SUMMARY

• Confidential is an accomplished Agile professional capable of delivering large - scale software and web development projects by effectively leading, facilitating and coaching multiple Agile teams.
• An expert Confidential driving the adoption of Scrum principles and fostering self-organization within teams, Confidential is capable of bringing enthusiasm and awareness to teams, applying expert judgement to removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
• Confidential has extensive SDLC experience and knowledge of several Agile frameworks including Scrum, Nexus, Kanban and SAFe.
• Coaching and training of functional roles during the Agile transformation process.
• Leading strategic Release Planning and tactical Iteration Planning sessions
• Business process design, documentation and improvement
• Communicating and presenting weekly updates to stakeholders and program managers
• Coordinating development with product and marketing groups to ensure timely feature releases
• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
• Continuous improvement, increasing the productivity of Scrum teams and the quality of deliverables
• Developing the roadmap for all teams to evolve toward predictive velocities
• Working closely with Product owner(s) on developing and grooming product backlog(s).
• Empowering teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality
• Protecting teams from over-commitment, backlog management, and prioritization
• Managing the lifecycle of code development, from ideation through sprints to deployment
• Coordinating and managing code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups
• Communicating with management, engineers, product managers and specialists on product issues
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress to stakeholders
• Creating Scrum Artifacts and Big Visible Information Radiator (BVIR) of burn up and burn down charts.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Tools: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Basecamp, JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Assembla, Smartsheet, Rally, Cronos, Clarity, Mantis, Sococo, Tableau.

Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, UNIX/LINUX

Languages: ASP.net, C#, VB.net, Classic ASP, VB, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, VB Script.

Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum professional (CSP), SAFe 4 Agilist (SA).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Agile Transformation Coach

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Currently using Agile methods to effectively transform the legacy group from a traditional mainframe waterfall model, while providing ongoing agile coaching and guidance to teams and stakeholders
• Working extensively to evangelize Agile best practices across the organization
• Providing role-based training for executives (business and technology), business analysts, Scrum masters, developers, testers and system specific teams.
• Providing and supporting tools training and on-going JIRA and Confluence coaching for teams both within the organization and across the Confidential enterprise.
• Training and assisting portfolio management with portfolio backlog creation and regular grooming
• Training and coaching portfolio and program teams on effective work management strategies including the creation of portfolio-level Epics/Features
• Facilitating and coaching continuous refinement of portfolio, program and scrum team backlogs
• Providing management guidance in the creation of vision and roadmap artefacts
• Developing and maintaining process documentation for the organization
• Implementing relevant scaled Agile strategies Confidential the team, program, and portfolio levels; evaluating results, and recommending course corrections to improve delivery model
• Regularly coaching delivery teams to continuously improve discovery and delivery while keeping inflight deliveries on schedule
• Guiding, mentoring and assisting other scrum masters, coaching staff and leadership in helping delivery teams with effective backlog refinement, planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives
• Successfully implemented and regularly support the mapping and migration of project data from Sharepoint into customized JIRA schemas for multiple IT groups within the organization
• Successfully trained and provided regular coaching to new scrum masters and coaches on the organizations processes and best practices

Agile Coach

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Provided training and for multiple teams on Agile development principles and best practices.
• Coached and mentored development teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and leadership.
• Team training on the effective use of Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and, user story refinement)
• Developed Agile training materials including Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Scrum development team manuals, handbooks and cheat sheets.
• Developed customized dashboards for Rally reporting.
• Assisted Product Owner(s) with backlog refinement and effective backlog prioritization techniques.
• Supported requirements gathering and efficient user story and acceptance criteria writing.
• Assisted teams with the development and maintenance of DOD, DOR and team working agreements.

Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Coached waterfall teams through an Agile transformation using Scrum & Kanban methodologies
• Trained multiple teams on Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Trained Product Owners on best practices for writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Trained development teams on story point estimation and effectively updating tasks and tracking work items in Rally.
• Trained multiple teams on how to effectively manage entire projects, using simple BVIR methods for reports and custom dashboards in Rally.
• Evangelized the benefits of Scrum to ensure smooth adoption, using interactive learning methods including tutorial videos and simple games.
• Assisted team with making commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition.
• Delivered project needs on time and with acceptance criteria in a hybrid methodology environment as teams transitioned into the Agile methodology.
• Prepared and communicated sprint/release progress using burn down charts and team velocity.

Scrum Master

Confidential - Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Led an enterprise Agile transformation and coordinated Agile adoption strategies for teams across 36 international sites.
• Led big data media monitoring project including multiple offshore teams.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives and daily stand-ups.
• Facilitated the lifecycle of code development, from ideation through sprints and deployment.
• Managed user stories and other project management activities including regular reporting to leadership.
• Successfully migrated multiple projects from Waterfall to Scrum within 6 months or less.
• Participated in developing and maintaining team standards, tools and best practices, reducing development time by over 30% and improving defect management.
• Facilitated Scrum of Scrum for offshore teams in Scotland, United Kingdom, and India.
• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.
• Protected Agile team from over-commitment and assisted in the prioritizing of product backlogs.

Interactive media Developer/Project Manager

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Product lead of 14-man team on multiple projects including design, development and management of web sites, web applications, online surveys, mobile games and online competitions for fortune 500 companies.
• Worked alongside executive team to define quarterly and yearly goals. Led weekly performance review meeting with executive team.
• Developed 18 executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.
• Monitored KPI and optimized funnels on a weekly basis.
• Facilitated all phases of software development projects, from initial ideation to final deployment.
• Led onshore/offshore team to test products across multiple test environments leading to high quality releases Confidential reduced costs. Offshore/Onshore test resources fully integrated and utilized.
• Reported risk assessments, test case coverage, and defect metrics to leadership and business teams.
• Managed weekly sprints, prioritized backlog as Product Owner in Agile environment using JIRA.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project manager and account executive for services delivered to Courteville Business Solutions - Nigeria’s leading e-business solutions providers.
• Installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of all services rendered to Courteville across country ranging from Installation & maintenance of POS terminals, to P2P services.
• Responsible a team of over 60 members across 30 states in Nigeria.
• Managing installation projects as well as service management.
• Responsible for managing OSP fibre builds and installations, monitoring OTDR tests, UAT and more.
• Responsible for OCM planning and involvement of all stakeholders.
• me was responsible for providing product, vendor and service recommendations in line with client requirements.
• Providing regular presentations on project status updates and challenges to upper management.