SUMMARY

• Skilled Scrum Master ready to bring a combined 4+ years of experience as Scrum Master and Business Analyst, and take on challenging IT projects.
• Poses a proven track record in ensuring the Scrum Framework is utilized in a manner consistent wif the Agile framework, coordinates software releases meetings and contributes to an atmosphere of cross - functional teamwork, and identifies additional training needs and provide such training as required.
• Diligent, forward-thinking, and adaptable to dynamic company, customer, and project needs.
• Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines. I’m resourceful, exhibit, and foster lean-agile principles and behaviors across teams.

• Servant Leadership/Facilitation
• Risk mitigation planning
• Stakeholder relations
• Team Building
• Process Improvement
• Problem Resolution
• Communications
• Requirement Gathering & Analysis
• MS Office
• Project Organization
• Customer Service

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• CA Clarity
• Rational Team Concert (RTC)
• Tableau
• Whoville
• JIRA
• Confluence
• MS-Project (07/2010/2013/2016 )
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Google Hangout
• Skype for business
• Zoom

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master

Confidential, Trinity, FL

Responsibilities:

• Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout the life of each sprint.
• Ensure the daily stand-ups kept the entire team on the same page, wif the ability to adapt to issues dat arise during the sprint wif a focus on promoting quick decision making and achieving the spring goal.
• Served as an enabler for proper communication between the Development Team and the Product Owner, while also being responsible to eliminate any obstacle between both the other roles.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and events such as - sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives to optimize team collaboration and performance, ensure transparency, communication, and constant feedback.
• Served as an interference gatekeeper, protecting the team from outside interference and for removing the impediments to let the team focus on delivering business value.
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create a positive mindset for Agile methodologies.
• As a process improver, worked alongside the team to regularly improve the processes and practices employed to maximize the value being delivered.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly TEMPeffective teams wif goals of improving quality and productivity.
• Worked TEMPeffectively wif multiple Scrum teams both internally and distributed.
• Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in the loop wif the latest information.
• Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes, and operational specifications.

Scrum Master

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Responsibilities:

• Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly TEMPeffective teams wif goals of improving quality and productivity.
• Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
• Collaborated wif product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Managed product backlog and supported the Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
• Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of the Agile process.
• Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
• Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
• Gatheird requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources, and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
• Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in the loop wif the latest information.
• Closely collaborated wif project members to identify and quickly address problems.
• Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on-task and achieve schedule targets.

Business Analyst

Confidential - Columbus, OH

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated wif customers, developers, and engineers to identify and clarify the scope of problems/issues in terms of business/ systems requirements and processes.
• Prepared contracts and customer deliverables in tandem wif the project manager.
• Provided executives wif analytic and decision-support tools used as the basis for reorganizing, consolidation, and relocation strategies.
• Collaborated wif stakeholder groups across the organization to ensure business and technology alignment. Proposed solutions meeting defined specifications and needs.
• Monitor forecasts and consumer data for changes and offer solutions
• Worked wif PMs and Scrum Masters to establish and manage the software development lifecycle
• Collaborated, identified, and documented existing business processes and workflow.