
Agile champion, Project Manager, Process Improvement, Software/Product Analyst, and Usability Engineer.
Greater Philadelphia Area

Agile champion, Project Manager, Process Improvement, Software/Product Analyst, and Usability Engineer.
Greater Philadelphia Area
Agile Software Development champion complemented with PMI training and experience.
Experienced in Project Management and Training, Business Analysis, Product Analysis, User Interface / Information Architecture Analysis, and Usability Analysis Experience within software systems.
Computer Science degree lends to strong technical understanding, but primary focus is on bridging technical team productivity and output with business and customer needs.
Agile Software Development experience in a large global organization.
Team culture and process coaching experience.
Internet focused UI and Product analysis experience.
Uitility (energy and telecom), Pharmaceutical and Health Care Industry experience.
Experience working in both startup and global 50 organizations.
ISO, CMM, and other process experience including audits.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; BYND; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Working as the Project Coordinator to evolve company project management processes, ensure project success across the company, and any other activities related to the tactical execution of cross-company strategies. Constantly infusing agile software development practices into the company while training and mentoring others in project management.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Agile Scrum Master for the Scheduling module within the Operating Room Management System product for one year after the roll-out of the Agile Software Development Methodology into the company.
One of the first people to be positioned as a full-time dedicated scrum master within the product group. Worked with the PMO department and ObjectMentor to solidify transition to XP and Scrum methodologies.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — January 2006 (3 years 1 month)
Product, User Interface, and Usability Analyst for Operating Room Management and Operating Room Scheduling products within Soarian suite of software.
Supported Agile transition throughout organization both within the matrixed UI team, and the ORMS product team.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2002 — December 2002 (3 months)
Contracted for three months to architect user interfaces for three Intranet application projects within Merck.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 6 months)
Business Analyst and Usability Analyst for .com startup clients seeking to build online platforms.
Major client projects included: Beansprouts, Medispares, ICG Commerce, and Zone Telecom.
(note: the last portion of this tenure was through direct employment of the client, Zone Telecom, after the bankrupty filing of Breakaway Solutions.)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)
June 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 10 months)
Designed, developed, and managed intranet web projects across an enterprise setting.
Bachelor of Science, Arts and Science , Computer and Information Sciences , 1995 — 1999
Concentration in Internet Applications