Product Owner Project Manager

Christopher Garner

Missouri City, TX ***** 832-***-**** *******@*****.***

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IT Project Manager/Product Owner

Experienced IT professional with extensive expertise in project management, feature delivery, and product ownership. Demonstrated leadership abilities in overseeing development projects from inception to completion, ensuring the timely delivery of features. Skilled in building high-performance teams aimed at driving product success and maintaining market relevance. Detail-oriented problem solver capable of managing both strategic initiatives and intricate tasks effectively.

Areas of Expertise

Scrum Master • Product Owner • FinOps

Agile Methodology • Project Management • DevOps

Cloud Computing • Program Management • Digital Transformation

Information Security • IT Service Management • Virtual Migration

Professional Experience

AvidXChange

Technical Product Owner

October 2022 – January 2025

Prioritized feature releases and projects to optimize company value, focusing on enhancing flexibility, scalability, and security.

Employed the Scrum Agile framework to ensure timely delivery of releases, while mitigating the impact of interruptions common in a DevOps environment.

Acted as Product Owner for multiple teams, prioritizing work items effectively.

Developed project roadmaps and plans to enhance communication with stakeholders.

Created PowerBI reports and dashboards to monitor the status of all development team activities.

Implemented FinOps practices to optimize cloud financial management and drive cost efficiency.

Led cross-functional teams, including external vendors, to successfully complete projects.

Managed and mitigated risks associated with workflows for multiple teams.

Provided mentorship in the use of Azure DevOps and PowerBI to teammates.

The Brixton Group

Senior IT Project Manager

October 2021 – October 2022

Successfully migrated over 500 virtual machines from an on-premises data center to a combination of Azure VMWare Solution and Azure Native VMs.

Implemented Agile/Scrum framework to ensure timely and quality project delivery.

Developed project roadmaps and plans for improved stakeholder communication.

Acted as the primary liaison with Microsoft Consulting Services.

Monitored deliverables to ensure they met contractual obligations from external vendors.

Applied FinOps principles to achieve significant cost savings and optimize cloud resource utilization.

Generated PowerBI reports and dashboards to monitor the status of all migration activities.

Directed cross-functional teams, including external vendors, to successfully complete the project.

Identified and mitigated risks associated with the migration process.

Schlumberger Oilfield Services

IT Project Manager - Cloud Program Team

April 2018 – March 2021

Scrum master for multiple enterprise-wide projects that spanned our Hybrid Cloud topology.

Tracked and monitored all Cloud Migration Activities enabling an annual hosting cost savings in excess of $5M.

Improved Cloud Delivery time from 24 days to less than 5 days via automation and monitoring.

Designed, Implemented, and Managed Change Management Processes both internally and externally at Program and Project level.

Planned and delivered all program communications with stakeholders, executive team, and the company.

Analyzed and identified low use and unused applications for retirement to reduce technical debt and increase cost savings.

Utilized Azure DevOps to manage Product Backlog Items and Scrum Ceremonies.

Employed CI/CD pipeline used to maintain and deploy code.

Applied FinOps principles to Design and deploy a cost management solution enabling cost transparency across Multiple CSPs, Vendor Managed Data Centers and Legacy Data Centers.

Identified and tracked Risks and Issues at both the Program level as well as the project level. Designed and implanted strategies to mitigate or resolve risks.

Schlumberger Oilfield Services

IT Operations Lead

September 2006 – March 2018

Coordinated and delegated responsibilities of IT support teams, overseeing support for multiple operations including hardware, network, server, applications, and peripherals support.

Led Infrastructure and application deployment projects from initiation to completion, collaborating effectively with key internal and external stakeholders.

Ensured internal business technology services were functioning and available to staff and responded promptly and accurately resolving any technology issues.

Developed and delivered user and IT staff training on hardware, software, and network applications.

Designed and Deployed DNC technology enabling Digital Transformation of CNC machining process.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Management Information Systems

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Certificates and Licenses

Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Professional Scrum Master

AI for Scrum Masters

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

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