SUMMARY

• Accomplished Scrum Master wif experience for more than 6 years and a background in Software development for more than 10 years.
• Leads TEMPeffective teams in tailoring and adopting Agile principles and frameworks and conducts training for diverse staff.
• Experienced in all phases of teh Systems Development and Project Management Lifecycle, and excellent knowledge of several Agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.
• Worked on many web application projects such as merging websites, upgrading websites, and migrating teh Sybase database to Microsoft SQL Server.
• Combines a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems wif expertise wif an array of applications.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Lean - Agile/Scrum Experience
• Removing Impediments
• Facilitation skills
• Forecasting
• Agile Planning/Methodologies
• Agile Estimation
• Agile Coaching
• Strong Attention to detail
• Test Automation and Testing First Development
• Client Services
• Requirements Analysis, Coding
• Training Development, Delivery
• Servant Leadership
• Budgeting, Scheduling
• Agile Development
• Quality Assurance
• Web Development
• Data Management/Modeling
• Test Plans
• Negotiation skills
• Communication skills
• Team Leadership Experience
• Ability to train

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages/Web Technologies: Adobe ColdFusion 5-11, Adobe ColdFusion MX, AJAX, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, Transact-SQL, VBScript, Visual Basic, XML, XSLT, SOAP, LAMP, ASP.NET, Java.

Databases: Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 11g, Sybase, MySQL

Project Management and Quality Assurance: Agile, Scrum, CMMI 1.1, CMMI/SE/SW, Microsoft Project, SAFe 4.0

Applications and Development Tools: AutoCAD, AutoLISP, CSS, Serena Dimension, Macromedia Suite, Cold Box, Microsoft Office Suite, PVCS, Subversion, Visio, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio 2005, Webmaster, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Atlassian JIRA, Git Ext, HP ALM, Version One, Microsoft Azure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Perform Agile Maturity assessments for teams, provide coaching and input to reach higher levels of maturity, continuous improvement.
• Introduced TEMPeffective Agile Capacity Planning approach to Sprint Planning to all 6 teams of teh Confidential and Confidential group resulting in teams completing 95% of project deadlines.
• Streamline teh Operations and Maintenance (O&M) teams using Kanban that improved ad hoc and production issues by 70%.
• Led and coached Product Owners to improve story writing, feature discovery, and requirements gathering process which lead to an increase in customer satisfaction and decrease time-to-delivery by 20%.
• Prepared teams for CMMI level 3 compliance using Agile practices assuring teh organization of improved product delivery.
• Coordinate and facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint review.
• Coached teams on Scrum practices, which resulted in improved estimating by 80%.
• Engage other Scrum Masters wif industry standard Agile practices to increase TEMPeffectiveness of Scrum in teh organization.
• Remove impediments and dependencies to improve efficient product delivery.
• Led and coach 4 different Scrum teams made up of Data Analytics and Visualization team, Enhancement team, National Science Foundation team, Enterprise Search team, and teh Support or Kanban team.

Confidential 

Certified Technical Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Developed Agile Scrum playbook containing Scrum best practices, team rules, different methods for doing Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective, and Sprint demo, to be used as an Agile Scrum body of knowledge for Scrum processes in teh company.
• Assisted Scrum development team during Program Increment meeting to commit to Epic and Features of product and split Epic and Features into committed user stories at teh team level.
• Ensured accurate and transparent communications to stakeholders wif concise metrics and updates on progress, risks, and impediments using visible information radiators.
• Scheduled, coordinated, and successfully concluded several backlog grooming and refining sessions in teh middle of ongoing sprints to halp teh product owner to be more prepared before upcoming sprints.
• Worked closely wif cross-functional leads to improve deployment processes, resolve underlying issues, build best practices, and align wif business goals and desired outcomes.
• Lead Agile software development team through Scrum ceremonies and mentor team members in Scrum best-practices.
• Empowered delivery team to self-organize using principles of Agile governance and by providing teh necessary training, coaching and mentoring.

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Sprint Planning Sessions, Demo Review Sessions, and Strategic Meeting (Team Size 7 members).
• Lead Daily Scrum meetings and Retrospective meetings after Sprint completion for continuous improvement.
• Employed Kanban Board to improve team velocity 40% & Managed backlog wifin Atlassian JIRA.
• Coach Product owner on requirements gathering and story writing process and collaborate wif teh Product Owner to prioritize and groom backlog wifin Atlassian JIRA.
• Identified and removed impediments wifin teh Scrum Team to increase productivity.
• Communicate across multiple Scrum teams supporting a larger project (3 Scrum teams).
• Manage project documentation such as Meeting Notes, Retrospective Meeting, & Agile Product Roadmap using Confluence. Track team key metrics like Burndown Chart and Velocity Chart.
• Serve as a point of contact for communicating business requirements and business process change to teh IT/Agile software development team.
• Coordination of tech team leads to manage development, Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, and release planningacross products.
• Manage User Stories and Lead Retrospective meetings after each Sprint to discuss areas of improvement.
• Work wif cross-functional teams to negotiate technical dependencies and craft timelines and plans for integrated product releases.
• Lead teams to in corporate Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continues Delivery practices leading to an increase in quality of deliverables and a decrease in production defects. Provided technical assistance for teh development and integration of DevOps tools.
• Create and conduct training for teams related to agile best practices, understanding and improving team dynamics and team performance by organizing weekly “Learn by example” sessions.
• Coach Scrum teams to write good user stories, prioritize teh work based on business value and handling of teh tasks by teh team.
• Assisted in implementing teh Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe 4.0) in teh Agency and continue facilitating quarterly Program Increment Planning events across teh agency.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Lead Software Developer / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated teh creation of teh Collaboration Plan and teh Team Building Plan.
• Ensured back-up resources are available for smooth project functioning.
• Helped Product Owner in teh creation of teh Prioritized Product Backlog and Definition of teh Done Criteria.
• Responsible for project coordination from teh creation of teh Release Planning Schedule to final shippable product.
• Assisted teh Scrum Team in creating User Stories and their Acceptance Criteria using Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Facilitated meetings of teh Scrum Team to estimate and commit User Stories and in creating teh Task List for teh next Sprint.
• Assisted teh Scrum Team in estimating teh effort required to complete teh tasks agreed to for teh Sprint and developed teh Sprint Backlog and teh Sprint Burndown Chart.
• Supported teh Scrum Team in creating teh Deliverables agreed to for teh Sprint.
• Introduced Agile best practices such that continuous integration and automated testing resulting in realized velocity improvement of more than 50%.
• Ensured that teh Scrum board and teh Impediment Log remain updated.
• Facilitated prioritized Product Backlog Review Meetings.
• Facilitated presentation of completed Deliverables by teh Scrum Team for teh Product Owner’s approval.
• Train 15 developers to transition teams to teh Agile framework wif Scrum from teh Waterfall methodology.
• Represented teh Scrum Core Team to provide lessons from teh current project, when necessary.
• Utilized an end-to-end SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) methodology that leveraged technology solutions that included, but were not limited to ColdFusion 9, Sybase, XML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX, Sybase, Angular 4, and Bootstrap.
• Designed tables, databases, forms, and reports; connected forms wif Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL Server backend, and Sybase.
• Experience in teh design and development of web applications using Java, Servlets, JSP, Java Beans, EJB, JDBC, Struts, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript and Stored Procedures in developing web applications.
• Team member responsible for preparing teh foundation of web projects by coding specific Java data objects, Java source files, XML files and SQL statements designed for graphical presentation, data manipulation, and security.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Applied SEI/CMMI to all phases of a software development process and lifecycle for teh US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• Compiled customers’ requirements and specifications.
• Developed dynamic web applications & Upgrades/Enhancements to existing Coldfusion applications.
• Responsible for Enhancements and environment stabilization using HTML, ColdFusion 7, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
• Contributed to storage architecture, design, formatting, and content. Created complete coding standards and conventions for all languages.
• ColdFusion and SQL database used to maintain magazine subscription lists and issues archives.
• Prevented malicious injections by introducing application-wide security.