Paul Byrum

Looking for a new opportunity as an IT Project Manager. I am a resourceful professional, who can bring technology and business leaders together to solve problems and bring value to organizations. An expert at orchestrating large cross-functional projects and complex technical initiatives from the initiation phase to completion. Skilled in managing a wide variety of IT infrastructure projects, such as agile scrum development, system upgrades, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software evaluations and implementations, cloud computing (i.e. SaaS, PaaS and IDaaS) and network improvements. Customer service driven with strong ability to identify key concerns, structure priorities and create actionable plans. EXPERTISE: Project Management: Full Life-Cycle Project Management, Scheduling, Budgets, Resource Allocation, Risk Management, Team Performance, Requirements/Business Analysis, Project Charters, Change Management, Business Case Development and Technical Specifications Agile/Scrum: User Stories, DevOps, Release Planning, Product Owner, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Backlog Grooming and Sprint Retrospectives Stakeholder Management: Adaptive Planning, Process Analysis, Functional Requirements, Communications and Status Reporting Software Management: Proof of Concepts/Evaluations, Upgrades, Support, Implementation, Decommissions, Configuration and Custom Development Process Improvement: Gap Analysis, Streamlining Processes, Process Analysis and Change Management Vendor Management: Vendor Selection, Contract Negotiations, RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, Contract Management and Vendor Communications Industry Experience: Information Technology, Mass Media Entertainment, Automated Retail, Local Government, Natural Resources, Telecommunications and Software CERTIFICATIONS: • Project Management Professional (PMP) • PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) • ITIL v3 Foundation