Project Manager, Scrum Master at SPAWAR
Norfolk, VA 23511
United States

August 2011-Present

Agile coach and Scrum Master for three teams of excellent individuals and developers for the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS). One NALCOMIS is designed to provide organizational, intermediate and supply support center activities using modern, responsive, computer-based management information system. Three key objectives of this system are 1) To increase aircraft readiness by providing local maintenance and supply manager with timely and accurate information that they require in their day-to-day management and decision-making process, 2) To reduce the administrative burden on the fleet, and 3) To improve the quality of up-line reported data. Key skills: • Team player, facilitator and coach for Agile teams working within the Scrum framework • Communications skills including excellent oral, written, listening and presentation prowess • Expert knowledge of the Scrum framework and Agile environments • Strong analytical skills to understand and articulate technical concepts aiding in decision-making.

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Consultant/Instructor at Learning Tree International
Reston, VA 20190
United States

February 2011-Present

As an instructor in the Learning Tree Federal Acquisition Program/Project Management (FAC P/PM) curriculum I use my career expertise, on-the-job experience and great communications skills to help civilian agency personnel achieve their FAC-P/PM certification. Software engineering is an important topic and my specialty within the curriculum is teaching the fundamentals of Agile environments, the Scrum framework and how these differ from traditional command-and-control, waterfall environments. Scrum concepts I teach Scrum practices and principles including backlog management, Sprint planning, execution, review and retrospective.

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Facilitator at Institute of Nuclear Materials Mangement
Oak Ridge, TN
United States

June 2010-July 2012

International Workshop on "Containment & Surveillance: Concepts for the 21st Century": The National Nuclear Security Administration Offices of Nonproliferation Research and Development and Nonproliferation and International Security sponsored this event. The workshop focused on determining concepts and needs for twenty-first century containment and surveillance (C/S) systems that support International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, regional safeguards authorities (e.g., the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the European Atomic Energy Community), and future arms control agreements. Panel discussions among subject matter experts and international practitioners provided the daily topical theme for the following areas of C/S: authentication, tagging, sealing, and containment verification and surveillance systems. Each panel discussion was followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience and an afternoon breakout session. The facilitated breakout sessions were used to compile and prioritize future needs. Individuals attending the workshop included: C/S experts and practitioners, IAEA and arms control inspectors, technology providers, vendors and other individuals with an interest in future C/S system needs. The result of this workshop is a guidance that details the future research and development needs and priorities for C/S systems that support nuclear safeguards and arms control missions. . This workshop was implemented using an Agile environment and the Scrum framework to manage daily and weekly activities. Key skills: • Leadership of a multidisciplinary team solving complex technical problems affecting diverse international governments • Communications skills including excellent oral, written and presentation prowess • Expert knowledge in complex technical software, IT and hardware disciplines • Analytical skills to visualize, articulate and solve complex problems, understand concepts, aiding in decision making

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Project Manager, Scrum Master at Mont Vista LLC
Phoenix, AZ 85284
United States

January 2009-December 2010

Even construction projects can benefit from an Agile environment. Managing construction, remodeling and landscaping projects for senior residences, I apply my knowledge of senior’s financial security and physical needs along with Agile and Scrum best practices to achieve excellence for my clients and their customers. Incorporating the Agile mindset helped the team to respond quickly to changing requirements. My familiarity with the Agile methodology using the Scrum framework aided my success in bringing multidisciplinary teams together across skill sets and generational boundaries is a direct result of my years of project management, negotiation skills and my career experiences working with clients and professionals not only in different industries but in different countries representing differing cultures. Key skills: • Customer satisfaction by rapid iterative and incremental delivery of product • Negotiations defining physical and financial terms of the project • Development, teamwork, collaboration, and process adaptability throughout the life-cycle of the project.

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Project Manager, Scrum Master at Los Alamos & Brookhaven National Laboratories
Upton, NY 11973
United States

January 2001-June 2006

Safeguards Systems Project Manager/Consultant to Los Alamos/Brookhaven National Labs I successfully led a large team of outstanding individuals to complete 100+ million-dollars of physical protection and nmaterial accounting upgrades at various different sites within this complex. Applying Agile and practices Scrum and acting as Scrum Master best practices I helped define project strategies, tracked individual component projects and regularly reported on progress and accomplishments. Many of the projects in this program were developed in an Agile environment using the Scrum framework. Results: I was recognized by management for being particularly careful with financial reporting, being subject to minute financial inspection by DOE officials and federal auditors. Of all the Los Alamos MPC&A project leaders at that time, my management considered me the most appreciated by DOE management for outstanding project presentations and delivery of those presentations. I was credited with an exceptional ability to recognize the issues of most importance to the management and focused my presentations in a way that clearly addressed DOE interests and concerns. I recognized the strengths of other members of my team, such as technical competence or negotiation skill, and used those strengths to accomplish the team goals. I was recognized as politically acute, and was excellent at surviving in the heated Washington D.C. headquarters environment. Key skills: • Scrum Master, facilitator for cross-functional teams implementing custom software applications in matrix organizations • Skillfulness in leading intense multi $M international contract negotiations • Complex multidisciplinary technical projects integrating IT, software systems, hardware, procedures and practices • Analytical skills, problem solving, conceptualization, data gathering, analysis and organization, cost/benefit analysis • Management of $50M to $100M project budgets • Excellence in application of PMBOK® best practices managing project scope, time, cost, risk and quality • Outstanding oral, written and interpersonal skills

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Project Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
United States

May 1987-December 2000

Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the United States’ top academic, research and international policy organizations. As Project Manager in the Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Security Division I led multidisciplinary teams in the development of complex IT and nuclear material control systems. While this work was done in the years just prior to the Agile Manifesto, we operated our projects using many of the principles of Agile and Scrum – ideal for an R&D project with many unknowns, we include the customer, iteratively developing and fielding the software. At the time we described this a Rapid-Prototyping, dramatically shortening the feedback loop, identifying problems early, and making Team Members managers of their own fate. Results: My team designed the NTVision system in our Nonproliferation and International Security Division for use in domestic and international nuclear safeguards. We used multiple networked systems to continuously monitor sensitive and high-value nuclear material inventories in 
locations throughout the world. Ultimately we tested the NTVision system in Russia, China, Europe, and in the U.S. The system was deployed at the U.S. Savannah River Site and in other international locations. Key skills: • Facilitator, leader for multidisciplinary teams executing IT, software and hardware projects (federal DOE) • Mission critical international nuclear safeguards and nonproliferation environment • Management of R&D and technology transfer aspects of complex technical systems • Fostered team spirit and open communication in all phases of a fast-paced technical environment • Recognized for excellence managing project scope, time, cost, risk and quality • Public speaking, writing, publishing, organizing international professional events.

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Avionics Programmer at Sperry/Honeywell
Phoenix/Albuquerque, AZ/NM
United States

January 1983-April 1987

Working in three separate Sperry/Honeywell divisions, I worked individually and as a team member to implement avionics systems for Boeing commercial jets, U.S. military aircraft and business-class jets. My major contributions included: • Code review and simulator testing for Boeing 757 avionics systems during the developmental stage • Development of triple-redundant avionics software for the C130 High Technology Test Bed aircraft based on the High Accuracy Inertial Navigation System on the U.S. NASA Space Shuttle • Cost savings consolidation of Air Data systems for 7 Cessna Citation series aircraft • Development of a methodology for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of Gulfstream’s G-IV private jet Results: Applauded by Sperry management and by the FAA for my individual work, cost savings and definition of a new approval process for the Gulfstream G-IV air data system. I then developed and presented a course presented to fellow aerospace engineers detailing the process required for FAA approval of future air data systems produced by Sperry Flight Systems (merged w/ Honeywell).

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Programmer/Instructor at Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85281
United States

January 1982-April 1983

The Computing Services Department of ASU received its first IBM “PC” early in 1982. While supporting staff and students who used the ASU IBM mainframe and PDP-11 minicomputers I played a major role in teaching staff members and students about the new PCs and subsequent PC networks established across the campus. Responsible for developing course material on the new PC hardware and software applications, I also presented these courses in a mini-course format. These courses included: • Series-style courses presented one day per week over several weeks, • Single 1.5-hour topical sessions, • Evening short courses, • Weekend format courses • And some developed specifically for a department or special audience. My audiences ranged from 150 persons for topical sessions to 12 persons for department specific courses. As ASU developed its first PC networks, I designed and implemented software for self-paced courses that were available to all staff and students and presented on networked PC workstations.

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