Sinto Davis
Program Manager
Bentonville,AR
Summary
Experienced Program Manager with 16 years of experience in delivering high quality products that are on schedule with best in class solutions. Quality Engineer turned Program Manager. Collaborative Program Manager partners with executive teams to define and develop solutions. Skilled in project management to efficiently manage customer deliverables. Creates cross-functional partnerships to drive effectiveness. Build and mentor teams to be effective and improve organizational efficiency. Experienced Program Manager skilled in managing functional operations and projects related to supplies and logistics.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Technology Operations/ Program Manager
Walmart
06.2023 - Current
- Working with EBS People Tech and Services on below multiple high impactful Products.
- Performance and Pay Application (May 2023 to Present)- Currently working as Program Manager on Goals rollout to international Non Workday Population , Self Evaluation , Manager Evaluation and Calibration. Worked as Program Manager on successful launch of Goal module to all 1.6 million associates in FY24. It was delivered on schedule with increased quality and performance. Generative AI My Assistant was also integrated on Performance and Pay tool that assisted associates in creating goals. Currently working on Goals rollout to international Non Workday Population , Self Evaluation , Manager Evaluation and Calibration.
- My Hiring (April 2023 to March 2024)- Worked as Program Manager on highly successful launch of My Hiring with the integration of Phenom CRM. It Provided Hiring Managers access to all candidate information , send notes to recruiters and many more. It was delivered on schedule and was on the most successful programs in FY24.
- Lead 2 successful scrum teams in FY24 by adopting all agile methodologies to implement successful programs. Translate complex requirements into Functional/Technical User Stories.
- Work with all dependency teams to resolve conflicts to ensure successful Project delivery.
- Extensive experience in Project Planning, Resource Planning, Project Forecasting , Budget Planning and Stakeholder Management.
- Championed best practices in project management, fostering culture of continuous improvement.
- Experienced in contributing to System Designs, Code Walkthrough, Review Test Plans , Create effective Build pipelines , Conduct UAT sessions and Production Support.
- Develop OKR's and align with success metrics for all stakeholders.
- Implemented agile methodologies into program management processes, increasing adaptability in dynamic environments.
- Conducted comprehensive program evaluations, identifying areas for improvement and recommending actionable solutions.
- Led change management efforts, supporting staff through transitions and promoting buy-in for new initiatives.
- Coach and Mentoring associates for their increased performance and align on their career paths.
Program Manager/ Software Engineer
Walmart
12.2021 - 06.2023
- Worked in EBS PeopleTech to deliver below multiple products with increased quality.
- Succession( Digital Talent Lookbook)( Feb 2023 to April 2023)- Worked as Program Manager on successful releases for the Succession tool that guides in succession for officers in Walmart.
- JPA( Job Pay Architecture)( Feb 2023 to June 2023) - Worked as Program Manager for Talent and acted as Scrum of Scrums.
- Porter/ABSS - Modernized ABSS application to new Porter Application. It was launched with high quality that did background checks for more than 1 million associates a year.
- Worked on Porter Product that performs background checks for all hires into Walmart.
- In depth knowledge in Performance and Automation testing to help build all Test pipelines.
- Champion of quality that helped to deliver all initiatives on schedule.
- Worked as program lead to work with multiple stakeholders and ensure successful project delivery.
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Collaborated with fellow engineers to evaluate software and hardware interfaces.
Senior Test Lead Consultant
Walmart -Infosys Technologies
08.2018 - 12.2021
- Worked on EBS People Tech and improving quality for multiple HR systems
- Worked on Career Preference application in transforming current experience for Supply Chain hourly associates.
- Lead a team of more than 15 Quality engineers in IDC.
- Conduct UAT sessions with all stakeholders.
- Involved in Test Management and Defect Management.
- Functional Testing, Automated Testing, Performance Testing, End to End Testing,
- Mobile Testing, Production Support and User Acceptance Testing
- Tools Used: JIRA, Postman, MySQL, Azure Data Studio, Kubernetes, Jmeter,
- Experience in Lighhouse, SOAPUI, IBM Kenexa, Selenium Web driver, Jenkins,Splunk and Dynatrace.
- It included Requirement Analysis,
- Functional Testing, End to End Testing and Performance Testing all different applications. Team Lead for a team of 4 Quality Engineers
- Tools Used: IIB10 , HP ALM , Jmeter and JIRA.
Senior Test Lead Consultant
Southern Wine And Spirits - Infosys Technologies
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Worked on their National Sales Manager app which is designed to facilitate administrators to create assignments and to track goals at different market levels
- Administrators will be able to create and define trackers at sales representative level utilizing combination of product, customer, sales rep data and other key elements that will assist in overall goal calculation
- Team Lead for a team of 5 Quality Engineers.The project also involved in re-architecture of UI application from silver light to HTML5
- Tools Used: HP ALM, HTML, MySQL, Jmeter, SOAPUI and Selenium Web driver.
Senior Test Lead
Walmart - Infosys Technologies
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Involved in Test Management , Defect Management,Functional Testing, Automated Testing, Performance Testing, End to End Testing.
- Mobile Testing, Production Support and User Acceptance Testing.
- Tools Used: JIRA, Postman, MySQL, Azure Data Studio, Kubernetes, Jmeter, Lighhouse, SOAPUI, IBM Kenexa, Selenium Web driver, Jenkins,Splunk, Dynatrace.
- Worked on Technology Modernization project to migrate interfaces that are on Web sphere Message Broker (WMB) Version 7 to IBM Integration Bus (IIB) Version 10
- It Involved validating all Walmart and SAMS Club interfaces currently running WMB Version 7 to be running on IIB10
- It included Requirement Analysis
- Functional Testing, End to End Testing and Performance Testing all different applications. Team Lead for a team of 4 Quality Engineers
- Tools Used: IIB10 , HP ALM , Jmeter and JIRA.
Senior Test Lead
Hudson Bay Company - Infosys Technologies
09.2015 - 01.2017
- Worked on project to transform Sterling Order Management System to OMS 9.4 for SAKS Full Line and SAKS O5th Banners
- It is also support Omni Channel fulfillment for all HBC Banners.
- Lead team of 12 Quality Engineers on multiple testing lifecycles.
- Involved in Functional Testing , Automation Testing, End to End Testing, User Acceptance Testing with different HBC Banners, Mobile Testing, Onsite -Offshore Support
- Tools Used: OMS 9.4, HP ALM and SOAP UI.
Test Analyst Consultant
Sears Holding Corporation - Infosys Technologies
10.2010 - 09.2015
- Worked on multiple projects at Sears for their different applications in Sears.com , Kmart.com, Shopyourway.com. Involved in all Testing life cycles.
- UI Automation using selenium. Proficient in Site Catalyst: Omniture, Customer Experience Monitoring using Tealeaf ,Gomez and Splunk.
- Develop test strategies and devise test plans to meet business requirements
- Holiday Readiness Support.
- Lead team of 2 Quality engineers.
- Production Application Support of all Sears sites.
- Tools Used: Splunk, Omniture, Tealeaf, JIRA,MongoDB.
Test Engineer
Infosys Technologies
06.2008 - 09.2010
- Worked on 100 team project project for Sears.com for database project to validate Batch Jobs.
- Test reporting to all Stakeholders.
- Involved in stakeholder management.
- It Involved Test Case Design, Database Testing, Functional Testing and End to End Testing.
Education
Bachelor's - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering
Skills
Program Delivery
Agile Planning
Performance Engineering
Automated Testing
Program implementation
Technical Roadmap Design
System Analysis
Resource Management
Building technical teams
Developing project strategy
Stakeholder Management
Performance Analysis
Strategy Development
Risk Assessments
Forecasting
Certification
Certified Scrum Master(CSM) - ID(001362358)
Timeline
Senior Technology Operations/ Program Manager
Walmart
06.2023 - Current
Program Manager/ Software Engineer
Walmart
12.2021 - 06.2023
Senior Test Lead Consultant
Walmart -Infosys Technologies
08.2018 - 12.2021
Senior Test Lead Consultant
Southern Wine And Spirits - Infosys Technologies
04.2018 - 07.2018
Senior Test Lead
Walmart - Infosys Technologies
02.2017 - 03.2018
Senior Test Lead
Hudson Bay Company - Infosys Technologies
09.2015 - 01.2017
Test Analyst Consultant
Sears Holding Corporation - Infosys Technologies
10.2010 - 09.2015
Test Engineer
Infosys Technologies
06.2008 - 09.2010
Bachelor's - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering