Ross Goodwell
Sellersburg,IN
Summary
Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong requirements gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities. Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects with excellent planning competencies.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Product Manager
John Deere
07.2023 - Current
- Led global SAP S4 esting strategy, plan, and execution
- Improved product functionality by conducting test management platform market research and analysis
- Increased customer experience by implementing modern technologies, developing custom integration, and providing direct support to stakeholders
- Platform engineer and admin of selected test management tools
- Defined releases, features, and user stories
- Engaged stakeholders in over 10 IT organizations including over 50 product teams
- Established test standards and defect management policies
- Clearly communicated expectations to over 1,000 testers
Software Engineer – Manufacturing Operations DevOps
John Deere
05.2020 - 07.2023
- Partnered with development teams to implement DevSecOps best practices
- Developed scalable and maintainable code using test driven development and modern development standards
- Delivered ITIL change management automation using serverless AWS
- Developed reusable SAP BTP CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions
- Integrated open source code scanning with automatic merge rules to retain secure code bases
Scrum Master – Global SAP SD Implementations
John Deere
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Coached team during Agile adoption
- Optimized resource allocation by identifying and addressing conflicts in project workflows, leading to shorter lead times
- Collaborated with product owner to refine requirements while building, prioritizing, and managing backlog to ensure alignment with business goals
- Created comprehensive user stories with clear definition of done and acceptance criteria to consistently deliver high quality completed work
SAP Project Manager – Global SAP SD Implementations
John Deere
02.2017 - 07.2019
- Developed comprehensive project plans, outlining scope, timelines and deliverables
- Collaborated with customers to identify system requirements and translate them into actionable steps for development teams
- Facilitated knowledge transfer sessions for end-users to maximize adoption of new SAP system and ensure successful implementation
- Established solid relationships with customers by providing exceptional support during all stages of SAP implementation process.
- Enhanced end-user experience with thorough testing, validation, and improvement of SAP solutions.
IT Business Analyst– Global SAP SD & PP
John Deere
06.2012 - 02.2017
- Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures
- Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions
- Supported software development projects by defining clear requirements and effectively communicating them to technical teams
- Streamlined project management with effective communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams
Education
MBA -
Ball State University
Muncie, IN12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Informatics & Computing
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN05.2012
Skills
Technical
- Languages (JavaScript, NodeJS)
- CI/CD (Drone, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
- Cloud architecture (AWS)
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Trunk-based development (Git, GitHub)
- Developer IDE (IntelliJ, VSCode)
- API Testing (Postman)
- Secure coding (ESlint & SonarLint)
- Secure code scanning (Mend)
- Quality code scanning (SonarQube)
- Authorization & authentication
- Application monitoring
- Test driven development
- Pair programming
- Machine learning
- SAP BTP
Certification
- Scrum Alliance, 06/01/19, Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- AWS Certifications, 06/01/21, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Technical Product Manager
John Deere
07.2023 - Current
Software Engineer – Manufacturing Operations DevOps
John Deere
05.2020 - 07.2023
Scrum Master – Global SAP SD Implementations
John Deere
07.2019 - 05.2020
SAP Project Manager – Global SAP SD Implementations
John Deere
02.2017 - 07.2019
IT Business Analyst– Global SAP SD & PP
John Deere
06.2012 - 02.2017
MBA -
Ball State University
Bachelor of Science - Informatics & Computing
Indiana University
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