Sr. Project Manager / Agile Coach Resume

SUMMARY

Experienced Senior Program and Project Manager with over 12 years of leadership experience in many different roles.
Experienced in PMO, Program, and Agile Management specifically with Agile/Scrum implementation; Infrastructure and Datacenter builds; New Software Development; and Release Management. Experienced in managing concurrent Agile teams using Sprints, Iteration Planning, Estimating, and Release Planning on a two week Sprint cycle.
Certified Scrum Product Owner with Scrum Alliance (CSPO). Agile and Scrum Master Coach and Mentor; experienced in Risk Identification and Mitigation.
Proven leader that is recognized for handling high - pressure situations in a professional and effective manner.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with professionals at any level of the organization, including IT and technical staff, off-shore, operations management and business executives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager / Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Coached Product Owners in Backlog Grooming and creating Product Roadmaps in an Agile Environment.
Transitioned and Coached teams in the Best Practices and Principles of Agile/Iterative software development as we moved away from Waterfall and towards Agile
Managed Product deployments
Managed Development Teams in a Matrix organization across multi-functional operational groups.

Confidential

Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Transitioned and Coached teams in the Best Practices and Principles of Agile/Iterative software development as we moved away from Waterfall and towards Agile
Scrum Master for 3 delivery teams - Facilitate Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Planning sessions as well as remove any roadblocks surfaced by the teams.
Coached Product Owners in Backlog Grooming and creating Product Roadmaps in an Agile Environment.
Lead large cutting edge technical agricultural IT Software Development efforts that will change the way farmers’ plant and grow crops in the future.

Confidential

Program Manager/ Sr. Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Transitioned and Coached teams in the Best Practices and Principles of Agile/Iterative software development as we moved away from Waterfall and towards Agile
IT Product Development Portfolio Manager responsible for documenting and tracking current development efforts and pending future efforts
Member of the Release Management Board responsible for reviewing, approving and or denying production deployments
Managed Product deployments
Scrum Master for 4-5 delivery teams - Facilitate Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Planning sessions as well as remove any roadblocks surfaced by the teams.
Coached and Mentored other Scrum Masters - Led the implementation of Agile and pushed this into other areas of IT. Taught Best Practices.
Lead large complex new product development efforts utilizing Agile/Scrum Principles and Best Practices (4-5 teams concurrently) Familiar with: .NET, C#, SQL
Tracked and reported IT efforts for Capital R&D financials in accordance with SOP 98-1
Researched and accounted for lost $500K Capital Dollars for Q2 2013
Created and updated Burn down and Velocity charts as well as various backlog views in MS SharePoint
Managed Product Backlogs in Visual Studio TFS