SUMMARY

• Dynamic, hands - on, Senior Scrum Master with extensive experience managing large enterprise software development projects that meet demanding time restraints and exceed all expectations.
• Help understand and support current and future continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment (DevOps).
• Demonstrated ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach/mentor Scrum teams across multiple locations, with a verifiable track record of managing complex projects while delivering on time, under budget and above expectations.
• Ability to manage many projects at once while working within strict deadlines and maintaining professionalism.
• Skilled in providing effective leadership in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, with outstanding oral and written presentation and communication skills.
• Excel at turning individuals into teams that work efficiently and exceed expectations.
• Very Active member of Agile community of Practice.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Management: SQL Server 2008 to 2016

Operating Systems: Windows (2003 to 10)

Development Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall

Programming Languages: C#, SQL, JAVA

Version Control: TFS, JIRA, Tortoise SVN, GIT, VSS, VSTS

Utilities: MS Office

Defect Management Tools: JIRA, Rally, Quality Center, TFS

Project Management: Microsoft Project, Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Proficiently organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies daily Scrum, Sprint and release planning, Sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Assist team to remove any impediments by having an understanding the control and release process.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Facilitate getting work done without coercion, assigning or dictating the work.
• Track team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.
• Work closely with product owner on backlog development, grooming, review and prioritization process.
• Hold team members accountable to commitments, set clear performance standards, resolves performance issues and keep the team on task.
• Provides training and coaching to team members in the use of Agile methods.
• Bring creative ideas to help teams celebrate their success after each Sprint/Release.
• Acting as temporary Project Manager to manage financial plan tracker, project timelines, milestones, prioritized budget and identify project risks.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Scrum events daily scrum, sprint and release planning, Sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Contributed to product roadmap planning, project scheduling and release management.
• Identified and removed any organization or team level impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Coached/mentored new team member and transition teams to agile framework with Scrum.
• Participated in iteration planning to create acceptance criteria and tests that define “done” for developed features
• Created IRAAD to track risk, issues, risks, Actions, Assumptions and Decisions.
• Monitored and managed dependencies on external factors to ensure potential issues are resolved.

Confidential

Scrum Master/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Proficiently organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies daily Scrum, Sprint and release planning, Sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Continuously worked with Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure project goals and requirements are being met.
• Planned and scheduled project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Managed and Facilitated engineering and architectural code review process.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Tracked team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.
• Worked closely with product owner on backlog development, grooming, review and prioritization process.
• Played role of Project Manager to manage financial plan tracker, project timelines, milestones, prioritized budget and identify project risks.

Confidential

Scrum Master/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Acted as Scrum Master/ Project Manager for product teams with the focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies Daily Scrum, Sprint and Release planning, Sprint Review and Retrospectives.
• Coached /mentored product owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog.
• Mentored team members on agile principals and provided general guidance on the Scrum Methodology.
• Monitored team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.
• Managed/Evaluated team members, Budgeting, Directed Hiring and training individuals, Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, interacted with PMO to ensure project is on track.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Scrum events; sprint planning, daily stand-up, reviews/demo, retrospectives & track implementation of strategies & realization progress.
• Coached and refined utilization of chosen methodology; Agile/Scrum.
• Facilitated product owner backlog development, review, grooming and prioritization process.
• Identified projects risks and mitigated it thru the use of a risk mitigation matrix.
• Created & managed engineering & marketing, document repositories.
• Managed all project budgets, including resource acquisition and allocation.