Conny Spann

Experience

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  Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1984

  Programmer
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  U.S. Bank

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1990

  IT Manager
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  Target

  Sept 1990 - Apr 2006

  IT Group Manager

  Manage multiple application development teams using a variety of processes, including traditional waterfall, XP, and Microsoft Feature Solution Framework Projects included Buying, Merchandise Planning, Order Management, Advertising Signing, Advertising Financial, In-Store Signing, Receiving, Inventory Management, Advertising, Pharmacy Ordering and Receiving, Grocery Replenishment, Store Logistics, and Food Safety Monitoring

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  Northwest Airlines

  Apr 2006 - Oct 2008

  Senior Project Manager (Contractor)

  Projects included Revenue and Yield Management, Reservation Call Center, Irregular Operations Recovery, and Customer Care Case ManagementMember of the Strategic IT Integration Team that recommend technology and application portfolio for the new merged airline (Delta)

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  Seattle Public Schools

  Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

  Program Manager (Contractor)

  Manage multi-project initiative to migrate systems off an obsolete platform. $6.6 million budget including 23 projects, 9 business departments, 4 Project Managers, and 22 team members

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  PEMCO

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2013

  Agile Program Manager

  Coached development teams to continually improve Scrum/XP practices Responsible for Portfolio Planning, Resource Planning, Release PlanningProjects included Customer Information Management, Insurance Quote and Purchase, Insurance Rating Services, Comparative Rating, and Lead Generation

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  Premera Blue Cross

  Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

  Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master (Contractor)

  Introduced Agile to two development teams, and successful coached adoption of ScrumAs Scrum Master, provided ongoing individual and team coaching As Sr Project Manager, interacted with several corporate PMOs on status, funding and planningProjects included Business Intelligence Data Warehouse enhancements to support Affordable Health Care Exchange, and ICD10 diagnostic and procedure code integration.

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  Liberty Mutual Insurance

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2016

  Senior Agile Project Manager (Contractor)

  Coached team during transition to Scrum. Continued Agile improvement coaching Led Product Owners and Business Analysts Program-level release planning for multi-year B2B integration Interacted with corporate integration PMO for funding approval, status and dependencies Projects included Independent Agent-facing Web Portal for Customer, Billing and Claims

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  Avalara

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2019

  Agile Coach (Part time, intermittent consultant)

  Assess team needs and design tailored Agile solutions. Deliver role-based training to Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Scrum team members, and Kanban teams.Successfully started Scrum and Kanban teams with custom training and individual coaching.Facilitate meetings. Provide facilitation training and coaching.Coach individuals, teams, and leadership to transform from ‘doing Agile’ to ‘being Agile’.