Danton Thompson

DANTON THOMPSON-|- | LinkedIn | Portland, OR Program and Project Manager QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY PMP and ACP Program and Project Manager with 12 years of Technology experience. Focusing on leading and delivering software solutions, successfully completing SaaS, Mobile, IT, and Infrastructure deployments. Proven success in Agile transformations, coaching teams, improving release cycles, and improving process efficiency across globally distributed, cross-functional teams. Driving results and positive ROI for 1M$+ Programs and Projects. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Manager Thompson Tax, LLC | Sacramento, CA (Remote) | 05/25 – Present (Contractor) Leading projects for feasibility of new Unclaimed Taxes products and services. Presenting to Business Owners on schedules, timelines, and project health and status. Project Manager JKG Strategy and Design LLC | Portland, OR | 7/2024 – Present (Contractor) Collaborating directly with the founder to prioritize high-impact deliverables supporting a market pivot, including media assets and demos. IT Project Manager / Scrum Master Cambia Health Solutions | Portland, OR | 1/2024 – 6/2024 (Contractor) Served as Scrum Master for 7 development teams concurrently, personally running all related Sprint based activities including Sprint Plannings, Reviews, and Retrospectives. Spearheaded SAFe implementation across the IT department, improving Agile maturity and delivery efficiency. Led network hardware and software infrastructure upgrade projects, coordinated internal teams and third-party vendors to remove roadblocks and meet deadlines. Designed and implemented Jira-based Project Implementation Roadmaps (PIs), enhancing visibility and increasing project completion confidence. Scrum Master Cardone Ventures | Vancouver, WA | 4/2023 – 8/2023  Increased team velocity by 30% by improving Scrum best practices, defining KPIs with CTO, and coaching Developers & Product Owners in JIRA and Confluence best practices. Proactively eliminated productivity blockers through Agile & Scrum 1:1 coaching, which addressed roadblocks, including core issues and risks, and improved team cohesion. Strengthened team cohesion and adaptability by mentoring 8–10 junior developers, guiding them in Agile methodologies, and fostering accountability and ownership. Program Manager / Project Manager III (Senior) Autodesk | Portland, OR | 9/2021 – 9/2022 (Contractor) Led a data center networking hardware upgrade, coordinated with and managed 3 global cross functional teams, improving developer processing time by 80%. Managed multiple 100K$+ workstreams within a hybrid Agile/Waterfall framework, including overseeing Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospective in Scrum. Standardized program resource centers, reporting, and dashboards, improving transparency for 80+ engineers and Senior leadership utilizing Jira & Smartsheet. Implemented and improved Vendor training for 30+ globally distributed team members to improve 3rd party tool development and operational efficiency. Release and Dev-Ops Project Coordinator CancerLinQ | San Francisco, CA | 5/2019 – 2/2021 Established a structured release governance framework, ensuring regulatory compliance (SOC 1 & 2) while maintaining agility in software delivery. Reduced production release time by 83% by synchronizing efforts between two interdependent product teams, streamlining workflows, and eliminating bottlenecks. Enhanced build efficiency by 30% by leading a DevOps initiative to upgrade the build pipeline software from Jenkins to CircleCI, reducing AWS hosting costs by ~10%. SKILLS SUMMARY Agile Project & Program Management (SAFe, Kanban, Lean, Scrum; Standups, Retros, Reviews, PI Planning) JIRA & Confluence (Automation and Administration) CI/CD & DevOps (Jenkins, Git, Github, CircleCI) Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Regulatory Compliance (SOC 1 & 2, HIPAA, PHI) Certifications PMP – PMI (04/2025) Six Sigma Black Belt –Council for Six Sigma Certification (01/2025) Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) – PMI (09/2024) Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance (2023) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Amazon (2020) ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Technical Engineering Coordinator Workday | Pleasanton, CA (03/2018 – 02/2019) | Contract | Managed Agile & Waterfall IT Infrastructure project coordination efforts for 3 teams, including JIRA & Confluence Cloud Transition Project Optimized tracking & reporting tools, such as Datadog and Jira; developed custom dashboards, and automated reporting to enhance project health and status visibility. Improved cross-team coordination and scoping accuracy, resulting in a 10–20% reduction in delivery timelines on key initiatives. Assoc Program Release Manager Hotel Tonight | San Francisco, CA (07/2016 – 08/2017)  Coordinated Android and iOS releases for app with 20M+ total downloads, resolved critical blockers and ensured submissions passed successfully. Led and delivered a QA process improvement initiative, cutting testing time by 20%. Created and Maintained QA device library and release documentation for SOC 2 compliance. Technical Project Manager III (Senior) IGT | San Francisco, CA | (12/2014–07/2016)  Led 3 cross-functional global teams in the modernization of physical Casino games to web-based, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Delivered enterprise level Jira and Confluence Infrastructure upgrade projects Release Manager & QA Lead Zynga Games Inc. | San Francisco, CA | (05/2010 – 11/2014)  Managed all Production releases for internal & 3rd party development platforms; built scalable QA and Release workflows directly contributing to 108M average MAU Lead a team of up to 8 Testers; Reduced released bug count by 15% EDUCATION Bachelor of Science (BS) in Entertainment Business, Associates (AA) in Recording Arts, Full Sail Real World Education | Winter Park, FL (2007)