SUMMARY:

• Accomplished and Enthusiastic Enterprise Lean Agile Coach with over 12 years of IT experience in various roles and expertise in leading large scale enterprise Agile Transformations for Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Educational Government, Telecom and Retail industry.
• Highly skilled in facilitation, mentoring, training and professional coaching.at all levels to help the organization extends Agile with DevOps as a strategic asset of culture change and business value delivery.
• Experience in coaching agile teams in Lean practices such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc. with a solid record of accomplishment in leading and transforming both co - located and distributed Agile teams.
• SAFe Program Consultant with deep understanding and experience in developing and leading Program level coaching and mentoring for RTE’s and preparing for SAFe Program level ceremonies.
• Experienced in extending Agile knowledge with DevOps capabilities such as Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD), Automated Testing, etc.
• Agile Expertise in Roadmap Development, Story Boarding, Product Backlog Development, Sprint Planning, Resource Planning, Strategy, Execution of Sprint Iteration and Sprint Retrospective while coaching team to accelerate adoption and timely delivery of fully developed product through delivery of a successful sprint iteration
• Strong leadership, communication and presentation skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Agile: Scrum, Daily Scrum, Story Boarding, Kanban, Backlog Grooming, User Story, XP, Spring Planning, TDD, Acceptance Criteria, TDD, Spring Retrospective, SAFe

DevOps: GitHub Enterprise, GitBash, EGit, Docker and Jenkins

Development Practices: TDD, ATDD and BDD practices with relevant tools/frameworks such as JUnit, Selenium, SoapUI, Cucumber, etc..

Business Analysis: Analysis & Design, JAD, Requirements Gathering, BPM, Data Mapping, Test Plan Creation, Test Script Creation, Test Case Execution, Issue Tracking/QC

System Analysis & Design: UML, OOAD, Use Cases, UI/UX Development, Activity Flow Diagrams, Sequence Flow Diagram, Class Diagrams, E-Commerce, B2C & B2B, IBM Websphere, Oracle ERP, Big Data and Hadoop

Web Languages: HTML, HTML5, XHTML, CSS2 / CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX, XML, WSDL, SOAP, JSON

Web Dev. Tools: Adobe Muse, Dreamweaver, Aptana Studio 3

Agile Documentation: Jira, Rally, VersionOne

Systems Design: Sparx (EA), MS Visio, DOORS, Gliffy

UI / UX Wireframes: Firework CS5, Axure

Databases: Oracle 9i & 10g (PL / SQL), MS SQL Server, My SQL, DB2, MS Access

Testing Tools: Mercury Test Director, Mercury Win Runner, Mercury Load Runner, ClearQuest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Principal Agile Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic transformation mentoring to client executives as well as Scrum and Waterfall teams adopting Agile mindset
• Participated in Workshop development and delivery of HCAS customized Scrum and Kanban training boot camps
• Develop and deliver Agile & DevOps consulting solutions and training to HCSC - BCBS Agile teams
• Provided Agile Coaching and mentoring to teams as they get activated after receiving foundational training in Agile - Scrum or Kanban
• Engaged with IT Product Managers (ITPM) and Agile Teams in developing a cadence for Scrum ceremonies
• Helped ITPM in developing a Product Backlog and coached on prioritization techniques.
• Provided one-on-one coaching to DevOps team members on proper use of version control systems such as GitHub, Git Bash and EGit tolls.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Lead Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and delivered Workshops focused on Agile, Scrum XP and Lean Software Development
• Provided hands-on guidance, support, and coaching to Agile teams in all roles and functions
• Coached, Advised and Mentored teams by knowledge gained through practical experience
• Encourage teams to drive for success by breaking the cultural habits to achieve continuous improvement and apply qualitative and quantitative measures to present the facts
• Help the team in taking Interest Based Relation Approach to develop and improved conflict-resolution skills
• Conducted PI planning preparation activities for RTE’s and provided them with hands on guidance and
• Conducted SAFe exam preparation sessions for over 60 candidates
• Developed a strategy and training material to lead Walmart’s Agile Transformation
• Prepared and presented current Agile maturity state to Walmart senior Executive team

Confidential, Plantation, FL

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Lead a 15 member on-shore / off-shore development team from initiation through release under strict SDLC methodologies while applying Agile - Scrum framework.
• Provide consulting services as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master for On-Shore WSP Development team.
• Design project plans, major tasks and milestones using scope, resources, budget and personnel as criteria.
• Consulted on and utilize the latest Agile methodologies.
• Provided process direction to project team members, acting as an Agile Coach for Scrum and Kanban framework adoption.
• Facilitated and Participated in team activities (e.g. iteration planning and retrospective) to help develop Agile Teams understanding on Scrum ceremonies.
• Assisted the Product Owner and/or Business Analysts with understanding how to effectively manage the Product Backlog and User Story sessions.
• Ensure cross-team coordination during Pre-PI Planning sessions.
• Provided clear and concise communication with Agile team members.
• Organized and Conduct and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, grooming sessions, product reviews, sprint retrospective, etc.) to ensure team is meeting sprint goals and release milestones.
• Maintained weekly progress on Scrum Master and Teams with relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Web and Mobile application re-design initiative

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple project teams and oversee all aspects of the Scrum ceremonies including estimation, sprint planning, requirements gathering, architecting, developing, testing, issue/risk management, change control and delivery
• Provided hands-on guidance, support, and coaching to Agile teams in all roles and functions
• Coached, Advised and Mentored teams by knowledge gained through practical experience
• Encourage teams to drive for success by breaking the cultural habits to achieve continuous improvement and apply qualitative and quantitative measures to present the facts
• Work within the core delivery team empowered/tasked with design, development, modification, and implementation of computer applications, and building high performing delivery teams. Serve as Scrum Master for a software development team.
• Utilize project coordination expertise and tools such as Rally and MS-Project to support upstream and downstream teams throughout SDLC.
• Engage stakeholders, contributors and technical resources to analyze user needs and resource limitations.
• Facilitate the discussions of complex, high value IT delivery projects that require the coordination of development work or technology work on multiple platforms to achieve desired functionality.
• Help the team in taking Interest Based Relation Approach to develop and improved conflict-resolution skills

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

E-commerce B2B & B2C Migration

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Agile teams to assist in the adoption of Agile values, and the application of Agile frameworks.
• Composed User Stories and Use Cases for Data Migration and enhancements to existing Post Order activities (Warehouse, Inventory, Order Conformation, Order Received, Order Shipped, Order Tracking, Return Label etc.)
• Performed Data Analysis on pre and post converted customer data.
• Managed Post Order team and oversee all aspects of the Scrum ceremonies including estimation, sprint planning, requirements gathering, architecting, developing, testing, issue/risk management, change control and delivery
• Collaborated with testing team to capture and document testing procedures, verify and evaluate testing results.

Confidential, Medley, FL

E-commerce B2B & B2C Integration

Responsibilities:

• Train (Classroom/Workshop style setup), coach, mentor and advise technology, business, support and management teams on Agile, DevOps values/principles/methodology and framework.
• Managed multiple project teams and oversee all aspects of the Scrum ceremonies including estimation, sprint planning, requirements gathering, architecting, developing, testing, issue/risk management, change control and delivery
• Leads in planning and implementing the development and delivery of strategies, validates architectural designs, framework, team structure, UX design, build and deployment and overall product development.
• Coach and mentor in Agile practices such as product backlog setup, iteration planning, retrospectives, prioritization, estimation techniques and high level technical design planning etc.
• Encourage and promote good engineering practices like Unit testing, code reviews, pair programming and quality engineering practices as well requirements capturing techniques to the teams to improve end to end delivery practices

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

Responsibilities:

• Successfully manage / drive project expectations
• Ensure a collaborative, results-oriented working relationship with team members
• Establish, improve, and champion the product management techniques
• Deliver incremental product changes on time, within budget and scope and with high quality
• Facilitate change management through established processes
• Provide reporting to streamline project visibility and predictability for all levels
• Partner with technical managers and team members to develop work plans that deliver
• Lead assigned Software development projects using the Agile Methodology
• Collaborates effectively and consistently with project sponsors, key stakeholders, cross functional teams and core teams
• Acts as a coach and mentor, generating momentum to keep teams focused on deliverables
• Effective management of risk including mitigation plans, issue tracking

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple project teams and oversee all aspects of the Scrum ceremonies including estimation, sprint planning, requirements gathering, architecting, developing, testing, issue/risk management, change control and delivery
• Diagnose complex technical and business problems and implement creative solutions that leverage Campus Management capabilities to meet our clients’ needs
• Lead the account planning process at existing and prospective clients by identifying new or follow-on opportunities
• Support company growth by building and maintaining a strong professional network as well as contributing to the recruitment of new employees