Experience

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  Dunn solutions group

  Mar 1993 - Dec 1995

  Software developer

  - Developed an eCommerce application, called EDILINK, using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to seamlessly integrate ANSI X.12 standard data from different retail organizations (Walmart, JC Penney etc.) with an xBase-driven accounting system (SBT). - Designed, developed and implemented a PC-based application and network solution for the City of Chicago to help automate the gathering and reporting of tuberculosis-related data for the treatment of patients. The network consisted of one central data server with twelve remote PC stations located on health clinics throughout the City of Chicago. Show less

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  Excelsia group (formerly strategic network solutions)

  Jan 1996 - Jul 2003

  Project manager / software developer

  - Consulted with and provided direction to several clients to deliver software-based solutions to the organization’s business problems, improve their supply chain performance in the areas of e-commerce, financial reporting, warehousing & performance management by leveraging proven technologies, aligning their IT strategy with their business and operational strategy and augmenting appropriate skill sets to deliver value-added solutions to their problems.Sample Client Engagements: Abbott Labs, GE, McDonald's Corporation, Blue-Cross/Blue Shield of S.C., Ameritech Show less

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  Lucent technologies

  Aug 2003 - Jul 2005

  Project lead

  - Provided project leadership for several cost-savings and strategic projects for the organization as a Project Leader and Project Manager- Core responsibilities included (but not limited to): led requirements gathering and analysis in mapping our a consolidation and integration strategy; project planning; developed work breakdown structure; interfaced and managed all stakeholders (Executives, Directors, Vendors, Engineers, Developers, Support, Users); - Developed functional/technical specifications, implementation and testing strategies to deploy the newly integrated support processes, technologies and systems; - Assessed their needs, identified key challenges, and defined project scope and deliverables; - Involved in reviewing and negotiating Service Level Agreements, Contracts, & software licenses from vendors Show less

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  Capital one finance

  Mar 2007 - Feb 2010

  Project manager (consultant)

  - Concurrently managed several highly visible infrastructure and application development projects while leading a globally-dispersed, shared, cross-functional and multi-vendor team of resources through all phases of the project development lifecycle; - Responsibilities include (but not limited to): managing stakeholders, obtaining buy-ins from all cross functional team managers, identifying and scheduling tasks to satisfy requirements, developing a milestone driven timeline with critical path and key dependencies identified, risk identification and management, motivate and drive all project resources to engage and participate in all related work efforts, facilitating team meetings, distributing meeting minutes and action plan, change control management, budgeting, reporting regularly to PMO and Sr. Management for project status and reviews, working with procurement associates to negotiate with vendors, and maintaining all pertinent shared project documentation. Show less

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  Csx technology

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2015

  Senior project manager

  As Senior Project Manager:- Interfaced with customers, business partners and other stakeholders and provided project leadership for multiple projects: initiated projects, gathered and analyzed business requirements, socialized potential solutions and attain buy-ins, & communicated project status, issues, and risks.- Depending on the project specifics and goals, implemented both Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall (Full-Life-Cycle) methodologies, developed product roadmap, maintained backlogs, and created and owned detailed project plans, schedules, communication plans and risk management plan;- Organized, managed and led globally-dispersed and cross-functional team members throughout the entire development life-cycle; motivated the team to remain focused on business and project objectives; and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.As Program Leader and Strategist:- Worked with senior leadership in creating a strategy to derive more value from the company’s GPS/GIS technology investments and address the growing and compelling need for greater governance, coordination, communication and education around GIS/GPS services and applications;- Led the execution of the strategy by aligning the interests of all stakeholders and creating an Advisory Council (GPS Advisory Council) comprising of members across the entire organization to provide a focal point for leadership, guidance, coordination, and information through CSX, and the creation of a Center of Excellence (GPS Solutions Center) to manage and prioritize requests, develop and deliver solutions using a shared services model to maximize efficiency. - Program Leader of LIFT "Leverage Innovation For Tomorrow" (CSX’s Innovation Program); developed the innovation framework, communication plan and implementation of the crowdsourcing tool.- Contributed to the authoring of CSX Way for Project Management. Show less

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  Whooshfly technologies, inc.

  Nov 2015 - now

  Agile pm/ consultant / product owner/ founder

  Project Management and Agile Consultant June 2017 — PresentAs s Scrum Master and Agile IT PM for several clients, always collaborating with the Product Owners, development team, QA team, Program Managers and stakeholders to consistently deliver value to the business and their customers; Founder & Product Owner August 2015 — June 2017As the product owner, responsibilities include creating the product vision, and conveying that vision to the development team and other stakeholders; defined functional requirements for new features; gathered requirements and feedback to create user stories; maintained product backlog and defined success criteria; worked with scrum masters to overcome any roadblocks; and track overall release progress and oversee roll-out.As founder of the startup company, responsible for aligning the product vision with the overall business strategy and goals and communicating the vision to all stakeholders (i.e. investors, employees, vendors, customers, partners, community). Show less