Richard Hicks PMP, PSM, SSM, CSAA, APO

Summary

• 3 years of experience as a Senior Program Manager including a Program with eight concurrent Scrum projects and four Scrum Masters • 15 years of experience as a Senior Technical Project Manager (PMP) • 10 years of experience as a Senior Scrum Master (PSM, SSM) • 3 years of experience working remotely full-time managing internationally co-located teams • Senior Lead Scrum Master for two concurrent Scrum Projects in a “Spotify” type Scaled Agile Framework including Quarterly Business Review (QBR) and Quarterly Agile Planning (QAP) meetings. • Specialize in positions requiring executive-level and inter-department-level communication, team coordination, and tactical and strategic planning. • Extensive experience managing projects with co-located cross-functional teams, including teams with members throughout North America, Eastern Europe, and India. • Experience managing Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile, Waterfall, and Phase Gate Waterfall projects. • Enterprise Agile Coach, Agile Framework Advisor, and Agile Methodology Advocate • Expert in Jira, Confluence, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project Professional, SharePoint, and Visio • US Citizen - Fully authorized to work for any employer. Entrepreneurial spirit and co-founder of 3 startup ventures. Specialties: Project Management Professional(PMP), Professional Scrum Master(PSM), Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master(SSM), Certified Solutions Architect Associate (CSAA-AWS), Enterprise Scrum Coach, Technical Project Management, Agile Scrum Master, Software Development Management, Software Engineering Management, Program Management, Jira, Confluence, Root Cause Analysis, Kanban, Waterfall, Phase Gate Waterfall, FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11, IEC 62304 SDLC - Software Design Lifecycle, ISO 13485 QMS - Quality Control System, HIPAA/HiTech, FDA 510K, iPhone and Android Mobile Phones, 3D Graphics, Unity 3D, Motion Sensor Technologies, Quantitative Analysis of Biomechanical Motion.