Greg Harness

Greg Harness

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Agile Evangelist Leading Agile Practitioners

  • Education

    • Washington State University

      1990 - 1996
      MA History
    • Colorado Technical University

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      Master of Science in Management - MSM Project Management
    • The College of Idaho

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      BA Music
  • Experience

    • Micron Technology

      Jan 1999 - Feb 2003
      Software Engineer

      Developer software to support document management across the enterprise including design specifications and engineering change notifications.

    • NIC

      Jun 2003 - Mar 2005
      Project Manager

      I worked for NIC's subsidiary Access Idaho (http://idaho.gov/) serving as a project manager. Access Idaho worked with state agencies to put government services online. During my tenure, we partnered with the state to create many new services including vehicle registration renewals, personalized license plate orders, child support payments, and license renewals for real estate agents, outfitters and guides, and public accountants.

    • The Internet Truckstop

      Sept 2005 - Feb 2007
      Product Development Manager

      The Internet Truckstop (http://truckstop.com/) is an online freight-matching service for the trucking industry in the US. I served as project manager for new and enhanced online products for our shipper, broker, and carrier customers as well as directly managing the team of software developers and web designers.

    • SUPERVALU

      Mar 2007 - Sept 2014
      IT Project Manager

      I worked with teams in the retail deployment, desktop support, service management, portal, and IT infrastructure areas. I previously served as the Project Management Discipline Lead within the IT Project Management Office where I reviewed and audited project quality, trained and mentored project managers, and simplified project management tools and processes.

    • Blue Cross of Idaho

      Sept 2014 - Jul 2020
      Sr Project Manager / Sr Scrum Master

      Project Manager and Scrum Master working in the areas of data integration, portals, sales, service operations, provider services, utilization management, and accreditation.

    • The College of Idaho

      Feb 2017 - May 2017
      Adjunct Faculty

      I taught a 400-level course on project management in the Business & Accounting Department.

    • PetIQ

      Jul 2020 - Jan 2025
      Manager, IT Implementation Services

      Part scrum master, part agile project manager, part evangelist for agile and lean practices. I am building a team of agile practitioners who partner with business leaders to support a culture that empowers self-organizing teams. We help teams stay focused on delivering valuable working solutions while promoting agile values.At PetIQ I created a new hybrid role of Implementation Manager from existing scrum master and project manager skill sets. I lead a team of practitioners and together we have developed job expectations, best practices, success metrics, product backlog and roadmap presentations, and stakeholder engagement..Until November, 2023, PetIQ was a publicly-traded company. I worked with various Sarbanes-Oxley controls and processes with a focus on user access, software development and separation of duties, and IT system security. PetIQ is heavily invested in Cloud solutions, with a focus on Azure technologies.Vendor management and negotiation was a key component of this focus.In addition to my manager role, I led the following Key Initiatives:* Multiple data integration efforts (Fivetran and Snowflake)* Software development tool modernization (Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes)* Project management tool consolidation (Asana)* Cybersecurity phishing training (KnowBe4)* Safety improvements for people and facilities (AlertAware, Splan) Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CSM

      Scrum Alliance
      Jan 2019
    • PMP

      Project Management Institute
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Host of Ramblers' Retreat

      Issued by Radio Boise KRBX 89.9 / 93.5 FM on May 2011
      Radio Boise KRBX 89.9 / 93.5 FMAssociated with Greg Harness
    • Emcee

      Issued by Hermit Music Festival on Jul 2013
      Hermit Music FestivalAssociated with Greg Harness
    • Contributor

      Issued by RootsWorld on Sept 2009
      RootsWorldAssociated with Greg Harness
    • Area Governor

      Issued by Toastmasters International on Jul 2009
      Toastmasters InternationalAssociated with Greg Harness