Alex Bernardin, Project Manager in Oakland, United States
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Alex Bernardin

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Bio

Alex is a project manager with 12+ years of experience transforming application teams into self-organized and continuous improvement teams. He believes collaboration is a key to team success while utilizing empathy and emotional intelligence when listening. Alex also enjoys developing remotely for nonprofit organizations and managing developers.

Project Highlights

Accessibility Features for Scribd Web Application
Accessibility WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance was met for the website application.
Agile Open Northwest 2022
Chaired the premier open space 3-day conference for agilists in Seattle and Portland communities.
Agile Transition
Initiated and led the Agile transformation with a customized Spotify model of cross-functional self-organizing teams.

Expertise

  • Agile Coaching
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Email Campaigns
  • Google Sheets
  • Jira Administration
  • SQL
  • Team Building
  • Web Development

Work Experience

Head of Technical Project Management

2014 - 2021
Scribd
  • Introduced the scaled Agile methodology as the PM team grew from one to seven, consisting of agile coaches, program managers, and scrum masters.
  • Initiated and led the Agile transformation with a customized Spotify model of cross-functional self-organizing teams.
  • Aligned program portfolio of 100+ projects to strategic goals by facilitating engineering manager collaboration.
  • Lifted on-time project completion rates by 10% by mentoring teams on agile practices to improve work breakdown and estimation.
  • Contributed to the portfolio transparency via dashboards and work tracking system customizations, including Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and API integrations.
  • Aligned the leadership and engineering department with Agile techniques and practices through training and mentoring.
  • Increased feature development velocity and improved predictability, reducing work in progress and increasing focus.
  • Managed five cross-functional teams, including the web application team working with Ruby on Rails and React stack and paired web QA team.

Digital Content Manager

2009 - 2014
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  • Delivered a 10% fundraising increase YOY in 2012 and 2013 after revamping our online marketing strategy.
  • Maximized $10,000 in monthly ad spend (Google Grants) to set up and manage Google AdWords.
  • Scaled to 25 web properties from 12 by architecting mobile and responsive design and integrating Google Analytics and coding in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Relaunched 12+ redesigned websites, including SFAF.org, with content audits and revamping. Conducted content migration, information architecture, vendor and project management, and search engine optimization.
  • Expanded multi-channel marketing appeal campaigns on email, web, and social media with channel-specific strategies for Twitter, Facebook, blogging, Google+, and YouTube.
  • Mined a lead and donor pipeline of over 100,000 when driving email marketing program management, including message design, scheduling, list management, list building, audience segmentation, and personalization.

Project Manager

2005 - 2008
Kintera
  • Managed projects for national nonprofit organizations, e.g., Ohio Democratic Party, Amnesty International USA, California State University, and Lance Armstrong Foundation.
  • Oversaw up to 10 projects running concurrently for clients, e.g., Fannie Mae, Human Rights Watch, UNHCR.
  • Collaborated on website designs, redesigns, launches and migrations, CRM database migrations, audits, and customizations.
  • Trained up to 30 students for client groups, creating course curriculum and all related materials.
  • Customized product and process documentation per client. Created internal product knowledge base.

Manager and Developer

1996 - 2002
CNET Inc
  • Led relational database schema design for Computers.com, defined a site architecture and detailed design, and supervised the implementation with a team of six developers.
  • Oversaw resource allocation, career growth and development, and hiring and staff reduction for a team of seven.
  • Collaborated on product definition, functional requirements, and efficiency proposals with business partners.

Project History

Accessibility Features for Scribd Web Application

https://scribd.com

Accessibility WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance was met for the website application.

I managed a year-long project effort to update a web application usability using assistive technology such as screen readers and magnifiers. The project required vendor coordination, regulatory compliance documentation, coordination across multiple development teams, and status tracking and reporting for executive leadership.

Agile Open Northwest 2022

Chaired the premier open space 3-day conference for agilists in Seattle and Portland communities.

I coordinated the first virtual instance of this long-running event in 2021 by overseeing email, social media, and community outreach campaigns. Furthermore, I co-chaired the second virtual event in 2022, lifting the number of first-time attendees and increasing attendance from historically underrepresented communities via expanded outreach and scholarship programs.

Agile Transition

Initiated and led the Agile transformation with a customized Spotify model of cross-functional self-organizing teams.

I scaled the engineering department from 50 to over 180 with Agile pivot, oversaw 220 projects in flight across 33 project teams, and trained the engineering department and management teams in Scrum and Agile philosophy. In addition, I minimized project management costs while supporting the growing department via embedded agile coaching, scrum master mentoring, and conventional project management tracking and reporting modalities.

Education

1992 - 1996

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Binghamton University - Binghamton, NY, USA

Certifications

MARCH 2019 - PRESENT

ICAgile—Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT)

International Consortium for Agile

MARCH 2019 - PRESENT

ICAgile—Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)

International Consortium for Agile

MARCH 2019 - PRESENT

ICAgile—Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)

International Consortium for Agile

JANUARY 2014 - PRESENT

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance

APRIL 2008 - APRIL 2012

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Skills

Tools

Slack, Jira, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Miro, Excel 365, Git, SQL

Paradigms

Agile Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Web Architecture, Management, Agile

Platforms

WordPress

Other

Jira Administration, Scrum Master, Team Building, Technical Project Management, User Stories, Sprint Planning, Project Reporting, Backlog Management, Project Planning, Agile Coaching, Hiring, Team Mentoring, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Feature Backlog Prioritization, Content Management Systems (CMS), eCommerce, Discovery Workshops, Fundraising, Email Campaigns, Social Media Management, Web Development, HTML, Accessibility, Relational Databases, Waterfall Methodology, Structured Facilitation, Organizational Development, Software Development, Tcl, CSS, JavaScript, Code Architecture, Technical Hiring, Social Media, Website CMS, Event Management, Training, Executive Reporting, Product Strategy, Consulting, Statement of Work

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