TECHNICAL SKILLS

LANGUAGES: COBOL me / II, DB2, CICS, EZTRIEVE, MERANT MFE (MICRO FOCUS COBOL), VISION RESULTS (DYL280)

MAINFRAME UTILITIES: IBM z/OS, MS DOS, ISPF/TSO, JCL, FILESTAR, TPX, SUPERSESSION - Micro Focus Reflection, SAR, DB2, FAD, ENDEVOR, VSAM, FILEAID, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, NDM/FTP, TSO CLIST, ITPAM, MQ, Filemover

SOFTWARE: MS OFFICE SUITE XP/Professional (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio), SharePoint, Symphony, Skype, HP ALM (defect tool), Sharepoint, HP Service Manager, Clarity PPM, JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, TFS, Beeline

Methodologies and Frameworks: SDLC, WATERFALL, AGILE, KANBAN, SCRUM, NEXUS, LeSS, SAFe

Certifications: Certified Agile Leader (CAL me), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP), Kanban System Design (KMP me), Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO), Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM), ICAgile Professional - Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC), Certified SAFe 4 Program Consultant (SPC4), Certified SAFe 4 Release Train Engineer (RTE), Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), Certified OpenSpace Agility Practitioner (OSA1)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Houston, TX

Consultant - Organization Lean Agility Trainer / Enterprise Lean Agile Transformation Coach & Strategist

Responsibilities:

• Portfolio level Agile Transformation Coach reporting into teh PMO Center of Excellence (COE).
• Knowledge of and Experience utilizing Agile wifin teh PMO, Agile Project Controls, Team Foundation Server (TFS) for Agile Work Planning, and Agile Technical Software Practices to support multiple projects as they start up and connect wif key stakeholders.
• Partnered as a SPC Lead Change Agent in a successful Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program which included identifying Value Streams, preparation and launching of new ARTs.
• Coach Organization in general Agile implementation of Scrum and Kanban.
• Coach and mentor Squad members, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers, Release Train Engineers, and Staff Development Managers across multiple squads in Agile Scrum Principles, Practices, Methodology and Technology.
• Coach teh squads in setting up tooling to measure their team level improvements.
• Help develop stewardship metrics to make value delivery visible to management and business stakeholders.
• TEMPEffective End User Communication (written & verbal) to socialize teh new agile concepts and provide orientation and overview training.
• Experience working independently, wif large teams, and wif global teams.
• Exhibit Leadership through Agile behaviors and mindset.
• Champion Organizational Agile Transformation which included three Towers aligned wifin one Capability.
• Provide training and workshops on Systems thinking, standard Scrum principles, SAFe Values and Principles.
• Coach leaders and stakeholders to build and maintain teh Vision, Roadmap, and Program Backlogs.
• Enable squads to establish Increment Planning (PI) or Sprint planning as applicable based on team dynamics.
• Participate in Scrum of Scrums, daily team meetings, retrospectives, and system demos as needed to provide direct coaching to squads.
• Exhibit influencing and negotiation skills to TEMPeffectively drive process implementation, standardization and simplification.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Consultant - Organization Lean Agility Trainer / Enterprise Lean Agile Transformation Coach & Strategist

Responsibilities:

• Provide training to teams adopting teh scaled agile framework, specific to SAFe, scrum, lean and Kanban
• Provide knowledge and expertise around lean agile processes while training key roles in teh organization to leverage practices learned in day to day operations and engagements.
• Partner wif Lean Agile Coaches, Agile teams at all levels, and Senior Leadership in identifying training needs and provide feedback upon training completion.
• Deliver training output materials constructing observations and suggested strategies for lean agile coach review.
• Coach teams by providing knowledge and enthusing team members to try new approaches and techniques.
• Provide instruction and guidance on: Kanban management, scaled agile concepts and practices including value stream mapping, train increment planning and execution.
• Develop target roles, skills and organization design in support of agile transitions.
• Train leaders at all levels of teh company to be change agents.
• Work wif executive leaders that span teh organization to teh portfolio level providing guidance around facilitating and leading a lean agile transformation as well as providing consultation around organizational lean agile practices/processes.
• Work wif executive leadership on enterprise strategy formulation and execution, providing direction and guidance in leadership participation in teh transformation process from establishing intake processes and addressing broader areas of change management.
• Partner wif executive sponsors and leadership in constructing teh foundation necessary for transforming an organization to Lean Agile SDLC.
• Goal oriented to both transfer knowledge and enthuse leaders to try new approaches and techniques.
• Work closely wif: Epic Kanban management, business value stream mapping, investment theme prioritization and governance as well as insight into Continuous Integration/Continuous Development, DevOps and automation.
• Guide enterprise level leaders and change agents in teh formulation of transformation strategies that include structure, governance as well as lean agile metrics and tools
• Enterprise level budget/investment prioritization, intake processes, and governance models specific to lean agile framework
• Identifying, establishing and executing enterprise business drivers
• Organizational finance base lining, assisting organizations wif cost base lining and depicting cost saves

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Agile Coach/Trainer/Product Owner/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Business capabilities mapping.
• Leadership and negotiation skills.
• Analytical, problem solving skills.
• Manage Risk & Compliance regulation.
• Understanding of application development.
• Conflict resolution between team members.
• TEMPEffective presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Acting as a Change Agent of teh Agile principles for teh team.
• Attend monthly Production stability review/control forum meeting.
• Business and Technical Stakeholder communication and engagement.
• Hands on experience in writing Technical Epics, Features, and Stories.
• Chief, Executive Director and Managing Director level communication.
• Enterprise Agile Leader for teh organization; exhibiting a deep-passion for continuous learning and seeking to provide knowledge gained throughout teh entire organization.
• Working wif organizational leadership and teams to change and adjust organizational design to promote self-organizing teams wifin an enterprise environment.
• Hands on experience in Prioritizing backlogs for development and estimation. Manage continuously shifting business priorities and resolve conflict wif commitments.
• Prepares and presents product plans. Identifies risks and challenges, opportunities and growth strategies, business integration needs, and retirement plans.
• Manage backlog and ensure smooth and continuous delivery of committed backlog year-round across wif multiple scrum teams.
• Attend and actively participate in scrum meetings such as sprint planning, standup, and demos.
• Engages and interacts wif clients during feedback sessions, focus groups, user groups, and requirements gathering sessions. Practices open and honest communications wif clients.
• Works closely wif development teams to review enhancement requests for strategic value and convey teh product vision to teh team.
• Conduct client demos of new and upcoming functionality.
• Agile project management experience, including use of agile project management tools (me. e. Confluence, JIRA).
• Self-motivated and confident in ambiguous circumstances.
• Software Development experience providing technical guidance for teh product.
• Experience launching and transforming both onshore and globally distributed scrum teams.
• Excellent skills in communicating ideas both written and verbal.
• Engage business stakeholders to make teh corresponding short- and long-term decisions.
• Identify areas for improvement and drive change through to completion.
• Enterprise Organizational Level Training provided, tan coaching a team along its Agile maturity promoting delivery of business value.
• Enterprise Organizational Level Training provided, tan coaching team members and stakeholders on advanced Scrum fundamentals.
• Leading as a servant leader to influence team member to seek and embrace incremental change that increases team performance on their journey to becoming a High Performing team.
• Identifying and implementing agile metrics to measure a team’s Agility and tan use those measures to halp guide a team forward.
• Identifying, escalating, and removing team impediments that jeopardize sprint goals.
• Enterprise Organizational Training provided, tan coaching application developers to adopt Continuous Delivery practices such as Test-Driven Development.
• Specification by Example, Story Mapping, and other Lean/Agile Modeling Techniques.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews/demos, retrospectives, PI planning sessions, and release planning meetings.
• Promote improved team interactions, practices, and process through valuable inspect and adapt practices.
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions to ensure robust backlog health.
• Act as a mediator and facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.