Wayne Arendse

WAYNE ARENDSE Senior Technical Program/Project Manager and Release Train Engineer - LinkedIn EDUCATION Bachelor of Commerce Information Systems and Accounting University of Cape Town 1999 • Majors: Information Systems, Accounting • Relevant Coursework: Statistics, Economics, Finance Diploma in Business Analysis FTI – Cape Town 2013 • Focus: Business Analysis, UI/UX, Process Modelling, Project Planning, Roadmapping - PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW • • • • • Lead Technical Program and Process Consultant Wayne Arendse Consultancy – Mauritius | July 2024 - Present CERTIFICATIONS • Program & Project Management • • • • • • • Master Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSMBB) SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Professional Scrum Master (PSM) PRINCE2 Certified Kanban Coach Highly accomplished Senior Technical Program & Project Manager with over 20 years of experience driving complex end-to-end software, data, and AI/ML delivery programs globally. Expert in translating strategic objectives into actional roadmaps, optimizing development lifecycles and entire SDLC through Agile, Lean Six Sigma and DevOps practices. Ability to present business solutions to technical stakeholders and technical solutions to Csuite executives, while being the boots on the ground for day-to-day delivery with development teams. Proven ability to cultivate high-performing, cross-functional engineering and product teams, fostering efficiency and value delivery across diverse cultures and countries. Ability to work across the entire SDLC, from product ownership, business analysis, development(language dependent), testing and DevOps. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENC E • • www.waynearendseconsultancy.com • • • Created a process-optimized software delivery integrated framework that reduces costs of poor quality in development teams by 80%. Ideated and designed a supporting Financial Quantitative Model, incorporating activitybased costing to software delivery lifecycles, utilizing regression analysis on the chief cost drivers. Designed a Data Pipeline to pull development activities through mapping patterns of behavior to optimize what-if analysis and predictive modeling with Machine Learning on an Integrated LLM platform. Established an Integrated CI/CD pipeline with Advanced Reporting, Jira Integration and a sophisticated Dashboard of Company Cost Driver Metrics. Designed the 3-year Transformation Program and Lean Agile Ways of Working. Lead Architect for Product Development and Scrum Master and Analyst for day to day Software Technologies Data Engineering Technologies Management Processes Python Python Miro Django Jupyter MS Project Postgres Postgres Jira Redis Pandas MS Teams Memcached Apache Airflow SharePoint Daphne NumPy CERTIFICATIONS Data Science & Analytics • • • IBM Data Science (Certification/Specialization) Python-based Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Machine Learning (Honors), Databases & SQL for Data Science (Honors) Finance & Quantitative Modeling for Analysts – University of Pennsylvania SKILLS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Lean Agile Program Manager Amgen Biopharma Contract – California | May 2020 – June 2024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Agile Project & Program Management Technical Project Management Change Management Cross-functional Team Leadership Agile Methodologies Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scrum Kanban Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Agile Coaching Organizational Transformation Data Science Machine Learning (ML) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Visualization Predictive Analytics Statistical Modeling Quantitative Analysis Data Engineering Data Pipelines Databricks SQL Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Continuous Integration (CI)(CD) Python (Programming Language) Python (Data Analytics) Python (Machine Learning) Python (Data Visualization) Git Management Consulting Program Leadership Problem Solving Financial Modeling Business Process Optimization Established the software and engineering process for ways of working between internal development and engineering teams, 3 consulting houses, and business. Led the program to design and implement advanced data pipelines and machine learning solutions, called Atomic, Design Intelligence, and Clin DEV DSW. Managed outsourced contract team and helped with the justification of the business case for a $ 30 million data science and engineering solution. Established vendor RFI program for 20 different vendors for the Precision Medicine program. Managed a team of Data Scientists, Analysts, Engineers, and Developers to pull data utilizing APIs, Data Loads into Central Data Lake, Optimization of Data Records Management with EDM and presentation into Machine Learning Platform for analysis by Lead Business Analyst on Controlled Terminology and Senior Scrum Master and Release Train Engineer on Atomic Managed supplier relationships, launched RFI for strategic program. Software Technologies Data Engineering Technologies Management Processes Python Python Miro Flask Jupyter MS Project React JS Databricks Jira Langchain Docker Smartsheet LamaIndex Apache Spark MS Teams Daphne PySpark SharePoint Agile Coach & Senior Scrum Master (Nxlog – Newark | Sept 2017 – April 2020, Finneos – Ireland, Applicature – Saudi, Amgen – California) • • • • • • • • • Established Program Office and Program Management Competency, leading agile teams across 17 projects. Measured, Analyzed, and Presented Key Development Metrics to the Strategic Investment Committee for Program Metrics. Financial Modeling for a Team of Development Service Providers. Scrum and Safe Implementation. Collaborated with CEO to transition teams from Waterfall to Agile. 3 separate product teams and DevOps Team. [C, C++, Java and DevOps] Agile Project Manager working with Release Train Engineer on 120-person Solution Train. Designed the 3-year Transformation Program. Lead Business Analysis as well as Scrumming of team for DevOps team. Project Budgeting Software Technologies Management Processes Python Miro Java MS Project Jenkins Jira C MS Teams C++ SharePoint Terraform SharePoint Ansible Kubernetes C# Unity RESPONSIBILITIES PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Contract Technical Program Manager • • • • • • • • • Lead Analyst Senior Scrum Master Agile Project Manager Release Train Engineer Agile Coach Project Budgeting Planning Requirement Specifications Backlog Grooming TOOLS • • • • • • • • • • • • Jira VS Code Git Hub Jupyter Notebooks Postgres Admin Miro SmartSheet MS Project Slack MS Teams SharePoint Office (Nedbank Investments – Cape Town | Feb 2010 – April 2017, FIS Global – Florida , Woolworths – Australia, City of Cape Town – Cape Town) • • • • • • • Created and mapped new process flow for IT Transformation to BI-Modal operating model. Measured and analyzed operations flow for the Logistics Division to reduce stock wastage by 30 %. Build a business case for presentation to the investment committee for CIO Leading Strategic Programs on IT Transformation. Managed the transformation budget for the program. Conducted Improvement Analysis on the Mayor's Council and City’s Executive Board Created Agile Ways of Working, Scrum Master for the Team. Delivered Integrated Application Development Platform in 8 months, .Net and Apache Cordova application. Project Budgeting Software Technologies Management Processes .Net Miro Angular MS Project React Jira Docker Smartsheet IOS MS Teams Adobe Experience Manager SharePoint Android/ Kotlin Senior Analyst and Project Manager – Freelance Contractor (Department of Home Affairs – Gauteng | Aug 2008 – Jan 2010) • • Rescued smart card application program that was in crises retaining the client and getting the program back on track for delivery. Business Analysis for Team General Manager – Professional Services Global Vision Information Technology – Cape Town | Feb 2001 – Aug 2008 • • • • • • Drove the adoption of the iterative incremental approach – Agile for software delivery. Responsible for the transformation of the department from Business Solutions to Professional Solutions. Collated, Analyzed and Presented Department Budget and Metrics to CEO, CMO, and CFO. Managed 6 department team leads: PMO, Development, Analysis, Testing, Design and Support. Ensured excellence across skills development for Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Project Management and Support. Drove growth from 7 employees to an 85-strong person team that was rolling solutions into 35 countries. Software Technologies Data Engineering Management Processes Technologies .Net MySQL Miro Java SQL Server MS Project PHP TFS