SUMMARY

• 6+ years of Scrum Master experience
• 6+ years of Agile Coaching experience
• 2+ years of Scaled Agile Framework experience (SAFe)
• 5+ years of Agile Transformation experience
• 11+ years of total Agile/Scrum experience
• 5+ years of JIRA experience
• Senior level Scrum Master, Agile Coach
• Versatile expertise within Cybersecurity, Financial Services, Biotech, Healthcare IT, Manufacturing, and Telecommunications
• Seasoned in multiple Agile Software Development Methodologies, including SAFe, Scrum, XP, Lean Agile, and Kanban

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Assisting teh organization in their transition to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Serving as an Agile Coach over all Scrum Teams and Scrum Masters on teh first and only Agile Release Train, including teh RTE
• Guiding teams and teh organization on how to use SAFe Scrum practices
• Leading and facilitating Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective meetings for multiple teams
• Training new Scrum Masters on PI Planning and Pre - PI Planning
• Performing Agile project and program management; including ensuring dat sprint priorities are aligned and release delivery dates are understood
• Identifying and removing impediments from teh team dat interfere with teh team’s ability to deliver on project objectives
• Coordinating and monitoring teh Scrum process from initiation through delivery
• Guiding teh team to be self-organizing and self-improving
• Managing multiple projects and interfaces with product owners
• Participating in Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions
• Managing teh Scrum process, for multiple Scrum teams, utilizing Azure DevOps
• Generating and analyzing metrics (Velocity, Burn Down, Burn Up, Cumulative Flow Diagram, Cycle Time, etc.)

Technologies used: Azure DevOps, Microsoft Team

Confidential, Plano, TX

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Serving as an Agile Coach for all Cyber Protection and Cyber Risk scrum teams at Toyota (10 teams total)
• Identifying and removing impediments from teh team dat interfere with teh team’s ability to deliver on project objectives
• Leading teh Scrum Master Community of Practice (Quality Circle) group
• Working with teams to institute, practice, and adopt Scrum and Agile techniques
• Identifying and introducing opportunities for teh team to improve through coaching and questioning
• Serving as a mentor to Scrum Masters, Product Managers and other Agile leaders with an aim to make Agile techniques successful, resilient and permanent
• Collaborating to develop Agile training materials, newsletters, and supporting communities as they relate to Agile practices
• Providing Agile and role-specific training for management, team members, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters
• Observing team activities (e.g., sprint planning, sprint review, retrospective, grooming) and providing constructive feedback to teams and leads
• Working with teh teams to ensure adherence to teh defined Scrum processes and framework (status reporting, compliance, estimation)
• Working with teh teams to ensure teh appropriate tools are being leveraged and enterprise practices are being followed to enable consistency and metrics where needed
• Working with management and teams to strengtan our Agile culture
• Booting up new teams from Waterfall to Agile
• Facilitating team activities (e.g. Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, Team Working Agreement) and assisting those teams in establishing teh fundamentals of Agile
• Managing teh Agile Scrum process, for multiple Scrum teams

Technologies used: JIRA, JIRA Portfolio, Confluence, Microsoft Teams

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Serving as an Agile Coach for all scrum teams within teh Digital Security and Fraud Platform organization
• Implementing a common scrum framework for all teams
• Guiding teams and teh organization on how to use TEMPeffective Scrum practices to produce high quality products dat meet user story acceptance criteria and satisfy customer needs
• Leading and facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo (with teh Product Owner), and retrospective meetings
• Performing Agile project and program management; including ensuring dat sprint priorities are aligned and release delivery dates are understood
• Ensuring dat team members understand projects objectives
• Identifying and removing impediments from teh team dat interfere with teh team’s ability to deliver on project objectives
• Coordinating and monitoring teh Scrum process from initiation through delivery
• Serving as a liaison between teh product owner, development team, and management in order to ensure dat teh requirements are met
• Guiding teh team to be self-organizing and self-improving
• Managing multiple projects and interfaces with product owners
• Coordinating across other Agile teams for complex projects
• Participating in Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions
• Managing teh Agile Scrum process, for multiple Scrum teams

Technologies used: Rally ALM, SharePoint

Confidential, Clayton, MO

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Serving as an Agile Coach over multiple Scrum Teams
• Guiding teams and teh organization on how to use Agile Scrum practices to produce high quality products dat meet user story acceptance criteria and satisfy customer needs
• Leading and facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo (with teh Product Owner), and retrospective meetings
• Performing Agile project and program management; including ensuring dat sprint priorities are aligned and release delivery dates are understood
• Ensuring dat team members understand projects objectives
• Identifying and removing impediments from teh team dat interfere with teh team’s ability to deliver on project objectives
• Coordinating and monitoring teh Scrum process from initiation through delivery
• Acting as a liaison between teh product owner, development team, and management in order to ensure dat teh requirements are met
• Guiding teh team to be self-organizing and self-improving
• Managing multiple projects and interfaces with product owners
• Coordinating across other Agile teams for complex projects
• Participating in Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions
• Managing teh Scrum process, for multiple Scrum teams, utilizing JIRA
• Generating and analyzing metrics (Velocity, Burn Down, Cumulative Flow Diagram, etc.)

Technologies used: JIRA, SharePoint