Scrum Master Resume NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

I have performed various roles in my long IT career. Last 11+ years I have been an Agile enthusiast.
I manage “Waterfall to Agile” transformations; conduct classroom training about Agile practice; lead by example as regards performing Agile/Scrum ceremonies backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand up, impediment removals, user story demonstrations, status reporting, risk management, sprint review and sprint retrospective.
I am certified SAFe Agilist and certified Certified SAFe Program Consultants (SPCs) who can act as change agents. I can help either establish Agile practice, scale the agile implementation and customize the delivery model as per organization’s need.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NY

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Coached multiple teams on Agile principles and practice.
Conducted Scrum ceremonies like Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Retrospective and Review.
Managed distributed scrum teams (Toronto, New York and Greenville) to build Big Data applications for Capital Markets. Platform: JIRA, Confluence, JSON, Oracle

Confidential, NJ

Agile Consultant

Responsibilities:

Coached Confidential IT teams; facilitate “Waterfall to Agile” transformation; Run Digital Transformation endeavor.
Managed Program Increments and Quarterly Planning, which is a very senior level role.
Conducted Scrum ceremonies to build and enhance Insurance Industry products.

Confidential, NJ

Agile Consultant

Responsibilities:

Built and enhanced Telecom products using Scaled Agile model.
Worked closely with Product Owners and Solution Architects to craft a product vision
Compiled product backlog, planned PI (Program Increment), manage incremental delivery.
Conducted classroom and on - job training for many individuals about Agile principles and practice.
Facilitated Test Automation, Coordinate deployments and manage inter-team dependencies. Platform: Rally, Concept Wave, PL/SQL, Oracle

Confidential, NJ

Agile Consultant

Responsibilities:

Managed multiple projects concurrently using Agile and Waterfall as suited, acted as a conduit for migration from waterfall to fast track development using Agile techniques.
Reduced time to market while ensuring compliance requirements for International Trade and Credit Risk Analysis applications.
Trained new Scrum teams; provided ongoing coaching and monitored experienced Scrum teams.
Provided coaching and mentoring as needed; assist small project teams to apply key Agile principles to their work efforts (Small Scrum), and enabled other teams to reach even greater productivity level without being a direct manager and facilitate continuous improvement based on sprint retrospective finding.

Confidential, IL

Agile Consultant

Responsibilities:

Helped PMO (pre-sales group) to increase the pace of delivery and reduced cost by adopting Agile.
Mapped agile process to established Pharmaceutical practices; developed Agile Readiness assessment tool;
Conducted interactive sessions with senior IT people to develop an approach for migration from Waterfall to Agile.
Conducted ongoing sessions for POs and Software Delivery Managers to facilitate Agile implementation.
Developed a handbook illustrating the approach for Confidential Division (IL) for PMO transition from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum using CLM (contract life cycle management) as a prototype; mentored Abbott senior IT teams and product owners to select projects for transformation to Agile.
Developed Agile Assessment tool to identify gaps in Agile knowledge, set targets and revise Agile training material. Platform JIRA, UNIX, Oracle, SQL