Scrum Master / Agile Coach Resume

CAREER SUMMARY:

Over twenty - six years of extensive experience in the IT field. Passionate about Agile/SAFe software development methodology and helping teams and organizations move from Waterfall to Scrum as well as scaled Agile software development best practices. Extensive experience leading teams spanning cross-functional units and in an offshore model. Repeatedly recognized at each job for strong oral and written communication skills, attention to detail, positive attitude in all activities, and a strong team motivator.

CORE SKILLS:

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Agile SCRUM Methodology
PMI Methodology
Six Sigma methodology
MS Project 2010
MS Excel 2010
MS 2010 Office Suite
MS Office SharePoint 2010
Requirements Gathering and Refinement
Vendor Management
Customer Interaction
Object-Oriented Design and Programming
Rational Team Concert
Rally Agile Software
Atlassian JIRA / Confluence
UNIX
C++
XML
Java
JavaScript
SQL

EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Supporting a brand-new team, with minimal to no Agile/Scrum experience, and helping them learn, adopt, and apply Scrum and Agile best practices. This team is a mix of offshore/onshore personnel.
Working with peer Scrum Masters in the train to remove and minimize cross-team dependencies and issues.
Guide team in adopting best practices in their migration to a SAFe methodology for their software development, including Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, Quarterly Release Planning and Release Retrospectives.

Senior Scrum Master / SAFe Agile Coach

Confidential, Blue Ash OH

Responsibilities:

Scrum Master for 3-5 teams, helped in transition to Scrum and providing guidance, and best practices in their adoption and migration to a SAFe methodology for their software development using Rally Agile Project Management tool
Assisted peer Scrum Masters in their understanding of SAFe and adoption of scaled Agile best practices. Mentored new GE Scrum Masters and helped launch new teams in Scrum methodology
Provided numerous Agile/Scrum best practice recommendations to GE Aviation, resulting in site-wide adoption. These included, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, Quarterly Release Planning and Release Retrospectives, and Release Burndown Charts, etc.

Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Confidential, Miamisburg OH

Responsibilities:

Scrum Master for 6-7 teams over 3 yr period, following local/offshore resource model, including those in Europe and India
2-3 Projects were full development lifecycle and included migration to the Cloud via Amazon Web Services and we delivered Epics/Features as scheduled and on time
The velocity of each team improved after I took over SM duties
For each team, implemented SAFe best practices by using Program level (Epic/Features) Kanban boards and Team Level Scrum boards
Mentored peers/mgrs on Agile/Scrum methodologies and best practices
Given Scrum/SAFe experience and s, tasked by Senior Director in 2016 to review all Scrum ceremonies for all 20 Scrum teams to determine and report how each team could improve
Site Administrator for Atlassian Confluence/JIRA installations

Senior Project Mgr / Program Mgr

Confidential, Miamisburg OH

Responsibilities:

Routinely led 3-4 concurrent large Waterfall projects thru complete life-cycle
Mentored peers on basic/advanced usage of MS Project 2010, SharePoint 2010/2007
Introduced and educated PMO on concepts of Cross-Project linking across all project plans and concept of hierarchical cross-project linking resulting in adoption by entire PMO, increasing accuracy of each PMO release
Given Confidential , only 5 months after starting job, for contributions made to Confidential

Project Manager/Planner

Confidential, Beavercreek, OH

Responsibilities:

Managed team of 3 and oversaw all IT operations for 200+ person Vandalia facility
Ensured all site computers were kept up and running 24x7 with latest patches and software
Maintained and improved all hardware including office printers, computer networks, & cell phones

Project Manager / Business Analyst

Confidential, Beavercreek, OH

Responsibilities:

Oversaw & managed offshore teams of 4-6 ASP.NET & SharePoint developers, testers, graphic artists etc.
Managed ALL lifecycle project activities of medium to large projects

Senior Software Engineer / Release Lead

Confidential, Dayton, OH

Responsibilities:

Led 11-12 MAJOR software releases of LN's flagship, web/ecommerce product, Lexis.com. Skills learned included leading cross-functional teams of people, handling emergencies, & working and resolving problems across other functional and departmental teams without impacting release date schedules
Widely praised and recognized by peers and management for release performance and leadership capability. Received Confidential for Release Lead work

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