SUMMARY

• Experienced and Certified Scrum Master/Agile Coach, Product Owner, well - versed in Waterfall, Agile methodology, Scrum and Kanban frameworks, the principles of product development.
• Have eight years of experience and Capable of making key decisions for the team in order to move products efficiently through pre-production and production timelines.
• Expertise in development tools such as MSBI, SQL, to work with Developers from different background like MSBI, SQL Versed with Source Control tools like Jira, Confluence, Service Now, Smartsheet, TFS, DevOps, SharePoint.
• Excellent experience facilitating agile practices, in the delivery of enterprise applications through multiple release cycles. Strong ability to lead teams, coach/mentor, develop user stories and establish lightweight software configuration management and release processes that enables organizations to build high-value products quickly and effectively.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Agile (Scrum & Kanban), Waterfall, SDLC.

Workflow Tools: JIRA, Service Now, Confluence, Rally, Smartsheet, SharePoint, MS-Visio, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, Microsoft Office Project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Agile Scrum Master / coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Train team through presentation KT (knowledge Transfer) on how to transform traditional Waterfall systems into Agile.
• Prepare train and present roadmap into Agile, Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
• Provided extensive guidance to highly effective teams on how to use Scrum by educating and implementing the different scrum ceremonies using the Atlassian tools (Jira, confluence, Rally etc.).
• Setup Projects from inception, creating Versions, Epics, Components, User Stories etc.
• Using Spike in Jira to track, research on different items blocking team mates on project issues during Sprints
• Organize and coordinate meetings with various teams to look into tasks, request orders from Service Now and Smartsheet, problem reported issues and assigning to various teams with background to handle and fix them.
• Using gadgets in Jira to build customized dashboards for different scrum teams and using the burndown chart to track day to day progress of team as a Metrix
• Determine velocity, capacity planning during sprint planning sessions.
• Work with Product Owners and Managers to organize and prioritize backlog items on a weekly basis
• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit the scrum team
• Track and resolve blockers on the Jira board for both on site and offshore resources.
• Organize Scrum of scrum meetings to touch base with all scrum masters in the entire organization
• Identify resources with specific skill set and bandwidth to assign tasks especially with the Kanban Team
• Proactively identified and find ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.

Agile Scrum Master / coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided extensive guidance to highly effective teams on how to use Scrum and Kanban by educating and implementing the different scrum ceremonies using the Atlassian tools (Jira, confluence, Bamboo etc.).
• Using Spike in Jira to track research on different items blocking team mates on project issues
• Organize and coordinate meetings with various teams to look into tasks, request orders, problem reported issues and assigning to various teams with background to handle and fix them.
• Using Jira, Service Now to work with Developers from different background like PEGA PRPC Engineers, Java, .Net, Informatica, MSBI (SQL, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS), Big Data/Datawarehouse.
• Using gadgets in Jira to build customized dashboards for different scrum teams
• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit the scrum team
• Track and resolve blockers on the Jira board for both on site and offshore resources.
• Organize and coordinate all scrum ceremonies and different KT (knowledge Transfer) for entire team
• Organize Scrum of scrum meetings to touch base with all scrum masters in the entire organization
• Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
• Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and externally (off-shore).
• Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors.
• Collaborated with clients from concept (user stories) through final delivery of product or service.

Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided extensive guidance to highly effective teams on how to use Scrum by educating and implementing the different scrum ceremonies using the Jira and Kanban Tool
• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit the scrum team.
• Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
• Document exceptions or deviations as needed. Convene meetings and plan agenda to ensure important issues are aired and resolved.
• Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
• Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors.
• Collaborated with clients from concept (user stories) through final delivery of product or service.
• Supervised and provided direction for six technical direct reports regarding network activities.
• Used Confluence to report on progress of project, use of staff, $ expenditures, progress on milestones and the like to application owners.
• Track course of project from meetings, conferring with developers, and receiving reports. Update project plan as needed. Document changes to scope or functionalities with change ticket, project plan, or other format.

Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Using the JIRA SharePoint and TFS tools to manage track guide shield team on side and off shore to manage and develop the mobile application.
• Directing and Implementing all Agile Scrum ceremonies to the team by organizing and inviting all involved to attend
• Work with product owner to Owned and prioritized product backlog with team under control from product owner
• Organize Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects.
• Directed onsite training (KT) for business users to maximize productivity.
• Consistently met datelines and requirements for all production work orders.
• Provided methodologies for object-oriented software development and efficient database design.
• Developed workflow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client deadlines.
• Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors.
• Collaborated with clients from concept through final delivery of product or service.