Kriss Monson
Aurora
Summary
Accomplished Project Manager with expertise in Agile frameworks and stakeholder coordination. Spearheaded process improvements and strategic initiatives, leveraging Jira and PowerBI to enhance project outcomes. Demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills, driving successful project execution and delivering high-quality results.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Century Park Associates
Aurora
09.2023 - Current
- Developed project plans to ensure alignment with organizational goals and standards.
- Monitored project progress using industry-standard tools and methodologies.
- Implemented process improvements based on feedback from team members and stakeholders.
- Utilized Agile methodology for test execution management through JIRA toolset.
- Coordinated meetings with key stakeholders to discuss issues relating to project scheduling, planning, budgeting.
Project Manager
Learning Care Group
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Collaborated with stakeholders regarding project capabilities and limitations to deliver optimal functionality
- Developed a multi-channel roadmap for desktop and web applications
- Developed custom data warehouse utilizing Red Hat Linux Enterprise and MySQL to provide high-quality data analytics at a significantly lower cost
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Deployed over 60 analytics projects for all departments in Python
- Overhauled shell deploy scripts to implement CI/CD process to reduce time and resource efforts.
- Deployed and orchestrated multiple software components to include JAVA, Scala, Ruby and Groovy.
Project Manager
Ntt Corporation
05.2019 - 12.2021
- Developed and implemented strategic tactical re branding external communications and marketing plans for the company
- Collaborated with teams in Japan and India to manage the global rebranding process
- Coordinated with the web development team to design user interfaces for client websites using HTML, JavaScript, and AngularJS
- Created and implemented C- level and departmental strategies that focused on application based requirements to target on rebranding process
- Implemented DevOps tools and life cycle on responsible services.
- Operationalized business intelligence solutions and conducted advanced analytics to identify opportunities and strengths to meet business goals.
- Built three predictive models to forecast economic trends using PowerBI and SQL
- Design, develop, and code web applications for customer accounts, which includes debugging issues, diagnosing root causes, and identifying solutions
- Translated verbal customer requirements into written use cases and testable development stories
- Introduced Agile methodologies and development best practices to division to enhance product development
- Proficient knowledge of tools such as Jira and Rally for backlog management
- Optimized SQL queries for improved performance and availability.
Project Manager and Scrum Master
Airbnb
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Create responsive designs for mobile applications, built wireframes, and developed prototypes for web development projects
- Designed and managed the team for a film review webpage using JavaScript and CSS, which included developing pages, coding, and debugging
- Planned and engineered RESTful web services to manipulate dynamic datasets.
- Designed and evaluated WAN and LAN connectivity technologies.
Business Analyst and Project Manager
Great West Financials
07.2017 - 11.2018
- Work with Product Management to perform periodic testing throughout the development process and conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) of completed stories
- Developed test schedules, review testing plans, track and document the development and results of these plan
- Demonstrate superior knowledge of software development life cycles to collaborate with Quality Engineering and Build and Release teams
- Developed test strategy, test scenarios, test cases for System integration testing and User Acceptance testing.
- Responsible for performing the phases of the SDLC including technical research, report requirements analysis, and technical report design.
Project Manager and Finance Manager
Multi Tech Kochi
03.2012 - 05.2016
- Supported projects with budgets that yielded the best project results with lowest cost.
- Developed corporate investment strategies to drive growth and security.
- Reviewed documentation and identified financial discrepancies where applicable.
- Completed filings and upheld strict compliance with regulatory agencies and supervisors.
Education
Master of Science - InformationTechnology Project Management
Colorado Technical University
Denver06.2017
Master's - Business Administration
Sathyabama
University
Chennai, IndiaBachelors - English Language and Literature
Kerala
University
IndiaSkills
- Project lifecycle management
- Agile framework
- Jira
- Confluence
- Kanban
- MS Office
- Visio
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- DevOps
- Business Intelligence
- SQL server
- Waterfall
- PowerBI
- Tableau
- Stakeholder coordination
Additional Information
- Television host and Program director of Kairali TV USA
- News reporter and celebrity interviewer
- Leverages through social media tools and technology to bring news to a broader audience
- Managed a wide range of duties, including general field reporting, developing story ideas, interviewing communities, civic, educational and business leaders, coordinating schedules with production crews, as well as production and editing duties.
Accomplishments
- Dean's list 2017 Achieved commendation for maintaining 3.8 gpa in all Semesters
- Ranked 4th best student in the University during MBA program
Affiliations
- Microsoft Project and Atlassian (Jira) certifications
- Best Cross-Team Collaboration Award
- Internal spotlight for turning around a troubled project
Timeline
Project Manager
Century Park Associates
09.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Learning Care Group
03.2022 - 04.2023
Project Manager
Ntt Corporation
05.2019 - 12.2021
Project Manager and Scrum Master
Airbnb
11.2018 - 04.2019
Business Analyst and Project Manager
Great West Financials
07.2017 - 11.2018
Project Manager and Finance Manager
Multi Tech Kochi
03.2012 - 05.2016
Master of Science - InformationTechnology Project Management
Colorado Technical University
Master's - Business Administration
Sathyabama
University
Bachelors - English Language and Literature
Kerala
University
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