Anastasia Shumakova

Anastasia (Ana) Shumakova, MBA, PMP, CSM, SAFe

Phone: 404-200-5535, Atlanta, GA, [email protected]

PROFILE

o Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in IT Project management, background in the Financial, E-Commerce, Health Care and Consumer Goods industries

o Experience in working with transaction processing and POS systems o Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC)

o Manage projects from original concept through final implementation; define project scope and objectives; develop work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports

o Organize and manage internal and external resources

o Utilize different methodologies including Waterfall and Agile (SCRUM, XP, LEAN)

o Resolve conflicts by identifying win–win solutions o Ability to lead and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously

o Excellent organization and follow-up skills. Ability to drive projects forward

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PROJECT MANAGER, SCRUM MASTER 2016 Benevis, Atlanta, GA

- Manage projects to implement the changes and updates to the company’s website, content and CRM.

- Apply project management methodology and frameworks, developed and implemented PMO including setup the process, develop documentation and procedures. Develop, set up and manage Change Management process.

- Run and manage the Agile process, including Scrum meetings, planning meetings, sprints, demos, and retrospectives. Prioritize with Product Owner the product backlog and manage the product roadmap based on business values and needs, develop test plans.

- Collaborate with marketing, IT team, and agencies to initiate and execute the projects.

- Manage project teams, set projects priorities, resolve issues, and ensure projects goals and requirements are met.

- Conduct, manage, and mentor others on agile framework.

- Perform assessment of proposals from Salesforce, IBM, Oracle and others.

IT PROJECT MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL RETAIL SOLUTIONS 2014 - 2015 InComm, Atlanta, GA

- Plan, manage, monitor and execute projects. Manage all aspects of projects including initiating, scoping, executing, controlling, closing and launch.

- Ensure program goals and milestones are successfully achieved including all critical program and project deliverables.

- Manage client’s and vendor’s PMs on development of project plans, setting up meetings, composing meeting re–caps for senior management, building project scope, developing project documents, RISK management, and briefing senior management.

- Participate in project review meetings and present the projects at resource meetings.

- Create and present documentation including Scope of Work and Closeouts. - Monitor team progress by addressing issues, concerns and coaching as needed. - Work with diverse teams including business team, business analysts, software solutions, configuration solutions, quality assurance, network, data operations, NOC.

- Work with the business analysts to ensure that business & functional requirements and product roadmap documents are captured, version-controlled, and stored in a logical tool accessible to all resources.

- Create / Review test plans, verify test results. Support customers during the development and testing phases. Perform testing of POS hardware and transaction functionality on retailers’ locations.

- Understand and represent business’ needs, and assists business in understanding IT processes, and procedures.

Web Project Manager, E-Commerce 2008 – 2013 Plazmatex (www.plazmatex.com.ua)

- Manage E-Commerce projects that implemented the changes and updates to the company’s website, content and CRM.

- Ensure program goals and milestones are successfully achieved including all critical program and project deliverables.

- Facilitate and manage projects transitioning from waterfall to agile project management methodology.

- Collaborate with management, IT team, and web-site developers to develop e-commerce strategies and integrate these strategies with web-site.

- Lead web-site e-payment and B2B integration projects. Manage 3rd-party relationships with IT team and web-site development agency.

- Implement gateway system to integrate web-site e-commerce with online banking systems. Assist IT team in developing web-site maps, application models, mock-ups, image templates, page layouts to meet users’ needs and industry standards.

Brand Manager 2012 - 2014 FIN Branding Group, Atlanta, GA

- Lead development of strategic and tactical projects to support brand.

- Lead on-going analysis of data and trends both consumer and B2B. Create Nielsen data analysis reports, sales and inventory reports. Identify key issues, opportunities, and trends from analysis.

- Analyze web traffic and engagement data, content optimization information in order to generate online sales and leads. Develop and manage website, content and SEO.

- Develop and conduct quantitative and qualitative research to mine new learning and apply to brand and category. Lead analysis of secondary research to identify insights and implications relevant to brand.

Sr. Project Manager 2005 – 2007 Soyuz-Viktan (SV Beverage Company)

- Manage multi-million sponsorships such as Title Sponsor of National Soccer Championship, General Sponsor of National Ukrainian Soccer Team, Soccer Cup of First Channel (Israel), Euro-Hockey Challenge. Develop innovative brand communication strategies, marketing concepts, and tactics to raise awareness of product attributes.

- Develop and maintain annual calendar, budget, and creative content of events and promotions. Introduce multimedia campaign across TV, radio, and print targeting audience as means to highlight product benefits.

Marketing Manager 2000 – 2005 LG Electronics Inc.

- Prepare strategies, plans, budgets, and objectives for each LG products’ category.

- Develop strategy and successfully launched new LG products such as cell phones, plasma TV, LCD monitors.

- Lead digital initiatives including CRM, customize the corporate website to the local markets, promote LG cell phone website in Ukraine.

- Manage and controlled retail merchandising network of representatives to build and implement effective in-store programs in order to influence consumer purchasing.

EDUCATION

MBA Auburn University Montgomery, School of Business, Montgomery, USA

Master in Psychology and Liberal Arts National Linguistic University, Kiev, Ukraine

Bachelor in International Business Management and Economics School of International Economics Relations, Kiev, Ukraine

TRAININGS: PMP, Agile / Scrum, ITIL, 6-Sigma TECHNICAL SKILLS: MS Project Server, MS Project, SPLUNK, Inquiry, SQL, MS SharePoint, Confluence, JIRA, MS Visio, Testing Tools, SQL, XML, ISO.