Jennifer Popp

Experience

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  Ottr is now part of CareDx, Inc.

  Sept 2012 - May 2014

  • Responsible for the lifecycle management of the Software Development Department including people, process, and projects. • Direct report to the president with monthly presentation to the Board of investors. We utilize data driven performance indicators to ensure we are on target and stay within budget.• Tools and Methodologies used include: Jira for workload and issue management; Clarizen for project feature and time management; SCRUM for team status; and Excel for integrating data and reporting on the KPI’s• Provide HR Management for development resources. Responsibilities include hiring and terminations. I am a servant leader who strives to grow, retain and promote from within. I believe as a team we can make an impact on each and every member by listening, hearing and responding to all needs. An engaged workforce delivers quality deliverables and within the allotted time frames. • As HR manager I also do the bi-annual and annual appraisal reviews, one on one’s, vendor and contractor management. We use online Manager Tools to aid in coaching and growing our leadership and team members. As part of the leadership team we review Job descriptions, job banding and calibration to ensure our staff has opportunity for growth and receive fair market value for the titled. • As a leadership team we are maximizing on our opportunities for improving communications. We are utilizing the DiSC profile tool to help drive an understanding of interaction and strengths. This knowledge of my team and their outcomes has invited me to adjust the way I work with that individual and they work with me. Our culture has grown leaps and bounds over the last year. Show less • Utilized a mix of Agile/SCRUM and Lean techniques. I provide leadership for the Project Development Team, promote self-organization, and work collaboratively with the Product Owner to deliver high value solutions to our stakeholders. • Daily functions include facilitating SCRUM, remove and escalate impediments, and encouraging continuous improvements by a dedicated, cross functional and co-located team. • Facilitate development of the Product Backlog, and work with the other in-house teams to coordinate prioritization and scheduling of project related work.• Additional duties include: Perform sprint planning, burn down chart management, and general project management duties on Product Development projects.• Coach and build cross functional teams and provide daily guidance and mentoring• Communicate with Senior Management and the Board regarding project success and challenges. • Lead Software Development projects with the software development lifecycle approach.• Facilitate the logical and systematic decomposition of work• Ensure that a solid Release Plan is in place and visibly tracks progress against plan• Risk management and lessons learned project meetings occur on each project Show less

  • Software Development Manager

    Jul 2013 - May 2014

  • Agile Project Manager (IT)

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2013
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  Capstone IT Staffing

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  Senior Consultant SCRUM/PM/BA

  Responsibilities include leading a team of developers and IT analysts in learning Agile and SCRUM methodologies so that their IT division can run Agile/SCRUM. I had the opportunity to lead 3 different teams successfully transitioning those teams to independently run Agile SCRUM. I served multiple roles on the development teams, leader ship team, SCRUM Master, Business Analyst and tester. Then I ran the maintenance and support team as their scrum master. Lastly I served as the SCRUM Master and technical resource for replacement of our back end solution. We migrated from SQL to DB2 and are replacing Oracle BI with Cognos BI solution. I pride myself as a servant leader who is willing to fill many roles on a project or on the team. Show less

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  TeamSoft

  Jun 2016 - now

  Senior Agile Consultant/Coach

  Servant Leader in Agile/SCRUM.