Scrum Master Resume Chicago, IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Over 10 years of professional experience in IT and over 3 years as Scrum Master working in SDLC, project implementation, deployment & roll - out management, delivering high-performance leadership and process.
Facilitating Daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and managing the overall performance and delivery of the product.
Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
Maintain product backlog prioritized by the product owner for continuous delivery for the MVP features.
Educate and reinforce Scrum methodology and Agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.
Facilitating with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Initiating and facilitating all Agile ceremonies and providing Agile coaching to teams on all aspects of the project management framework with strong focus on SCRUM Practices.
Facilitating and documenting all SCRUM ceremonies such as Daily Standup meetings, Sprint planning, User Demos, Retrospectives, and Backlog grooming for multiple Scrum teams.
Work closely with Application development teams in Sprint release planning and product enhancements and resource planning
Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of major initiatives
Manage cross-functional products (banking, credit card, insurance, automated service) on a different scale.
Collaborate with product owner and marketing teams to understand industry trend customer needs and develop strategy for building common product/service to save overhead cost
Expert in effectively taking action to solve problems while exhibiting sound judgment and successful stress tolerance.
Work with Product Owner on Product Backlog, Spring Backlog, and Sprint Burn down, Release Burn down
Facilitate sprint planning as Scrum master for multiple Scrum teams, ensuring successful Sprints.

Sr System Integration Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led the agile projects from product backlog creation, planning and release deployment
Managed release plans, iteration (sprint) plans, budgets and forecasts as well as lead capability and airline programs by analyzing business requirements as well as customer requirements
Monitored, reviewed and maintained the sprint backlogs and project backlogs in coordination with project stakeholders
Provided training on Confidential IFC and IFE products along with extensive KT to the teams on third party products to maintain future projects
Monitored with business partners and business analysts to review coverage of proposed business needs
Kept appropriate people informed of project progress, complete weekly Project Status Reports, Bi-Weekly dashboard reports, participate in weekly PM meetings and communicate appropriately with Executives
Partnered with other teams to coordinate short term and long-term test activities and improved product quality and assisted ART teams with ART Launch and Agile transformations

Jr. Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Facilitated all scrum ceremonies (i.e., daily stand ups, bi-weekly backlog grooming, sprint planning, defect reviews, sprint review, demos and retrospectives).
Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintained focus on product backlog and project timeline.
Guided the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices by removing impediments and other blockers.
Built healthy partnerships with two Product Owners, calendaring grooming sessions consistently to ensure backlog is healthy
Created and maintained two backlogs with 3 Sprints worth of stories and increased team velocity while decreasing production bugs on both teams