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Patrice Mason
Intergrated Product Team Lead/Scrum Master , Compunnel Inc Location: Redford , MI United States Joined: Oct 21st, 2024 |
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I currently work with Compunnel Inc
as Intergrated Product Team Lead/Scrum Master I have 14 years of experience working in the Information Technology industry. |
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Scrum Master |
Compunnel, Inc. at BAE Systems
From June 2025 to October 2025 • 0 year(s) • Partnered with Product Owners and stakeholders to refine, prioritize, and sequence Epics and Features aligned to strategic business goals directly managing Epics/Sub-Epics/Features for the product group in JIRA. • Owned and administered JIRA boards across all project activities: creating epics, user stories, tasks, and subtasks; managing backlogs; and configuring workflows, dashboards, and custom fields. • Led Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) to keep cross-functional business, engineering, QA, and product teams aligned and delivery on track. • Implemented Agile metrics and JIRA dashboards to track throughput, status, and risks, providing data-driven, objective status reporting to leadership. • Applied a strong servant-leadership mindset to coach Agile teams, remove blockers and impediments, and escalate issues to the appropriate governance forums. • Partnered with executive stakeholders to manage project scope, delivery timelines, dependencies, risks, and customer expectations, escalating to Program Management for timely decisions. • Facilitated sprint reviews and system demonstrations for stakeholders and leadership, capturing feedback and driving alignment on release readiness. • Escalated risks, dependencies, and impediments to Program Management and Product Leadership to support timely decision-making. • Administered product lifecycle workflows including configuration management, change control, and engineering data management. • Coordinated enhancements, defect resolution, and production support activities with cross-functional engineering and IT teams. |
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Integrated Product Team Lead |
Compunnel, Inc. at BAE Systems
From January 2025 to October 2025 • 0 year(s) •Established and maintained strong partnerships with senior engineering, program management, and IT stakeholders to align requirements strategy with DoD program objectives and contract deliverables. •Led cross-functional engineering and program teams managing complex, contract-driven deliverables, ensuring alignment with technical and regulatory requirements. •Reviewed contractual artifacts, system requirements, and validation strategies, ensuring traceability from requirements through verification. •Managed cross-functional dependencies, risks, assumptions, and issues (RAID) while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. •Developed and maintained Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), project milestones, and dependency tracking across multiple IT projects. •Created executive dashboards and project performance reports to communicate schedule, risks, milestones, and project health. •Partnered with engineering project controls to maintain integrated engineering schedules, coordinate schedule updates, and manage milestone dependencies across multiple engineering workstreams. •Developed resource-loaded project schedules, coordinated resource allocation, and monitored capacity to meet project milestones. •Supported engineering resource forecasting by monitoring workload, capacity, and project priorities to optimize schedule performance. •Assisted Engineering Project Managers (EPMs) by tracking engineering deliverables, project metrics, milestones, and resource allocation across multiple Integrated Product Teams. •Developed engineering KPI dashboards, burn-up/burn-down reports, schedule metrics, and executive status presentations using JIRA, MS Project, and Excel. •Utilized Smartsheet, JIRA, MS Project, and Excel to monitor engineering project schedules, resource allocation, milestones, dependencies, and executive project reporting across multiple Integrated Product Teams. •Collaborated with engineering managers to monitor workload, capacity planning, headcount forecasts, and resource utilization to support project execution. •Provided weekly executive reporting on program status, risks, and delivery timelines, including interconnection milestone tracking. •Developed and maintained RACI matrices to clearly define roles, responsibilities, and accountability across cross-functional project teams. •Coordinated third-party engineering support activities by tracking deliverables, monitoring supplier performance, and supporting contract documentation and implementation readiness. •Implemented Earned Value Management techniques on multiple projects to assess project performance against baseline plans. •Supported engineering leadership with project health reporting, schedule variance analysis, risk identification, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve delivery performance. •Facilitated coordination across engineering, QA, and stakeholders to ensure system readiness and compliance with contractual obligations. |
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Sr. Business Systems Analyst/IT Compliance Analyst |
Strategic Staffing Solutions at (DTE Energy)
From June 2023 to May 2024 • 1 year(s) •Supported Grid Operations Center initiatives, coordinating compliance-driven workflow requirements across IT, engineering, and compliance teams. •Traced compliance workflows and supporting documentation to specific NERC CIP standards and requirements, ensuring a defensible chain from requirement to procedure to evidence for regulatory audits and reporting. •Worked with SCADA systems supporting grid monitoring, telemetry data validation, and operational visibility for transmission systems, informing compliance workflow scope for CIP-002 asset identification and categorization. •Leveraged ServiceNow and GRC Archer to manage incidents, track change requests, and administer compliance workflow records supporting IT service delivery across enterprise systems. •Maintained a requirement coverage matrix tracking project deliverables, regulatory milestones, and compliance checkpoints against NERC CIP obligations, ensuring alignment with operational and regulatory deadlines. •Reviewed and processed change requests, providing estimates, impact assessments, and recommendations to leadership. •Led organizational change management activities including stakeholder communications, implementation readiness, training coordination, and user adoption. •Participated in change advisory board (CAB) activities to assess impacts of platform and configuration changes on grid systems, workflow integrity, and operational reliability. •Conducted investigations into cybersecurity and grid-related events, including access and permissions reviews, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. •Supported internal and external NERC CIP audits by coordinating evidence collection across CIP-004, CIP-007, CIP-010, and CIP-011, validating control effectiveness, and responding to auditor inquiries. •Performed control assessments and compliance reviews across grid operations and IT systems, identifying workflow steps lacking a traceable NERC CIP mandate and recommending gap remediation. •Maintained audit-ready documentation, including control narratives, procedures, and evidence repositories within ServiceNow, GRC Archer, and Documentum. •Tracked audit findings, compliance issues, and remediation activities in GRC Archer, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with regulatory expectations. •Authored standard operating procedures, control narratives, and future-state operating model documentation aligned with NERC CIP standards to client document templates, eliminating post-implementation process gaps and building control room operational capability. Collaborated with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to strengthen internal controls, enhance monitoring, and improve audit outcomes. |
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Business Support Consultant II/Sr. Project Coordinator |
CMS Energy
From February 2022 to June 2023 • 1 year(s) •Supported Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) development, review, and regulatory submission to MPSC and FERC. •Interfaced with independent power producers and external stakeholders to coordinate generation project requirements. •Assisted in negotiation and administration of PPAs and PURPAs, ensuring contractual deliverables and compliance requirements were met. •Coordinated across legal, engineering, and regulatory teams to align on contract terms and operational readiness. •Tracked PPA deliverables, milestones, and regulatory approvals, ensuring projects remained on schedule. •Supported purchase order updates, vendor Statements of Work (SOWs), supplier performance tracking, and contract administration for engineering and generation projects. •Established relationships with cross-functional teams including Credit/Risk, Legal, Engineering Services, and external vendors. •Supported procurement of wholesale electric generation, including competitive solicitations and contract evaluation. •Collaborated with project control teams to integrate Earned Value Management processes with overall project management strategies, enhancing project oversight. •Maintained vendor contracts in the eTrack and Power BI systems. •Managed project budgets, forecasts, resource estimates, and financial tracking throughout project execution. •Supported cost estimation, variance analysis, budget reporting, and project financial tracking for enterprise initiatives. •Performed compliance monitoring and internal audit support activities for PPAs and PURPA agreements, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements (MPSC, FERC) and internal controls. •Conducted contract and process reviews to identify risks, control gaps, and audit findings; recommended corrective actions and tracked remediation efforts. •Partnered with audit, compliance, and risk teams to support internal and external audits, including documentation preparation, evidence gathering, and response coordination. •Maintained audit-ready documentation and audit trails for contract activities, regulatory submissions, and procurement processes. •Supported implementation of process improvements and internal controls to strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and enhance audit readiness. •Collaborated with cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to strengthen internal controls, enhance monitoring, and improve audit outcomes. |
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Contract/Sr. Project Scheduler |
TalentBurst, Inc at (CMS Energy)
From April 2021 to February 2022 • 1 year(s) •Conducted weekly workload planning meetings with subcontractors and CE field leaders to coordinate work plans and prioritize schedule activities. •Leveraged SAP and Tableau to track project performance, generate reports, and support forecasting activities. •Collaborated with engineering leadership to update project schedules, coordinate task sequencing, and support engineering resource forecasting across multiple capital projects. •Prepared schedule performance metrics and variance reports to identify schedule risks and recommend corrective actions. •Supported Engineering Project Managers by monitoring project execution, engineering deliverables, schedule performance, and milestone completion across multiple capital projects. •Developed and maintained engineering KPI dashboards, resource utilization reports, burn-up/burn-down metrics, and executive presentations using Excel, Tableau, SAP, and MS Project. •Assisted engineering leadership with workload balancing, resource planning, capacity forecasting, and department performance metrics to support successful project execution. •Collaborated with engineering teams to identify schedule risks, resolve resource constraints, escalate project issues, and improve delivery performance through continuous improvement initiatives. •Tracked engineering project health, schedule variances, resource allocation, and project milestones, providing leadership with actionable reporting to support strategic decision-making. •Worked closely with project controls to evaluate schedule impacts, resource constraints, and milestone changes. •Managed project schedules and milestone tracking for electric operations, ensuring alignment with operational and customer commitments. •Monitored resource capacity, project timelines, and execution risks, supporting grid-related workstreams. •Organized training for new team members and routine retraining for established subcontractors. •Developed scheduling strategies aligned to operational and infrastructure constraints, including interconnection planning. •Performed schedule audits and data validation activities within SAP and reporting tools to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with project controls and governance standards. •Supported internal audit and compliance reviews by preparing scheduling documentation, maintaining audit trails, and providing evidence for project timelines, resource utilization, and milestone tracking. •Identified scheduling variances, control gaps, and process inefficiencies through periodic reviews; recommended corrective actions and tracked resolution. •Collaborated with project controls, risk, and compliance teams to ensure adherence to internal policies, contractor requirements, and regulatory expectations. |
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Limited-Term UIA Claims Examiner 8 |
State of Michigan
From July 2020 to March 2021 • 1 year(s) •Coded and processed claims for payment, ensuring all necessary information was provided and contract benefits were applied accurately. •Consulted with claimants via videophone to obtain necessary information. •Gathered rebuttal information related to disputed separation issues and determined relevant facts to formulate conclusions on benefit eligibility. •Processed information into MiDAS and FileNet from unemployment claims. •Initiated correspondence for appropriate information necessary to determine benefit eligibility. •Investigated complex unemployment benefit eligibility issues. •Assisted in content management and content governance practices using workflow. •Identified and reviewed issues associated with unemployment claims. •Obtained all necessary information from claimants and offered rebuttal opportunities prior to determination being issued. •Retrieved, reviewed, and updated claimant and employer information utilizing computer database inquiries and entry skills. •Obtained all necessary information to complete proper adjudication of claims. •Ensured claims contained necessary information for proper adjudication. |
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Business Process Specialist III |
Abacus Services Corp. at (CMS Energy)
From October 2018 to February 2020 • 2 year(s) •Led enterprise process re-engineering initiatives aligned with strategic objectives using Lean Six Sigma methodologies. •Facilitated complex elicitation sessions with process owners and executive sponsors to define current and future-state requirements. •Led customer-facing implementations, workflow redesigns, and operational improvements. •Developed KPIs and process metrics to measure throughput, quality, and operational efficiency. •Prepared and presented strategic findings, recommendations, and progress updates to leadership and steering committees. •Developed business cases and project recommendations aligned with strategic business objectives and executive priorities. •Developed documentation, process maps, and handoffs to enable scalable delivery. •Conducted process audits and control assessments to evaluate effectiveness, identify gaps, and ensure alignment with internal policies and regulatory requirements. •Partnered with audit, risk, and compliance teams to support internal and external audits, including documentation review, evidence collection, and remediation tracking. •Identified process risks and control deficiencies through detailed analysis; implemented corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives. •Established and maintained audit-ready documentation, including SOPs, process maps, and control narratives to support governance and compliance efforts. •Integrated internal controls and compliance checkpoints into redesigned processes to strengthen governance, reduce risk, and improve audit outcomes. |
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Project Manager |
ALITE Group, LLC at (Quality One Services Group)
From March 2017 to September 2018 • 1 year(s) •Led process optimization initiatives by conducting thorough analyses of existing business procedures, identifying key areas for enhancement in compliance, accuracy, and productivity, and executing strategies for process improvement and cost efficiency. •Managed the full project lifecycle, including scope definition, requirements documentation, and coordination of functional enhancements, while ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations. •Developed and delivered high-impact presentations to executive leadership and stakeholders, effectively communicating project objectives, progress, and outcomes, and established standard operating procedures (SOP) to uphold compliance standards. •Coordinated third-party suppliers and vendor performance while supporting contract documentation, purchase activities, and implementation readiness. •Documented process flows and developed requirements for functional improvements and enhancements. Planned and executed strategics to increase business and drive profit growth by 42%. •Maintained excellent relationships with clients to facilitate ongoing business engagement. •Worked with Project Leads to create and manage MS Project schedules. Maintained excellent relationships with clients to facilitate ongoing business engagement. •Supported audit readiness by maintaining documentation, audit trails, and evidence for project activities, vendor management, and financial tracking. |
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Business Analyst/Project Manager |
CDI Corp. at (Ford Motor Company)
From January 2016 to February 2017 • 1 year(s) •Supported projects through the entire SDLC lifecycle, ensuring on-time delivery and release implementation. •Oversaw the development, tracking, and maintenance of detailed project deliverables in MS Project; participated in meetings with business partners and key stakeholders. •Worked with business stakeholders and IT team to develop business requirements, business cases, and project parameters for enhancements and new development projects. •Provided weekly project status reports to senior management. •Tracked and reported on project performance, progress, change requests, and issues/risks along with mitigation plans. •Provided management with an overall understanding of budgeting utilizing Excel. •Participated in the planning, creation, and execution of business partner solution testing and acceptance, functional, regression, and integration testing. •Coordinated with business owners for modifications and changes in ServiceNow. •Maintained and uploaded procurement documents related to various projects to the EMS IT Portfolio SharePoint site. |
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Sr. Business Systems Analyst/Project Coordinator |
Strategic Staffing Solutions at (BCBSM)
From February 2012 to December 2015 • 3 year(s) •Managed and tracked Small Enhancement Requests (SERs) through the Change Management system, ensuring timely prioritization, approvals, and execution. •Supported Production Support, Project Managers, and Operations by coordinating requests, resolving issues, and ensuring on-time delivery. •Coordinated cross-functional teams of IT specialists across all phases of the system development life cycle. •Developed and maintained project schedules and timelines in MS Project to manage dependencies, capacity, and delivery risk. •Supported enterprise healthcare application enhancements serving payer operations and business stakeholders. •Coordinated healthcare system implementations, testing activities, production support, and release readiness across multiple technology teams. •Partnered with business and technical stakeholders to prioritize enhancements, resolve production issues, and improve operational efficiency. •Designed and implemented automated workflows using SharePoint Designer, including approval and task routing processes. •Identified recurring infrastructure and system issues, performed root cause analysis, and implemented corrective actions to prevent recurrence. •Facilitated request execution through consistent follow-up, stakeholder communication, and issue resolution. •Created operational reports, dashboards, and executive presentations to communicate status, risks, and outcomes. •Facilitated Quality Release Management (QRM) meetings to support approval and deployment of system deliverables. •Provided regular status updates and documentation to audit teams, ensuring compliance and delivery transparency. •Maintained and validated audit and operational reports, partnering with internal and external auditors to ensure accuracy. |
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