Experience

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  Stewartsville elementary school

  Sept 1981 - Jun 1983

  English teacher

  Sponsored through East Stroudsburg State College (Student Teaching Internship)Taught the school's defined English curriculum to 6th, 7th & 8th gradersCoached girls basketball team

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  Al dorsi detective agency

  Aug 1983 - Jun 1986

  Supervisor of the life safety security center

  Assigned to the Exxon Research and Engineering Company in Annandale New JerseyScheduled shift work for plant security, maintained personnel records, hired, trained and evaluated performance reviews for sixty security employees

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  Warren county community college

  Jun 1986 - Jun 1989

  Managed the day to day operations of the Student Services OfficeConducted performance evaluations for two direct reportsManaged official student recordsConducted the proofreading of class schedules and other literature for publication relating to registrationReported enrollment and other general statistical information to state and federal boardsServed as a member of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education S.U.R.E CommitteeServed as an adjunct faculty for the technology department Show less

  • Registrar

    Sept 1987 - Jun 1989

  • Student Records Secretary

    Jun 1986 - Sept 1987
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  University of phoenix

  Oct 1989 - Sept 1991

  Managed the day to day operations for the Office of Admissions & RecordsConducted performance evaluations for five direct manager employeesManaged fifty indirect employees (Administrative, Admissions, Evaluations & Graduation)Managed sixteen campuses Admissions & Student Records processesManaged twenty-five thousand student recordsReported stats to state and federal boardsCreated operations manual for the Office of Admissions & Records Created articulation agreements between the University of Phoenix and other educational institutions, businesses and military sitesCreated the articulation standards and procedures manualCreated the transfer credit and course wavier database Reviewed domestic and international student transcriptsAwarded credit transfer & course wavier for Admissions into the University of Phoenix academic programs & certificate programsCreated the accreditation standards and procedures process manualCreated the credit evaluation database Reviewed student admissions files and determined the student's admission statusCreated Admissions Standards procedures manual

  • Associate Registrar

    Nov 1990 - Sept 1991

  • Articulation Officer

    Apr 1990 - Nov 1990

  • Admissions & Records Specialist

    Feb 1990 - Apr 1990

  • Admissions Officer

    Oct 1989 - Feb 1990
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  Apollo education group

  Sept 1991 - Oct 2015

  Deployed application code to all domainsDeployed server patch upgrades and security certificate renewals to productionDeployed internal Ruby scripts (used by release engineers to conduct deployments) to production Created release standards, procedures and processesCreated production release run planProduced change requests through the defined Change Management processWorked with development & QA resources to ensure code is ready for deployment to domainsConducted production verification of application code released to productionDocumented production release issues Show less

  • Senior Release Engineer

    Apr 2011 - Oct 2015

  • Senior QA Analyst

    May 2005 - Apr 2011

  • Senior Systems Analyst

    Sept 1991 - May 2005
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  Glynlyon inc.

  Dec 2015 - Mar 2018

  Scrum master

  Provide continuous training to the development team on the Agile process.Guide the development team and the organization on how to use Agile practices to ensure delivery on commitments.Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to remove development team impediments, and guide the development team toward removing impediments.Guide the development team on how to be self-organized and self-sufficient.Coach development team where Agile principles may not yet be fully understood or adopted, and encourage regular discipline and readiness.Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as Refinement/Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum/Stand-Ups, Sprint Review/Demos, Sprint Retrospective & Release Retrospective, and Scrum development team meetings.Build development team cohesion and foster open and honest development team communications.Act as Agile Coach & Scrum Master for multiple development teams.Commitment to helping development team members succeed and excel in a safe environment that fosters continuous improvements to increase team productivity and deliverable quality.Coach development teams toward execution and delivery of committed Sprint work, and mentor & guide development teams to avoid over or under commitment.Assist the Product Owner to keep the story backlog effectively refined and prioritized.Provide all support to the development team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and lead by example. Show less

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  Savvas learning company

  May 2018 - now

  Senior project manager
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  Pearson

  May 2018 - Mar 2019

  Project manager/scrum master

  Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetingsTrack and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progressTrack and manage budget with team leadsMaintain process documentation; recommending improvements, creating necessary standards, tools and best practices, and document them as neededWork with Product Managers to maintain an accurate and up-to-date backlogUpdate Agile tracking systems, Jira and Confluence, with product & sprint backlog informationSupport the development managers and team leads to remove roadblocksFacilitate fixed-bid delivery projects with internal and external project team membersAssist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating informationAssist teams with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definitionEnsure successful completion of sprints/releases within scope, budget, time, and quality parametersResponsible for communicating performance and executive reporting for assigned projectsAdapt project plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout releases to respond to emerging requirements and risks Show less