Certified Scrum MasterÂ Resume

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Project Planning, Scope & LOE
Test Plans, Cases & Documentation
Functional Requirements
SQA Testing & Methodologies
Mountain Goat Scrum Master Certification
Scrum Best Practices
Test Lead, Mentor and Trainer
UI, Compatibility & Performance Testing
Agile Process
SQL Experience
Defect / Bug Tracking
Regression & Negative Testing

TECHNOLOGY:

Technology Experience: Rally Agile Software, Microsoft Office, SQA Rational Robot, Lotus Notes, LoadRunner, Mercury QC/Test Director,Team Foundation System, SQL Server Management Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio

Testing Environments: Java, Win 7, C Sharp (C#), Delphi, Visual Basic (VB), ASP.Net 3.5 and 4.0, SSIS, SSRS, Taleo, Oracle, SOAP

Testing Methods: Agile, Waterfall, White\black box, Regression, Performance, UAT, Manual\Automated
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:Confidential

Certified Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Led 7 successful Production Releases, on time or ahead of schedule and achieved a reputation for never missing a deadline, all released with no show stopper prod-down issues.
Restructured team meetings to be more effective and streamlined. Tasks are now more cohesive and team focused vs. individualized.
Iteration Sprint Planning – Meeting to discuss the plan to accomplish iteration goals by defining tasks, estimate hours and velocity. Daily Scrum Stand-Up – Quick meeting to ensure the team is on track, identify roadblocks, burndown metrics and address PO questions. Retrospective – Meeting to discuss team success, improvements, feedback and things to avoid. Backlog Grooming – Technical meeting to discuss priority, estimates, level of effort, point size and scope for future work items.
Established an informal, open-door relationship for stakeholders. Implemented a new meeting; Stakeholder Demo Planning that occurs after each Iteration is complete to ensure smooth, informative presentations and allows every team member to shine.
Collaborate with department heads, stakeholders and the Executive team to establish scope, project goals, priorities and timelines.
Established “One Team” mentality and encourage the team to be more cross-functional.
Provide leadership and direction for project teams to thrive, become more self-organizing and grow to be successful.
Expert at identifying impediments, bringing issues to resolution and escalating them as needed.
Effectively manages and controls project risks and changes to ensure successful product releases.
Proactively report progress to the Product Owner.

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Led major SureCheck and RelyID security projects for high profile clients such as: Careerbuilder, Match and eHarmony.
Entrusted with extremely sensitive criminal data for National, State and Sex Offender database information.
Led successful testing effort for the calculation of the Veteran Tax Credits, EZ and WOTC (Work Opportunity Tax Credit) tax credits.
Expert at presenting high level technical demonstrations to senior-level audience.

Confidential

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

Created functional and regression test plans and test cases.
Reviewed detailed requirement and design documents.
Analyzed, documented and verified system change requests.
Collaborated with development staff to derive test design and specifications.
Worked with team to recreate problems encountered by users.
Lead the testing effort for IVR (Interactive Voice Response) Outreach project and coordinated all test plans and test cases.

Confidential

Sr. Tax Software Consultant

Responsibilities:

Provided resolutions to out of balance tax returns as large as $40 billion dollars.
Delivered training workshops for clients and colleagues in business\product requirements with classroom size of 15-20 students.
Facilitated classroom environment, lead hands-on exercises and demonstrated product performance.
Evaluated proposed product changes and enhancement requests from clients.
Remained current on latest tax trends, tax law and product development.

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

Discovered over 30 showstopper inconsistencies in the product before the delivery date, thereby saving Confidential 20% of revenue in client retention.
Was a top QA Tester recovering over 500 irregularities in 1 year.
Selected to perform on-site training at a top client site, Exxon Mobil.
Developed control data and structured test plans for newly implemented features.
Regularly performed regression\integration testing of assigned projects and assisted product development in problem resolution.
Built automated smoke test scripts utilizing Rational Robot software.
Wrote functional specifications and detailed design definitions.
Lead complete testing of Vision-Scope RS State Taxable Income Workpaper Redesign: State Allocation & Apportionment, State Modifications and consolidated state returns.
Coordinated the testing of a brand new product, InSource RS which Confidential now utilize for 90% of their client base.

Confidential

Sr. Tax Software Consultant

Responsibilities:

Composed support material, training curriculum and supplemental documentation.
Trained new team members in tax theory and system knowledge.
Led a group of 30-35 tax support technicians to resolve escalated and complex inquiries.

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