Various Certifications

CSM, CSPO, pspo

ITIL, SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT

PMP, PMI-ACP

SAFe agilist (sa)

Success is not often built solely on the efforts of one. I foster teamwork & a 'we can do this' mentality. It's true. Happy, smiling empowered people deliver business value more often.

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Tara Shay Vaughn


BODYBUILDING.COM PRODUCT MANAGER ​

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STONEHENGE RENTALS company owner 

Team Builder

About Me

learning.com IT OPERATIONS MANAGER

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES technical consultant

Quick Facts

Change is the only constant. I am a driver of action & execution and handling complex challenges & difficult situations while being optimistically perseverant.

I appreciate today but welcome being a part of changing the trajectory of how people work & how companies operate in the future. I can dissect details & verbalize a vision.

Professional Training

Let's talk. Shoot me a message.

You may find me folding laundry, starting the coffee maker and feeding my dogs at the beginning of the day. You may find me with a lukewarm coffee on its 3rd refill and laptop on my hip, traipsing the hallways to the next meeting or Scrum event. You may find me propped up against a wall, calling and emailing business contacts while working three issues in chat. I have the daily privilege of bringing new worlds into focus, important issues to the forefront and positive change to people's work lives. Every day is go-go set of to-do's, can-do's and a "let's try" set of possibilities.
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I've visited parts of the world I never thought I'd visit. I've seen & felt death and also escaped it. I've skydived, glided and been diving to 150 feet. I am lucky and blessed in many ways. My life is a  journey of humbling hiccups and monumental moments. Let's keep moving forward. But first, let me grab a fresh cup of coffee for the road.

Forward Thinker

SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER, PAYROLL+  1/2022 - PRESENT
GLOBAL PAYMENTS/HEARTLAND PAYROLL SOLUTIONS, INC. 

Change Agent

Bachelor of Science

UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA

MAJOR, HUMANITIES

MINOR, ACCOUNTING

CONCENTRATION IN ENGLISH

​​Agile Advocate. team builder. company owner. Get-'ER-Done girl.

someone's something. Coffee ADDICT.

DEPARTMENT MANAGER, CLINICAL & TRACKING SYSTEMS 10/2016 - 1/2022
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TENNESSEE
  • Manage Tier1 applications and various development teams skilled in .NET, C#, vue and Angular to build web and desktop applications in support of various COTS or home-grown care management applications. 
  • Work directly with enterprise leadership teams to help define product requirements and build tactical & strategic roadmaps.

Professional Experience

ENTERPRISE AGILE COACH & VARIOUS ROLE  5/2012 - 9/2016
BLUE CROSS OF IDAHO
  • Assisted other in learning & implementing Agile & SAFe in a mixed framework corporate environment.
  • Coach & facilitate Scrum Masters, Product Owners and multiple development teams in the adoption and practices of Agile principles.
  • Recognized by CIO as a top IT performer.

Professional Skills

AGE: You tell me, and I might agree.

HOMETOWN: San Diego

CURRENT HOME: Tennessee

KEY TRAITS: Uber-organized. Reasonable. Dependable. Driver of change. Supporter of keeping things manageable.
CURRENT DISTRACTION: Turning a couple of my remaining dream destinations into trips. I am itching to visit Australia, Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Alaska. 

A LITTLE HOBBY: I like to redesign home interiors.