Certifications

CSMCertified Scrum Master
ITILIT Infrastructure Library Certified
PMPProject Management Professional

Sector Experience

Telecom
Financial Services
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
Automotive
24
years

Years of Experience

9/19

Member Since


Experience

 
Applied Quality Solutions, LLC Management Consulting
Principal Consultant
12/2007 - Present
Provide consulting and professional services for clients in their development of quality focused strategies, governance and quality assurance programs, change management, and project and portfolio management.

Atlas Financial Holdings Management Consulting
Project Manager
05/2016 - 07/2019
Lead projects from initiation to close to implement new systems and technologies, business process improvements, and other change initiatives. Facilitate the definition of project goals, manage scope and expectations, and deliver results. Conduct weekly touch point with corporate leadership team on top projects.

York Risk Services Group Management Consulting
QA Manager
04/2011 - 05/2015
Practice Lead for IT Quality Assurance across the enterprise. Managed $600k departmental budget, and achieved operating expense savings of 17%. Introduced automated regression testing while successfully maintaining delivery quality. Negotiated project priorities across platforms, stakeholders, and varying release schedules to optimize resource utilization. Consulted with internal leadership on success factors for SAFe Scrum rollout.

State Auto Insurance Management Consulting
QA Consultant
07/2009 - 03/2011
QA Lead for critical delivery projects, including Section 111 Medicare Reporting (CMS). Coached Claims IT team through adoption of new processes and tools. Planned and scoped QA activities for a Guidewire implementation project. Active role in client resource planning and selection.

BMW Group Financial Services Management Consulting
Technical Process Analyst
01/2003 - 04/2009
Governed SDLC process and chaired the SDLC Steering Committee. Led infrastructure cost saving initiative resulting in $91k gain. Drove 15% increase in environment availability through improvements to Test deployment process. Executed project audits to ensure alignment with SDLC and PM processes and adherence to funding guidelines. Green Belt project improving end-of-lease customer experience. Co-developed a steering level quality management system (QMS) for global IT groups.

UUNET / WorldCom Other
Sr. Quality Assurance Specialist
04/2000 - 12/2002
QC Lead for Enterprise Service Management (ESM) platform. Provided leadership and direction to team members in complex software projects for an integrated remote access solution.