Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master Resume

PROFILE:

Sr. Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Product Owner leadership roles.
SAFe, Scrum, Kanban and Lean wizard.
Adept at forming high - performing teams, diagnosing team dynamics, optimizing work flow, resolving conflicts, and optimizing ceremonies.
Proven ability to take Scrum Masters to the next level of excellence.
15 years Project Management experience in enterprise class systems - focusing on Confidential, mobile data, e-commerce and customer care systems.
Excellent problem solving skills, and better yet, an innate ability to “see around corners” to identify/mitigate project impediments.
Natural ability to translate complex technical scenarios to multiple audiences.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

I am leading Agile product delivery teams through a large-scale, transformational initiative to replace a monolithic WAPI platform into various microservices.
This transformation is in conjunction with the replacement of the Sabre reservation system with Confidential.
Leading Agile teams ranging in size from 10 to 18 members through various initiatives from project initiation through Production delivery using Scrum and Kanban methodologies
Negotiating team priorities and delivery timelines with Confidential Product Owners, Release Project Managers and functional managers
Cultivating Agile methodologies with a regular cadence of daily standups and breakout huddles, weekly refinement sessions, bi-weekly showcase demonstrations and retrospectives.
Mentoring teams on approaches to slicing work into S.M.A.R.T. and I.N.V.E.S.T. deliverables; and on resolution approaches to address ongoing process problems.
Facilitating face-to-face discussions and process improvements to remove impediments within Agile team, between Agile teams and across functional domains
Driving ownership and resolution of WAPI defects across five teams (crossover to RTE role)
In addition to leading WAPI Agile teams, led a group of Release Project Managers through monthly release cycles (crossover to RTE role)
Information radiator guru
Adept at Agile Games and Exercises
Championed team spirit by initiating team building activities
Selected by management to mentor junior team members

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

Recruited to Confidential to coach at client Confidential, to a team leading an Agile Transformation effort and coaching eight Agile teams.
Developed and delivered Agile, User Story, Sprint Planning and JIRA training modules to 300 IT employees.
JIRA Administrator and Information Radiator guru.

Confidential

Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Leading ten Scrum Masters thru a mix of 3Q strategic releases - key mobile data offering, SEO, KMS, and BOPIS.
Excelled at training and taking Kanban and Scrum teams to the next level of performance.
Facilitated Adoption Roadmap.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Managed end-to-end product development of digital media delivery to mobile devices, NCR kiosks and Confidential set top boxes, and reporting solutions to Confidential 200 customers.
Led industry and competitive analysis to ensure product viability.
Drove product roadmaps in accordance with business.
Managed a team of five project managers.
Developed Master Schedule, accountable for on-time delivery.

Lead Program Manager

Confidential, San Francisco

Responsibilities:

Recruited by the EVP of Product Engineering of a Mobile Data research startup to drive prioritization and implementation of complete product and development infrastructure pipelines.
Managed platform implementation from initial client requirements gathering thru production deployments.
Developed Master Schedule, accountable for on-time delivery.