Agile Coach
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Sr. Program Manager at CyberSource Corporation
- Sr. Program Manager at Authorize.net
- Past
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- Agile Coach at SolutionsIQ
- Project Manager at n-Link
- Project Manager at Creo
- Education
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- Reed College
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Tom Perry’s Summary
Experienced Agile Coach for Scrum, XP, and Lean development teams. Discovers and executes creative solutions to complex problems. Demonstrates strong skills in team building and engineering process development practices.
Tom Perry’s Specialties:
Consulting, Coaching, Lean, XP, Scrum
Tom Perry’s Experience
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Sr. Program Manager
CyberSource Corporation
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Sr. Program Manager
Authorize.net
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CBSC; Computer Software industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Agile Coach
SolutionsIQ
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 4 months)
Facilitated internal and external teams making the transition to Agile development methods. Provided training, coaching and mentoring support for executives, project managers and development teams.
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Project Manager
n-Link
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 3 months)
Responsible for requirements elicitation and management. Introduced processes for change control management. Project consisted of 6 modules (Document management, Fulfillment, Reporting, etc.) each containing 30-40 data entry pages. Budget: ~1 million/year
• Established organization wide build procedures based on industry best practices.
• Introduced new tools, processes and metrics for tracking team status.
• Implementation of lightweight, Agile, development practices led to improved customer satisfaction.
• Created all requirements, UI mockups and user stories.
• Managed a team of 12 software developers, testers, and supporting staff.
• Project estimated to save Federal Occupational Health 1 million dollars per year through increased efficiency.
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Project Manager
Creo
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2003 — March 2004 (6 months)
Responsible for writing product specifications, use cases, and high level design for large object oriented technology projects. Focused on highly collaborative, iterative development processes such as Scrum and XP to manage the team. Worked with the team to provide engineering estimates, and track the progress of the team toward their committed goals. Staff: 10 – 20 developers, Budget: ~1 million/year
• Created an innovative new product that expanded our customer base and generated 1 to 2 million dollars in annual revenue.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously. Resulted in combined annual revenue from projects exceeded 5 million dollars. -
Project Manager
ScenicSoft
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1996 — October 2003 (7 years 8 months)
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Software Engineer
ElseWare
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1993 — September 1993 (9 months)
Responsible for creating the printing components for the product as well as building and managing the Quality Assurance team.
• Led and coordinated a team of 4 testers through alpha, beta, and release testing for FontWorks 1.0.
• Managed the version control system.
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Technical Support
Aldus
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ALDS; Computer Software industry)
February 1992 — January 1993 (1 year)
Responsible for customer phone support and assistance
• Supported the following products: PageMaker, PressWise, and PrePrint Technical Support.
• Domain expert in imposition, scripting and plug-in software.
Tom Perry’s Education
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Reed College
BA , Psychology , 1986 — 1991
Additional Information
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Tom Perry’s Interests:
Sailing, Lean Development, Agile Development, Software, Mentoring, Coaching, Project Management
Tom Perry’s Groups:
Scrum Alliance, APLN, IEEE, ACM, PMI, Toastmasters
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ex-SolutionsIQ
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