SUMMARY:

• Over five years of outstanding Scrum leadership with expertise in Agile methodologies.
• Excel as a coach, leader, and cross - functional communicator with a technical background in software development and experience driving results through Agile methodologies and Scrum leadership. Adept at guiding teams to increase efficiency, motivate staff, and ensure on time and under budget results. Expertise in clarify and acting on goals in line with organizational and project objectives, removing impediments to progress, and prioritizing tasks in addition to forecasting needs.
• Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Demos
• Retrospective Meetings / Open Communications
• Agile Methodologies / Team Leadership / Dispute and Issue Resolution
• Strategic Planning and Implementation / Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC)
• Estimation and Forecasting / Cross-Functional Collaboration / Data Analysis
• Coaching and / Mentorship / Team Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

JIRA, Confluence, Rally, Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Applications (Rational Team Concert, MS Office Suite, Whiteboard.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Scrum Master

Confidential, Miami, FL

Technical Scope: JIRA, Confluence, Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Applications (Rational Team Concert, MS Office Suite, Whiteboard).

Responsibilities:

• Involved in transformation of the IT teams involved in Multiple projects from “fragile” to Scrum.
• Assisted in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes
• Guide team in self-organization; encouraging and motivating team to focus on iteration goals
• Successfully improved multiple deliverables and processes, resulting in promotion and recognition to additional team leadership positions.
• Effectively assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coached the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Championed a successful transition from Waterfall to Scrum/Agile methods as a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Transformed waterfall teams into high-performing, cross-functional, Agile teams (Scrum).
• Outstanding communicator interacting effectively with management, distributed teams, vendors, and users at all skill levels
• Exhibits Lean-Agile leadership - Exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader with a Lean-Agile Mindset. Helps the team embrace Safe Core Values, adopt and apply Safe Principles, and implement Safe practices.
• Promotes Safe quality practices - Safe provides guidance to assist the teams in constantly improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Helps foster the culture of technical discipline and craftsmanship that is the hallmark of effective Agile teams.
• Taking responsibility for managing dependencies between the Scrum teams and others, collaborating within the Scrum Master network especially in regard to items necessary for product release
• Facilitating bi-weekly scrum of scrums (SOS) and driving conversations on cross-team risks and dependencies.
• Working with the system infrastructure team to coordinate quarterly releases, working to ensure all systems are safe and uninterrupted.
• Championed learn agile software development best practices and acted as a coach to the Scrum teams.
• Gathered and reported Scrum team statistics to stakeholders.
• Assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization.
• Coached the teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Established a reputation for removing challenges and roadblocks to streamline workflows and eliminate distractions.
• Facilitates preparation and readiness for ART events
• Excelled as a coach and mentor of diverse groups and key liaison with senior leadership, leveraging a servant-leader principle.

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Confidential, Houston, TX

Technical Scope: JIRA, Confluence, Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management Applications (Rational Team Concert, MS Office Suite, Whiteboard).

Responsibilities:

• Effectively collaborated with product owners to prioritize projects and engaged multiple teams to deliver on time and under budget results.
• Consistently solved problems and overcame roadblocks through solution and design-thinking.
• Ensure dependencies are met and provided to the development team in a timely manner, escalating when issues arise.
• Assist with resolving any roadblocks that arise during development in a sprint.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure all requirements are met prior to handing off to QA testers.
• Assist development team with creating test data.
• Build trust with the business (IT or other Divisions) and throughout the organization.
• Foster speed, innovation, and encourage continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Sprint Pre-Planning / Prioritization, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.