SUMMARY

• I am a unique, dynamic & experienced Certified Scrum Master, Agile coach, and servant leader with 5+ years of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) within multiple domain such as Health care, Finance domain, Retail, etc.
• A servant leader who champions an agile mindset to self - manage cross functional teams to deliver products while applying empiricism.
• Experienced the transition of companies from Waterfall to Agile Methodologies.
• Over two years experience as an Agile Coach
• Professional Scrum Master & Experience Agile Advocate.
• Agile techniques TDD, CI, CD, BDD, Unit Testing, Pair Programming and Swarming.
• Worked with distributed, co-located and offshore teams while using virtual platforms such as Zoom or Skype for business and WebEx
• Extensive knowledge of multiple Agile framework; SAFe Scrum, and Kanban
• Well-versed in version control tools such as SharePoint.
• Knowledge in agile transformation and Agile sustainment for both experienced and new agile teams
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Well experienced in facilitating the Scrum Ceremonies; Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Epic and Story Estimation, Sprint Review, Demo, and Retrospective.
• Able to work with multiple teams both co-located and distributed. Removing impediments, protecting team from distractions, keeping team meetings lean and efficient to bring value to the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Agile Coach/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Organize and facilitate daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint demos, sprint, and release planning.
• Worked on SAFe framework with other scrum teams, Attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate dependencies across various other scrum teams in Agile Release train, worked with Release Train Engineer, System Architects.
• Attended PI planning workshops and facilitated system demo, inspect, and adapt workshops for future PIs and Release Management meetings
• Attending weekly meetings to share the status of the project, discussing the impediments, delays, and dependencies on other teams. Brought in Agile best practices such as continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, JIRA tracking, product visioning, self-management, empowerment, and role training
• Collaborate closely with the product owner on backlog grooming to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria are agreed upon and stories are ready for sizing.
• Effectively track team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.
• Identify and remove organization and team impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Focused primarily on training the teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value and handling of the tasks by the team. Placed substantial efforts on team member role training, time-boxing, and providing strong metrics for all players
• Empower the team to make system and process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings
• Protected team from over-commitment, managed backlog, prioritized resolution of defect/bugs.
• Lead teams with agile practices such as Kanban, lean software development and SAFe.

Confidential, Baltimore

Agile Delivery Lead/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated backlog grooming and refining sessions for ongoing sprints- advance preparation for Product Owner for upcoming sprints. Led Development Team participation level with daily scrums (increased from 75% to 100%). Improved Development Team morale through education and aggressive pre-emptive impediment removals (positive impact on velocity)
• Organized and facilitated scrum teams' events and related meetings for 2 development teams in remote locations.
• Worked with product owners on Epics, backlog grooming, requirements gathering and prioritizing.
• Collaborated with scrum team to define criteria for Automated Testing, Integration, and Continuous delivery
• Facilitated weekly meetings with Senior Management (Vice President)- advisement training on Scrum Principles and Staff Roles for Development Team Members. Executed brainstorming sessions with Development Team- identified daily scrum activities and stand-ups. Removed impediments through consistent communications with Development Team- observed behavior and interactions.
• Monitored Development Team activities during daily scrums, updated Jira System daily and resolved impediments. Compiled list of actionable lessons from sprint retrospectives-utilized for improving quality of future sprints.
• Tracked metrics (velocity, burndown, burnup charts, qualitative metrics-self-assessments) for sprints outcomes.
• Served in leading DevOps teams with application of engineering practicing such as ATDD, TDD, BDD, and CI/CD.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created full scale project plans, including WBS, task estimate, resources planning, project milestones and associated documents
• Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance
• Organized and facilitated scrum teams' events and related meetings for 2 development teams.
• Worked with product owners on Epics, backlog grooming, requirements gathering and prioritizing.
• Created and developed Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Change Controls, tracked progress of error resolution, assisted in research, performed system analysis, created data mappings, and presented to all levels of leadership within the organization.
• Managed end to end development process for quarterly application upgrade, provided smooth internal process.
• Drove implementation of project deliverables in the project charter and project plan.
• Managed the scope, quality, and project timelines according to project plan
• Track and manage project execution in accordance with company's financial management practices

Confidential, Baltimore Maryland.

Program Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a knowledge base of the scope of work at the facility
• Offer socioemotional support to children during legal screenings and or Know Your Rights Presentations.
• Assist with trainings and presentations as outlined in the scope of work.
• Supervise Social Services volunteers while in the facility and share best practices.
• Works with project senior management and other team members to facilitate communication with the client and develop an ongoing, collaborative relationship.
• Prepares and disseminates communications via listservs and other related technology
• Supports content updates on public we
• Survey and track volunteer feedback.