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Scott McLaine

Senior Technology Delivery Leader  |  Enterprise Program Management  |  PMP Certified

Southbury, Connecticut, United States · Contact info

  • Tradewind Aviation
  • Shippensburg University
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14+years in technology delivery
$18Mprogram portfolio directed
25person delivery org led
PMPcertified, PMI #4213634

About

Strategic, results-driven technology delivery leader with 14+ years of cross-functional leadership in enterprise software delivery, PMO establishment and digital transformation across aviation, financial services and high-growth SaaS.

I've managed multi-million-dollar program portfolios ($18M+), modernized mission-critical operations, and led teams spanning PMO, development, business analysis and quality engineering. I work fluently across Scaled Agile (SAFe), Scrum and Waterfall governance, with deep experience in regulatory compliance, enterprise data architecture and AI governance.

What I do best: bridge executive strategy with focused, measurable operational execution.

Experience

Tradewind Aviation

8 mos · Oxford, Connecticut

Senior Manager, Technology Delivery

Aug 2026 – Oct 2026 · 3 mos

  • Led an enterprise delivery organization of 25 professionals — 3 full-time direct reports and 22 long-term vendor engineering partners — across PMO, Software Development, Business Analysis and Quality Engineering.
  • Defined and executed the company-wide AI strategy and compliance architecture; led the enterprise rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot with Microsoft Purview data-security controls, compliance boundaries and permission auditing for 100+ stakeholders.
  • Authored the architectural and operational requirements for the Tradewind Data Lake initiative and ran the end-to-end vendor evaluation and RFP selection.
  • Partnered with executive leadership to align the technology roadmap with commercial priorities and measurable business KPIs.
  • Drove modernization across aviation operations, customer experience, commercial platforms, financial back-office systems and enterprise reporting — integrating Gozen Operator, Videcom, myairops, WinAir and Avinode.
  • Managed strategic technology partnerships, vendor SLAs and complex system integrations.

AI GovernanceMicrosoft CopilotMicrosoft PurviewData LakeVendor Management

Senior Technical Project Manager — Head of PMO

Mar 2026 – Aug 2026 · 6 mos

  • Headed the Project Management Office, governing technology delivery and roadmaps across flight operations, reservations, sales, finance and customer experience.
  • Established PMO governance from the ground up: portfolio intake, project scoring, prioritization matrices, delivery standards and capacity planning that removed delivery bottlenecks.
  • Directed programs supporting core aviation infrastructure — flight scheduling, reservation booking engines, CRM workflows and operational control centers.
  • Partnered with the C-suite to turn business targets into technical roadmaps, portfolios and milestones, optimizing capital and engineering resource allocation.
  • Instituted standardized Agile and hybrid delivery practices across backlog grooming, sprint cadence and cross-team dependency management.

PMO LeadershipPortfolio GovernanceAgile / HybridAviation Systems

Project Manager — Enterprise PMO & Global Delivery

Voya Financial · Full-time

Aug 2020 – Mar 2026 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Windsor, Connecticut

  • Directed an $18M client development portfolio within Wealth Solutions — 15–19 concurrent enterprise projects in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment — delivering on time across continuous release cycles and regulatory deadlines.
  • Headed a multi-phase, $1M+ Master Data Management (MDM) program for the Indiana Public Retirement System, standardizing core retirement data across 15 pension plans.
  • Led SECURE 2.0 Act (Section 604) employer Roth compliance, aligning recordkeeping systems, participant portals and data pipelines ahead of statutory deadlines.
  • Facilitated executive steering committee reporting, risk mitigation and multi-million-dollar vendor contracts across onshore and offshore teams.
  • Served as subject-matter expert and enterprise trainer for the company-wide rollouts of Planview and Microsoft Teams.
  • Partnered with Project Governance to strengthen delivery artifacts, audit controls and risk management standards.

SAFePortfolio ManagementMDMRegulatory CompliancePlanview

Lead Consultant — Project Manager & Scrum Master

Virtusa · Pratt & Whitney engagement

Jan 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · East Hartford & Farmington, Connecticut

  • Managed infrastructure, data pipeline and software delivery for Pratt & Whitney's aerospace manufacturing engineering divisions, leading distributed onshore/offshore engineering and QA teams under Scrum and SAFe.
  • Led the move from Waterfall to Agile — authored training curriculum, mentored engineering leads and institutionalized Scrum ceremonies.
  • Consolidated legacy native mobile apps, including fleet maintenance tracking, into a unified digital product suite, cutting maintenance overhead and raising adoption.
  • Rebuilt Jira dashboards and workflow schemes to improve velocity tracking, sprint predictability and cross-team transparency.
  • Enforced SLA standards and QA benchmarks across international engineering pods.

ScrumAgile TransformationJiraAerospace

Manager, Quality Assurance

Spon, Inc. (“Citizen” app)

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 6 mos

  • Defined QA strategy and release pipelines across iOS, Android and web for the high-concurrency public-safety app Citizen.
  • Owned the QA roadmap, end-to-end automation deliverables, sprint schedules and executive status dashboards.
  • Introduced data-driven development, feeding real-time telemetry and crash metrics into sprint defect prioritization.

Lead QA Engineer

Everyday Health, Inc. (Ziff Davis) · Senior QA Engineer → Lead

Sep 2014 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Supervised a team of 6 QA automation engineers supporting high-traffic digital health platforms and mobile apps.
  • Designed test architectures for platform migrations, CMS overhauls and AWS cloud adoption.
  • Built automation frameworks with Java, Selenium WebDriver and Appium for continuous regression testing; validated ad-tech stacks including DoubleClick and GPT.

QA Analyst / QA Specialist / Technical Support Coordinator

Booker Software

Nov 2012 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Promoted across 3 roles in 24 months, leading QA initiatives, resource scheduling and test-automation adoption (Selenium, Appium).
  • Ran SQL-driven data integrity validation for customer migrations and SaaS onboarding.

Education

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

Graduated Aug 2012

Majors: Management Information Systems (MIS) & International Management · AACSB-accredited College of Business

Licenses & certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Project Management Institute

Issued Oct 2025 · Credential ID 4213634

Agile Methodology — Scrum Certification

InRhythm · New York, NY

Issued Apr 2014

Skills

Delivery & governance

Enterprise Program ManagementPMO LeadershipPortfolio Management ($18M+)Digital TransformationSDLC OptimizationExecutive RoadmappingRelease ManagementRisk & Change ManagementVendor & Contract Management

Methodologies

SAFeScrumKanbanWaterfallHybrid Delivery

AI & data

Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft PurviewData GovernanceData Lake StrategyMaster Data ManagementSnowflakePower BIFabricLookerSQLAWS

Aviation technology

Gozen OperatorVidecommyairopsWinAirAvinodeFlightBridgeForeFlight

Tools & platforms

JiraConfluencePlanviewServiceNowSharePointMS PlannerIBM ELM

Engineering & QA foundation

Selenium WebDriverAppiumCucumber / BDDJavaJavaScriptSwiftDockerFirebase