Devon Howe

About Devon Howe

Hard working and creative individual - Positive attitude and highly motivated to succeed…

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   Deloitte

   May 2019 — Present

   Led application onboarding and migration workstreams throughout all phases for large cloud migrations, helping to identify applications to be migrated to AWS, Azure, and GCP Created best practice processes for cloud modernization, migration, and other technical projects Oversaw program level reporting, leveraging a spectrum of reporting tools and platforms Assisted in architectural reviews and risk mitigation for cloud migration activities Supported application teams throughout the cloud migration phases, assisting with data analysis and gathering details for cyber risk rankings, environment configurations, and more Led large scale technical implementations for numerous clients across the US, leveraging Agile framework as well as traditional Waterfall methodology. Conducted requirements analysis to identify optimal future state workflows and processes for operational and functional stakeholders Operationalized technical workflows to meet end-user specifications and needs Oversaw and coordinated testing efforts across project timelines, ensuring technical and operational requirements work as designed Served as Scrum Master for application development for national telecom clients, overseeing Scrum ceremonies, coaching, and assisting in user story creation and prioritization Increased velocity of the Scrum team by over 60% within 4 sprints, while ensuring quality and timely delivery of development Identified and raised issues facing the team, helping to mitigate negative implications and keep the sprints/projects on track Coordinated across multiple Scrum teams, ensuring successful collaboration, and tracking dependencies across the organization

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City

  Bachelor’s Degree, Mass Communications

  2012 — 2014

• University of Missouri-Kansas City

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Business

  2015 — 2017

• Johnson County Community College

  journalism and mass communications, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Skills

• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Account Management
• International Business
• Event Planning
• Market Research
• Press Releases
• Social Media Marketing
• Data Visualization
• Time Management
• Foreign Policy
• International Relations
• Teaching
• Public Speaking
• Editing
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Tableau
• Sql
• Data Analysis
• Project Management
• Code Management
• Advertising
• Microsoft Office
• Research
• Business Strategy
• Social Networking
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Nonprofits
• Powerpoint
• Analysis
• Marketing Strategy
• Legal Contract Review
• Domain Management
• Social Media
• Customer Service
• Consulting
• Strategic Communications