SUMMARY

• Seasoned SCRUM Master, Product Manager with 14 years of experience & proven ability to understand business needs & solve problems through effective use of technology.
• Broad understanding of Agile/SCRUM, SDLC, product management, custom development, business intelligence, application lifecycle management, & solution design. Possess exceptional communication skills.
• Experienced collaborating multi - discipline teams from sprint planning, requirements gathering, process design, building software solutions, and applying testing strategies.
• Experienced in implementing cutting edge technologies for business improvements. Experienced in product & software development through Agile Scrum, Kanban methodologies. Certified Scrum MasterKey

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Product Management
• Release Management
• IT Consulting
• Solution DesignERP
• Waterfall/Agile Methodologies
• Custom Software Development
• Project Management Best PracticesDevOps
• Scrum /KanbanSDLC
• Business Intelligence
• Matrix Environment
• Infrastructure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Lifecycle Management on a variety of software development and BI projects, including custom business application products and desktop/web-based software deployments based on Agile Scrum methodologies
• Worked as a scrum master making sure that the project is progressing smoothly and every member of the team has the tools they need to be successful
• Facilitates sprint planning, release planning and responsible to remove impediments
• Participated in sprint review. Help team to write user stories
• Heavily worked with Product Owner and Scrum team (architects and developers)
• As an Agile coach reflect Agile and Scrum values to the team and coach team member with best practices

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Manager (scrum)

Responsibilities:

• As a SCRUM Master delivered on time, on budget, on quality projects during client engagements
• Received formal 'Above and Beyond Recognition' at JDA Software, for diligence, dedication and excellence in taking the initiative to improve the Consulting Services practice
• Developed end-to-end $1.3 Million ‘JDA Assortment Planning’ solution for Nine West while leading 10 resources including consultants, functional, technical, and change management architects
• Led product team for $1 million successful implementation for JDA BTO (Build to Order) MDM project for a 3PL called Neovia Logistics
• Developed software solutions for DHL, and Sun Products
• Established trusted relationship with customers providing strategic guidance
• Led implementations and custom developments using agile SCRUM methodologies
• Managed scream team and resources including architects, developers, functional and technical leads
• Worked with backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and task definition
• Managed project budget, expense, risks, project plans, issue list, change management, status meetings
• Provided leadership and guidance to the engagement team thru Agile SCURM methodologies
• Serves as an escalation point for project delivery to assigned customers ensuring on time, on budget, on quality deliverables while engaging with key senior executives

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Consultant (scrum)

Responsibilities:

• As a Scrum Master led the successful on time, on budget development of multimillion Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM), Order Management solutions for US largest retailer Dollar General comprising 9000 stores, 9 distribution centers, and 5 product segmentations in a 16-month timeframe
• Developed Standard SDLC Methodology for Confidential Professional Services Organization
• Established Testing Methodology for Confidential, based on PMI based best practices
• Developed ERP MDM design package to be use across Confidential for client implementations
• Served as SCRUM master on software development engagements
• As a SCRUM master facilitated sprint planning, release planning and removed impediments
• Participated in sprint review. Help team to write user stories
• Worked with Product Owner and Scrum team architects and developers
• Collaborates and led scrum team of functional and technical resources including Business Lead, IT Lead, Architects, Developers, and Change Lead to develop updates of overall project status to executive team
• Led multiple workstreams and make sure they go smoothly while working heavily with business & IT teams
• Led project management activities (budget, scope management, expense, resource allocation, SOW's, RFP's, RFE's, project planning and status, risk management, issue management, training, and testing methodology)
• Managed Project SharePoint site contents and make sure that all deliverables are uploaded with proper versioning and accessible to the project team
• Use JIRA, and Salesforce for Application Lifecycle Management
• Managed custom developments engagements using agile SCRUM and Kanban methodologies
• Served as primary contact with the product and development team for product pipeline, custom software development, and defects management.
• Served as a subject matter expert (SME) in supply chain best practices

Sr. Manager (Scrum)

Responsibilities:

• Served as SCRUM Master on a variety of S/W development project heaving working with SCRUM team
• Being a project manager led a team of architects and consultants during project engagements
• Managed numerous system implementations for KSSR clients by rolling out pricing and promotional cycles using POS data for various categories with quantity of stores ranging from 10 to 600
• Optimized clients profitability up to 9% while maintaining and improving margin, units, and CPI
• Led and implemented Master data and assisted clients with inaccurate, missing promotional data by developing an automated promotion model to generate historical promotional data using client’s Point of Sale
• Automated clients aggregation processing by generating XML data feeds
• Assisted clients determine best set of stores for each price zone by developing zone clustering model
• Managed implementations and custom developments using waterfall and agile SCRUM methodologies
• Worked as a Project Leader and managed activities including budgeting, scope management, risk management, Change Management, SOW's, RFP's, RFE's, project planning and status, track and resolves issues and change requests, training, and test planning