PATTI SULLIVAN
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SUMMARY
An accomplished Project Management Professional, Certified Agile Coach, and Scrum Master ready to use my
coaching, training and facilitation skills to help a fast-paced company improve teams while meeting customer
expectations. A proven track record of managing large teams in both Waterfall and Agile practices along with a
broad understanding of software development, marketing, and operations. Recognized as a subject matter
expert on Agile / Scrum transformation through training, coaching, and mentoring.
CAREER EXPERIENCE
WELLS FARGO (COLLABERA CONSULTANT) - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Agile Coach
December 2018 – August 2019
Transformational Agile Coach for a software development organization on their journey to becoming a mature
Agile Organization. Coaching all team members including Product Owners on story writing, Scrum Master on
proper team ceremonies, Program Managers on program planning and Leadership on team dynamics.
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Developed and led training for Stakeholder and Product Owners on becoming an Agile Organization which
included recommending and helping the team implement organizational and process changes.
Established an Agile Transformation Steering Team to implement organization level changes.
Educated Stakeholders and Teams on the value of cross functional teams with the appropriate skills and
assisted the organization in establishing new teams.
Developed and led training for Product Owners and Business Analysts on story mapping, user journey and
release planning.
Mentored the Scrum Masters and Product Owners to help the team identify team improvements in order
to deliver high quality, customer valuable functionality on a consistent basis.
BMW TECHNOLOGY CORP (APEX CONSULTANT) – Chicago, Illinois
Sr Scrum Master/ Agile Coach
June 2017 – November 2018
Successfully coached three newly formed teams on Agile Principles and Values to develop BMW’s Connected
Application. Led the teams through the “forming, storming, norming, performing” process to become
successful teams that delivered all committed features on time with excellent quality.
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Mentored teams, leading them to live the Agile values, principles, and practices including being selfdirected with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution, and transparency.
Worked closely with Product Owners and Business Sponsors to establish project goals and release goals in
order to meet “what does success look like”.
Developed and delivered training to multiple teams along with workshops on the topics of story writing,
sizing, and release planning.
Resolve team level impediments, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement through the
retrospectives and sprint reviews.
Successfully coached teams within a Scaled Agile Framework consisting of 20+ teams, both onshore and
offshore.
HOSPIRA / PFIZER (COLLABERA CONSULTATNT) – Lake Forest, Illinois
Sr Project Manager – Network Infrastructure, Contractor
June 2016 – December 2016
Manage multiple Information Technology network projects involving the consolidation of Hospira and Pfizer
systems. Successfully planned and executed the relocation of critical equipment across the country.
PATTI SULLIVAN
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PANDUIT, INCORPORATED – Tinley Park, Illinois
Agile Program Manager / Scrum Master
2013 – 2015
Chosen to take on the role of Agile Program Manager as the software and hardware development teams
continued the full implementation of Agile methodology and Scrum framework.
• Continued to lead Agile continuous process improvement by being the Scrum Master for our Community of
Practice.
• Lead Agile Program Manager for the software and hardware development of a new product for a very large
data center customer.
• Program managed multiple Scrum team in a matrix environment for successful release of hardware and
software systems.
Product Support Manager / Scrum Master
2009 – 2013
Advanced into a more challenging role, assuming additional responsibility including System Test Team and
Technical Support Team.
• Led an Agile Transition Steering Team to convert software engineering from Waterfall to Agile methodology
over the course of nine months.
• Responsible for developing multiple CMMI process procedures including Risk Management and Program
Management. Our development group received CMMI Level 3 certification.
• Created and managed a new Technical Support team to support our new end user DCIM (Data Center
Intelligent Management) software platform.
Senior Program Manager
2008 – 2009
Sought out for my outstanding Program Management skills of complex programs with multiple disciplines
• Program Managed both software and hardware development programs for a new business group within
Panduit. Programs range from 6-24 months with budgets ranging from $200K to $5M.
TOOLS
ALM Tools: Jira, Confluence, Trello, VersionOne, Rational Team Concert
Collaboration Tools: Slack, Hipchat, Rocketchat, Skype, Confluence, Sharepoint
Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTER (SCRUM.ORG)
2016
CERTIFIED AGILE COACH ICP-ACC
2019
