Clifford Adams

About

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Certified Scrum Master (PSM I), Coach with extensive experience across many industry sectors. Empowers requirements elicitation with 14 years of real-world coding experience and data analytic expertise. Seeks to broaden the contribution channel and capacity of every individual on your team. Speaks the two software business languages: product and developer. Transcends agile and pursues culture-specific requirements business processes for your team. Influences: Leadership is Language - L. David Marquet Software Requirements - Karl Wiegers Specification by Example - Gojko Adzic Strengthfinders 2.0 Top 5: Strategic, Ideation, Futuristic, Adaptable, Competitive Sector Experience: Wholesale Manufacturing/Distribution Insurance/Financial/Real Estate Investment Market Research/Loyalty/Incentive Pharmaceutical Construction/Pre-Construction SaaS/Web/Cloud/Mobile Skills: Requirements Analysis, Elicitation Atlassian/JIRA/Confluence VersionOne Specification By Example/SpecFlow Given When Then/Gherkin/Cucumber BDD/TDD Programming: SQL Server Oracle .NET/VB/C#/PERL/JAVA Javascript/CSS/AngularJS

Experience

• Agile Consultant · Blankfactor2024-11-01 –
• Senior Product Owner · Taazaa Inc2023-09-01 – 2024-11-01
• Senior Product Owner · Midmark Corporation2022-06-01 – 2023-04-01
• Senior Product Owner · Vaco2021-06-01 – 2022-06-01
• Product Owner · Paycor2018-04-01 – 2021-04-01
• Business Analyst · PatientPoint2017-06-01 – 2018-03-01
• Business Analyst · GE Aviation2016-08-01 – 2017-04-01
• Business Analyst · Construction Software Technologies2010-05-01 – 2016-05-01

  * Responsible for all requirements analysis, story composition, including data research via SQL, for iSqFt.com, both new functionality and improvements, in all product tracks for general contractors, subcontractors resulting in dozens of feature additions * Engineered and managed agile-based requirements process for company’s newest flagship development intended for market to smaller GC customers for large, distributed development team * Immediately promoted from scribe to analyst after creating industry standard requirements process for team of 20+ developers, 5 quality analysts, and 3 product managers * Introduced formal requirements documentation best practices, such as use cases, user stories, context diagrams, flow diagrams, value-cost-risk analysis * Produced requirements documentation for two-week sprints that would produce 30 or more features for multiple tracks * Created visibility, application feature planning, and product team contribution channels by introducing Vision Scope documentation * Upon introduction to Specification by Example, adapted requirements documentation process and successfully championed use of .NET-based SpecFlow to increase automated testing code coverage, ensuring key scenarios all tested * Leveraged SQL Server to ground all feature development in data-driven requirements, and formulated key strategic objectives for company’s highest priority application project * Upon merger, adopted parent company’s unused requirements platform (Confluence/JIRA) to create immediate visibility for Chicago office, enhanced overall requirements process for Cincinnati * Regular attendance of Internal Focus Group meetings with Business leads to establish thorough understanding of plight of sales, retention, product owners * Requirements gathering on both existing and new features and products through full development cycle

• Consultant · FirstEnergy Corp.2009-10-01 – 2010-04-01

  I've been brought in once again in the nth hour of a critical application development and deployment. This time, a diverse and interesting set of technologies like Oracle, .NET 3.5 (Entity Framework), Infragistics controls, and a great group of good people. Exciting stuff!

• Application Architect · Heritage Propane2009-07-01 – 2009-10-01

  Brought on to advise personnel on ways to make a distressed project more viable. Recommended several options, including converting in-line SQL code to stored procedures, reducing graphic image sizes, replacing inefficient data access and tracking logic, and encouraging the use of web controls to achieve code reuse. Developed code standards documentation. Introduced use cases after identifying key deficits in requirements. Helped direct a staff of developers, including a remote office location. Led a cooperative effort to formulate an implementation plan.

Education

• University of Cincinnati
• Beechwood High School

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