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Who Am I

I am a change agent, a value enhancer and a servant-leader. I have years of experience in office administration and managment support. As an empathetic people person I work best in a team environment. In my spare time I self learn front-end development through various online courses. When I am not studying agile techniques or code, I am a freelance videographer and photographer as well as a dedicated mother. I'm a southern raised Hawaiian living in a suburb of Philadelphia. I love to travel and watch Netfix. My favorite thing is to hang out on the beach. It doesn't matter what beach as long as there is sand, sun and surf.

Why I Agile

There are many benefits to adopting agile in the workplace. In the 13th Annual State of Agile Survey, statistics report orginizations utilizing agile improve team morale, project predictability, business/IT alignment and reduce project cost. Agile provides the ability to change and adapt priorites though empirical thought. I believe utilizing this type of mindset, tools and processes allows teams to think smarter not harder. Therefore, it provides increased value to end users as well as providing enhanced product managment, software quality and delivery.

What I Do

I've learned Scrum Framwork in order to bring value and support to Development Teams, Product Owners & Managment. I am end user focused and passionate about coaching agile teams to success. I'm great at identifying problems and doing my best to eliminate impediments. I obsess over creating meaningful and fun Retrospectives. I am consistently inspecting and adapting, even in my own life. I learn and increase my skills through various online courses, listening to podcasts and reading books. Everyday I seek new ideas to bring value to an orginization in an agile way. It's my goal to specialize in coaching distributed teams.

CSM Badge
Certification

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) certification demonstrates knowledge and ability to support Scrum.

GRANT INTAKE COORDINATOR - City of Philadelphia’s Lead and Healthy Home Program
Philadelphia, PA - 2015-2019

  1. Coordinator of 4-5 team members implementing HUD grant services and protocol throughout all phases of grant life cycle
  2. CRM and customer management including administrative duties
  3. Developed, implemented and maintained grant intake work flow system
  4. Trained co-workers in grant and work flow processes
  5. Cross team collaboration
  6. Assisted LHHP departments in updating UX in CSBG and CRM databases. Collaborated with supervisors and IT to discover & resolve organization pain points
  7. Developed an inventory system for CSBG Grant


VIDEOGRAPHER/PHOTOGRAPHER/WEBMASTER - Bonner Prendie Catholic High School Football - Freelance
Drexel Hill, PA - 2013-Present

  1. Set up, create content, maintain, design and manage booster club website using GoDaddy Services
  2. Social Media Facebook - Original implementer, current maintainer, content producer, marketing
  3. Managed communications from 2013 to 2016. Duties included emailing weekly team newsletter, answering questions and maintaining open communication between coaches, parents, players and booster club. Head Coach to parents liaison.


MARKETING TEAM - VOLUNTEER - 1 Million Women to Tech
Oxford, UK - Winter 2018

  1. Created promotional and marketing social media videos and overlay graphics for educational live steams
  2. Collaborated with remote/distributed off shore team
  3. Tools utilized - basic knowledge - GitHub, Discord, Trello


PROJECT MANAGER ASSISTANT - Service Master by ARTEC
Clifton Heights, PA - 2011-2012

  1. Assisted Project Manager (Disaster Remediation, Restoration and Mold)
  2. Administrative duties - Customer service, answering phone calls, data entry, managing multiple properties, created and maintained files, timesheet management
  3. Assisted in implementing new computer program and radar guns to handle emergency services. Helped train co-workers on the new system

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Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Broadcasting/ Telecom/ Mass Media
  • Graduation Date: 27-JAN-2006
  • GPA: 3.85

Skills Highlights

  1. Studying Front-End Development
  2. Student of Agile
  3. Basic Skills - Visual Studio Code
  4. Freelance Videographer and Photographer
  5. Quick to learn new skills and technologies
  6. Customer Service
  7. Experience working on an international distributed team
Soft Skills

  1. Collaborative Team Player
  2. Excellent Communicator
  3. Creative
  4. Flexible & adaptable
  5. Time-Box Managment
  6. Servant-leader
  7. Empathtic
  8. Problem Solver
  9. Self Motivted
  10. Positive Attitude
  11. Great Listener
  12. Strong organizational skills
  13. Hard Worker
Hard Skills

  1. Scrum Framework
  2. Agile Tools (Jira/Trello)
  3. Coding/Programing (HTML5/CSS3/Bootstrap/
    Javascript)
  4. Coding/Programing Other (VSC/Git/Github)
  5. Web Design (UX/UI)
  6. Design (Photoshop)
  7. Videography & Photography (Final Cut Pro, Cannon 70D EOS, Lightroom)
  8. Proficent Admin Computer Skills for Mac & PC (Including Word & Excel)
  9. Basic Office Equipment (Printer, fax, copier...)

"Never stop learning; for when we stop learning, we stop growing."

Loyal 'Jack' Lewman

I am always learning. Check out all the badges and certifications I have earned through taking various online courses.

HTML Badges:

HTML Forms Badge Stage 1 HTML Forms Badge Stage 2 HTML Forms Badge Stage 3


CSS Badges:

CSS Layout Basics Badge Stage 1 CSS Layout Basics Badge Stage 2 CSS Layout Basics Badge Stage 3 CSS Layout Basics Badge Stage 4 CSS Layout Basics Badge Stage 5 Tv Icon CSS Badge Flexbox Layout Stage 1 CSS Badge Flexbox Layout Stage 2 CSS Badge Flexbox Layout Stage 3 CSS Responsive Badge Layout Stage 1 CSS Responsive Badge Layout Stage 2 CSS Responsive Badge Layout Stage 3


Bootstrap Badges:

Bootstrap 4 Basics Badge Stage 1


Javascript Badges:

Javascript Basics Badge Stage 5 Javascript Basics Badge Stage 6 Javascript DOM Badge


DevTools Badges:

Scrum Badge Stage 1 Scrum Badge Stage 2 Scrum Badge Stage 3 Scrum Badge Stage 4


Intro To Software Testing:

Intro to software testing Badge Stage 1 Intro to software testing Badge Stage 2 Intro to software testing Badge Stage 3 Intro to software testing Badge Stage 4

Udemy Certificates:

Beginner to PROject Manager Udemy Certificate of Completion Jira and Confluence Udemy Certificate of Completion


"No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team."

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Extras
When I'm Not Scrumming It I am:

  1. Living the mom life - (It's the best life there is)
  2. Filming and taking pictures at football games - (I prefer the sidelines than the stands)
  3. Watching Netflix - (I gave up cable. It's basically the only thing I can watch other than Youtube)
  4. Talking to my cat - (We have great one-sided conversations)
  5. Supporting my daughter at cheerleading competitions - (She is really good!)
  6. Listening to my favorite Podcasts - (Codenewbie, Command Line Heros, Agile for Humans and Scrum Master Tool Box)
Freelance Projects:
  1. Video Promo for 1 Million Women to Tech - Click to watch
  2. Marketing Promo for 1MWTT Augmented Reality Week - Click to watch
  3. Marketing Promo for 1MWTT and GitHub Week - Click to watch

Contact
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