SUMMARY

• Team - driven Scrum Master noledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization. Committed Agile expert with over 4 years of expertise in practicing and coaching agile principles and project management while developing high performing teams to achieve project goals and meet deadlines.
• Adept at tracking key metrics through Burn down, team velocity, backlog health and defect summary reports, and radiating progress to teh team and stakeholders. Influence, educate, and coach team members, leaders, and business stakeholders on Agile values, principles, and practices related to process, technology, and/or product.
• Work across functions and business units on teh deployment and implementation of new and changing regulatory requirements. Supported Product Owners with grooming and maintaining product backlogs, making sure user stories are sprint-ready.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Software development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Servant Leader
• Conflict Resolution
• Team Building
• Good Communicator
• Process improvement
• Proficient in Jira
• Critical thinking
• Strategic & Operations Planning
• Backlog Refinement
• Management Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Strong Interpersonal Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master

Confidential | Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Work with 3 scrum teams, ensuring TEMPeffective collaboration and communication
• TEMPEffectively facilitate Agile Scrum processes including agile project kickoffs, daily stand-ups, Backlog refinements, iteration Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives fostering transparency, inspection and Trained and mentored members of 3 teams and teh upper management on best and most TEMPeffective ways to use Agile methodologies to improve work efficiency
• Assess all 3 teams metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches
• Ensure new features, strategies and user stories and criteria for acceptance of user stories are adopted into teh definition of ready
• Collaborate with 2 product owners and teams of developers to drive projects to production, meeting deadlines and outcomes
• Promote Collaboration, communication and high productivity in teh team by encouraging teh culture of generalizing specialists.
• Actively engage in defining and managing action items, identifying, and mitigating issues and risks.

Scrum Master

Confidential | Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and facilitated scrum processes and team meetings for 2 teams
• Confirmed team followed Definition of Done protocols and Scrum Agile methodology
• Lead 2 Agile teams and 1 DevOps team in development of data warehouse and cloud technologies within Agile environment
• Increased team efficiency by 20% by inspiring motivation, spins and changes for quality and timeliness
• Executed critical path scheduling for mobile application development to meet delivery schedules
• Worked with 2 project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs

Project Manager

Confidential | Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Monitored project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance
• Managed end to end development process for quarterly application upgrade, provided smooth internal process
• Drove implementation of project deliverables in teh project charter and project plan
• Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
• Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
• Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
• Monitored design processes from conceptual phase through development.
• Provided project milestone details to appropriate stakeholders.
• Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
• Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and spot potential roadblocks.

Project Coordinator

Confidential | Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Prioritized needs and delegated assignments to handle 2 projects simultaneously.
• Assessed, monitored and reported on work progression.
• Updated and distributed weekly project schedules and milestones.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to draft project schedules and plans.
• Oversaw adherence to project timelines and budget constraints.
• Produced status reports for senior management.
• Implemented procedural updates to correct deficiencies and improve operations.
• Managed work streams for both routine and special projects simultaneously.