Agile Scrum Master Resume ,MD - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

I have a Masters in Project Management and Information Technology as well as a certified Scrum Master with over 4 years of hands - on experience in the delivery and execution of the Agile methodology.
Prior to working as a scrum master, I held the position of Project Manager for 3 years while using several Agile Project Management tools such as JIRA/ Confluence, Visual Studio, Rally, and RTC.
Teams I have worked with are Co-located, distributed and offshore, where we used different virtual platforms including Skype for business and Google hangouts. I have a strong knowledge about SAFe, Kanban and Scrumban.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,MD

Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Coaches and Educates product owner, stakeholders and development team on the Scrum framework. Serves as a guided in the implementation of the process within the various sprints.
Facilitates the backlog grooming ceremony while the product owner prioritizes the backlog and promotes continuous delivery of features to meet the need of the customer.
Facilitates daily scrum while working with the team on relaying their progress within the sprint and enabling team members to express impediments which they may be facing.
Aides Team Members in identifying internal and external resources which could be helpful in addressing unresolved impediments.
Mentored scrum team in understanding and enforcing their different roles within the team.
Tracks the sprint backlog using metrics to monitor user points which are to be completed within the sprint.
Promotes and advocates for a healthy scrum team by monitoring their velocity
Facilitates Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance.
Directs and leads scrum team from project initiation through to the delivery of a “done” product.
Mentors scrum team members who are facing impediments within the sprint and with the scrum framework as a whole.
Works with the product owner to ensure that the product scope does not surpass the intended budget.
Facilitates all scrum ceremonies to promote scrum values and principles within the framework.

Confidential,Columbia, MD

Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Educated and reinforced the Agile Methodology and scrum framework to Scrum Team and Stakeholders.
Mentored scrum team in understanding and enforcing their different roles within the team.
Facilitated Risk Management process through early detection.
Increased team collaboration, transparency and productivity to promote effective and early product release date.
Created a positive and transparent communication channel between team members
Facilitate scrum events, tracked and removed impediments faced by the scrum team.
Shield team from off distractions which can serve as an impediment during a given sprint.
Tracked and Managed Sprint backlog and increments.
Coach the team on working independently so as to achieve higher interaction and communication skills.
Tracked team progress within every given sprint so as to achieve a high performance scrum team.
Engaged scrum team in identifying and removing impediments within the team and organization.
Mentored Scrum team in effectively working together so as to meet the product vision.

Confidential,Duluth, GA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Led. Developed and Executed multiple projects simultaneously within the organization
Assisted in enforcing policy Dissemination and maintenance so as to promote efficient work environment and compliance to the company policies.
Mapped process flow; assess as-is a process through user interviews, data collection and analysis, design and evaluation of to-be process solutions
Prepared Business Object / Business Process Models that included modeling of all the activities of business from conceptual to procedural level.
Worked with the Quality Assurance and Software Development teams to identify and design test cases for the project
Conducted interview with Stakeholders to get a better understanding of business processes and gather requirements for ongoing projects
Developed & managed the project management plan, established risk management process and metrics for the deliverable.
Conducted orientations to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives amongst the team
Monitored human resources systems; monitored cash deposits and accounts payable.