Geoff Quelch
Aurora,CO
Summary
Highly skilled and creative information technology leader offering an impressive record of accomplishment in high-profile startup and growth environments, built upon a foundation of rigorous academic achievement. Areas of expertise include Agile/Scrum/Kanban, SAFe, process development, lean six-sigma, and project management. Accomplished and experienced servant-leader. Repeatedly recognized for maximizing IT investments and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Manager/Release Train Engineer
CACI
06.2023 - Current
- Release Train Engineer on the SAFFIRE program.
- Manage and oversee Engineers and Managers on the release train, building and supporting operational software.
- Direct ART ceremonies, interface with internal and external customers.
- Build release, sprint, and deployment schedules, lead software deployment activities.
Sr. Principal Software Systems Engineer
SAIC
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Supported the United States Air Force in its goal of developing an interoperable system of systems in a cloud-based command and control (CBC2) environment.
- Member of a team supporting software integration activities.
Sr. Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering
Raytheon Technologies
09.2020 - 01.2023
- ScrumMaster for the Earthdata Cloud Operations team on the Platform Train of the NASA EED-3 Program.
- Lead team ceremonies, daily standups, story refinement, iteration planning, and retrospectives.
- Work with train leadership on improving tenant-facing user guide documentation review and content processes.
- Team member on cloud-based expansion effort to other NASA programs.
- Agile coach to the GPS IIIF and GPS-OCX programs.
Release Train Engineer
ReedGroup
07.2019 - 11.2019
- Develop practices and procedures for a new agile release train formed to develop modules and microservices for the company’s future architecture.
- Manage and oversee Engineers and Managers on the release train.
- Coached existing teams on the train in agile, scrum, and scaled agile practices.
Sr. Release Train Engineer
Vertafore
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: provider of software for the insurance industry
- Servant-leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART).
- Facilitate ART events and processes and aid teams in delivering value.
- Communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement of the ART processes.
- Lead Scrum Masters on the release train.
- Provider of software for the insurance industry
Release Train Engineer
Jeppesen
05.2017 - 05.2018
- Work closely with other senior program and project managers, system engineers, software engineers, and test engineers, preparing executive status reports.
- Leading meetings such as change control boards, risk boards, and agile coaching for Scrum teams on SAFe.
Chief Technology Officer
Privatim (ClearLegal)
06.2016 - 03.2017
- Company Overview: SaaS startup supplying secure client communications.
- Implement program and project management technologies such as SAFe, Agile, Kanban, and Scrum.
- Establish and implement software development processes.
- Provide domain expertise in product workflow, including data security and confidentiality.
- SaaS startup supplying secure client communications.
Sr. Scrum Master
McKesson Corp.
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Fortune ranked company providing Healthcare IT services
- Full-time ScrumMaster for multiple development teams using SAFe.
- Participated in SAFe transformation.
- Fortune ranked company providing Healthcare IT services
Education
J.D. - Intellectual Property Law
University of Denver
Ph.D. - Chemistry
University of Manchester
B.Sc. - Chemistry
University of London
Skills
- Agile/Scrum/Kanban
- Lean Six Sigma
- Software Process Management
- SAFe
- Agile Coaching
- Project Leadership
- Agile Principles
- Iteration Planning
- Retrospectives
- Conflict Resolution
- Jira
- Confluence
Certification
- Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant (SPC), #22316293-8653, 03/21 - 09/25
- Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer, #27268027-0259, 09/19 - 09/25
- Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager, #28219601-0504, 09/20 - 09/25
- Certified Project Management Professional, #1840586, 08/15 - 08/24
- McKesson Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, 2013, lean six-sigma
Personal Information
Title: Ph.D.
Clearance
TS/SCI with CI-Poly
Timeline
Software Manager/Release Train Engineer
CACI
06.2023 - Current
Sr. Principal Software Systems Engineer
SAIC
01.2023 - 06.2023
Sr. Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering
Raytheon Technologies
09.2020 - 01.2023
Release Train Engineer
ReedGroup
07.2019 - 11.2019
Sr. Release Train Engineer
Vertafore
07.2018 - 07.2019
Release Train Engineer
Jeppesen
05.2017 - 05.2018
Chief Technology Officer
Privatim (ClearLegal)
06.2016 - 03.2017
Sr. Scrum Master
McKesson Corp.
01.2008 - 01.2016
J.D. - Intellectual Property Law
University of Denver
Ph.D. - Chemistry
University of Manchester
B.Sc. - Chemistry
University of London
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