Feb 2026

SAFe® for Architects ARCH Feb 2026

SAFe® DevOps - - DevOps Practitioner SDP Feb 2026

SAFe® Release Train Engineer RTE Feb 2026

SAFe® v5 Enabled-Validated to Train:

SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master SASM Feb 2026

SA Fe® for Government (Practitioner) SGP Feb 2026

SA Fe® Agile Software Engineering ASE Feb 2026

SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management LPM Dec 2026

Leading SAFe® - SAFe Agilist SA Dec 2026

SAFe® for Teams - SAFe Practitioner SP Dec 2026

AGILE HR EXPLORER AHRE FEB 2024

MICROSOFT AZURE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: NETWORK SECURITY DEC 2022 MICROSOFT AZURE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES: AZURE SECURITY CENTER DEC 2022 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AI COURSES COMPLETED: ALL IN FEB 2024 1. Becoming an AI-First Product Leader

2. How to Boost your Productivity with AI Tools

3. How to Research and write using Generative AI Tools 4. Using AI as your SEO Assistant

5. Prompt engineering: How to Talk to the AI’s

6. integrating generative AI into the Creative process 7. Chat GPT Prompts for Job Seekers

8. Chat GPT Prompts for Small Businesses

9. How to innovate and stay Relevant in times of Change & Uncertainty E D U C A T I O N

B.S. in Computer Science: Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Scholarship Exchange Program, Ibaraki Christian University, Ibaraki, Japan LinkedIN: Ricky Free Profile on LinkedIN

Ricky D. Free, PMP (817) 689 - 5736 ****@**.*** Fort Worth, Texas 76109

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