MacFred Benson
PMP
Laurel,MD
Summary
Diligent Senior Product Manager offering 10 years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Senior Infrastructure solution and delivery manager offering 10 years in IT management on various levels. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize value and revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Product Manager
Enviva Lp
Bethesda, MD
03.2022 - Current
- Manage communications between stakeholders, Engineering teams, Users, and other departments necessary for the product development, release, support & maintenance
- Create dashboards, analytics, and reporting capabilities to ensure visibility on projects while producing regular communication on project status and resource allocation and resolving complex issues relating to programs and systems functions and policies
- Leverage best in class Agile Scrum methodologies to drive continuous improvement in backlog prioritization, requirements, user story definition, release planning and testing across the project life cycle, resulting in on-time and on-budget delivery of IT-solutions
- Direct developmental solutions for architectural programs, departmental roadmaps, and project portfolios for IT systems Infrastructure
- IT-Project leadership role, accountable for the end-to-end planning and implementation of various enterprise technology/business transformation programs such as LIMS and D365 projects
- Communicate changes in priority and constantly gather feedback to ensure the right items are being prioritized and developed at the right moment time
- Executed a seamless integration of a $160M newly acquired site, implementations such as: Dynaway EAM and WMS inventory management
- Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
- Collaborated with sales, marketing, and support teams to launch products on time and within budget.
PRODUCT MANAGER\ PRODUCT OWNER
INNOVATIVE TEK LLC
06.2012 - Current
- Manage entire project life cycle including requirements gathering and documentation UAT, deployment and end user training
- Develop roadmaps to ensure that user priorities are properly gathered and represented in backlog format
- Managed cross-functional team and stakeholders
- Provide updates to stakeholders on product development processes, cost, and budget
- Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and coordinating solutions with a small deployment team
- Execute the hands-on implementation of proposed solutions and provide technical guidance to teams during the solutions’ development and deployment phase
- Directly assists with the development of a solutions architecture program, departmental roadmaps, and project portfolios for IT systems architecture
- Define clear goals for all aspects of a project and manage their proper execution
- Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
CLOUD ARCHITECT\ PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RL- Canning (Supporting Honeywell)
Chicago, IL
10.2017 - 03.2022
- Experience architecting complex Azure public/private Cloud platform solutions (PaaS, SaaS, IaaS)
- Experience with relational, graph, and unstructured data technologies such as SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure Data Lake
- Software development: full lifecycle methodologies, patterns, frameworks, libraries, and tools
- Experience and understanding of large-scale infrastructure deployments in enterprise-wide environments
- Develop and implement an Azure cloud architecture, overseeing issues such as migration
- Work closely with project management teams to successfully monitor the progress of initiatives
- Developed long-term strategies for different business segments.
- Wrote detailed architectural design plans, security requirements and specifications.
- Planned, designed and delivered diverse IT solutions.
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
TEKSYSTEMS
Linthicum Heights, MD
04.2013 - 10.2017
- Install, configure, maintain, and administer servers, operating systems, and applications
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system hardware, software, and networking issues; and provide status reports to management
- Maintain workstations and servers’ data integrity by using appropriate software and hardware solutions along with implementing a schedule of backups for data archiving
- Cloud computing skills: Azure Cloud, Office365 Admin, Google Cloud Platform, and AWS
- Knowledge of networks: Being able to set up and maintain Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN), in addition to setting up network security features like firewalls
- Configure automation routines using scripting and other programming languages
- Team lead (manage a small group of 5-8 persons for deployment and testing)
- Orchestrated integration and communication of software upgrades.
- Developed modification program to determine compatibility with various software.
- Conducted routine and emergency maintenance of assigned data center equipment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
01.2022 - Current
CERTIFICATE | GRADUATED -
BRIGHTWOOD COLLEGE
06.2013 - 01.2014
Skills
Maximizing sales revenues
Certification
PMI Certified: Project Management Professional (PMP) PMP® Number: 3440156
Work Availability
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Timeline
PMI Certified: Project Management Professional (PMP) PMP® Number: 3440156
03-2023
SCRUM Fundamentals Certified: Certification Number: 971257
03-2023
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Certification Number: I619-4516
02-2023
Microsoft Certified: Azure Admin Associate (AZ-104) Certification Number: 1230-1181
04-2022
Product Manager
Enviva Lp
03.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
01.2022 - Current
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Validation Number: R5JLDFBD3FQQ1Q3S Validate at: http://aws.amazon.com/verification
09-2020
CLOUD ARCHITECT\ PROJECT MANAGEMENT
RL- Canning (Supporting Honeywell)
10.2017 - 03.2022
CERTIFICATE | GRADUATED -
BRIGHTWOOD COLLEGE
06.2013 - 01.2014
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
TEKSYSTEMS
04.2013 - 10.2017
PRODUCT MANAGER\ PRODUCT OWNER
INNOVATIVE TEK LLC
06.2012 - Current