Details

First Name

Chris

Last Name

Pratt

Username

crpratt

Work Experience

Job Title

Product Owner/Scrum Master

Company

General Motors

Dates

07/2023 – 01/2024

Description

 

  • Lead and manage Azure DevOps boards, sprints, retros, releases and grooming sessions for multiple dev teams.
  • Manage Zendesk ITSM board to rapidly escalate end user software issues to the dev team and resolve issues with corrective actions, bug defects, user stories, etc.
  • Collaborated with teams to write team agreements and definition of done for software development.
  • Story points were included into sprint planning and performance tracked as a burndown rate.
  • Delivery demonstrations and presentations to key partners and senior leadership post sprint delivery.
  • Partnered with key partners to create cutting edge vehicle software
Job Title

Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master

Company

Bank of America

Dates

02/2023 – 07/2023

Description
  • Managing the implementation of Active Directory Cyber Resiliency to increase recovery capabilities during malware/ransomware attacks and loss of administration access.
  • Working in partnership with Quest and Semperis with their Active Directory platforms.
  • Enhance enterprise Active Directory to address modern and evolving cyber threats via building hardware systems & software.

 

Job Title

Agile Project Manager/Kanban Lead/ Product Owner

Company

Wells Fargo

Dates

12/2021 – 02/2023

Description

 

  • Agile change agent transforming CyberSecurity DLP teams to operate within specific agile methodologies.
  • Responsible for the startup, training and management of Jira kanban boards and service desk for DLP teams.
  • Lead product planning, backlog grooming sessions and retros as needed to meet the team demands to decrease risk of data loss and improve efficiencies.
  • Developed & implemented JIRA ITSM software and processes for DLP teams to replace outdated Sharepoint ITSM.
  • Lead DLP change management to stop dev work being performed via email/excel exchange to a multi tier system of kanban boards, used by programs directors down to dev team members.
  • Collaborated with teams to write team agreements and definition of done for DLP development.
Job Title

IT Business Analyst

Company

Bank of America

Dates

03/2021 – 12/2021

Description

 

  • Write tickets and user stories, in Jira, to fix software bugs and keep BofA proprietary data and project management software working at optimum.
  • Collaborate with technology teams to perform QA/QC and UAT software testing for product release.
  • Respond to perform data collection, analysis and delivery tasks related to external and internal data sources including autonomy HP hosted data, Bloomberg Proprietary Messaging Data and Reuters.
  • Write data search queries to perform collections and share responsibility for completing or requesting necessary quality control (QC) checks.
Job Title

Sr. Project Manager

Company

Sapphire Technical Solutions

Dates

01/2018 – 06/2020

Description

 

  • Consistent track record of driving strategy, managing an engineering team, customer projects and product development for a software company that develops bespoke solutions for aerospace, automotive & commercial lighting industries. 

  • Facilitated weekly/daily project meetings, ensuring the success of the end to end project management experience, including daily standups and detailed presentations for senior executives and stakeholders. 

  • Orchestration of complex support planning, using agile & risk management methodologies, with the software team and customers to improve bespoke software.