Zachary Lane

Experience

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  Longwood University

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  Desk Aid
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  AroundCampus Group

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Sales Representative
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  Uber

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2018

  Driver
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  Vans, a VF Company

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  Sales Associate
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  Automated Insurance Management Systems

  Aug 2017 - Jan 2018

  Volunteer Marketing Specialist
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  Verus Underwriting Managers (a Berkley Company)

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  Project manager - Submission Clearance

  ● Managed workflow by assigning and organizing work for 30+ underwriters daily.● Crafted 200+ emails daily to communicate with brokers over multiple channels to maintain positive relationships and drive revenue.● Autonomously worked with 3 different CRM programs daily to properly organize and communicate data.

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  SSUPP Foods

  Jun 2018 - May 2019

  Project Manager of Comms & Media/Operations

  Utilized versatile skill set to actively contribute to various facets of startup operations, including marketing strategies, business operationsoptimization, and hands-on involvement in production facility activities, fostering comprehensive growth and operational excellence. This start-up dissolved.

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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Dec 2019 - Mar 2024

  Scrum Master/Release Manager

  JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is an American multinational financial services firm headquartered in New York City. It is the largest bank in the United States and the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. It generates $128.7B in annual revenues.Scrum Master & Release Manager• Responsible for driving Agile development excellence and efficient release management processes for enterprise clients, while providing daily leadership to stakeholders, 4 scrum teams, and +50 development team members.• With a focus on efficiency and scalability, remotely coordinated technical deployment and release management for over 300 monthly and weekly code releases from FD and build to QA testing and validation.• Managed sprint velocity metrics and goals to optimize team performance and project outcomes. Coach and mentor development teams to promote continuous improvement and Agile principles, ensuring high-quality deliverables.• Led Agile development practices and scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives for clients across multiple vertical industries, including Air Canada and General Motors. Show less

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  Knights of Columbus

  Mar 2024 - now

  Scrum Master/Project Manager

  The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization with more than 1.9M members in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 1882, it has invested +75M hours and donated over $1.73B in charitable donations over the past ten years to support those in need.• Responsible for leading the strategic direction, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of technical projects to ensure alignment with organizational strategy and goals, while providing leadership to key stakeholders.• With a focus on agile methodologies, define, document, and complete high-level technical projects. Adapt project management methods from both plan-driven/predictive approaches and iterative approaches.• With a focus on organizational efficiency, manage resources and facilitate cross-functional coordination with stakeholders, 3rd party consultants, vendors, and team members to ensure on-time and on-budget deliverables.• Manage sprint velocity metrics and goals, oversee scrum ceremonies and project management. Deliver ongoing facilitation and coaching for Agile development to foster team excellence, efficiency, agility, and best practices.• Drive effective project control, change control, risk management, design, development, and testing processes, fostering effective communication with stakeholders across project status, progress, and reporting efforts. Show less