Dan Darrow

Summary

Over 20 years of establishing and maintaining relationships in global enterprises with a focus on innovation, information technology and software development. Liaises between disparate groups to enable collaboration, with a proven track record of on-time and under-budget project delivery. Continually explores and remains knowledgeable of emerging technologies to address tactical and strategic business needs. Adapts concepts and materials to engage and educate audiences including key stakeholders. Software Development • Define requirements based on stakeholders’ input • Author user stories and acceptance criteria • Lead daily standups to maintain alignment and momentum • Plan sprints collaboratively with team members and product owners • Align sprints with major company milestones to ensure development outputs tether to expectations and schedules • Manage and groom the backlog using Kanban • Produce burndown charts to track remaining development work and sprints • Create and present materials for sprint reviews with leadership • Lead sprint retrospectives/lessons learned Project Management • Meet with key stakeholders to better understand and define the project scope • Organize and execute project kickoff meetings for team alignment • Define and manage budget, schedule, risk and issue logs and quality indicators up-front; report measured progress compared to metrics through project delivery • Create decision matrices to determine the right approach • Document project team recommendations for submission to leadership • Author key decision documents to capture point-in-time decisions with future implications • Lead team after-action-reviews to understand what went well and what could be improved