Denise Stewart

About Denise Stewart

Over 25 years\' experience delivering management and consulting solutions to commercial, State and Local and U.S. Government customers. Experience includes delivering results in varied IT services. These results included security, application development, hardware and software integration, big data, data analytics, and disaster recovery (DR). Leads global, diverse, virtual, and global teams, achieving results through building creative, cohesive, collaborative, and productive teams. Anticipates and mitigates risks proactively and resolve issues expeditiously with creative, workable solutions. Delivers innovative business outcomes through joint requirements discussions and engaging cross-functional technical and business teams. Skilled in planning all aspects of delivery.Specialties include agile delivery management, specifically Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), project and program management, change management, team leadership, productivity improvement, technical solution implementation, process analysis and improvement, application development management, hardware integration, vendor relationship management, procurement, strategy implementation, big, data, and data analytics. Managed traditional application development using Software Development Lifecycle, Waterfall. Agile and hybrid development methodologies.RESULTS ACHIEVED• Increased Productivity: Led a team that designed and implemented a streamlined process for loading test data that reduced the turnaround time for data loads from 30 days to three days.• Improved Performance: Implemented process improvements that significantly increased the performance of critical enterprise programs and enabled proactive avoidance of future issues.• Achieved Success: Managed a DR effort that successfully conducted a live exercise within six months – something no other contractor was able to do during the previous eight years.• Enabled Transparent Communication. Designed and developed a big data web presence in a central location that supported cross-functional and cross-organizational communication across key teams such as application development, quality management, performance testing, and data modeling/quality/governance.

Experience

1. Lead Scrum Master

   MetLife

   May 2022 — Present · Cary, NC, US

   Servant leader accountable for delivering Insights, Analytics and Data Driven Automation for MetLife Pet Insurance (MPI).

Education

• Penn State University

  B.S., Industrial Engineering

  1982 — 1987

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Master of Science (MSc), Information Technology

  1990 — 1995

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering

Skills

• Pmp
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Business Process
• Management
• Sharepoint
• Integration
• IT Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy
• Security
• Process Improvement
• Service Delivery
• Crm
• Leadership
• Business Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Process Improvement
• IT Service Management
• IT Management
• Vendor Management
• Itil
• Ms Project
• Analysis
• Disaster Recovery
• Pmo
• Requirements Analysis
• Sdlc
• Management Consulting
• Databases
• Resource Management
• Cloud Computing
• Enterprise Architecture
• Consulting
• Knowledge Management
• Software Development
• Outsourcing
• Records Management
• Customer Service