GARY BROWN
Little Elm,TX
Summary
Results-driven technical project/program management professional with over 12 years of expertise in leading IT application and infrastructure implementations. A trustworthy leader with drive and integrity, committed to the initiation, planning, execution, and delivery of cutting-edge projects with proven success in delivering large-scale, enterprise solutions for highly matrixed organizations. Adept at leading multiple, global cross-functional, multidisciplinary project teams and effectively developing, coaching, influencing and managing diverse technical, and client work streams. Specialized in leveraging agile, waterfall, and hybrid SDLC methodologies to ensure project success. Superior communication and interpersonal skills in interactions with executive and stakeholder teams.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PROJECT MANAGER
SUNAVA INVESTMENTS
11.2023 - Current
- Perform property analysis, market research and feasibility from conducted reports for new land and building projects for developers
- Working with real estate developers to acquire property that meets their needs
- Oversee various aspects of property management, including operations and maintenance and improvement
- Ensure land team perform effectively, coordinating and training team members and implementing project strategies while delegating tasks to achieve goals
- Responsible for execution and management each project phase from initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and control to closure
- Ensured the project requirements clearly define the scope of work being provided, project deliverables, timelines, and payment terms and conditions
- Utilize MS Project to manage project to create project plans, schedules, manage resources and time with Gantt charts
- Purchasing and wholesaling of properties to buyers for private and commercial use
- Coach team on requirements gathering from one on one calls, Q&A’s and surveys to ensure customer needs were met and improvements in our process
- Lead monthly retrospective to identify risks and failures, and continuous improvements for coaching
- Waterfall testing and validation confirmation before deployment and ensuring hyper-care is provided for maintenance.
ERM PROJECT MANAGER
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND
06.2021 - 10.2023
- Lead cross-functional teams execution of complex projects as Project Manager & Scrum Master
- Proven ability to facilitate collaboration, resolve conflicts and resolve obstacles to maximize team efficiency and product quality
- Strong knowledge scrum principles and practices, with a track record of delivery on time
- Perform root cause analysis and value streaming to improve processes and increase team performance
- Utilize project tools (Jira, Azure DevOps) to track progress, manage product backlogs, prioritize sprint backlogs and implement dashboards for team visibility
- Mentored and coached team through agile ceremonies and understanding of estimation, capacity and velocity of work
- Develop and execute detailed technical plans, including defining clear milestones and tasks, for the integration and migration of IT applications and services
- Ensured all integrated and migrated IT applications and services adhered to stringent security protocols and compliance requirements, facilitating their secure use
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to identify potential integration challenges, streamline processes, and ensure seamless transitions, minimizing operational disruptions
- Perform assessment duties as Control Reviewer, Control Manager, Risk Event User, Risk Assessment Manager and Approver to ensure security measures were in place to protect the bank and its stakeholders for auditing
- Identify potential risks and analyze what could happen if a disaster occurred
- (Vulnerability, Threat, Asset, Quantitative, Qualitative and Site Specific)
- Control testing of COSO framework to validate security measures were followed and documented for auditing, validating regulatory compliance controls and remediation steps were documented
- Evaluate internal controls, risk management and guidelines to deter fraud, internal fraud, including internal ethical corporate fraud
- Utilizing Azure DevOps and MS Project to manage and delegate project tasks ensuring iterations were complete and ready for MVP Minimal Viable Product demo presentation to stakeholder
- Coached team members on agile estimation of Story Point, Fibonacci, Poker and Dot Voting to develop estimation velocity, compacity of work and delivering a MVP Minimal Viable Product
- Trained team on understanding product backlog grooming, prioritizing, and sprint planning to ensure proper user stories defined what the stakeholder requested
- From epics, features, user stories and the breakdown of tasks simplest steps
- Lead strategy PI Planning meetings to align on business goals for Product Manager, Product Owners and Scrum Teams
- Facilitate daily scrum meetings and sprint planning, improving communication and progress tracking
- Manage User Acceptance Testing, ensuring product upgrades met requirements and functionality of the stakeholder
- Agile practitioner focused on continuous improvement, collaboration and delivering value
- Vendor management and contracts to ensure tasks were being met according to SOW and project plan on time within scope.
SCRUM MASTER/ PROJECT MANAGER
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
04.2021 - 07.2021
- Member of the Identity Asset Management team responsible for coaching of agile methodologies and assisting the Product Owner in defining the backlog and helping the team understand the need for clear and concise product backlog items
- Tanium Deployment Unix Workstations, Windows Desktops and Servers reporting of in scope, deployed and targeted devices for updates for all divisions to executive leadership
- Deliver project status reports to senior executives of current state, potential risk and what is due in the project with dashboards and burndown charts
- Prioritize product backlog items’ business value, time criticality, risk, cost of delay, and duration using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
- Performed daily stand ups with scrum team, agile ceremonies methodologies and retrospective lessons learned
- Backlogged refinements according to prioritized epics, features, user stories and tasks
- Execute time management of resources to meet projects deadlines
- Participate in PI planning, backlog refinement, product backlog prioritization to sprint backlog
- Managed agile backlogs, roadmaps, metrics and the information between team members using JIRA
- Transitioned team from waterfall to SCRUMBAN, achieving a 15% improvement in project completion rates and adherence to Agile principles.
SR. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
ONYX LOGISTICS GROUPS
02.2020 - 12.2020
- Responsible creating development plans and forecasting sales targets and growth projections
- Identifying market opportunities, forecasting and ensuring strategic goals are met while driving revenue growth
- Negotiated multimillion-dollar procurement contracts of 72 military fire and rescue vehicles and repair kits with AWZAR Group in Iraq with DGCI
- Fostered strategic partnerships, driving business growth and procured contract agreements with Iraqi government on behalf of Onyx Logistics Group for transportation of fuel
- Marketed OLG capabilities to future stakeholders, coordinating with external partners for requirements
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to streamline contract negotiations, leading to a 20% reduction in processing time
- Perform market analysis to identify opportunities, resulting in a 15% increase in contract rate
- Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholder and direct reports, while providing operational strategy approach to the projects
- Utilize business acumen, negotiation skills, communication and strategy to increase marketability of OLG.
SR. BUSINESS ANALYST/ PROJECT MANAGER
PEPSICO FRITO-LAY HQ
04.2013 - 12.2019
- Manage improvements to Go To Market application that improved Supply Chain as part of business sustainment in sourcing, scheduling and delivery
- Testing, training and support of the business application
- Gather requirements, testing and defects in HP ALM Quality Center of the project lifecycle, Validated User Acceptance Testing, documented, researched, and resolved issues related to testing activities in Quality Center
- Technical Lead for 24 FTE’s providing coaching and training, data analysis of KPIs and burndown charts within ServiceNow to identify trends and areas of product refinement and improvement
- Implemented priority escalation and notification process to prevent erroneous application data from being used by field users when ETL Data cycles were delayed
- Communicated strategies including scope, vision, cadence and optimal solutions for achieving goals related to development and team performance to business stakeholders
- Minimize risks through forward planning so software meets customer expectations
- Utilize Waterfall Project to sequentially execute each phase of the project from initiation requirements, planning, implementation, testing and maintenance
- Ensure the project charter clearly defines the statement of work, risks are understood, resources are identified and the plan and budget is monitored to deliver tasks on time
- Responsible for incident management, request management, deployment management, integration and systems upgrades utilizing ServiceNow
- Managed project timelines, resources, and budgets, ensuring all deliverables were met within scope, time, and cost constraints
- Clearly defined the objectives, scope, and deliverables across all business functions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
- Engaged with stakeholders and executive leaders to gather input and ensure agreement on project goals, roles, responsibilities, and expected outcomes
- Developed a risk management framework that identified potential risks early, assessed their impact, and implemented mitigation strategies to prevent project delays.
Education
Masters Science - Project Management
Keller Graduate
Irving, TX12.2019
Bachelors Science - Technical Management
DeVry University
Irving, TX03.2002
Skills
- Certifications
- Scrum Principles and Practices
- Change Management
- Adaptability
- Scrum Master
- Agile Methodologies
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Scrum Product Owner
- Conflict Resolution
- Leadership
- Organization
- Scaled Agile Framework
- Risk Assessment
- Time Management
- Innovation
- Lean Six Sigma White Belt
Military Service
United States Navy
Certification
Scrum Master
Scaled Agile Framework
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Lean Six Sigma White
Timeline
PROJECT MANAGER
SUNAVA INVESTMENTS
11.2023 - Current
ERM PROJECT MANAGER
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND
06.2021 - 10.2023
SCRUM MASTER/ PROJECT MANAGER
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
04.2021 - 07.2021
SR. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
ONYX LOGISTICS GROUPS
02.2020 - 12.2020
SR. BUSINESS ANALYST/ PROJECT MANAGER
PEPSICO FRITO-LAY HQ
04.2013 - 12.2019
Masters Science - Project Management
Keller Graduate
Bachelors Science - Technical Management
DeVry University
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