Tendai Wilson
Dallas,Texas
Summary
Experienced Project Manager and Scrum Master and with a degree in Accounting and Finance from Southern New Hampshire University. I have a total of 10+ years of experience managing projects across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and software development. I have a track record of successfully implementing Agile methodologies to deliver projects on time and within budget. Managed Oracle EBS and Oracle Cloud R13 projects with experience managing end-to-end implementation, upgrade, and support projects. Skilled in project planning, budgeting, risk management, team management, and stakeholder communication. Proficient in Oracle E-Business Suite modules including Finance, Procurement, Inventory, Order Management, and Human Resources. Passionate about leading technical teams to innovate and develop state of the art solutions. Understanding technology solution delivery for large projects/programs through a complete agile development lifecycle (backlog prioritization, sprint planning, tracking burn-down/velocity, etc.). Expertise in scheduling and allocating work, employing Agile-Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies; managing all Scrum boards, and leveraging key Scrum metrics to meet technical objectives. Instrumental in overseeing product backlog and sprint activities, mitigating project obstacles and risks, and tracking and communicating project statuses to stakeholders. Dynamic leader with track record of building and leading cross-functional teams to ensure timely project success, while encouraging open communication within a multi-team organization. Accomplishments -Resolved issues in a prompt manner by facilitating working sessions/weekly touch point calls with clients and team. -Attained 99% of project deadlines by refining and evolving agile processes for predictable/rapid software delivery. - Excelled in teaching and coaching application development teams to adopt continuous delivery practices and other lean/agile modeling. -Succeeded in coaching and problem solving, collaboration of the team members in self-management and cross-functionality team
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Sprout
2020.08 - 2023.01
- Currently looking for a new opportunity
- The project that I was working on with Sprout ended
- I am available for immediate consideration
- Led multiple data analytics projects from initiation to completion, including scoping, requirements gathering, project planning, risk management, and delivery
- Managed cross-functional teams of data analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure timely and successful project outcomes
- Developed and maintained project schedules, budgets, and resource plans to effectively allocate project resources and meet project goals
- Utilized Agile/Scrum methodologies to manage project progress, facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Defined and tracked project metrics, such as velocity, burndown, and release readiness, to monitor project progress and provide visibility to stakeholders
- Worked closely with business stakeholders to understand their requirements, develop use cases, and design data visualizations that effectively communicate insights
- Conducted data analysis to support project requirements gathering, identify data quality issues, and identify opportunities for process improvements
- Managed relationships with external vendors and partners to ensure successful project delivery
- Coordinated testing and quality assurance efforts to ensure data accuracy and completeness
- Provided regular status updates and risk assessments to stakeholders and senior leadership -Worked closely with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, establish project scope, and develop project plans -Utilized tools such as JIRA and Confluence to track progress, identify risks, and report on project status -Tracked project road map by partnering with product owner and business analysts to ensure timely completion and successful product delivery - Assisted the team defining agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done and enforcing these agreements -Manage relationship with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables
- Removed impediments by protecting the team from outside interruptions and distractions, promoted an environment for high performing team dynamics, continuous flow and improvement by acting as a dedicated a servant leader to the team while helping to develop solutions -Oversee design, implementation, QA, and validation of engineering code and product -Assessing the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity commitments, addressing team dynamics, resolve conflict, resource constraint, fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity and innovation -Tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs and guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to achieve the desired mindset
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Recorded all project costs and expenses and aligned with project budget.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
- Gathered project requirements through interactions, meetings and walkthrough with potential application users and to develop business requirements documents (BRD), functional requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups.
- Managed 2 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
- Kept project on schedule and within budget while serving as project leader.
Senior Project Manager
Loandepot
2017.01 - 2020.08
- Managed end-to-end implementation projects of Oracle E-Business Suite modules including Finance, Procurement, and Inventory
- Led the implementation of Oracle Cloud R13 ERP which resulted in streamlined business processes and increased efficiency -Created and managed project plans, budgets, and resource allocation to meet project timelines and budgets
- Conducted stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, provide updates, and manage expectations
- Led a team of 10 members including functional and technical consultants, developers, and testers
- Coordinated with the technical team to ensure the successful integration of customizations and third-party applications
- Conducted testing and quality assurance to ensure the successful deployment of the solutions
- Provided user training and support to ensure successful adoption of the solutions
- Conducted post-implementation reviews and provided recommendations for process improvement
- Developed and maintained project documentation including project plans, status reports, issue logs, and change requests -Coordinated with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to define project requirements, scope, and objectives
- Developed detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocation plans to ensure successful project delivery
- Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint reviews using Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams of data analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure project milestones were met on time and within budget
- Conducted data analysis to support project requirements gathering, identify data quality issues, and identify opportunities for process improvements
- Developed data visualizations and dashboards that effectively communicated insights to stakeholders
- Managed relationships with external vendors and partners to ensure successful project delivery
- Provided regular status updates and risk assessments to stakeholders and senior leadership
- Coordinated testing and quality assurance efforts to ensure data accuracy and completeness
- Trained and mentored junior team members on Agile/Scrum methodologies and project management best practices
- Facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives for a cross-functional development team -Got team(s) to a high-performing level by nurturing self-organization and team cohesion. -Facilitate and support all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
- Supports PI Planning, System Demos and Inspect and Adapt sessions.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Executed projects and acted as senior project manager for multiple commercial, office, residential and public works projects.
- Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
- Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
- Gathered project requirements through interactions, meetings and walkthrough with potential application users and to develop business requirements documents (BRD), functional requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups.
Senior ScrumMaster
Marsh and McLennan
2013.06 - 2016.12
- Managed a team of 10 developers in the delivery of multiple software projects -Developed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation -Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure project deliverables were met on time and within budget -Communicated with stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, establish project scope, and report on project progress -Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity -Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests -Utilized tools such as Microsoft Project and Excel to track progress, identify risks, and report on project status -Boosted performance efficiency by managing offshore and onshore teams across various geographical locations
- Migrated over 15 prime banking applications from Oracle EOL (End of Life) Versions to Oracle12.1c
- Experience using flow-based metrics such as Cumulative Flow Diagrams, Lead Time Distribution charts, Aging WIP charts, etc
- Understands how to read them and can implement ideas/experiments to course correct where necessary
- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism -Work with other Scrum Masters and practice leaders to recommend improvements, assist in rolling out changes made to the practice and support the buildout of a continuous process improvement focused organization - Manage project risks and mitigation or contingency plans
- Identify program impediments and address them with appropriate urgency and escalation
- Lead cross-functional meetings and foster teamwork, drive escalation and resolution of issues
- Ensured development team adherence and commitment to Definition of Done (DoD)
- Passionate about helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items, stablish empirical product planning for a complex environment; and Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Oracle EBS Functional Consultant- JDE Functional Consultant
Colonial Bank
2009.01 - 2013.05
- Gathered requirements, prepared BR100/MD50 for financial modules, and implemented AR, AP, FA, GL, cash management, and e-business tax
- Imported and processed files from external systems to P2P system and sent data to respective legacy GLs in conjunction with feeds team
- Reviewed, revised, and mapped chart of accounts to mention expense/asset accounts in appropriate commodities.
EBS Functional Consultant
Wingspan Portfolio Holdings
- Liaised between IT infrastructure team and other personnel to assist with resolution of system issues.
- Worked with key internal partners to distill complex concepts into pragmatic and simplified solutions.
- Developed, configured and tested applications for accurate alignment with project standards.
- Developed and implemented reports and presentations for key stakeholders and senior management.
- Professionally interacted with clients to assess business requirements and determine software needs.
Business Analyst
JP Morgan Chase
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
Business Analyst
Beal Bank
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Finance
Southern New Hampshire University
New Hampshire05.2020
Skills
- Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) -Project management tools (JIRA, Trello, Microsoft Project)
- Requirements gathering and analysis -Risk management
- Stakeholder communication and management -Team leadership and collaboration
- SharePoint, JIRA & Confluence, Power BI, Azure DevOps, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, User Stories, TDD
- Project Scope Assessment
- Functional Improvements
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Functional Testing Experience
- Business Intelligence Project Management
- Technical Project Management
- Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
Certification
- PMP Cert
- Certified Scrum Master
- SAFe® 5 Agilist
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Sprout
2020.08 - 2023.01
Senior Project Manager
Loandepot
2017.01 - 2020.08
Senior ScrumMaster
Marsh and McLennan
2013.06 - 2016.12
Oracle EBS Functional Consultant- JDE Functional Consultant
Colonial Bank
2009.01 - 2013.05
EBS Functional Consultant
Wingspan Portfolio Holdings
Business Analyst
JP Morgan Chase
Business Analyst
Beal Bank
Bachelor of Science - Accounting and Finance
Southern New Hampshire University
- PMP Cert
- Certified Scrum Master
- SAFe® 5 Agilist
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