EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• A Certified Scrum Master with over six years of IT experience with expertise on Construction, Oil & Gas, Energy and E - commerce.
• An expert in helping teams build and develop trust, safety, and effective communication.
• A self-motivated and proactive Scrum Master with technical background in software development and analysis, comprehensive years of experience as a Scrum Master, software testing and client management.
• A servant-leader who leads from a position of influence by facilitating and coaching team members on Agile methodology as well as Scrum principles aligned to the manifesto.
• Always work with the Scrum team to complete sprints, implement any change required, and deliver quality deliverables.
• Lead the team to be passionate about their work by ensuring commitment and engagement of all team members.
• Making sure team is free of distractions, obstacles, and disruptions that might hinder a successful production with the desired outcome.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Certified Scrum Master, Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, Technical Skills, Project/Product Management System/Software Implementation, Quality Assurance, Inventory Planning/ Forecasting, Risk Mitigation, Conflict Resolution.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• HTML, CSS, XML, GIS, MicroStation, AutoCAD
• Oracle DBA, Linux (SQL), Java, JIRA, SDLC, Rally, VersionOneRational ClearQuest, Rally, MS Visio, HP Quality CenterHP ALM, MS Visio, SharePoint, SAP, Big Data (Hadoop)TableauMS Office, Doble M4000 & 6000, PowerDB, SFRA.
• Applicable codes (ANSI, IEEE, ASTM, NEC, NESC, NERC/CIP)
• Electrical Delivery Safety Tagging and Substation Awareness.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Encourage transparency and collaboration within a self-organizing and cross-functional team to perform work in frequent iterations
• Facilitated and organized Sprint planning and Retrospect meetings, as well as coach from a servant leaders’ perspective, using Agile methodology to encourage collaboration and cross-functionality of disciplines.
• Lead multiple Scrum Teams in deploying software including the offshore teams.
• Maintained a Daily Standup where the delivery team get to update Scrum Board, talk about work progress and any impediment that might hinder the team from completing the planned task as agreed on during sprint planning.
• Aligning, reinforcing and educating Agile methodology as well as Scrum framework to team members.
• Helped the team by showing them how to remove impediments and blockers throughout the sprints, and made sure work gets done the right way and on time.
• Arrange meetings for product demonstration as well as decision making processes to ensure immediate inspection and proper use of adaptation process.
• Worked with development team to address any complicated or resource-intensive requests during a Sprint by meeting with the client and discuss the prioritization of the new request, and what task to postpone to a future Sprint.
• Work along with the Delivery Team to effectively work within the estimated time, complexity, and interdependencies of each task in a Sprint Backlog.
• Work with the Delivery Team to make sure tasks and goals are attainable, and each member’s Bandwidth can be accounted in order to have a successful Sprint.
• Coordinate and participate PI (Program Increment) planning and coached stakeholders in setting up ART (Agile Release Trains) and Solutions Trains.

Confidential

Senior Test Engineer/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Communicate and encourage collaboration between the product owner and the Scrum team to make sure customer requirements are met, and the deliverable acceptance criteria for projects are clearly understood and maintained.
• Assist product owner to form Scrum Team of developers, testers and business analysts.
• Ensure an effective and conducive working environment for the team, resolve impediments and make sure team members have the necessary tools to perform work efficiently, as well as update burndown charts to maintain team velocity.
• Facilitates meetings such as Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviewing, and Sprint Retrospect.
• Helped to coach new team and ensure they understand Agile values and principles as well as adhere to the processes and practices agreed on.
• Employing techniques such as Fist of Five, Wideband Delphi and Planning Poker to help the team to appropriately size their user stories.
• Support and coordinate field teams to ensure smooth implementation of testing procedures and deliverables.
• Provides continuous improvement opportunities and solutions to efficiently solve problems as well as provide critical thinking skills.
• Tracked and managed sprints to ensure the Scrum Team sticks to the requirement and not permitting changes to sprint.
• Delegates action items to members of the team and prioritized daily tasks based on request deadlines and deliverables.

Confidential

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported the engineering and design activities for construction, operation and maintenance of the substation and transmission system.
• Utilized system expertise to analyze specific equipment and system performance. Identify trends, gaps, and generate solution options such as maintenance or replacement plans.
• Applied working knowledge of standards and regulations to ensure environmental and regulatory compliance in addition to providing energy solutions for new and large customers.
• Supervised electrical construction sites and approve test results for equipment such as high and low voltage Power Transformers, Voltage Regulators, High Voltage Cables, Phase Angle Regulators, Reactors, Surge Arrestors, Circuit Breakers, Circuit Switchers, Disconnect Switches, CCVTs, Potential & Current Transformers, and associating Switchgear equipment for commissioning purposes.
• Worked as a member of a development team in updating project work progress on Scrum board so as to accomplish the targeted completion and scheduled dates for energization, as well as checked the deliverables and field conditions to make sure contractors comply and follow company’s safety policies and government regulations.
• Attended daily standup meetings which was facilitated by the ScrumMaster/Senior Test Engineer for transparency and to clear any impediments that may hinder work progress.
• Attended pre/post construction meetings in form of sprint planning and reviewing with everyone with direct responsibility for proper planning to prevent surprises and conflicts that may arise during and after each work/sprint.
• Worked alongside Project engineer/Product Owner, Senior Test Engineer/Scrum Master, and other members of the development team to deliver the requested and committed product increments.
• Maintained good working relationship with members of the team as well as trust that everyone will be as committed and focus on delivering quality deliverables.
• Strong working and testing knowledge of software such as GIS for mapping and data analysis of all field equipment, MicroStation for 2D & 3D design and drafting.
• Worked with the team to prepare test procedures, as well as review and analyze test results of mid and high voltage power equipment ranging from 4kv to 500kv in all of Confidential generating stations and PSE&G sub stations/switching stations.