Patricia Rotman
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Grayslake, IL, United States
Toptal member since April 21, 2020
Pat is an agile project leader who goes beyond to create high engagement and exceptional results. Recently, one of her global teams decreased time-to-market by 250%. Building on deep roots as a software developer, she has led software development teams of 5-150 people to innovate, adopt scrum and SAFe, and adapt to new structures. Pat is thrilled to join the Toptal team and looks forward to helping clients break through challenging problems, deliver results, and discover new possibilities.
Expertise
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Project Management
- Facilitation
- Leadership
- Remote Team Leadership
- Scrum Master
- Software Project Management
Work Experience
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master
Siemens Building Technologies
- Delivered 100% of business value over three product increments as scrum master for three cross-functional software development teams. We comprised 1/5th of a global Scaled Agile Framework Agile Release Train (SAFe ART).
- Launched a new team to strategically grow and support an external ecosystem of developers. We achieved 100% of our 1st-year adoption criteria.
- Coordinated migration and validation of 50 SharePoint sites to SharePoint 2013.
Change Lead
Siemens Building Technologies
- Designed and delivered a pilot SAFe project on a 150-person global software development team, which decreased time-to-market by 250%.
- Increased engagement in professional skills development by 10x, facilitating the emergent design and roll-out of a grass-roots R&D initiative.
- Created cohesiveness and alignment as the facilitator of the software director’s leadership team. Lay the foundation for implementation and communication of new organizational vision and strategies.
- Improved project predictability substantially by implementing one of the first agile (scrum) pilot projects.
- Established a successful working model for offshore teams as a pilot project technical team leader.
- Coached and trained emerging leaders in leadership skills development resulting in 60% of participants gaining formal leadership roles.
Project Portfolio Leader
Siemens Building Technologies
- Managed a $13 million global project budget to within -1% for BY2018.
- Led collaboration of strategic R&D joint product development between the building technologies and energy management divisions.
- Engaged, motivated, and adapted the local team during significant size and role transitions, retaining 400 combined years of domain and project knowledge.
- Launched a development team to expand the open integration capabilities of our product, targeted for IoT. Utilized the business model canvas, value proposition model, and a key user group to ensure customer focus.
- Coordinated product cybersecurity enhancements. Collaborated intensively with software product architects and product managers to plan and describe features and roadmaps.
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master
Siemens Building Technologies
- Improved local team effectiveness by increasing engagement, coordinating technical leaders, and introducing formal risk management.
- Launched and led a new scrum team with focus on local markets, and built a new offshore team to lower development costs by 25%.
- Defined 25 new product features required by pharmaceutical customers, in partnership with product marketing, business stakeholders, and architects.
Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master
Siemens Building Technolgies
- Created a new integration testing practice that improved system test efficiency by 25%.
- Increased individual and team capabilities by facilitating collective learning through retrospectives, book clubs, and leadership workshops.
- Improved collaboration with global project management and technical leadership through cultural training and awareness.
Software Engineer and Scrum Master
Siemens Building Technologies
- Provided technical team leadership for a 10-person cross-functional team and led the transition to scrum.
- Designed and developed all SQL Server database features for building automation archiving and reporting software.
- Created the organization's first offshore team in India and established the model for additional teams to follow.
Consultant
LANTE CORPORATION
- Designed a web-based system, consolidating dispersed manual and mainframe processes.
- Developed and implemented a SQL Server layer customer solution.
- Analyzed customer requirements and translated them to product feature descriptions.
Senior Consultant
Weyand Associates, Inc.
- Designed and implemented a security solution to prevent theft of firmware download capability.
- Implemented the first 4GL prototype software library for CAD drawings.
- Created the first gateway between Staefa building controllers and Landis+Gyr room controllers.
Project History
Subsystem Integration SDK for IoT
I set up and launched a project team that created a new IoT integration method and SDK for 3rd-party developers. This product topped our number one competitor and created a strategic ecosystem of developers beyond our company.
From concept to MVP release, I launched and managed a cross-functional scrum team to create a unique subsystem integration method and SDK. The product was strategic in multiple ways. The user experience was simple and recognized as better than our number one competitor. With this product, we were able to create an ecosystem of developers outside of our company. Even non-developers could finally extend our building automation workstation to include any IoT device, or another subsystem, at significantly low development cost.
The team included remote team members and was integrated with a 150 person global project. There are many things I am proud of about this project, product, and team. Some of my contributions to this success story included the following: Worked closely and iteratively with the product owners to ensure the customer’s needs were well understood by the team. Created high-level product goals using a business model canvas and value proposition model. Built a key user group to help steer the product in the right direction, increment by increment. Utilized a “walking skeleton” to prove out the concept architecture and reduce technical risk, and inspired a high level of ownership and engagement within the team.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Certifications
Certified SAFe 4 Advanced Scrum Master
Scalled Agile, Inc.
Scrum Master Certified (SMC)
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Microsoft PowerPoint, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Trello, Zoom, IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project
Paradigms
Agile, Agile Project Management, Agile Software Development, Scrum, Servant Leadership, Agile Leadership, Requirements Analysis, Change Management, Kanban, Management
Platforms
SharePoint 2013, Jazz, SharePoint
Other
Coaching, Agile Coaching, Functional Requirements, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Estimations, Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Coaching, SAFe 4 Advanced Scrum Master, Product Development, Team Building, Team Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Leadership, Project Leadership, Facilitation, Motivation, Collaboration, Cross-departmental Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Cross-functional Collaboration, Software Engineering, Training & Training Content Development, Project Management, Software Project Management, Change Leadership, Project Planning, Product Owner, Risk Management, Lean Product Development, New Product Development, SQL Server 2008, Stakeholder Engagement, People Development, Mentorship, Public Speaking, Training, Culture, Business Analysis, Portfolio Management, Engineering Management
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