Todd Caron, PMP

Experience

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  Retail Printing Group

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2018

  Project Manager

  - Guided IT, HR, and production projects of up to $2m+ and cross-functional teams of 20+ people from Initiating to Closing. - Designed, coordinated, and integrated a robust inventory and fulfillment system into our existing ERP system that increased productivity by 40%. - Spearheaded projects to reorganize project workflows and improve SOPs; worked with every department to create comprehensive and efficient SOPs; time to complete projects was reduced by 5-10%.

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  Edison Retail Solutions

  Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  IT Project Manager II

  - Managed IT/Manufacturing projects of up to $2m+ and cross-functional teams of 15+ people though initiating, planning, execution, monitoring & controlling, and closing. - Implemented a new in-house, semi-automated estimating system (ERS); reduced time to provide cost estimates for projects by 20%; cost estimates were more accurate, generating a 15% increase in profit. - Audited internal cost estimation system, presented recommendations for improvement to key stakeholders, and introduced changes that led to an increase of up to 5% profit. Show less

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  International Kids Campus

  Dec 2019 - Dec 2021

  Manager, Native English Curriculum

  - Formulated and instructed new English-speaking curriculum; established new 52-week curriculum; collaborated with marketing team to increase student acquisition rate and retention rate by 10% and 15% respectively. - Authored and instructed summer and winter camps to reach various demographics, a company first; within 12 months, the student body increased by 20%; retention rate was greatly improved, and a more diverse student body was created. - Coordinated with cross-functional, international, multi-cultural teams of 10+ people to devise and implement ESL curriculum for Elementary-Middle School age groups. Show less

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  Taylor Corporation

  Feb 2022 - now

  - Managed globally distributed software development teams across 10+ applications and web services generating over $60M in combined revenue YoY. - Spearheaded, standardized, and coached team through the implementation of the Agile Scrum development framework, improved SDLC and CI/CD pipelines, and implemented developer training that led to a 50% reduction in workflow friction and 25% reduction in release bugs. - Lead greenfield project development team to implement a scalable Federation API platform to unify 3rd party integrations with internal systems; Redundant development across the business unit was greatly reduced. - Lead Senior Architects through the design of API services and web applications using micro-service architecture both on-prem and in the Azure cloud environment, creating more efficient integration and on boarding of 3rd party vendors and clients. - Performed detailed Root-Cause analysis of legacy application instability which lead to a refactor and 45% increase in application uptime and increased customer satisfaction. Show less - Successfully transitioned 3+ hybrid, global software development teams to a full Agile Scrum methodology as acting Scrum Master. - Lead team through adoption and standardization of Azure DevOps by documenting standards, creating new workflows, and conducting training sessions. - Collaborated closely with product ownership and business partners to drive new feature development on applications generating $30M+ revenue through leading the Agile Scrum framework: managing Kanban boards, writing User Stories & Bugs, sprint planning, requirements grooming, estimation poker and retrospectives. Show less

  • Manager, Software Engineering

    Dec 2022 - now

  • IT Project Manager/Scrum Master

    Feb 2022 - Dec 2022