Sue Stott

About Sue Stott

Self-directed and driven technology product delivery professional with comprehensive accomplishments leading software development, quality assurance, testing, cost saving and cross-functional teams to ensure success and achieve goals. Known as an innovative thinker with technology, telecommunication and utilities acumen. Demonstrated success developing and seamlessly executing agile project management in complex organizational structures. Recognized for maximizing performance by implementing appropriate software delivery programs through analysis of details to gain an understanding of the current-state processes, risks, trends and relationships. Highly organized, creative problem solver who excels at guiding teams through complex projects by identifying goals. Expertise includes developing and managing multimillion dollar budgets, contracts and advising executives.Accomplishments: Produced 10% year over year cost savings while meeting or exceeding KPIs and SLAs. Developed and led client UAT recovery strategy, revamped test execution plan and test related project status reporting capabilities for a Sales Incentive Compensation system migration program at a major U.S. telecommunications company. Implemented company’s first agile test automation framework across 15 scrum teams. Flexed staff between 200 to 400 test engineers and managers to right-size test capacity to technology roadmap demand.Expertise:information technology, product management, scaled agile, SAFe, quality assurance, risk mitigation, capability maturity, CMMI, budgeting, forecasting, KPI reporting, SLA metrics, user acceptance testing, software development life cycle SDLC, customer relationship management CRM, wholesale, energy, vendor contracts, statement of work (SOW), DWBI, ESB, waterfall, iterative, CTD, STEF, test automation, technology roadmap, staffing, open source software OSS

Experience

1. Delivery Project Executive

   IBM

   Mar 2015 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Execute technology programs to ensure system delivery on time, on budget and at the highest level of customer satisfaction. Lead RFP responses and engaged current clients to secure incremental revenue generating projects.Test Tower Directed Quality Assurance teams supporting a major U.S. telecommunications client. Used scaled scrum/agile as well as traditional iterative and waterfall delivery methods and frameworks. Onboarded and knowledge transitioned a 140+ person global team of 75% new IBM staff in 12 weeks. Introduced IBM test accelerators to the client including Combinatorial Test Design (CTD) and STEF Test Automation Framework. Established and applied new quality assurance test automation standards for the client’s first scrum/agile teams.Sales Compensation Conversion User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Test Recovery Developed and led client UAT recovery strategy, revamped test execution plan and test related project status reporting capabilities for a Sales Incentive Compensation system migration program at a major U.S. telecommunications company. Managed client UAT execution teams and created a training program to educate client on UAT best practices. Prepared and delivered weekly executive level status reports on UAT execution status, risks and mitigation activities.Test Enterprise Service Bus Modernization, Project Recovery Led ESB upgrade and program recovery test team at a major U.S. utility; set test scope, budget, staffing and schedule.Client Program Support Led and contributed to initiatives including a Digital Marketing Strategy program, Tibco Bus replacement assessment, and client SDLC pipeline improvements at a major U.S. telecommunications firm.

Education

• Denver Technical College, Denver, CO

  Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS

• Colorado State University

  Continuing Education Certificate Program