Experience

City of Lakewood

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Business Transformation Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Lakewood, Colorado, United States

• Project Management Office Supervisor

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Greater Denver Area - Lead a team of Business Analysts and Project Managers to deliver technical solutions that align with the City's operational goals. - Manage the Project Management Office's resourcing, hiring, career development and teambuilding. - Business Relationship Manager for the City's HR Department, City Manager's Office, City Attorney's Office and Economic Development Office. - Facilitate quarterly retrospectives to iterate upon PMO processes and ways of working. - Gather, refine and… Show more - Lead a team of Business Analysts and Project Managers to deliver technical solutions that align with the City's operational goals. - Manage the Project Management Office's resourcing, hiring, career development and teambuilding. - Business Relationship Manager for the City's HR Department, City Manager's Office, City Attorney's Office and Economic Development Office. - Facilitate quarterly retrospectives to iterate upon PMO processes and ways of working. - Gather, refine and validate project requirements to define project scope for the creation of technology-related proposals and funding approvals. - Collaborate with colleagues across twelve City Departments to plan, implement and support technology-related projects using Agile methodologies.



POSSIBLE

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2018

  Greater Denver Area - Collaborated with multiple project teams, clients and the executive leadership team to efficiently navigate the project lifecycle and deliver mobile apps in a timely manner - Collaborated with Account Director and Architect to develop project estimates, including establishment of project scope, known risks & assumptions, project timeline and resource requirements - Wrote requirements for new functionality, and mapped project priorities to the timeline with the client and the development… Show more - Collaborated with multiple project teams, clients and the executive leadership team to efficiently navigate the project lifecycle and deliver mobile apps in a timely manner - Collaborated with Account Director and Architect to develop project estimates, including establishment of project scope, known risks & assumptions, project timeline and resource requirements - Wrote requirements for new functionality, and mapped project priorities to the timeline with the client and the development team - Facilitated all aspects of Agile project management framework, including roadmap discussions, planning, daily stand-up meetings, backlog grooming and retrospectives - Managed delivery timelines, shipping logistics and communication of delivery status to internal and external stakeholders - Maintained JIRA dashboards and Confluence documentation to provide transparency on product backlog and to track project status - Tracked project burn and provided weekly project financial status to internal and external stakeholders - Provided ongoing communication through status reports, client calls, team meetings, etc. Show less



Pearson

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Project Manager

  • Dec 2013 - Nov 2016

  Greater Denver Area - Managed two Agile product development teams responsible for developing higher education products and services - Facilitated all aspects of Agile project management framework including roadmap discussions, planning, daily stand-up meetings, backlog grooming and retrospectives - Managed delivery timelines, deployment logistics and communication to stakeholders, escalating risks as necessary - Maintained JIRA dashboards to provide transparency on product backlog and to track project… Show more - Managed two Agile product development teams responsible for developing higher education products and services - Facilitated all aspects of Agile project management framework including roadmap discussions, planning, daily stand-up meetings, backlog grooming and retrospectives - Managed delivery timelines, deployment logistics and communication to stakeholders, escalating risks as necessary - Maintained JIRA dashboards to provide transparency on product backlog and to track project status

• Project Operations Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  Greater New York City Area - Developed and implemented processes related to the efficiency of the department and gathered feedback to identify opportunities for further improvement and automation - Organized project health data and published monthly portfolio status report for executive team - Facilitated onboarding sessions for all new hires



Allen & Overy

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Coordinator

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

  Greater New York City Area - Collaborated with a global network of offices to identify and pursue most valuable opportunities among potential clients - Edited, formatted and posted industry updates to firm website and distributed updates to targeted contacts - Conducted extensive research for and facilitated the implementation of business development initiatives and marketing campaigns - Worked independently to analyze information and prepare bespoke business proposals under tight timelines

• Legal Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2011

  Greater New York City Area - Directly supported Partners and Associates on all aspects of M&A transactions - Sorted large amounts of legal material pertinent to transactions and synthesized information into manageable, searchable resources - Point person for a broad range of time-sensitive tasks necessary to complete transaction arrangements and closings



The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

• Public Relations and Marketing Assistant

  • Nov 2008 - Jan 2010

  Cleveland, Ohio