Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}

Current

Contract Project Manager at Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
President at Trail7 Consulting

Past

Designer at Caroline Collective
Sales Club Table 2 at Greater Houston Partnership
Contract Project Manager at Washington Group International

Safety and Industrial Hygene at Texas Instruments

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Education

Prairie View A&M University

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Information Technology and Services

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Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Summary

Agile project manager and Certified SCRUM Master with a concentration in rapid prototyping. I work with companies to maximize collaboration throughout their value chain using agile information management. Changing the way employees see problems is the heart of every project I've been apart of. I’ve done things for government mostly, but I've worked with private companies too.

Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Specialties:

agile project management, change management, rapid prototyping, user experience, standards based web design

Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Experience

Contract Project Manager

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

(Government Agency; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Project Management: The chief executive saw the iPod as a niche marketing tool for certain riders. This had never been done before, so several standards had to be written: how to design, test, transfer and display them. The project enabled the opportunity to create a convenience for customers, and establish a framework to rapidly scale the initiative.
Core competencies: Advanced industry knowledge, progressive thinking, ability to set standards, diligent reliability
Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Basecamp
President

Trail7 Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Consulting: Successfully mitigated risk using redundancies and fail-safes as primary project controls. Fully adapted agile practices in a traditional organization. Established implementation standards for new iPod medium.
Business Development: Ability to show objectivity and identify emotionally or logically with individuals of different backgrounds. Demonstrated ability to learn and establish foundation in new industry with no prior experience. Strong understanding of federal and state procurement regulations and RFP procedures.
Core competencies: Strong leadership, complex problem solver, diplomatic communicator, engaging others.
Tools: Google Apps Suite, Rapid Dev. Frameworks, Jquery, 508 standards, agile methodologies
Designer

Caroline Collective

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

Worked with Metalab architecture firm and other incredible freelancers and developers.
Sales Club Table 2

Greater Houston Partnership

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

Roundtable for the sales professionals to help and support one another's sales efforts.
Contract Project Manager

Washington Group International

(Public Company; WNG; Construction industry)

October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

Project Management: Team communication was suffering. Business communications were re-engineered using various web services and protocols(Rapid prototyping, Google Apps suite, Agility) without interference in any adjacent areas. Continually implemented feedback loop using the 15 minute SCRUM meeting and syndicated progress summaries for stakeholders.
This enabled a more agile and efficient team with less interruptions, more control over documentation and events. Further reduced the need for a document controls staff.
Core competencies: Leadership, analytical, strong product/industry knowledge
Tools: open technologies, Google Apps Suite, agile leadership
Safety and Industrial Hygene

Texas Instruments

(Public Company; TXN; Semiconductors industry)

August 2003 — May 2004 (10 months)

Design: Worked with Safety and Industrial Hygiene team to improve a communictions with other business units by using new intranet pages showing safety, OSHA, hood locations, and departmental information. Professional quality standards were set using rudimentary tools.
Core competencies: Problem solver, strong deign skill set
Tools: Notepad, IE4, DHTML Java scripting

Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Education

Prairie View A&M University

Bachelors , Communications , 2004 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Tau Theta Mass Communications Fraternity inc.

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Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Interests:

Reading, Movies, Bowling

Jeremy Hicks, CSM {Available for Work}’s Groups:

Sigma Tau Theta Mass Communications Fraternity inc.
National Eagle Scout Association
APLN (Agile Project Leadership Network)

On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
InHouston
Agile Alliance
Houston Technology Center
Houston Technology Professionals
GroupLinked.com
Green
Houston IT Professionals
Texas Instruments Alumni
Management Society
User Experience Professionals Network
Houston CIO
Friends of BJM
JMS
Certified ScrumMasters
Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc.
Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) Houston
PMI Houston (Project Management Institute Houston Chapter)
Career Transition Ministry at MDPC
SCRUM Professionals
BJM IT Special Interest Group