SUMMARY

• 16 Years' experience covering Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Release Train Planner, Kanban Manager & Business Analysis roles. 
• Expert in managing multiple Projects using AGILE (Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, FDD, BDD) & Waterfall methodologies, leading co - located OR distributed Business Analyst & Development teams.
• Specialist in Enterprise & Team Agile Coaching (various maturity levels), Scrum & Kanban, Portfolio / Program / Project management, Product / Solution design & delivery, Vendor management, Negotiations, Stakeholder relationships, Executive training & Team motivation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• ADKAR, Lean, Agile (Scaled Agile / SAFe, Large Scale Scrum / LeSS, Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD, FDD, BDD) + Themes, Features, Product Roadmap, Story Mapping & Estimation workshops, Release & Iteration planning, Backlog Refinement & Prioritization, Agile Ceremonies & Events (daily stand ups, reviews, retrospectives), Artifact Management (feature list, artifacts, release logs, knowledge repositories, project commitments, user stories, tasks, bugs & defects)
• Waterfall (Project Planning, Budgeting, Activity based Costing, Initiation, Benchmarking, Scheduling, Execution, Monitoring & Control, Risk Tracking, Closure & Delivery), Product Management, Feature Prioritization & Release Planning.
• MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office, Clarity, Jira / Confluence, Wall Street, Murex, Calypso, Charles River, Mvest, Oracle, RIS, Salesforce, Raptor & SMART
• Business Rules, Use Cases, Requirements, Specifications, Documentation, Process Flows, Decision Trees, Defect / Root Cause Analysis, Solutions Development & Application Support Management, Data Relations, Flows, RDBMS MIS, Mining, SQL, VBA, SIT / UAT, Open / Defined Parameters, Manual / Automated Software (Selenium), Exploratory, Usability & Cycle Testing, Infrastructure Management & Integration, SDLC / JAD, UIX / Dashboard Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reworked the Scaled Agile Release Train Plan & Product Increment prioritization for the E2EIJ Program using Cost of Delay and WSJF metrics. Cost Savings: $1 Million
• Coached 5 Senior Executives (VPs & AVPs) & 10 POs on scaling Agile Practices & removing impediments via a 2-day training workshop, increasing Agile adoption by +20% vs. 04/2017 baseline.
• Increasing MVP delivery cadence by 50%+ (60-90 days to 30 days) via WIP limits. Institutionalized WIP Limits on all agile activities (in Scrum, XP & Kanban) via constant coaching & mentoring through games. 3 teams on track to save $1 million+ / year each.
• Mentored 5 Scrum Masters transitioning to Agile to focus on Sprint Goals & deliver tangible value every sprint, increasing efficiency by 25% compared to baseline in 04/2017.
• Facilitated agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives & daily stand ups) for 7 development teams while maintaining project artifacts (on Jira / Confluence), reducing dependency on legacy WRC system by >50%.
• Designed & Conducted quarterly workshops on:
• Introduction to Agile & Frameworks (SCRUM, Kanban, XP, TDD, FDD & BDD).
• Advanced Product Management using Agile for Product Owners
• Scrum Deep Dive for Scrum Masters
• Project performance tracking via Agile Metrics using Jira.

Tools: Used: Jira, MS Project & Visio, HPQC / HPALM, Pair Programming & Test-Driven Development

Confidential

Sr. Consultant - Project Integration

Responsibilities:

• As the Agile Coach for FXPE Program development team, facilitated collaboration meetings with Product owner, Users & Development team to define MVP, leading to the delivery of the target operating process model & system architecture in 5 months vs planned 6 months.
• Led Agile CoE & facilitated Scrum of Scrums for development, testing & deployment teams. Redefined managerial roles to better align with Agile resulting in productivity & oversight increase of 15%.
• Conducted 5 workshops for Business teams to mentor them on creating Agile Stories from BRD's, Acceptance Criteria, Definition of Ready & Definition of Done.
• Coached Confidential Trading Desk & BA team to elicitate requirements to migrate Confidential FX Trade Bulletin & Tier book from the old FXRD system into FXPE using Kanban Board framework. Increased feature release cadence by 30%.

Tools: Used: Jira, MS Project & Visio, HPQC / HPALM, Xtreme Programming, Test Driven Development

Confidential

Agile Manager / Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided direction on the CIO’s Strategic Agile Plan to Sr. Management, identifying gaps form current state & proposing solutions on Enterprise Agile Transformation using SAFe (Scaled Agile) framework
• Coached 2 Business Teams (~19 members) on Scrum & Kanban frameworks, aligning plans, timelines & deliverable expectations to meet project objectives via prioritization using Cost of Delay & WSJF principles.
• Led internal business team Scrum training for ~50 resources on 4 separate initiatives. Facilitated end-to-end scoping & estimation workshops translating business requirements into development specifications via user stories with clear Acceptance Criteria, Definition of Done & Ready. Cost Savings: $1M.
• Coached 3 teams on using Agile metrics (Burn-up & Burn-Down Charts, Cumulative flow diagrams, etc.) to successfully determine performance gaps & resolve issues. Cost Savings: $500k.
• Delivered 5 small projects (Size: $300k+ each) Business Intelligence, Compliance & Wealth Management (RIS) System enhancements for trade reporting (Volcker) & fund accounting (IFRS). Total combined Project Size: $1.5 Million.
• Directly managed the creation of Test Cases, User Stories & UX / UI of the calculation module for Wealth Portfolio Hedging system development (using TDD framework). Delivered final Production Release early by 2 months.
• Wrote detailed Work Breakdown Structures on MS Project as well as Project Schedules (Gantt Chart) for department wide systems integration project progress tracking for AGILE - Scrum & Waterfall projects.
• Created, tracked & managed work stream plans. Managed and validated changes to scope when required.
• Led client meetings as a (Business + Technology Project Manager Lead) with multiple stakeholders / Business Users to assess client & business needs, research current systems to document As Is'' vs To Be'' processes for defect gap analysis, identifying systems issue & proposing solutions. Created process flows & data maps from Source to Target for various Trade Processing Systems using Decision Trees & Prototyping solutions.
• Closely worked with Brokerage clients and Product Strategists to gather requirements and ensure these are articulated into functional requirements for fund accounting & trading limits. Worked with the Product Managers to develop application support systems & interface specifications.
• Conducted detailed requirements gathering sessions, producing BRD, delivering Scope Document, Functional Requirement specifications, Use Cases & Defect trackers. Prepared Test Plans, Cases & executed tests within a defined parameters' scenario. Conducted pre and post implementation reviews with stakeholders, ensuring all technical solutions have met business requirements.
• Lead business analyst & project manager / scrum master on financial calculation system design for margin & collateral posting software for Equity & Mutual Funds using Derivatives (Options) trading based on M2M volatility.
• Created Use Cases + User Stories & UX / User Interface + calculation module for Equity & Mutual Fund Wealth Portfolio Hedging & FX Currency Hedging system development (AGILE approach)

Tools: Used: Jira, Microsoft Project & Visio, Clarity, HPQC / HPALM, Test / Behavior Driven Development

Confidential

FSR / Agile Project Analyst / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Led 3 BA’s on multiple system enhancement projects (Agile + Waterfall Hybrid) on trade cycle fund flow, process mapping & NAV reporting using Kanban Task Boards.
• Managed multiple stakeholders on performance analytics for 5 separate projects. Developed district / branch level Product Management Scorecards for Credit Cards, GICs, & MF sales increasing reporting efficiency by 20%.
• Observed rituals / scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives) & release planning to provide feedback to scrum masters, team leaders & other stakeholders regarding facilitation strategies.
• Introduced XP (Pair Programming, TDD & Continuous Integration) practices to 3 pilot teams, engaging SMEs to identify technical debt & develop refactoring approaches while maintaining team velocity.
• Facilitated SiT, BaT & PaT test runs across 2 releases covering 500+ Scenarios & 1200+ Test cases using Kanban Boards with WIP limits. Cost Savings: $500K.

Tools: Used: Jira, Microsoft Project & Visio, CBFE, COINS, COMPASS, Behavior Driven Development

Confidential

Sr. Consultant - (Agile Coach / Sr. Scrum Master & Program Manager)

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Agile Coach & Sr. Scrum Master on Telecom Billing System (Settlement & Reconciliations) Program.
• Coached, mentored & trained 3 project teams (21 members) in transitioning from Waterfall to Agile. Performed a governing role on 7 projects, meeting revenue targets of $2 Million (CAD Equivalent)
• Recruited 5 Scrum Masters + 2 Agile Coaches & developed project traceability matrices for performance analytics

Tools: Used: Jira, Microsoft Project & Visio, Kanban Vision Boards, Xtreme Programming, Test Driven Development.