TEKSystems State Farm Insurance
October 2009 - February 2013
Successfully managed the delivery of small to mid-size projects, ensuring rigorous adherence to scope, schedule, and budget, resulting in functionality that exceeded customer quality requirements. Functioned as Scrum Master for multiple Agile initiatives, actively coaching and mentoring project teams on Agile practices and collaborating on daily work processes to maximize efficiency. Developed and maintained project plans using Primavera Project Management for the full software development and infrastructure project lifecycle, from concept through to deployment and installation. Ensured proper governance by actively managing and mitigating all project issues, risks, dependencies, and change requests, including prompt escalation when necessary, and mentored new consultants on best practices. Participated as a Team Lead for a team of seven TEKSystems consultants to assist them on anything they may need and to identify any immediate Client’s staffing needs witting the areas they were working on.