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Senior Project Manager @ Tantus Technologies, Inc. Serve as project manager on a cross-functional project teamLead and direct all members of the project team to achieve business and project objectives on the implementation and maintenance of enterprise services and applications.Provide project management oversight. Specifically: manage the project schedule, provide status updates to all team members, assess/manage/report risks, and develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.Actively engage in change management with stakeholders to ensure successful acceptance and readiness of delivered solution.Regular client interaction and relationship building to ensure a successful project and contract. From February 2017 to January 2018 (1 year) Senior Business Analyst @ BlueWater Federal Solutions Worked as the business analyst/SCRUM Master for the MGMT Cube - an application gathering data across multiple lines of business within DHS HQ in order to enhance strategic level decision making capabilities.Visualizations are created using the GovDashboard BI tool, in order to allow for fast ad-hoc visualization creation. From September 2013 to September 2014 (1 year 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro AreaSystems Engineer @ CSC Worked to improve the development process of the MiDAS team. Moved the team from a traditional waterfall methodology to Agile-Kanban, allowing for faster development, while still maintaining the expected level of excellence. The team won the Agile Bear award from DHS USCIS for delivering the release on time, and significantly under budget.In addition to my work in requirements gathering and methodology, I also worked as a tester; both manual and automation using QTP.The MiDAS application is built on a combination of Siebel and .NET technologies. From June 2010 to September 2013 (3 years 4 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaWeb Developer @ SRA International Worked as a web developer using both Flash and ASP.NET. Worked closely with the government client in order to deliver required applications as fast as possible, often times within the same week requested. In addition to my work as a web developer, I also was the system administrator for the Meridian KSI LMS that was used. I also was responsible for some custom CBT development work. From 2008 to June 2010 (2 years) Elkridge, MDProject Manager @ Corste Consulting Baltimore, Maryland, United StatesOperational Delivery Manager @ SES Corporation Program Manager for the Response Processing and Data Products/Dissemination Operations for the 2020 CensusConstructs and manages an overall release management schedule. Proactively monitors and controls all release aspects and provides corrective actions to appropriate stakeholders.Facilitate status meetings with stakeholders from all development teams, the integration test team, security, field operation teams, infrastructure teams, and federal employees.Ensure all issues that arise are reported to the correct team.Coordinate all cross-team activities.Manage/Assess/Report risks and assist teams in determining mitigation strategiesTrack requirements, identify gaps, and assign requirements to appropriate releasesWork with the architecture team to create workflow diagrams, identifying where system to system interfaces are required and supporting the necessary teams in creating the required documentation.Ensure that all intersystem connections are tested and functional on time.Analyze and resolve complex cross project problems. From January 2018 to August 2020 (2 years 8 months) SCRUM master/Project Manager @ CSRA Inc Create/Edit life cycle documentation in support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) XLC process.Moved the team from a traditional waterfall development methodology to a more agile methodology, while still adhering to the CMS XLC process.Assist in the development of user stories and technical requirements.Track and assist in prioritization of the product backlog.Facilitate meetings and cooperation in a matrixed environment involving multiple lines of business and contract companies to ensure maximum quality for the client.Track defects and ensure they are addressed appropriately - work with the customer to triage the issue, assigning issues to the appropriate developers, act as single point of contact for customer, program leadership, and developers.Estimate Level of Effort (LOE) for software change requests (CRs) and present the CRs to the appropriate governance groups for approval.Ensure the team follows the necessary corporate processes in order to achieve CMMI level 4 certification. From February 2015 to February 2017 (2 years 1 month) columbia, mdScrum master/Business Analyst @ CSRA Inc Working as the business analyst/scrum master for the Customer Relationship Interface System (CRIS) for DHS USCIS. I am responsible for ensuring the team follows agile best practices, as well as gathering and documenting requirements and user stories from the customer in JIRA. From September 2014 to February 2015 (6 months) Washington D.C. Metro Area