
Richard Nyman
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Washington, DC, United States
Toptal member since May 15, 2020
Rich is a senior agile project manager and agile coach. He has led teams to deliver the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Veteran's Affairs (VA) electronic health records modernization, and served as innovation and agile team lead for the US Marshal Service within the Department of Justice. Rich has a breadth of experience working with large federal and Fortune 500 clients engaged in complex digital transformation efforts.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Leadership
- Agile Program Management
- Agile Project Management
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- IT Program Management
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Work Experience
Agile Project Manager
Guidehouse
- Joined the National Cancer Institute under the National Institute of Health to assess the current agile processes and tools implementation maturity in alignment with their stated mission and strategic goals. Led Retrospective across a team of 40.
- Ran the implementation of a SaaS predictive analytic offering for Guidehouse with a focus on initiatives related to the USG Mission Act and COVID 19 response.
- Led a team of 20 to operate and maintain key systems integral to the USG PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief) program under Ambassador Deborah Birx. Ran agile teams and responded to needs in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
- Organized coaching sessions on communication and media presentation skills for effective presentations to executives and teams. Topics included non-verbal communication, online presence, effective meetings, and understanding your audience.
- Stood up agile product development lifecycle for Guidehouse, a piece of intellectual property that is now part of the firm's cannon and used across engagements to standardize the way we deliver software solutions.
Management Consultant
Booz Allen Hamilton
- Served as innovation transformation lead to the Navy to support the Sailor 2025 initiative within their HR effort to transform digital tools and services available to the sailor of the future. Led development of roadmaps to define solution delivery.
- Led agile software development teams as both scrum master, program oversight, and product owner as a part of Booz Allen's Strategic Innovation Group, a section of the firm devoted to bringing products and solutions proactively to the market.
- Served as innovation and agile team lead for the US Marshal Service within the Department of Justice, transforming manual and paper-based processes to automated solutions using modernized Microsoft technology stacks.
- Partnered with Intel Corporation, Dell, and HP to open an 8,000 square foot Innovation Center in the heart of Washington DC, an open, collaborative space dedicated to the intrapreneurial efforts sponsored by Booz Allen's Strategic Innovation Group.
- Delivered several conferences and served on panels on internal Communities of Practice and external agile conferences on topics of agile teamwork, agile in the federal space, and agile and the role of executive sponsorship.
Agile Coach
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
- Coached scrum teams and provided hands on software development in C# and .NET.
- Launched two key platforms to 100,000 customer-based transforming paper-based processes to online workflows, creating efficiencies and reducing operating expenses by 40%.
- Analyzed vendor relationships and brought in several key vendors to assist with agile training and certifications.
- Briefed senior leadership on status reports including team velocity, release burndowns, sprint burndowns, impediment, and risk reviews.
Software Engineer
Excella Consulting
- Developed OLTP applications for the Real Estate division of the Carlyle Group.
- Followed agile methodologies including sprints, releases, scrums, burndowns, and impediments using the Version1 tool.
- Led Community of Practice public speaking discussions to internal audiences to spread knowledge internally to our organization and share intellectual property.
- Assisted in recruiting efforts and talent retention strategies to keep talent onboard and source new talent in the marketplace by attending recruiting events and developing new requisitions.
- Pair programmed with junior programmers to mentor and bring new talent up to speed with current processes and procedures.
Quantitative Analyst
Corporate Executive Board
- Researched Fortune 500 companies through analytical methods and interviews to capture thorough data capture effort.
- Analyzed and synthesized data through advanced statistical methods including regression testing and factor analysis to identify trends in the data.
- Published report of compiled research across a set of more than 50 Fortune 500 participatory companies showing trends and themes that the data evidenced in our researched.
- Presented material to CIOs and Vice Presidents of IT walking them through the analysis and trends and answering their questions about the research.
- Worked collaboratively on teams to develop new research and product ideas to take to market in upcoming product development cycles.
Project History
District Defend (TM)
https://www.boozallen.com/s/product/district-defend.htmlLed agile teams to launch a secure device proactively to federal and commercial clients.
President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Led teams to support predictive analytics, operations and management, and continuous improvement and innovation of a critical program within the federal government.
Veteran's Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Records Modernization
https://www.ehrm.va.gov/Led agile teams to build data analytic products to support roll-out of new EHR systems.
Navy Transformation to Sailor 2025
Led gap assessment of As-Is technical systems across the Navy in and mapped gaps to to-be state, developing a comprehensive roadmap for 5-year planning efforts.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Certifications
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM℠)
Scrum Alliance
SAFe® Agilist | Scaled Agile
Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise (SAFe)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Google Docs, Trello, Jira, Visual Studio, Slack, GitHub, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Scrum, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), DevOps, Agile Leadership
Platforms
Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Industry Expertise
Healthcare, Digital Marketing
Other
Agile Coaching, IT Program Management, General Management, Program Management, User Experience (UX), Squarespace, Blogging, Business Coaching, Product Development, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Scrum Product Owner, Microsoft Azure, Technical Project Management, Technical Program Management, Web Platforms, Project Management, IT Project Management, Technical Leadership, Content, SEO Tools, Coaching, Scrum Coaching, Mentorship & Coaching, Enterprise Coaching, Career Coaching, Training, Training Workshops, Training Materials, Public Speaking, Facilitation, Team Building, Collaboration, Project Management Professional (PMP), Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Product Owner, Agile Program Management, Management Consulting, Training & Training Content Development, Executive Coaching, CMT, Podcasting, Music Production, Software as a Service (SaaS), Videos, Video Editing, Explainer Videos, Software Design, .NET 4, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Risk Management, Pitch Decks, Pitch Preparation, Cloud, SaaS
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