Corey Patrick Jones
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Barbourville, KY, United States
Toptal member since March 13, 2020
Corey holds an MBA, PMP, ACP, and many other relevant certifications with over 15 years of Agile-based, hands-on experience, leading small and large teams to discover and deliver value. Focused around open-source eCommerce, data assets, architecture, and enterprise digitization, he has extensive expertise in managing remote, international teams with a broad set of tools that carry across the spectrum of Waterfall, Agile, and everything in between.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Delivery
- Business Analysis
- IT Project Management
- Project Delivery
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Servant Leadership
- User Stories
- Workflow
Work Experience
Senior Expert Data Project Manager
Rose International - Bayer/Monsanto
- Joined the team as a technical project manager to complete the delivery of B2B-oriented capabilities.
- Transitioned to lead the data management and analytics integration effort once Bayer bought Monsanto.
- Served many teams and facilitated stand-ups, Agile training, ceremonies, and other workshops.
- Maintained a very large and complex project plan of over 4,000 lines.
- Maintained huge and complex Jira boards of over 1,000 stories.
Agile Project Manager and Agile Transformation Coach
United States Department of Agriculture - FSA
- Coached a team of government employees and contractors on agile, QA, and modern project management.
- Shifted the USDA-FSA to use a specific approach utilizing Jira and Confluence.
- Migrated portions of one of the first databases into Java.
Chief Information Officer
Webbed Sphere Inc
- Joined the small company as a data analyst, uncovering several ways to save the company millions of dollars.
- Introduced agile to IT and implemented it successfully.
- Was accountable for the IT and data discovery and delivery for all projects.
- Led the organizational change across all departments (sales and marketing, finance, order revenue management, IT, fulfillment, supply chain, and property).
- Designed key performance indicators along with OKRs. Chartered projects to measure them as the key stakeholder.
Project History
TrollAndToad.com
http://www.trollandtoad.comLed the discovery and delivery of all aspects of this eCommerce website, which hosts millions of SKUs.
TrollAndToad.com was awarded Inc 5,000 status five years in a row. I was awarded employee of the year.
Data Management and Analytics
Accounted for and maintained very large data asset repositories that brought common understanding across an organization.
USDA Agile Transformation
Successfully merged a high governance Waterfall software development life-cycle with Agile.
Digital Transformation Lead at Nestle Purina
Launched and managed the support and sustained model of an enterprise flagship product while improving the team's way of working.
Education
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Quantic - Washington, DC, USA
Bachelor's Degree in General Studies
Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, KY
Certifications
FinOps Certified Practitioner
FinOps Foundation
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
IIBA
Certified Disciplined Agile Practioner
PMI
SA - Scaled Agile Framework 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc
PSM - Professional Scrum Master
Scrum.org
ACP - Agile Certified Practitioner
PMI - Project Management Insititute
PMP - Project Management Professional
PMI - Project Management Institute
Skills
Tools
Jira, Trello, NetSuite, PostgreSQL, Slack, Confluence, GitHub, Google Docs, PhpStorm, JetBrains, Sublime Text, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Draw.io, Google Workspace, Bugzilla, Excel 2016, Excel 365, Microsoft PowerPoint
Paradigms
Agile Delivery, Kanban, Agile Project Management, Implementation Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Agile, Waterfall Delivery, Servant Leadership, Azure DevOps, Lean, Iterative Development, Agile Software Development, Change Management, Key Performance Metrics, DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Agile Product Management, Management
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale, Logistics, Asset Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Pharmaceuticals, Technology, eBay
Platforms
Magento, Magento 2, Azure, Azure IaaS, SAP HANA, Rackspace Cloud, Twilio, SharePoint, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Minimum Viable Product (MVP), eCommerce, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Consulting, Project Management, Web Project Management, Agile Coaching, Stakeholder Management, Technical Project Management, Requirements & Specifications, Project Budget Management, Project Timelines, Team Management, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Implementation, Requirements, Business Analysis, Product Ownership, Product Owner, Sprint Planning, User Stories, Story Mapping, Workflow, Knowledge Management, Accountability, Leadership, Organization, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Management Consulting, Change Leadership, Enterprise Project Management, Project Management Infrastructure, Project Delivery, Agile Program Management, IT Program Management, IT Project Management, Scrum Master, Project Management Professional (PMP), Waterfall Methodology, Manufacturing, Jira Administrator, Aha!, CIO, Scope Management, Scope of Work (SOW), Discovery, IT Business Analysis, Stakeholder Interviews, Software Development, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Organizational Leadership, Structure & Organizational Design, Post-merger Integration, ITIL V3 Foundation Certified, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Project Discovery, Data Science, PHP, MySQL, SAP, Data, APIs, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile Sprints, Retrospective Techniques, Supply Chain, LAMP, Teradata, Teams, Microsoft Teams, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Google Maps, Food Science, Digital Transformation Program Management, Digital Transformation, Cost Estimation, Project Estimation, Project Planning, Project Scoping, REST APIs, Python, Fintech, CTO, Director, Board of Directors, Agile Transformation, Product Delivery, Agile Product Delivery, Technical Product Management, eBay Listings, eCommerce Platforms, Remote Team Leadership, Technology Solutions, Web Technologies, Budgeting, Jira Administration, Smartsheet, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Crypto, Accounting, Data Strategy, IT Strategy, FinOps
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