Alison Schestopol

About Alison Schestopol

Senior agile project management office (PMO) director and business operations executive…

Experience

1. Director of Project Management and Quality Assurance

   Portland Webworks

   Nov 2011 — Present

   Responsible for the company project portfolio including resource allocation, risk management, quality deliverables, profitability, and client development/retention. Lead the daily operations and staff management of the project management and quality assurance teams. Manage clients and projects as needed in support of team and company goals. Implement and monitor agile best practices, policies and workflow for consistent project delivery and quality deliverables across the company. Attend (and facilitate) scrum events such as sprint reviews (including team demos) and sprint retrospectives. Perform ongoing assessments of individual and organizational performance to drive continuous improvement initiatives. Serve as HR business partner and drive HR process improvement, benefits and salary analyses, as well as talent recruitment, retention and development strategies. Implemented company\'s HR information management system and wellness program. Collaborate with President, Directors, and staff to establish company vision, strategies and objectives.

Education

• Kennesaw State University

  BA, International Affairs

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Training
• Strategic Planning
• Software Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Process
• Account Management
• Performance Management
• Business Development
• Quality Assurance
• Project Planning
• Resource Allocation
• Agile Methodologies
• Pmo
• Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Project Portfolio Management
• Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Ms Project
• Software Development
• Project Management Office (Pmo)