Project Manager and Scrum Master Resume Phoenix, AZ - Hire IT People

OBJECTIVE:

To find Software Project Manager position that takes advantage of my background in Agile and Waterfall.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Software Development Lifecycles: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, using TFS, ClearQuest, Rally, XPlanner and Jira.

Database Systems: Oracle and SQL Server.

Platforms/Languages: C#, SQL Server, Java, .Net, JQuery, Angular4, Python, HTML 5, Python, IIS, Entity framework.

Services and Tools: StarTeam, ClearQuest, Aardvark, JIRA, Rally, CVS, Subversion, InstallShield, Toad, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Project Manager and Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Follow Agile SCRUM Methodology to implement Projects.
Manage End - to-End Project Management responsibilities.
Run projects on a day to day basis, ensuring that delivery remains on time and that milestones are met.
Construct Statements of Work and project plans.
Coordinate and facilitate Daily Standup meetings .
Conduct Release Planning and Sprint Planning meetings.
Identify risks and risk mitigation strategies .
Update the daily burndown chart and adjust the Sprint Backlog, based on the team’s progress .
Develop an independent understanding of products and techniques, such that I also act as a core contributor to planning and execution;
Facilitate the implementation, integration, and maintenance of the company solutions, both in t est and production environments.
Manage change and gain acceptance of change through a defined Change Control process;
Coach and mentor the development team, testing team and the product owner to follow the scrum framework.
Cross functional core team and supporting teams are geographically dispersed.
Coordinate communication between teammates as needed; communicate with sta keholders and senior management.
Create a sense of trust among team members, achievement and accomplishment for the team to stay motivated.
Maintained and groom backlog, stories and team tasks in TFS, JIRA, Rally, ClearQuest and XPlanner.

Technical projects using - .Net, C#, MVC, Angular4, JQuery, HTLM5, Python, Telerik, Entity framework, SQL backend

Confidential

Development Manager

Responsibilities:

Assessed Scrum project issues and risks. Assisted in developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals.
Customer facing. Worked directly with customer to further clarify defects and custom work.
Scrum Master/mentor for six teams. Developers, BA’s, Quality Assurance and Documentation members.
Effective in keeping team on track, in focus and clear of blocks.
Encouraged team member interaction to enhance effectiveness and quality of each iteration experience.
Responsible for managing 34 developers, ensuring design and development processes were followed and effective.
Lead and managed several multi-million dollar projects to completion and on-time.
Simultaneously managed Developers in Scottsdale, India and Latvia with a $1.4 million in expense budgets.
Reduced report run times 42% on average for division’s top 5 accounts by directing the performance. Prototyping, modeling, capacity analysis, and load balancing simulations.
Reduced software license costs by $5.3 million by analyzing and changing underlying product framework.
Reduced overall defect backlog from 1,732 to 4 (99.7%) in two years.
Managed backlog, content and release calendar for reporting module.
Committed team player, working with Helpdesk, Quality Assurance and Product Management.

Confidential

Technical Project Lead

Responsibilities:

Prioritizing backlog for developers, based on customer feedback.
Responsible for managing .Net applications through project planning, scheduling, and implementation of product installations and conversions.
Streamlined the product installation process saving over 4,160 hours and more than $104 thousand in expenses annually.
Successful data conversion of over 100 elementary and secondary schools.

Confidential

Project Support Lead

Responsibilities:

Scrum Master - state compliance and district integration projects. $4.5 million.
Cleared blocks and assisted business analyst with clarifications of requirements.
Iteration story planning, daily stand up meetings, demo’s, retrospectives.
Assisted customers with requirements, testing, enhancements and defects verification.
Lead / Supervisor for Confidential Global Support Team
Third level support for software including, networking, installs and implementations.