SUMMARY

• Multifaceted technical careerwith20 - year track record of innovation and successTechnically sophisticated engineering professional with 20+ years of experience in the IT industry, Project Management, Scrum Master, with strong IT skills combined with sound strategic and implementation capabilities.
• Possess - 6+ year of Scrum Master Experience in the field of banking, clinical research, insurance, consumer packaged goods and unemployment benefit and expertise driving the adoption of Scrum principals, removing impediments, and fostering self-management.
• Skilled Project Leader; able to direct multiple tasks TEMPeffectively, oversee teams, and spearhead communication with stakeholders. Utilized TEMPeffective communication, improved transparency, and radiated information.
• Participated in project planning, prioritization, resolution of software defects, and facilitated daily standups, sprint reviews, planning, retrospectives and releases.Coaching and mentoring teams on Agile and supporting the team by being a Servant Leader.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Agile & Test Tools: JIRA, Version One, HP-ALM, HP-UFT, Test Link, Test Track, DOORS

Programming: C, VB.Net, Java, J2EE

Web Development: XML, HTML

Scripting: VB Script, Java Script, JQuery, CSS

Web Services: REST, SOAP

Reporting: SQL Server, SQL Plus, DB2

Version Control: MS Team Foundation Server (TFS), VSS

MS-Suit: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Access, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog.
• Achieved SLA’s by providing realistic timetable and prioritizing resolution of defects.
• Utilized Scrum, Kanban and Confluence for Project Execution.
• Set clear expectations and goals for project teams and Track progress against timeline, milestones and budget.
• Provide Agile coaching to multiple teams, and teaching them to create clear and concise Backlog items on SCRUM principles in JIRA and Version One.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress and ensuring that development teams are practicing agile principles.
• Supporting development team in identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions using Collaborative approach.
• Drive weekly risk/issue meetings for tracking and mitigation of risks & issues.

Scrum Master

Confidential, PA

Responsibilities:

• TEMPEffectively communicated Team Velocity and Sprint/Release progress to Management.
• Empowered team to Self-Organize and grow Cross-Functionally.
• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Guide the project team to identify risks and work on the mitigation plan and regularly track and report project status and report project metrics on time.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog with the Product Owner.
• Act as liaison between client, vendors and offshore teams throughout project life cycle.

Scrum Master

Confidential, CO

Responsibilities:

• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog.
• Achieved SLA’s by providing realistic timetable and prioritizing resolution of defects.
• Set clear expectations and goals for project teams and Track progress against timeline, milestones and budget.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress and ensuring that development teams are practicing agile principles.
• Supporting development team in identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions using Collaborative approach.
• Continuously improves sprint management capabilities by identifying best practices, adopting consistent, standard work and coaching/pairing across teams.

Scrum Master

Confidential, Baton Rouge, LA

Responsibilities:

• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Guide the project team to identify risks and work on the mitigation plan and regularly track and report project status and report project metrics on time.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog with the Product Owner.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress and ensuring that development teams are practicing agile principles.
• Supporting development team in identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions using Collaborative approach.

ScrumMaster

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog.
• Achieved SLA’s by providing realistic timetable and prioritizing resolution of defects.
• Set clear expectations and goals for project teams and Track progress against timeline, milestones and budget.
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress and ensuring that development teams are practicing agile principles.
• Supporting development team in identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions using Collaborative approach.
• Continuously improves sprint management capabilities by identifying best practices, adopting consistent, standard work and coaching/pairing across teams.
• Drive weekly risk/issue meetings for tracking and mitigation of risks & issues.

Scrum Master

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Responsibilities:

• TEMPEffectively communicated Team Velocity and Sprint/Release progress to Management.
• Empowered team to Self-Organize and grow Cross-Functionally.
• Organized and facilitated Project Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint reviews, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint release planning and other Scrum-related activities.
• Guide the project team to identify risks and work on the mitigation plan and regularly track and report project status and report project metrics on time.
• Assisted in the creation of and maintenance of product backlog with the Product Owner.
• Tracking the Team Progress for the Sprints to manage the team workload.
• Supporting development team in identifying and removing impediments, preventing distractions using Collaborative approach.