Position:
Senior Agile Business Analyst at Oxford Global Resources, Agile Coach at Agile Kindergarten, Strategic Analyst & Scrum Master at Community & City Volunteer
Work:
Oxford Global Resources
- Beverly, MA since Apr 2013
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Senior Agile Business Analyst
Agile Kindergarten
- Gloucester, MA since Jan 2012
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Agile Coach
Community & City Volunteer
since 2009
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Strategic Analyst & Scrum Master
Agilex Technologies
- Boise, Idaho Area Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
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Agile Coach
PTC
Aug 2010 - Feb 2011
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Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Project Manager
Electric Insurance Company, 01915
Nov 2006 - Nov 2008
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Business System Analyst (Regulatory)
Electric Insurance Company, 01915
Sep 2002 - Nov 2006
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Web Manager (Application Analyst & Project Leader)
Electric Insurance Company, 01915
Feb 1999 - Sep 2002
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New Business Sales
Several
Aug 1993 - Feb 1999
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Program Manager & Sales
Various
Sep 1987 - Jun 1993
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Teacher, Administrator and Children’s Advocate
Education:
Innovation Games® 2013 - 2013
CCA, Certified Collaboration Architect, Business Administration, Management and Operations
Agile Coaching Institute 2010 - 2012
International Institute for Software Testing (IIST) 2006 - 2007
CSTP, Quality Assurance
Lesley University 1991 - 1993
M.A., Individual and Organizational Learning
Agile University
CSM, Scrum Methodology
Boston University - School of Management
Gloucester High School
University of Maine
B.S., Education & Psychology
Skills:
Agile Modeling, Heuristics, Project Facilitation, Scrum, Business Management, UML, OmniGraffle, Requirements Analysis, Business Process, Business Analysis, Team Leadership, Agile, Agile Project Management, Business Process Improvement, Team Building, Problem Solving, Coaching, SDLC, Agile Methodologies, Project Management, Telecommunications, Management, Strategy, Six Sigma, PMO, Software Documentation, Integration, Business Intelligence, Vendor Management, Product Management, Product Development, Leadership, Quality Assurance, Training, Testing, Analytics, Visio, Process Improvement, Change Management, CRM, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Business Requirements, PMP, Databases, Analysis, Web Applications, Software Development, Software Project Management, Program Management, Waterfall
Interests:
Professional Interests:, Dynamic Facilitation, Pulling Testing Forward, Collaborative Decision Making, Requirement Modeling, Systems Thinking, Sustainable Practice, Retrospectives, Information Radiators, Intersection of Product Management with Project Management, Coaching.
Keywords:, CSM, Lean Six Sigma, UML, Manager, Serious Games, Agile Games, Active Listening, Appreciative Inquiry, Powerful Questioning, User Stories, Documentation, TDD, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Specifications, Coaching, Facilitation, Kanban, A3, Acceptance Criteria, Goal Setting, Agenda Building, Requirements, Evaluation, Control Plans, Relationships, Business Processes, Team Building, Leadership, Facilitation, Psychology.
Personal Interests:, Sailing, Organic Gardening, Writing, Yoga, Community Volunteering, Reading, Genealogy Research.
Honor & Awards:
Received Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition signed by John Tierney for individual contribution as a director of the Gloucester 375th Anniversary Committee