Scrum Master/Scrum Coach Resume Wilmington, DE - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Experienced, highly motivated, PMI and Scrum Alliance certified Senior Software Project Manager with Master’s Degree in Information Science is seeking a position to manage all aspects of a Software Development Project Lifecycle utilizing excellent communication, leadership, interpersonal, organizational skills and solid software engineering background.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Scrum Master/Scrum Coach

Responsibilities:

Collaborated with Product Owners to define Product Backlog
Facilitated Release, Product Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo and Sprint Retrospective meetings
Pro-actively managed Issue Log towards resolution
Collaborated with Product Owners and major stakeholders on formal acceptance of project deliverables
Coached and mentored project team members and other Scrum Project Managers and Scrum Masters to follow agile best practices
Conducted systems presentations and training sessions with business users community

Confidential, Bryn Mawr, PA

Scrum Master/Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Effectively lead TAC Website Redesign (E-Commerce), Professional Recertification Program (E-Commerce) and Birst BI Analytics projects (.NET, Java, SQL Server) using Scrum/SAFe project management methodology and Jira, Trello and Confluence tools:
Successfully managed third party software systems implementations: Okta Cloud SSO, Dell Boomi, IMP (Multimedia platform), Sugar CRM
Heavily contributed to establish agile PMO. Served as Scrum Coach
Collaborated with Product Owners to define Product Backlog
Collaborated with QA leads to create User Acceptance Tests
Effectively facilitated and coordinated activities of internal resources and third party vendors (Archer, E&Y, Eastern Standard, Ticomix) throughout the full lifecycle of SDLC: Analysis, UX/UI Design, Development, Testing, Deployments
Facilitated Release, Solution Design, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective and Product Presentation meetings
Managed Issue Log towards resolution, prepared Project Status Reports for project stakeholders and executive managers
Collaborated with Product Owners on formal acceptance of project deliverables according to prioritized Product Backlog (Project Scope)
Conducted system presentations and training sessions with business and student’s user community

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Scrum Master/Offshore Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

Effectively lead cross-functional teams throughout the full lifecycle of SDLC, Deployment, Change, and Incident management for various eBiz applications: My Account, Dotcom (E-Commerce), and Mobile
Responsible for planning/execution of Sprint iterations and assigning/controlling activities performed by members of the offshore team using Scrum/SAFe with Rally (Kanban) and SharePoint tools:
Defined and managed Product Backlog and obtained approvals
Facilitated Release, Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, presentation and retrospective meetings
Created and implemented improvement processes for Production Deployments, Incident and Configuration Management.
Participated in production servers monitoring activities using Splunk
Performed offshore team coaching/training, conducted hiring interviews, set expectations, monitored Issue log toward resolution
Coordinated Production releases and Incident management activities: served as a connecting point between onshore business, application leads, software development, QA teams and offshore team
Created executive dashboards/reports to capture vital metrics (project statuses, production releases and production servers’ availability)
Conducted system presentations and training sessions with client’s user community

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Scrum Master (Contract)

Responsibilities:

Successfully managed and completed MI Online system enhancement effort using iterative DSDM methodology (Jira and SharePoint)
Effectively lead USAA Customer Implementation, Network Vulnerability Assessment/Security Policy and Data Warehouse Analytics projects (Data Mining, Optimization, Reporting):
Served as a Scrum Coach to other project managers through the transition from Waterfall to Agile (Scrum) project management methodology
Collaborated with Product Owners to define Product Backlog
Facilitated Release, Product Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Demo meetings
Pro-actively managed Issue Log towards resolution
Supported project communication by collecting and distributing performance information to project stakeholders in a timely manner

Confidential, Philadelphia/Wayne, PA

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed cross-functional project teams of up to 12 resources throughout the Full Lifecycle Development of software systems
Performed resource estimating, assignment and conducted hiring interviews
Facilitated requirements gathering activities. Created Product Backlog
Defined and managed the project scope and obtained approvals
Created and maintained the project plan to stay in control of project schedule, scope and resources. Facilitated planning meetings
Supported project communication by collecting and distributing performance information to project stakeholders in a timely manner
Facilitated JAD sessions, functional and technical design activities
Ensured common understanding of project objectives, set expectations and effectively facilitated resolution of conflicts
Performed quality assurance and control during project lifecycle
Performed integrated change management activities; headed Change Control Board sessions
Managed Issue Log by assigning issue items and monitoring them towards resolution
Collaborated with clients on formal acceptance of project deliverables.
Conducted system presentations and training sessions with client’s user community

Confidential, Trevose, PA

Application Development Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Performed functional, technical design and data modeling activities
Designed and developed numerous n-tier, thin client applications using .NET and Java technologies with MS SQL Server and Oracle databases
Managed project plan and maintained change control system using MS Project, Visio, Jira and Confluence
Guided and coordinated releases and assured that product is available in a timely manner and of the high quality standards
Served as a subject matter expert for project management, system design processes and software development best practices
Performed employees coaching, performance reviews and assessments
Conducted hiring interviews