John Mich

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Release Train Engineer at S&P Global

  • Education

    • University of Virginia

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Systems Engineering
    • University of Virginia

      2009 - 2012
      Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Systems Engineering
  • Experience

    • Booz Allen Hamilton

      Aug 2009 - Jun 2013
      Associate

      Led the National Security SATCOM Systems Synchronization Roadmap (NS4R) task by overseeing the NS4R online tool. Defined functional requirements for improving the capability of the NS4R online tool, and led Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with NS4R’s development team. Presented NS4R Executive Briefing at various working groups and conferences, including stakeholders at General Officer (GO) level.

    • S&P Global Market Intelligence

      Jun 2013 - now

      Launched Agile Release Train (ART) with 12 scrum teams and guided the team’s transition to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Facilitating SAFe events, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, Scrum of Scrums (SoS), Product Owner (PO) Sync, Iteration Review, System Demo, and Inspect & Adapt (I&A). Direct management responsibility over all Scrum Masters in the ART; responsible for coaching and growing employee talent. Oversight of 15+ scrum teams. Served as the lead PM/BA for enterprise-wide projects involving multiple Agile Scrum teams. Regularly reported project status to C-level executives via briefings and product demos. Designed and implemented a SoS framework for scrum teams to build leadership capabilities among more PM/BAs. Designed and implemented Agile process for monitoring progress of user stories. Management experience over 10+ PM/BAs. Responsible for assessing project risk and determining milestones by working with project managers and software engineering leads while serving as a Scrum Master of two teams. Identified and addressed staffing shortfalls to ensure project deadlines were met. Coordinated rapid hiring initiative of 60+ technology staff members across the globe in varying roles (Developers, QAs, and BAs). Coordinated end-to-end testing efforts of applications while serving in a Scrum Master role. Recorded training sessions to ensure high quality delivery for other teams and more efficiently onboard newly hired PM/BAs. Expertise in Project Management tools, like Azure DevOps (formerly Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS)).

      • Senior Release Train Engineer

        May 2021 - now
      • Director, Project Management and Business Analysis (PM/BA)

        Jan 2020 - May 2021
      • Associate Director, Project Management and Business Analysis

        Apr 2016 - Jan 2020
      • Project Manager II, Project Management and Business Analysis

        Jun 2013 - Apr 2016
  • Licenses & Certifications