1. Mike Marco, MBA, SAFe-SPC4, AE, CSP, PMP, PME, PMI-ACP…
Phone: 312.804.9992 Email: mike@mikemarco.com
OBJECTIVES
I am an agile project management consultant looking for an opportunity to provide
my consulting service to a dynamic organization that is in need for project
management and recovery support, and development and deployment of the agile
project management frameworks and PMOs.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Over 10 years of Agile Project Management hands on work, delivering consulting
services on four different continents, including following industries: government,
health care, engineering, IT, telecommunication, construction, mining, micro
processing, manufacturing, supply chain, utility and waste management industry,
for Fortune 5 and Fortune 500, domestic and international corporations, including
the USA Government, Navy and Military.
• Managing over 150 projects, delivering over 90% of the projects on-time
and within budget with high level of the customer satisfaction.
• Over 10 years of Agile/Six Sigma/SCRUM/PMP®/Stage-Gate® consulting,
training and mentoring.
• Frequent speaker at the PMI” conferences and events.
• List of Clients: FEMA, IRS, Rwanda Development Board, ENTEGRIS, FEMA, GE,
KinRoss, ATT, ACES, Raytheon, Motorola, Allied Waste, HEWITT
ASSOCIATES, Children Memorial Hospital, Samsung, USDA, US Army, Air
Force, Navy, US Coast Guard, US Army Corps of Engineers, etc.
• Culturally diverse, experienced project manager on international projects, capable
of working in a diversified environment. Managed global projects teams in Africa,
Europe, North America, and Asia/Middle East.
• Development and deployment of the customized project management
methodology, including PMOs, for Fortune 500 companies.
• Developed and provided formal and informal training in the area of IT, renewable
energy, engineering and project management.
• Author of the project management manual and training program:
o Hands-On Project Management™, Principles and Concepts – ISBN:
0974590207
o Agile Guide - ISBN-10: 0974590231
EXPERIENCES
eConsulting Group, Inc, Chicago, IL (8/2001 - Present)
Project Manager: IT/Engineering Projects (applied PMI and Agile methodologies)
 Managed and mentored engineering projects related to telecommunication, IT,
waste management, microprocessor, utilities, construction and renewable energy
industry.
 Mentored individuals and coached teams (a SCRUM/AGILE training,) with focus
on empowering the team with self-organization, in order to increase the team
productivity and meet aggressive software and system development goals.
 Facilitated team relationships, coached the teams/Scrum Masters on Scrum and
XP practices.
 Managed the project budget (Agile EVM,) including Stage-Gate® method, buffer
management, identified and resolved impediments, tracked progress, worked with

2. product owner to prepare the release plan/product backlog, facilitated
release/iteration planning.
 Assisted transition of the customers’ current project management practices into
self organizing , team distributed engineering organization.
 Developed a project management team assessment tool to measure project
management maturity level within organization/team.
 Assisted teams in project recovery efforts.
 Developed complete curriculum for 60+ PDUs program, including Project
Management Expert™ and Agile Expert™ program.
 Development and deployment of the project management office (PMO,) including
Agile, Stage-Gate® methodologies, tools and techniques with focus on projects
prioritization, financial, risk, resource and portfolio management.
 Managed assessment of the project management maturity level within the
company. The assessment focus was on the improvement of the current project
management practices.
 Recommended the best practices and provided assistance in the project recovery
efforts.
 Project Recovery Services, including recovery of the project schedule, through
appropriate resource leveling and risk management. The effort was followed by
status meetings and reports to secure success.
 Management of the project deliverables, making sure that they meet or exceed
statements of work, quality standards and customer expectations and that are
executed on time and within budget limitations.
 EVM (Earned Value Management) program in support of PMO. Also contracted
as EVM expert to help establish and document their EVM systems.
 Survey and Studies Services in support of the PMO and PM maturity assessment.
 Strategic Planning and Communication: Establishment of the objectives,
milestones, and metrics as well as processes by which to achieve them.
 Development of the key relationships to ensure client needs are understood and
adopted as our own and to ensure solutions are relevant and reflect best value for
the client.
 Staff Integration: Overseeing individual efforts and how they relate in order to best
generate client-focused output through shared expertise.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified SAFe SPC4 – Scaled Agile
PMP®/PMI-ACP℠ - Project Management Institute
Certified SCRUM Professional/Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance
Boston University Project Management Certified Instructor
Agile Expert™/Project Management Expert (PME™)/Six Sigma Expert™
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Chicago – Project Management
Boston University – Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management – Project Management
EDUCATION
Andrews University, MI, MBA, Business Management
BS/BA, Technology Systems/International Commerce