Shawn Austin
Sr. IT Project Manager | Scrum Master
Lutz,FL
Summary
Versatile IT professional with Program, Project, and IT Management experience. Delivers results as both a team lead and member in planning, executing, and delivering cyber security focused information technology through large-scale and small-scale projects. Owns a proven track record of competence, integrity, and enthusiasm when leading to achieve strategic goals and objectives. Possesses strong interpersonal skills for interfacing with internal and external customers, strong organizational and analytical problem solving, and a desire to learn new technologies and techniques. Has proven record of innovation and collaboration to cut cost and waste in both agile and waterfall project life cycles.
Overview
7
7
Certifications
6
6
years of post-secondary education
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. IT Project Manager | Scrum Master
Trace Systems
Tampa, FL
07.2020 - Current
- Empowered 3 project teams for technical development in hybrid Agile and Waterfall environment for a $10 million dollar IT program.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Developed and initiated projects, including managing costs, schedule and performance.
- Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Owned the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) implementation for the development teams and stakeholders
IT Project Manager
RedSky
Tampa, FL
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
- Developed operations plan for enterprise development network migration to cloud-based AWS infrastructure. Efforts included resource planning and design inputs to support over 60K global network users.
- Partnered with team members, including the Enterprise Operations Manager and Cyber Security Lead to minimize project delays.
- Developed new processes and implementation schedule to save a failing project. Standardized and streamlined processes to support future projects being deployed globally.
IT Project Manager
SAIC
Tampa, FL
05.2019 - 11.2020
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Engaged in strategic planning of the organizations migration from an on-premise Storage Area Network (SAN) to a cloud-based solution. Researched possible vendors and technologies that met strict government security standards and developed project schedule to accomplish migration.
- Initiated organizations first Agile project working to develop a Business Intelligence applications to provide stakeholders with strategic dashboard of worldwide operations.
- Developed project plan and schedule for organizations deployment of enterprise-wide cyber security software. Software ensured compliance with strict cyber security policy standards and increased visibility of possible insider threats to global networks with over 40,000 users worldwide.
IT Manager
US Air Force- Dept. Of Defense
San Antonio, TX
12.1998 - 01.2019
- Led 60 team members in the installation, administration, and optimization of secure local and wide area network (LAN/WAN) infrastructure, voice, data service and encryption devices valued at $67M.
- Chaired project readiness review boards. Applied systematic approach to monitor and ensure successful execution of project cost, schedule, and technical performance goals for over 80 IT projects.
- Communicated with executive level team and to maximize development efficiencies and resolve technology issues.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT 06.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
American Military University
Charles Town, WV 01.2014 - 01.2018
Skills
Project Management
Work Availability
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Certification
PMP - Project Management Professional
Quote
Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
SA - Certified SAFe 5.0 Agilest
08-2020
Sr. IT Project Manager | Scrum Master
Trace Systems
07.2020 - Current
PMI-ACP - PMI- Agile Certified Practitioner
07-2020
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
04-2020
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
02-2020
IT Project Manager
RedSky
11.2019 - 07.2020
PMP - Project Management Professional
09-2019
MBA - Business Administration
Western Governors University
06.2019 - Current
IT Project Manager
SAIC
05.2019 - 11.2020
SSM - Certified SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master
03-2019
CompTIA Security+
12-2015
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology Management
American Military University
01.2014 - 01.2018
IT Manager
US Air Force- Dept. Of Defense
12.1998 - 01.2019
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