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Dana Paulette Perkins

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Nebraska, United States

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  • IT Experts
    Sr. Web Development Lead
    IT Experts
    Jan 2025 - Jun 2025 (6 months)
    Led, presented, and implemented multiple projects, including developing a real estate rental website, creatingPower BI sales dashboards, and enhancing online IT class platforms; recognized as "Top Contributor" by CEO and peers for exceptional performance and impact during the program.
  • Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
    Delivery Lead
    Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
    Dec 2024 - Jul 2025 (8 months)
    Led cross-functional delivery teams supporting public health digital solutions, ensuring timely release of high-impact features across development, QA, and infrastructure streams. Directed project planning efforts, including scope definition, scheduling, resource alignment, and risk mitigation to support successful and timely system releases. Oversaw coordination between developers, QA analysts, infrastructure staff, and external vendors to deliver secure and scalable health technology platforms. Managed resource capacity and workstream prioritization across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring efficient use of state resources and team productivity.
  • Nelnet
    Senior Scrum Master/Project Manager
    Nelnet
    Feb 2022 - Jul 2024 (2 years 6 months)
    Led Agile Delivery: Successfully planned, collaborated, and executed software projects within Agile frameworks, ensuring alignment with project goals and fostering continuous improvement across development teams, product owners, DevOps, stakeholders, and leadership, including Software and Services delivery, Snowflake, Platform, Operations, and Infrastructure. Facilitated Agile Ceremonies: Directed sprint planning, retrospectives, peer reviews, QA/UAT, and continuous delivery, resolving conflicts and enhancing team collaboration. Optimized Product Backlog: Strong abilityto prioritize tasks and align outputs with the product roadmap, driving successful quarterly planning and efficient task management. Tracked Metrics & KPIs: Analyzed sprint v
  • Creighton University
    Digital Solutions Delivery - Assoc Director, Project/Program Manager, Scrum Master
    Creighton University
    Apr 2020 - May 2022 (2 years 2 months)
    Led Digital Transformation
    : Directed digital experience initiatives, leveraging cloud solutions to implement cutting-edge technologies, including API integrations, SaaS applications, Salesforce, and data migrations, data modeling, driving business growth, and capacity building. Oversaw the delivery, database, platform, and infrastructure of our digital solutions.
    Managed Cross-Functional Teams
    : Oversaw dynamic onshore and offshore teams to deliver web applications, IT infrastructure,user-centric portals, and technical customizations aligned with client needs and organizational goals. Oversaw problem management, customer and stakeholder communication, and root cause analysis.
    Technology Integrations
    : Delivered sea
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    Sr. Project Manager, Scrum Master, Consultant
    Luma Consulting
    Jan 2018 - Mar 2020 (2 years 3 months)
    Project Leadership: Directed cross-functional teams to plan, test, and deliver complex projects on time, within budget, and to scope. Created detailed project plans, business analysis, requirements gathering, managed risks, and facilitated communication between stakeholders using Agile, SAFe, and Waterfall methodologies. Agile Expertise: Organized Agile ceremonies, coached teams on Agile principles, and led agile transformation initiatives to drive productivity and Operational Readiness. Stakeholder Engagement: Built strong stakeholder and customer relationships, fostering collaboration and expertly eliciting and validating complex business requirements. Risk Management: Identified dependencies, mitigated risks, and ensured compliance with
  • West Corporation
    IS Manager
    West Corporation
    Aug 2011 - Dec 2017 (6 years 5 months)
    Oversaw digital strategic planning and digital transformation, software and systems development, platform, and maintenance of the customer experience portal, ensuring optimal performance, customizations, data warehouse integration, security, and alignment with business objectives. Led a team of software developers, UX/UI designers, and QA analysts in continuous improvement, data visualization, and redesign of the one-stop seamless digital platform for IVR clients. Managed vendor relationships, built strong client relationships, and oversaw project budgeting while acting as Product Manager, Program Manager, Service Delivery Manager, and Scrum Master. Additionally, played a key role in project planning and governance, utilizing Microsoft Proj
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    Consultant Lead Systems/Software Engineer
    All Native Systems
    Sep 2004 - Aug 2011 (7 years)
    Key Client Sites include Lockheed Martin IS&S and All Native Systems and TAC Administration Building. Excelled in developing and managing system requirements for defense contracts, translating complex business needs into detailed specifications. Collaborated with the PMO office on baseline planning, scheduling, risk management, and compliance, ensuring alignment with project objectives while adhering to ISO and CMM standards. Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of project data, particularly for projects requiring security clearance.

    Key Accomplishments:
    - Requirements Management: Translated thousands of government mandates into system requirements using DOORS, enhancing traceability and system integrity.
    - Appli
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    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management Certification and Business Intelligence Analysis
    Midlands University
    Jul 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 7 months)
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    PMP, CSM, SAFe, CAPM, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, ITIL 4 Foundations
    Jan 2020 - May 2025 (5 years 5 months)
  • University of Nebraska Omaha
    B.A., Computer Science and Math
    University of Nebraska Omaha
    Jan 2000 - May 2004 (4 years 5 months)