David Wooding
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Newberry, FL, United States
Toptal member since November 7, 2020
David is a talented project manager with in-depth expertise in communications and information technology. He excels in leading teams and successful end-to-end projects in the fintech, insurance, retail, and hospitality industries. David enjoys new challenges that enable him to flex his project management muscles to deliver outstanding products. He is known for turning around complex projects in crisis, anticipating problems before they arise, and creating practical solutions as needed.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- IT Projects
- Jira
- Kanban
- Project Planning
- Remote Support
- Scrum Master
- Stakeholder Management
Work Experience
Product Owner
Big Fish Digital
- Joined the team as product owner for iOS app development. Rescued a project that was mired in design and led it through development and testing.
- Setup company workflows for project management and issue handling using a combination of Atlassian tools, tailoring them to fit the needs of a small business.
- Created a suite of corporate documents outlining acceptable use of technology, security standards, and new hire onboarding processes.
IT Project Manager
Tower Hill Insurance Group
- Rescued a complex project in crisis due to time and budget over-run.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical resources to scope, review, plan, and prioritize software application development projects and changes.
- Led projects through the entire SDLC from inception to completion.
- Identified possible risks and developed strategies for the mitigation of those risks.
- Anticipated problems/issues before they arose. Determined appropriate action or escalation plan as needed.
- Coordinated estimation efforts with technical resources to effectively size work efforts.
Project Manager
TradePMR
- Prepared realistic schedules and requirements for all projects.
- Led projects from inception to completion, through the entire SDLC.
- Built and maintained relationships with stakeholders, the development team, product owner, and executive leadership.
- Facilitated daily, weekly, and monthly meetings for developers, management, and executives.
- Acted as scrum master for multiple in-house and international teams.
- Coordinated all scrum ceremonies, including backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
- Served as a key member of a budding quality assurance department, assisting with supervision and the training of new specialists.
- Documented and tracked software defects through Jira.
Project History
Insurance Billing Web Application
Launched and maintained a web-based billing application.
Joining mid-project, I worked closely with business stakeholders, developers, quality assurance, business analysts, and executives to restore confidence in the project and lead in a project-rescue.
Key responsibilities included collaborating with subject matter experts to determine where the project deviated from the defined requirements and determine which previously defined requirements were not valid. Assisted the development team to remove impediments, clarify workflows, and resolve issues. Met daily with quality assurance analysts to validate issues and to ensure regular smooth production releases. Provided executive updates regularly and coordinated with our help desk to provide second-level support as needed.
NextGen Financial Trading Platform
Led the launch of a web-based financial trading platform.
Key responsibilities included acting as liaison with our product owner team to design productive sprints. Provided regular updates with the executive leadership team. Led iterative releases that introduced multiple third-party integrations. Coordinated work between co-located and remote teams with daily updates and individual deadlines between them.
Created New Project Management Office
Established a new internal project management office.
Flagship Fintech Platform
Led teams to maintain and upgrade our applications.
Key responsibilities including working with customer support and the help desk to triage incoming support issues. Coordinated with product owners to determine the prioritization of documented issues. Worked with developers to document the issues and provide testing upon completion of a fix. Assisted product owners and executives to add continued value to our platform and regularly updated business stakeholders on progress and impediments.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Radio And Television Broadcasting
University of Central Florida - Orlando, Florida, USA
Master's Degree in Information Systems
Keller Graduate School of Management - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Skills
Tools
Slack, Project Management & Work Tracking Tools, Trello, Jira, SQL
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Project Management, Scrum, Kanban, Requirements Analysis
Platforms
SharePoint
Other
IT Projects, Scrum Master, Client Management, Project Management, Microsoft 365, Vendor Management, Customer Success, Jira Administrator, Remote Support, Remote Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Executive Support, Leadership, Project Planning, IT Security, Web Applications, SaaS, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence (BI), Project Rescue, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Quality Control (QC), Third-party Management, Team Leadership, Process Control, Workflow Tools, Fintech, IT Helpdesk, Technical Project Management, eCommerce, Supply Chain
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