Peter Downey

Background

About Peter Downey

I enjoy positions where I can help bring transparency and control to one or multiple teams and/or projects to reduce roadblocks, improve efficiency and build cohesion; roles where I can showcase my diverse talents, excellent communication and extensive technical skills. I relish being thrown into the deep end and always run towards the fire, not away from it. Capabilities: Software Project planning, scoping, scheduling. Developer wrangling, guiding, mentoring (and sometimes care and feeding). Team cheerleading and promoting. Issue squashing, conflict resolving, risk mitigating and avoiding. Cat herding, red-tape cutting and noodle pushing. Specialties: Diverse software and computer skills, quite adept at picking up new and changing technologies. Frequently sought out as a troubleshooter and problem solver. Skilled at defining and using metrics data to make informed project management decisions. Familliar with traditional waterfall and agile software development methods, the PMBOK, CMM and CMMI, SCRUM and XP. Can leap large obstacles in a single bound, wrestle definition & control from chaos; eat six crackers and still be able to whistle.