SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of experience working with Agile Methodolgy within Fortune 100 companies. Enforced the Scrum rule of conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings with the Scrum Team throughout the release of product increments. Serves as the referee ensuring that the Scrum precepts of Adaptation, Transparency and Inspection is adhere to.
• Experience in AWS Cloud, Microsoft Sql Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL Products:
• Over 5 years’ experience in AWS Cloud and PostgreSQL Products, with spending most of my professional life working with Oracle Databases.
• Experience in Mobile Application Development:
• Has experience in Mobile Application Development and has strategized UX/UI through wireframes for web and mobile platforms focusing on customer empathy and security.
• Expert at enforcing the Scrum rule of conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings with the Scrum Team throughout the release of product increments.
• Certified Scrum Master Coach with over 15 years of Oracle Development and Business Analyst experience.
• Worked with numerous Department to employ the Scrum Methodology principles.
• Worked with Agile Scrum in the Capital Markets, on Wall Street, environment for over 7 years.
• Multifaceted Information Technology professional with a 15+ year track record and a career that spans technology and business data process experience been an integral player in the operational, development, and technical projects and teams.
• IT visionary with a solid understanding of the impact of technology in driving business value and operational efficiency.
• Experties in writing stories using JIRA, Confluence and Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Databases: Oracle: 7X, 9, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c; Microsoft SQL Server 13.0; PostgreSQL 9.5

Database Tools: SQL*Plus, SQL*Net, Microsoft Query, OBIEE 11g, SQL Navigator 7.3, SQL Developer 17.3.1, TOAD 9.7, PL/SQL Developer 11.

Applications: Oracle 11i/R12 Applications (Manufacturing, Financials), Functional/Technical Specifications, AWS, SharePoint, Quality Center (HP), TFS, Microsoft Project 2013, Siebel and JIRA 6.1.7

Development: Oracle Developer 2000, Form Builder v4.5/6.0, Report Builder v6/9i.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Scrum Master/Coach

Responsibilities:

• Assessed, analysed, tracked and report the initial (current) and later (ongoing) Agile state of the development teams, using Agile Maturity Model.
• Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.
• Train (Classroom /Workshop style setup), Coach, mentor and advise Technology, Business, Support and Management teams on Agile values, Principles, Methodology, Framework and Good Business, Quality / Engineering practices.
• Coach, Mentor and Guide in Agile Release planning, kick - offs facilitating Product owner, Development Team and Organization.
• Facilitates product development teams that use the agile development framework that allows a team to self-organize and make changes quickly.
• Apply Agile Scrum methodology to assist establishing DOD, Story Point Estimation techniques, High-level Technical Design planning.
• Promote communication and collaboration during daily scrums and build consensus for during a specified period of time.
• Wrote stories using JIRA and Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) tools.
• Remove impediments to a team's productivity by shielding them from outside influences.
• Certify that all artifacts are accurate and transparent to entire Scrum Team.
• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
• Enforce the rule of Sprint Reviews at the end of the Sprint to inspect the Increment and adapt the Product Backlog if needed.
• Enforce the rule Sprint Retrospective for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.
• Shield the Scrum Team from unhelpful outside distractions and interferences.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Product Owner (PO) to hone Product Backlog items.
• Worked with Development Team to remove impediments.
• Enforced the Scrum rule of conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings with the Scrum Team throughout the release of product increments.
• Facilitated Sprint Planning meetings to define Definition of Done (DoD).
• Worked with other Department to employ the Scrum Methodology.
• Meeting with the larger business community to disseminate how Agile Scrum works.
• Ensures that Development Team conducts Daily Scrum meetings within the Scrum Guidelines.
• Utilized the Agile methodology to manage sprint planning (2-weeks' sprints).
• Worked with Product Owner to optimized Sprint Backlog items clarity.
• Track and help drive completion of key deliverables and follow up on outstanding items.
• Superior technical writing and documentation skills, written Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specification Documents (FSD) and Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), for multiple projects.
• Facilitated or participated in meetings with the client to clarify business requirements as mapped to functional and technical specifications and identified gaps.
• Acted as a subject matter expert when business requirements changed and determined how the changes impacted the existing business processes and workflows.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information to a general understanding and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Studied business process (ASIS) of client corporations to suggest improvements to be included into To-Be system.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Sr. Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Host Daily Scrum meeting with Scrum Team.
• Removed impediments for effective working of the Scrum Team.
• Implemented the Scrum rule of conducting Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings with the Scrum Team throughout the release of product increments.
• Utilized the Agile methodology to manage sprint planning (2-weeks' sprints), communicated status to management.
• Assisted those outside the Scrum Team understand which interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which are not.
• Tracked and help drive completion of key deliverables and follow up on outstanding items.
• Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution within the Scrum Team and wider Organization.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and streamlining information.
• Utilized JIRA to manage user stories and other aspects of Scrum for multiple projects.
• Shield the Scrum Team from outside distractions and interferences.
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Created multiple Functional Specification Documents (FSD) for the project.
• Worked with the Scrum Master to monitor and prioritize product backlog on a continuous basis to meeting project stipulated timelines.
• Mapped data from various sources to target relational database tables.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst/Senior Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintained essential ETL programs which transfers data from various sources to the DataMart
• Cultivated positive relationship with key stakeholders involving internal clients and other IT application teams
• Successfully wrote a technical documentation for the Retro Bill invoice process by extensively interfacing with all customers
• Reengineered the Customer Alias package to add zeroes or not to add zeroes base on specified conditions
• Revised Timesheet Sign package to account for customers’ requests to change timesheets

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Senior Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Wrote PL/SQL codes standard documentation for the Department.
• Created PL/SQL Packages and Procedure skeletons for other programmers to use for different projects.
• Interfaced with the business extensively to understand business requirements and to offer alternative approaches that may service the business better than current business requirements.

Confidential, White Plains, NY

Sr. Business Analyst/Senior Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Oracle technical lead charged with the development of database physical models using the data Modeling tool Erwin.
• Created roles and security packages to support web application.
• Designed and implemented Oracle Workflow Email package for streamlined email and claims processing.
• Conducted walk-through, requirements gathering meetings and worked with the stakeholders to ensure the right solution.
• Instituted Workflow Email Oracle Package to streamline processes in dispensing emails to the necessary individuals, verifying accuracy on claims in the RED STATUS were prioritized and attended ASAP
• Instrumental in writing the functional documents for the Batch, Escalation rules, and Security aspects of the Claims Workflow Process

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Oracle Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed employee payroll software for the 50,000 employees and contractors that were employed/contracted in multiple countries.
• Pioneered an invoice retro billing system that updated existing invoices with modified invoice data. Wrote the invoice process that required extensive requirements gathering sessions with multiple customers.