Ken Sage
Open to work20 years experienceRTE/Scrum Master/Coach
Strategic Program and Portfolio Manager with 20+ years of experience in Finance, Technology, and Operations.
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Work Experience
Technical Program Manager/RTE, Financial Reporting, Accounting Services & Robotic Process Automation
Fannie Mae
- Led a $100M+ enterprise transformation to modernize Financial Reporting and the General Ledger, delivering a cloud-based
- Workday accounting environment. Developed and managed integrated project schedules enforced scope management
- across 157 integrations, and coordinated 3,000+ test cases across 14 Agile teams spanning five states and three time zones.
- • Drove Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) adoption and Agile maturity for 15 SAFe squads (126 resources) through coaching,
- training, and flow metrics. Improved predictability, team health, and delivery alignment across Finance Technology.
- • Pioneered and piloted the Sprint Champion role, generating $1.2M in contractor savings by upskilling Scrum teams/squads.
- • Led PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt, and cross-team dependency management to ensure
- synchronized delivery across business and technology stakeholders.
- • Delivered 6,872 annual hours in operational savings by automating workflows (RPA/BOTs), eliminating manual processes,
- and optimizing financial close operations — recognized at the CIO/COO level.
- • Partnered with officer-level leaders to drive Digital Transformation, Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), and Finance
- Technology operating model adoption (Apptio Targetprocess), including Workday emPoweHR rollout.
- • Supported Capital Markets, Single Family, Procurement and Corporate Systems, managing contingency planning, risks, and
- dependencies, and SOX/audit compliance.
Program Director, Enterprise Program Management Office
Comcast
- Directed $50M+ strategic initiatives and nationwide product launches, leading cross-functional program teams.
- Led national deployments of digital voice/data products, including trial-market strategy, testing, release readiness, deployment playbooks, and customer-care enablement.
- Managed the UX redesign of the comcast.com buy-flow and rollout of mobile applications (Apple/Android).
- Defined KPIs and operational scorecards for 18,000+ customer care agents.
Senior Program Lead
Northrop Grumman Information Services
- Technical program management for a $3.4B national airspace systems upgrade, including executive-level FAA program reviews, risk/issue management, and authoring Congressional briefings.
- Prepared and submitted KPIs, performance metrics and $220M–$450M program budgets to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Senior Project Manager, International Project Management Office (Consultant)
Verizon
- Led a global program team for a $5B voice/data network build, overseeing program governance, change management, risk management, WBS development, LOE estimation, and EVM reporting.
Project Lead, National Customer Business Operations & Technology (Consultant)
Comcast
- Reported to VP, Customer Service Technology, managing integration efforts in support of business operations: process redesign; executive dashboards; KPIs and customer care metrics; ported 5,000 users to single sign-on.
Sr. Business Applications Project Manager, Operations & Technology
Freddie Mac
- Led the largest O&T project in 2007, an enterprise-wide business impact analysis (BIA) across all lines of business to re-tier and realign technology support with critical business processes.
Portfolio Manager/Lead Scrum Master, Finance Technology & General Ledger Transformation
Fannie Mae
- Lead Scrum Master for eight Agile squads supporting Core ERP and Financial Reporting, driving consistent Scrum execution,
- backlog refinement, sprint planning, and Agile ceremonies.
- • Designed and delivered SAFe, Scrum, Jira, Confluence, and Agile fundamentals trainings, improving team capability and
- cross-functional alignment. Improved Capital Markets’ asset mark-to-mark (MTM) release timing by 50%.
- • Agility Health Radar facilitator: Squads achieved 15–21% higher tea
Sr. Scrum Master / Sr. Project Manager
Fannie Mae
- Sr. Scrum Master, Finance Technology/Capital Markets/Corporate Systems Technology 2015 – 2019
- • Coached multiple Scrum teams through Agile adoption, improving velocity, predictability, sprint commitments, and delivery
- quality through data-driven metrics and continuous improvement. Supported Common Securitization Platform (CSP) rollout.
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- Developed and piloted an SDLC testing process improvement that generated $1M+ in annual savings.
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- Sr. Project Manager, Project Execution Services 2010 - 2015
- • Managed enterprise technology projects supporting Finance, Corporate Systems, Capital Markets, and Operations, ensuring
- alignment with regulatory, internal audit, and SOX requirements.
- • Led Ivalua replacement of PeopleSoft Purchasing, condensing processes and speeding procurement workflow by 20%.
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Achievements
Revenue Growth
Delivered a $250M revenue increase over three years by leading the launch of a major new product offering (Comcast).
Operational Efficiency
Scaled operational capacity and improved flow efficiency 150% by redesigning workflows and optimizing provisioning operations.
Customer Satisfaction
Achieved the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the company, supporting major accounts including Morgan Stanley, Cisco Systems, DirecTV, Walgreens, and Microsoft.
About Details
Professional Bio
Strategic Program and Portfolio Manager with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale programs, enterprise PMOs, and cross-functional initiatives. Proven track record managing multi-billion-dollar programs, driving scope management, financial control, and capital allocation.
Master’s Certificate in Project Management
George Washington University ( - Present)
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Technology
State University of New York ( - Present)
University of Bonn (Germany) ( - Present)