Scrum Master Resume San Francisco, CA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Results - driven Scrum professional, with excellent track record.
Twelve plus years of progressive experience, enabling quality and effective solutions on time and within budget.
Specialist in promoting the ‘business / IT bridge' by mapping the business and technology roadmaps through to implementing the solutions.
Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering software and web development projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams.
Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
Solid team management skills, local and virtual, to peak performance.
Project Management Leadership Agile Principals Scrum Scrum Maturity Coaching Change Management System Implementation Process Improvement SDLC Communications Conflict Resolution Waterfall Iteration/Sprint Planning
Meeting Use Cases Tasking Meetings/Retrospectives Relative Estimation Story - Based Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
Instructed and modeled core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise
Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally
Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of 23 major initiatives
Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours
Manage the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment
Coordinate and manage code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups
Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress

Confidential, Folsom, CA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

ExcellentBusiness/System Analysis including requirements gathering, documentation andanalystsupport throughout project life cycle
Proficient in project management and SDLC methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
Extensive knowledge in UML Modeling to create flow diagrams.
Adept working in all phases of Software Engineering, with expertise in gathering, developing and documentingBusinessRequirements Specification (BRS), Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) and System Requirement Specification (SRS).
Mentored new team members and also involved in task assignment for offshore team members.
Experience in data querying using MySQL, MS Access, Toad and SQL.
Knowledge in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix and performing GAP analysis.
Work equally well individually with minimal supervision and in a team-setting in a fast paced environment.
Ability to communicate successfully and translate for audiences with varied levels of technical knowledge.
Competent problem-solving, multi-tasking and prioritization abilities with leadership responsibilities

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Gathered businessrequirements through user interviews for employer, broker & member portals.
Analyzed business requirements, created functional specification & translated them into technical specifications.
Developed test plans and test cases as perbusiness process requirements to match functionality requirements and UML diagrams.
Created Use Cases, UML diagrams and implemented processes, procedures and guidelines for the development team and QA team.
Developed an integrated repository of current and historical data, encompassing all operational and research areas.
Developed a user group specific data mart, based on the central repository.
Worked closely with Senior Management to create Work-Breakdown Structure, Resource-Breakdown Structure using MS Project and managed project and resources to accomplish company's goal.
Provided extensive metadata for a clear organization of the data.
Responsible for identifying and documentingbusinessrules and creating detailed Use Case.
Used detailed knowledge of application features and functions to assess the scope and impact of business needs throughout the analysis. Fulfilled all the enhancement specifications.
Designed and developed Use Cases using UML.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

Collected data for marketing campaigns to penetrate potential business
Used various Microsoft systems including, word, excel, access, powerpoint, outlook, etc.
Conducted focus groups to collect feedback about potential marketing ideas
Completed PowerPoint presentations illustrating new ideas and scope of businessneeds.
Gathered feedback from different stakeholders regarding new and improved website.