Robbie Mac Iver, PMP, CSP

Current

Partner & Agile Advisor at Corpus Optima
Vice President at Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN)
Owner/Principal Consultant at The Mac Iver Group, L.P.

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Past

Agile Consultant at Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union
Development Lead/Agile Consultant at Landmark Graphics
Senior Project Manager at SYSCO Corporation

Senior Project Manager at SYSCO Corporation
Senior Project Manager at SYSCO Corporation
Senior Project Manager at Schlumberger (Contract)
Project Manager/System Architect at Schlumberger
Senior Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

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Robbie Mac Iver, PMP, CSP’s Summary

Robbie Mac Iver brings business and technology teams together to create and implement innovative solutions to complex business problems. By providing practical, sensible, and effective project leadership, Robbie improves both teams and processes to achieve visible, predictable results.

As a Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Robbie is well versed in the values and principles of agile practices as well as more traditional project management methods. As a result he is well suited as an agile coach to assist teams and organizations making the transition to agile practices.

Robbie has Diversified experienced in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements discovery through product deployment and has a proven track record of delivering successful projects by communicating, coordinating, and integrating all aspects of the project.

He has also successfully implemented agile practices outside of the software development domain using Scrum to manage complex business processes.

Robbie is a co-founder of the Houston chapter of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN).

Robbie Mac Iver, PMP, CSP’s Specialties:

* Project Management
* Project Planning
* Agile Leadership
* Agile Coaching
* Agile Practices and Values
* Scrum
* Facilitation and Communication
* Requirements Discovery and Management
* Rational Unified Process (RUP)
* Use Case Analysis
* Iterative & Incremental Development (IID)
* Risk Management

Robbie Mac Iver, PMP, CSP’s Experience

Partner & Agile Advisor

Corpus Optima

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Raising the level of awareness of agile values and practices within the core leadership of Corpus Optima and facilitating the incorporation of agility into the organization’s service offerings, delivery methods and internal operations in ways that enhance Corpus Optima customers’ ability to leverage the advanced process and culture transformation practices of Superperformance.
Vice President

Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Elected to the board of directors in August 2009.

Organized the startup of the Houston Chapter of the Agile Project Leadership Network in August 2008 and am continuing to provide on-going leadership to grow APLN Houston into a leading resource for agile practitioners in the greater Houston area. Visit www.APLNHouston.org for more information.
Owner/Principal Consultant

The Mac Iver Group, L.P.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

Independent consultancy providing project management, agile leadership and agile coaching services.
Agile Consultant

Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union

(Non-Profit; Banking industry)

August 2009 — November 2009 (4 months)

Provided training and consulting for the Information Systems group to help them deliver better business value by adopting agile principles.
* Conducted agile principles workshops for management team, business sponsors, and development staff to create a common vision by matching organizational goals to agile values and practices.
* Facilitated the start-up of a pilot agile project using Scrum and provided on-going coaching through the successful completion of the initial sprint.
* Established the initial team boundaries and set a foundation for joint accountability and agile leadership.
Development Lead/Agile Consultant

Landmark Graphics

(Public Company; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

September 2008 — August 2009 (1 year )

Provided agile leadership and coaching for a product development group to improve their adoption of agile values and practices.
* Consulted on organizational changes to more effectively communicate organizational and product goals, and on structuring local and offshore teams to improve product delivery.
* Served as ScrumMaster to build and reinforce development best practices and improve team dynamics.
Senior Project Manager

SYSCO Corporation

(Public Company; SYY; Food & Beverages industry)

May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)

Provided project management and business process analysis consulting services to the Program Management Office in support of a multi-million dollar supply chain centralization initiative:
* Defined an Agile project management process to bring suppliers into the national supply chain network by more effectively adapting to the varying levels of complexity and uncertainty presented by individual suppliers.
* Conducted workshops with the PMO and senior management to implement the new project management process resulting in a clearer understanding of business processes and goals, increased team accountability, and improved focus on business value objectives
Senior Project Manager

SYSCO Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SYY; Food & Beverages industry)

May 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Provided project management and business analysis consulting services to the Program Management Office in support of a multi-million dollar supply chain centralization initiative:
* Conducted business process workshops to identify process improvement opportunities, clarify organizational accountabilities, and define automation requirements to improve supplier adoption for the regional distribution centers. Led cross functional team employing iterative and incremental techniques to build a central data repository and web-based productivity tools to support the improved business processes.
* Led cross functional effort to plan a major release upgrade of the mission critical replenishment and demand forecasting package software. Established clear accountabilities and communication with the 3rd party vendor and facilitated the definition of the upgrade process and team responsibilities. Coordinated gap analysis deliverables to ensure clients custom functionality was preserved.
Senior Project Manager

SYSCO Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SYY; Food & Beverages industry)

April 2005 — December 2005 (9 months)

Provided contract project management consulting services in the Program Management Office in support business applications migration to an IBM hosted data center.
* Led migration requirements discovery and planning efforts.
* Defined and executed repeatable processes and procedures to ensure the successful migration of critical business applications with minimal risk to the business.
Senior Project Manager

Schlumberger (Contract)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SLB; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2004 — April 2005 (11 months)

Provided project management consulting services.
* Improved customer satisfaction by overseeing relationship with principal supplier and establishing a formalized working relationship with the vendor’s technical team. Coordinated technical requirements, established clear and consistent communications processes, and managed internal and external expectations of the vendor/supplier relationship.
* Led a transition program to set up new software engineering team. Consulted on organization strategy, team organization, and the development of best practices for commercial concerns and managing team priorities. Mentored team leads on software development processes, and building positive customer relationships.
Project Manager/System Architect

Schlumberger

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SLB; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2004 (4 years )

Led technical teams to develop identity management solutions incorporating the use of smart cards. Defined solution offerings for managed security services.
* Increased product quality and customer satisfaction for the Smart Card User Kit allowing deployment of 400K seats in Fortune 100 global enterprises resulting in sales of $4.2M.
* Managed team of 5 professionals within a budget of $750K to evaluate and select the Security Information Management (SIM) technology partner to maximize network security for the Athens 2004 Olympic games.
* Improved the usability of the Card Issuance System (CIS) by managing a team of 3 professionals within budget of $300K to re-develop and deploy the web-based application.
* Defined the solution architecture and cost estimates to transform the Schlumberger Enterprise Management Centers into Security Operations Centers capable of providing Managed Security Services.
Senior Consultant

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1987 — 2000 (13 years )

Provided technical consulting services in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Cap Gemini's ISO 9000 certified PERFORM methodology.