Functional Skills
DevOps
Project Management
Agile Software Development
Communications
Forecasting / Projections
Operations Management
Leadership Development
Change Management / Org Design
Software Skills
AWS
Azure DevOps
Jira
Trello
Certifications
PSM IProfessional Scrum Master I
PSM IIProfessional Scrum Master II
SASAFe Agilist
Sector Experience
Chemicals
Energy
Financial Services
Technology
Languages
English
Fortune 500
Experience
AGILE SCRUM MASTER
Management Consulting
Selective Insurance
10/2022 - 2/2024
Lead a team of DevOps engineers to roll out Esig and Home GLM that enhances delivery of insurance contracts by underwriters and create a standard procedural across all underwriters for profit maximization and audit purposes. Coach the team in the adoption of agile by changing the mindset and moving the Personal Lines development office to fully implement agile across three teams.
Organize and lead semi-annual agile scrum refresher course for team members to ensure continuous proper utilization of the framework Demonstrate the ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach leadership and the development office across multiple locations, with proven track record of driving complex projects. Resolve team conflicts by utilizing scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect for one another
Encourage team to adopt swarming to help reduce QA down time and improve team velocity Shield team from outside interference and thereby avoid impediments that could slow down progress Encourage PO to a
Organize and lead semi-annual agile scrum refresher course for team members to ensure continuous proper utilization of the framework Demonstrate the ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach leadership and the development office across multiple locations, with proven track record of driving complex projects. Resolve team conflicts by utilizing scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect for one another
Encourage team to adopt swarming to help reduce QA down time and improve team velocity Shield team from outside interference and thereby avoid impediments that could slow down progress Encourage PO to a
Nationwide
Information Technology
Senior Scrum Master
8/2021 - 10/2022
Led a team of DevOps to migrate two Angular applications which are hosted in Nitro Web hosting platform to AWS cloud for infrastructure deployment. Led team on an enterprise scale application migration of multiple products to a cloud environment for cost saving purposes to AWS. Led a technical DevOps team on cloud diagnostic through cloud design review for ultimate cost savings strategy to determine and or enhance stakeholders' decision through AWS with Azure cost calculation. Encouraged team to expand their thought process regarding technical and non-technical user stories to deliver products with high value. Always communicated team metrics to members to help everyone understand where we stood as team and what needed to be celebrated or improved. Challenged team to not be complacent about our achievements but rather seek ways to deliver more than expected.
Chase Bank
Management Consulting
Snr. Scrum Master
10/2018 - 9/2021
Led and facilitated scrum events for the development of Banking Financial System channels on mobile, iPad, iPhone, windows, and android phones platforms as Scrum Master of three Teams with a combined budget of over $2,000,000 for the year. Identified and removed impediments that interfered with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal. Coached teams on the need for commitment to deliver products on time and the value of metrics and incremental delivery. Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinements for 2week sprint cycles emphasizing on continuous improvement. Successfully removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
British Petroleum
Information Technology
Scrum Master
1/2017 - 9/2018
Facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning. Tracked and communicated team velocity, burn down charts and sprint/release progress utilizing JIRA and Trello for effective monitoring.
Empowered the team to self-organize whiles identifying and removing impediments and also preventing distractions. Co-ordinated multiple project review meetings across different project milestones. Enabled process standards and best practices for effective project execution. Facilitated Daily Stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective meetings. Adopted JIRA to track bugs and progress on impediment backlog. Helped team to properly adopt and practice scrum through the removal of non-agile scrum practices.
Empowered the team to self-organize whiles identifying and removing impediments and also preventing distractions. Co-ordinated multiple project review meetings across different project milestones. Enabled process standards and best practices for effective project execution. Facilitated Daily Stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective meetings. Adopted JIRA to track bugs and progress on impediment backlog. Helped team to properly adopt and practice scrum through the removal of non-agile scrum practices.
SCRUM
Start-Up
Master TechHuman
11/2012 - 11/2016
Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up, sprint reviews, retrospectives, product backlog refinement and ensuring there's full team engagement. Coached product owner and helped them understand their role and how to create a cohesive product vision that draws in the needs of multiple stakeholders to achieve buy-in and shared understanding practices. Served two teams across the organization and coached the team to resolve conflicts which created a positive environment and increase team morale. Helped team to improve estimation by provoking the thought of the developers. Coached and mentored scrum teams on how Agile framework could be utilized to enable team to reach desired goal.
Walmart
Product Management / Strategy
Project Manager
10/2011 - 10/2012
Tracked project progress, managed the budget, and analyzed workloads with the help of MS Project Planned, organized, and directed projects to optimize processes, systems and to enable business objectives Utilized best practices, techniques, and tools for project planning, execution, project management, ongoing milestone/deliverable tracking, communication, and key performance metrics Developed project plans and budgets, works with users to understand complex problems and focuses on bringing issues to resolution, escalating as necessary to meet timelines.