PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated and detailed oriented scrum master with 7 years experience working with with high performing agile teams
• Accomplished servant - leader capable of delivering large-scale software development projects by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and mentoring Scrum teams.
• Expertise working with multiple teams throughout the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Application lifecycle management (ALM) with agile scrum framework
• A visionary leader, an excellent motivator and mentor with great communication, team building, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Extensive experience using PM tools like MS Project, Jira and Rally for project planning activities.
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft, Excel, Word, Power point, Access, Visio, Jira, Rally (CA Agile) and SharePoint
• Working knowledge of agile frameworks; SAFe, Kanban, TDD and XP

SKILL:

Business analysis

Agile project management

Servant leadership

Conflict resolution

Project documentation

Risk management

Requirement gatherings

Story estimation

Team coaching and mentoring

Team building

Software development

Software testing

WORK HISTORY:

Scrum Master

Confidential, Fargo, ND

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating the various agile ceremonies-sprint planning, daily scrums, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
• Managing the lifecycle of code development from conception, to sprints and subsequent deployment
• Collaborating at a strategic level with the Product Owners to order and create requirements and featureS backlog that aligns product vision
• Coaching and mentoring IT teams in agile best practices and principles, ensuring proper implementation of the scrum process
• Removing both internal and external impediments deterring teams from achieving sprint goals, making sure teams are always working at optimum productivity free of blockers
• Continuously monitored project progress and radiated detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables to functional managers when required
• Participating in design reviews with technical teams, and managing quality assurance of project deliverables
• Working with developers to translate business needs into operational software promoting continuous improvements of our systems and processes

Scrum Master

Confidential, Miami, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement
• Facilitated and documented Confidential digital transformation strategy; current state of the business operations, marketing, sales, support and storing documents in SharePoint
• Participated in system wide SAFE Release Train planning and coordination workshops
• Coordinated and participated in bi-weekly estimation meetings using planning poker to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items
• Captured and authored user stories that accurately reflect business requirements
• Investigated and corrected or escalated project problems, impediments and issues
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies
• Performed detailed assessments of project risks to determine constraints and develop mitigation strategies
• Coordinated and synchronized project plan, activities, and dependencies with parallel projects
• Helped team complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolved obstacles encountered by team members
• Organized multiple sessions of community of practice where we share knowledge and come up with solutions to issues faced within our teams
• Worked with other scrum masters across the train to create action plans for dealing with depency stories

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Confidential, Fargo, ND

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and wrote detailed business requirements as well as related JIRA tickets to accurately and concisely communicate required development deliverables
• Effectively communicates requirements for the design, development and testing of business solutions
• Involved in planning & facilitating the business requirements gathering sessions and process for Incident Tracking Software
• Mapped process activities to identify shortfalls and identify options to rectify operational inefficiencies
• Interfaced with cross-functional team of business analysts, developers and technical support professionals to determine comprehensive list of requirement specifications for new applications
• Played a pivotal role in implementing the Electronic Medical Records system
• Worked with teams supporting and delivering SH's medical applications for a variety of health systems like -Accountable Care Organizations, Care coordination Organizations, Health Homes and Confidential t-centered Medical Homes
• Worked effectively with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that elevated client side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance
• Coordinated daily stand ups, sprint planning and all other scrum ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives)
• Coached team members and business stakeholders on agile best practices, scrum values, team cohesion, self-organization and achieving business value
• Assisted in the planning, execution, and analysis of user acceptance testing to ensure test cases and completed user stories meet the Product Owner's expectations
• Worked with product owners to groom and prioritize backlogs to reflect business value