SUMMARY

• BSC, CSM, PSM I, PMP, SAFe 5.0, SAA Certified. Team - driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization.
• Committed Agile expert with 8+ years of expertise in public speaking, presenting information clearly and developing high performing teams.
• Experienced in consulting with customers and other stakeholders to gather requirements, define scopes and set project plans.
• Capability of managing complex, high-visibility technical projects. Collaborative individual with ability to remain poised in all types of situations.
• Extensive experience as a Scrum Master in Agile methodology, Scrum processes, Sprint Planning, Story based Development and Business Acumen.
• Strong experience and knowledge with concepts, principles and implementation of Agile methodology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. SCRUM MASTER

Confidential, GA

Responsibilities:

• Acting as IT Program manager/ Scrum master migrating Data to cloud in AWS environment
• Hands on experience of 6 teams utilizing Kanban and 5 teams utilizing Scrum
• Assessing the scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments or finding the right personnel to remove them.
• Building a trusting and safe environment within multi-cultural team where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Using JIRA and CONFLUENCE to document continuous and process improvement
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Sr. SCRUM MASTER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Serve company in his Scrum implementation, moving from one to multiple teams:
• Organize and Facilitate time-boxed Scrum ceremonies like, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Meeting, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective Meetings, Release Planning Meetings, Backlog/Grooming Refinement Sessions in Agile Scrum Methodology.
• Ensure productivity of the team by creating and maintaining Sprint Burn-down and Sprint Burn-up charts to measure and estimate velocity.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and Agile framework to team members and other people interacting with the Development Team.
• Coaching and leading the organization in its Scrum adoption.
• Experience as scrum coach with facilitation and conducting training sessions for new teams.
• Experienced with Risk analysis, impact analysis, change management, change control and ensured continuous deployment.
• Serve the Development Team:
• Categorizing the impediments on severity and try to eliminate them keeping in mind the sprint goal.
• Facilitate creation of Epic(s) and assist the Scrum Team in creating User Stories and their Acceptance Criteria.
• Facilitates meetings of the Scrum Team to estimate and commit to User Stories
• Assist the Development Team in creating de Definition of Done according to the company standards.
• Assists the Development Team in developing the Sprint Backlog and the Sprint Burndown Chart
• Serve the Product Owner:
• In creation of the Prioritized Product Backlog.
• Ensure back-up resources are available for smooth project functioning
• Responsible for addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours and managed the lifecycle of code development, from product backlog to sprints and to deployment.
• Worked closely with Product Owners, and other Scrum Masters to plan and execute the implementation of Scrum within the company.
• Coordinate with other teams and participates in the Scrum of Scrums meeting with Release Train Engineer (RTE) to define, reinforce and maintain a consistent practice across the organization.
• Maintained team efficiency pertaining to average velocity and optimal velocity for each sprint helping the team to deliver consistent story points for each sprint.
• Effectively used communication, negotiation and adaptation skills to motivate team, manage customer expectations, resolve conflicts and drive projects successfully on time and budget.
• Assist with economic decision making by facilitating initiative/feature estimations by team and roll up to program/release level visibility including Capacity planning.
• Managed Project resources, project tasks, schedules, scope and timelines to identify constraints.
• Established Portfolio/Product Development Workshop to increase awareness of business vision and priorities. Reduced stakeholder frustration and their proactive planning improved deployment efficiency.

SCRUM MASTER

Confidential - Columbia, MD

Responsibilities:

• Work with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, User experience group and digital technology team to successfully create meaningful epics and user-stories.
• Schedule and facilitate and respect all Scrum rituals, including sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint demos, and sprint retrospectives.
• Maintain the Scrum team’s capacity plan, Scrum board, sprint backlog, velocity charts and burn down charts using Jira as the framework.
• Assist the team with implementing effective agile disciplinary practices creating meaningful ways of working artifacts that help remind their teams of their commitments to each other and our partners.
• Identify and communicate potential risks to the completion of the Sprint, including resources, costs, and external dependencies, with proactive escalation as appropriate.
• Provide timely communication to stakeholders and leadership throughout the Sprint.
• Support cross-team coordination and collaborations
• At a team level, playing a consultative role to help facilitate communication and the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching and mentoring members of the team as needed to optimize efficiency.

SCRUM MASTER

Confidential - Bentonville, AR

Responsibilities:

• Led a team in the development of new curriculum for Confidential .
• Acted as a buffer between the team and process overhead, so each team member can focus on the timely delivery of the project goals.
• Kept stakeholders, collaborators, and other interested parties well-informed of the team progress and activities.
• Managed the release process by coordinating with developers, stakeholders, and QA to ensure a smooth process.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, scheduled and facilitated ceremonies, daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective, etc.
• Provided updates and guidance to the team and product owners using Burn down and Velocity Charts.
• Supported the Product Owner in grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Demonstrated sense of urgency and responsiveness to complete work and solve problems, with a strong drive to persevere when faced with ambiguity.
• Proactively removed or escalated roadblocks to allow team progress.
• Maintained relevant metrics to help the team monitor their performance.
• Coordinated timely response and support to production line customer issues, when escalated.