Scrum Master/Agile Coach Resume Plano, TexasÂ - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Results - driven IT professional with extensive experience in multiple areas of technology. Proven ability to build strong relationships with internal customers, stakeholders & IT Partners. Highly successful at facilitating teams to implement and improve agile methodology.
Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe)
Scrum/Kanban
Agile Coaching
DevOps Management
Quality Metrics
Lean Project Management
Highly Effective Communicator
Analytical Problem Solver

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: JIRA, Version One, HP ALM

Platforms: AWS Cloud, Web - Java & .NET, Client Server, AS400, Mainframe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

Led Agile Community of Practice across multiple LOB's to provide forum for Scrum Masters to strengthen Agile adoption and improve Agile practices
Drove complete reorganization of program's use of JIRA to more closely track metrics and improve metrics reporting
Facilitated implementation of fully automated Production releases - 100% automation from code commit to production release
Streamlined scrum master improvements in Release Train by creating and implementing Kanban board to allow Digital Messaging scrum masters to manage their strategic improvements in order to meet yearly goals

DevOps Team Lead/Technical Product Owner/Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Led creation of first Kanban team in Consumer Identity by utilizing Lean Adaptive training to operate in a more efficient manner -> Team throughput increased by 40% in six months
Established and staffed DevOps team in October 2015 and quickly implemented significant time-saving measures to enable the Digital Identity Platform to move from legacy Unix to AWS Cloud
Drove the creation of standard DevOps framework to eliminate manual steps and deliver true “push button” deployment
Influenced 12 Technical Team Leads to adopt a standard DevOps framework that maximized efficiency by allowing for reuse of Jenkins scripts and Chef cookbooks
Successfully merged legacy system and new DevOps team into a single robust efficient team by utilizing cross-training and redesigning processes to maximize team support
Designed DevOps Request Portal to allow Delivery teams to submit electronic support requests that created stories in JIRA via an automated script eliminating a manual process

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Quality Engineering Manager/Agile Evangelist

Responsibilities:

Platform evangelist for SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise) as Agile teams formed Release Trains to allow for greater efficiency leveraging Agile delivery for a large platform
Transformed the release integration/regression testing phase by redesigning testing practices and implementing automation within each 2 - week sprint to reduce this phase from 20 days to ~5 days
Led automation transformation from manual testing to full automation - Increased automation suite from 100% manual to over 95% automated utilizing a Cucumber/Ruby framework
Slashed testing budget by replacing offshore manual regression testers with regression automation resulting in ~$1M annual savings

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

Led transformation of testing team from Waterfall methodology to Agile practice
Managed all testing for strategic project that integrated and performed end-to-end with 35+ external vendors and 75+ internal teams - 40K testing hours
Increased automation suite from 60 test cases to over 500 test cases in less than 9 months

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of 75 testers - both onsite and offshore with multiple vendors and engagement types
Drove to completion the Automated Test Data initiative for Home Loans Originations which resulted in annualized savings of $500K