SUMMARY:

Accomplished Scrum Master with experience for more than 5 years and a background in Software development for more than 10 years. Leads effective teams in tailoring and adopting Agile principles and frameworks and conducts for diverse staff. Experienced in all phases of the Systems Development and Project Management Lifecycle, and excellent knowledge of several Agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban. Worked on many web applications projects such as merging websites, upgrading websites, and migrating the Sybase database to Microsoft SQL Server. Combines a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems with expertise with an array of applications.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE/ SKILLS:

• Agile/Scrum Experience
• Removing Impediments
• Meeting Facilitation
• Forecasting
• Agile Planning/Methodologies
• Agile Estimation
• Agile Coaching
• Strong Attention to detail
• Automated Testing and Test First Development
• Client Services
• Requirements Analysis, Coding
• Development, Delivery
• Servant Leadership
• Budgeting, Scheduling
• Agile Development
• Quality Assurance
• Web Development
• Data Management/Modeling
• Test Plans
• Negotiation skills
• Communications skills
• Team Leadership Experience
• Ability to train

COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES:

Programming Languages/Web Technologies: Adobe ColdFusion 5 - 11, Adobe ColdFusion MX, AJAX, DHMTL, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, Transact-SQL, VBScript, Visual Basic, XML, XSLT, SOAP, LAMP, ASP.NET, PHP, Java.

Databases: Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 11g, Sybase, MySQL

Project Management and Quality Assurance: Agile, Scrum, Confidential 1.1, Confidential /SE/SW, Microsoft Project, SAFe 4.0

Applications and Development Tools: AutoCAD, AutoLISP, CSS, Serena Dimension, Macromedia Suite, ColdBox, Microsoft Office Suite, PVCS, Subversion, Visio, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio 2005, Webmaster, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Atlassian JIRA, Git Ext

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Sprint Planning Sessions, Demo Review Sessions, and Strategic Meeting (Team Size 7 members).
• Lead Daily Scrum meetings and Retrospective meetings after Sprint completion for continuous improvement.
• Employed Kanban Board to improve team velocity 40% & Managed backlog within Atlassian JIRA.
• Coach Product owner on requirements gathering and story writing process and collaborate with Product owner to prioritize and groom backlog within Atlassian JIRA.
• Identified and removed impediments within Scrum Team to increase productivity.
• Communicate across multiple Scrum teams supporting a larger project (3 Scrum teams).
• Manage project documentation such as Meeting Notes, Retrospective Meeting, & Agile Product Roadmap using Confluence. Track team key metrics like Burndown Chart and Velocity Chart.
• Serve as a point of contact for communicating business requirements and business process change to IT/software development team.
• Coordinate with team leads to manage development, Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, and release planning across products.
• Develop functional specifications, and recommendations related to proposed products and services.
• Manage User Stories and Lead Retrospective meetings after each Sprint to discuss areas of improvement.
• Work with cross functional team to negotiate technical dependencies and craft timelines and plans for integrated product releases.
• Lead teams to in corporate Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continues Delivery practices leading to an increase in quality of deliverables and decrease in production defects. Provided technical assistance for development and integration of DevOps tools.
• Write Engineering Change Plan (ECP) and Data Change Plan (DCP) documents - - the documents for system analysis, design and solutions to business requirements.
• Create and conduct for teams related to agile best practices, understanding and improving team dynamics and team performance by organizing weekly “Learn by example” sessions.
• Coach Scrum teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value and handling of the tasks by the team and adding extra few minutes to daily standup meetings help team mature in Agile practices.
• Assisted in implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 4.0) in the Agency and continue facilitating quarterly Program Increment Planning events across the agency.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Lead Software Developer/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated the creation of the Collaboration Plan and the Team Building Plan.
• Ensured back-up resources are available for smooth project functioning.
• Helped Product Owner in creation of the Prioritized Product Backlog and in definition of the Done Criteria.
• Coordinated creation of Release Planning Schedule.
• Assisted the Scrum Team in creating User Stories and their Acceptance Criteria using Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Facilitated meetings of the Scrum Team to estimate and commit User Stories.
• Facilitated the Scrum Team in creating the Task List for the next Sprint.
• Assisted the Scrum Team in estimating the effort required to complete the tasks agreed to for the Sprint.
• Assisted the Scrum Team in developing the Sprint Backlog and the Sprint Burndown Chart.
• Supported the Scrum Team in creating the Deliverables agreed to for the Sprint.
• Introduced Agile best practices such that continuous integration and automated testing resulting in realized velocity improvement of than 50%.
• Ensured that the Scrum board and the Impediment Log remain updated.
• Facilitated Prioritized Product Backlog Review Meetings.
• Facilitated presentation of completed Deliverables by the Scrum Team for the Product Owner’s approval.
• Train 15 developers to transition teams to Agile framework with Scrum from Waterfall methodology.
• Represented the Scrum Core Team to provide lessons from the current project, when necessary.
• Utilized an end-to-end SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) methodology that leveraged technology solutions that included, but were not limited to ColdFusion 9, Sybase, XML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX, Sybase, Angular 4, and Bootstrap.
• Designed tables, databases, forms, and reports; connected forms with Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL Server backend and Sybase.
• Experience in design and development of web applications using Java, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, EJB, JDBC, Struts, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript and Stored Procedures in developing web applications.
• Team member responsible for preparing the foundation of web projects by coding specific Java data objects, Java source files, XML files and SQL statements designed for graphical presentation, data manipulation and security.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

ColdFusion Developer

Responsibilities:

• Applied Confidential to all phases of a software development lifecycle for the Confidential .
• Compiled customers’ requirements and specifications.
• Developed dynamic web applications & Upgrades/Enhancements to existing Coldfusion applications.
• Responsible for Enhancements and environment stabilization using HTML, ColdFusion 7, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
• Contributed to storage architecture, design, formatting, and content. Created complete coding standards and conventions for all languages.
• ColdFusion and SQL database used to maintain magazine subscription lists and issues archives.
• Prevented malicious injections by introducing application-wide security.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Web Applications Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements.
• Constructed and maintained a database displaying more than 200 tables.
• Developed and prototyped a personnel rating scheme,, and personnel management system.
• Created a conversion algorithm, procedure, and codes for existing applications.
• Designed a 60-page programming standards and procedures manual for developers.
• Integrated trial counselor and defense counsel information into one system.
• Provided interim and transitory user support. Developed applications, including business logic,
• Templates, and input forms.
• Implemented custom and token-based permission structures, contract management, and offenses and charges procedures and manuals. Automated the Trial Defense Service’s processes.