Technical Delivery Excellence
Spearheading delivery of Technical Programs/Projects
Areas of Expertise, Skills & Certifications
What helps me be successful in complex projects?
Trusted Advisor
I am successful in delivery of complex projects, because in every project I leverage the function of a "Trusted Advisor". It is important that for every bit of advice or recommendation that is provided it is governed by research and the "Trust but Verify" philosphy. Looking beyond my own intimate knowledge and understanding will always double check with SMES and current industry publications
Candor
Diversity of thought
Both a blessing and a curse, subscribing to radical candor allows for an honest and truthful opinion of the good, the bad, the strong, the weak and the ugly. This approach helps reinforce the trusted advisor relationship in support of my clients to assume I will aim to always have their best intrest at heart.
Having worked in the video games industry, healthcare, real estate, insurance, telecommunications, government (State/Federal), education(pre-k - College), humanitarian, and even supporting the military; has allowed me to have a wide variety of experiences, regulations, requirements, processes & procedures that help with both problem solving and coming up with creative and new approaches to delivery on the engagements I am brought in to be a part of.
A skill that I have strived to hone over time is to consume everything that I am a part of. I am curious about the inner workings of the technology that the engagement is built off of, how it was used prior, as well as how it may be used in the future. Sitting down and engaging my SMEs/stakeholders/ and others helps forever curious and asking questions ~ Sometimes asking the "wrong" question has helped expose risks.
Expanding on humility, I am only successful when my team is succesful. I strive to remove every roadblock and challenge that may hinder my teammembers and executive leadership from accomplishing their goals. I function as both the "Sword & Shield" to do all that is necessary to protect the psychological safety of all team members. This ensures timely delivery done right the first itme.
Curiosity
Servant Leadership
Humility
I have not always been wildly succesful on my projects, this has kept me keenly aware that I don't know everything and am always open to learn more. I am also here to support my team and the stakeholder(s) this keeps me humble and striving to protect and support the team in all things.
Current Employer: Slalom Consulting LLC ( 01/20 - Present)
As a senior Technical Consultant I been fortunate enough to continue to expand and grow my skill set. Across various engagements I have contributed as an individual contributor,led a team of 40+ cross functional individuals to deliver one implementation, and managed a small strike team of developers and programemers to realign an off-track project for a major client.
- •Cybersecurity Project Leadership: Currently leading an intiative to build out a Threat and Vulnerability Management program. Working both as a Project Manager and Solution owner, delivering both ideation of process, approach, operationalization, and consideration of all risks & the mitigation strategy to address them. Successfully completed leading pivotal AWS standards & compliance and data discovery initiatives at a global toy and video game company, collaborating with diverse development teams to deliver games and expansions, while driving strategic organizational change management. •Process Optimization and Communication: Empowered team members across multiple workstreams by developing streamlined communication channels and efficient processes for delivering work artifacts, reducing the need for time-consuming meetings. •Agile Expertise: Led agile ceremonies and practices, including discovery interviews, event-storming, critical path analysis, backlog prioritization, acceptance criteria refinement, requirements management, risk mitigation, root cause analysis, brainstorming, retrospectives, and coaching to reinforce agile fundamentals. •ERP Implementation: Meticulously created and managed project plans for a complex, multi-faceted Oracle ERP implementation, involving multiple workstreams. •Stakeholder Management: Orchestrated daily task-force calls with 40+ business and technical stakeholders, efficiently triaging critical items to ensure a successful go-live. •Innovation: Led a small team in developing MVPs and POCs to showcase the capabilities of Interaction Studio and Salesforce, demonstrating a forward-thinking approach to technology solutions. •Agile Transformation: Facilitated the migration of data science teams to SAFe, identifying pain points and adapting workflows within Jira/Kanban to align with the team's unique needs. •Process Improvement: Partnered with Slalom's data engineering team to create a Kanban workflow that enabled successful reporting within the new SAFe model, implementing WIP limits, enhancing predictability, minimizing context switching, and clarifying definitions of done/ready to optimize flow. •Client Relationship Management: Served as project manager and scrum master for Slalom team, leading discovery efforts for a next-gen cloud-based approach to core foundation residency applications, negotiating SOW/pricing changes to secure future work opportunities.