Certified IT Project Management Professional with over 20 years of experience in managing Software and Infrastructure projects. Experience Included but not limited to Implementations, Upgrades, Releases, Major Deployments, Migrations, Quality Assurance & Compliance initiatives, Controls for Budgets, & Timelines. Project Management, Agile, Scrum Master, and Six Sigma Certified with an outstanding record of delivering projects within budget and on time. Brought in to many organizations with in-flight projects that needed a dedicated resource to put controls in place to drive major initiatives and projects to successful completions. BACKGROUND

• Provided technical administration, leadership, and planning for large software development and Infrastructure projects ensuring that goals and objectives were accomplished by utilizing lean project management and empowerment of team members.
• Experienced in many SDLC models from waterfall to agile, business requirements analysis, project planning and scheduling, SW development, implementation, and testing, risk & issue tracking and risk mitigation as well as Change Control Management for waterfall projects and sprint planning and product backlog maintenance for agile projects. MS Project, & Project Server, Clarity and DAPTIV for managing projects, HP Quality Center for testing and QA, Serena Business Manager (Team Track), PVCS, Perforce, DDTS, and TFS for version control and defect tracking.
• Analyzed operation results for substantial gains and more efficient utilization of resources.
• Developed project plans, staffing plans, WBS, work schedules, budgets, timelines, and pert network charts. Tracked major milestones, and utilized critical path analysis.
• Utilized SQL, Excel, MS Project, and other tools for project tracking and reporting to senior management.
• Negotiated contracts that ensured quality standards and budgetary limitations were met.