About April Shepherd
April Shepherd PMP, CSM, President, has 20 years experience delivering IT Program and Projects with great success for clients ranging from high tech, non profits, insurance, to Fortune 500 companies. Here is what makes April stand out:
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Believes each program/project is unique by not always adhering to one single project management methodology. Will apply Waterfall and Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Lean) principals where and when appropriate.
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Successful transformation of teams from Waterfall to Agile Scrum in a short amount of time.
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Proven ability to manage up to 60 core team and up to 300 non core team members who are diverse in age and culture across multiple geographies and time zones.
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Natural leader who drives teams drive to one common goal while having fun and building friendships. Team members continually comment she is the best manager they have ever had.
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Ability to relate to, and build relationships with everyone from team members , internal/external business and IT stakeholders, to c suite executives. Able to tailor communication styles and level of technical detail to the appropriate audience.
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Continually delivers multi-year, multi-million dollar programs under budget
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Tenacious. Works tirelessly to ensure to ensure program/project blockers or schedule slippages do not exist. Skillful at getting whoever is needed in a room, in a short amount of time, to ensure on time, on budget, high quality delivery.