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SR. SCRUM MASTER
Professional Summary
Certified Scrum Master with 6 years of hand-on experience leading teams to deliver through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows. Well-informed Servant Leader who engages in continuous learning and improvements on Agile Methodology, focusing on trainings and workshops within team to improve knowledge within scrum team. Working knowledge on the implementation of the scrum process as well as with other Agile frameworks such as SAFE and KANBAN. Hans-on implementation of Agile using tools such as: JIRA, Rally, and Confluence. Experience working with distributed and offshore teams using virtual platforms such as WebEx, teams and Skype of Business.
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Work History
09/2019 - CurrentSr. SCRUM MASTER | Cognizant Technology Solutions - Coopersburg , PA
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Mentored team to resolve interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities so as to promote Scrum values and create opportunities for growth.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Guides the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team understand how to estimate features and capabilities.
- Coach and mentor development team on adopting Agile principles, quality deliverables and self-organization.
- Manage an onshore and offshore team using Microsoft Teams for communication.
- Collaborate with other scrum masters through Scrum of Scrums to identify the dependencies of each team.
- Organize and facilitate Sprint planning, daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, release planning and other Scrum related meetings.
05/2017 - 06/2019Scrum Master | Ahead - Houston , TX
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Led multiple Scrum teams to ensure that the Scrum framework is used as intended by educating the team on Agile practices and facilitating Scrum events/ceremonies.
- Worked on implementing Scrum on products using the SDLC.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Provided guidance to the development team to ensure alignment with Scrum guidelines, while motivating and protecting them from distractions.
- Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
- Worked closely with Product Owner to refine and maintain the Product Backlog.
- Introduced, coached and mentored the organization in the implementation of Agile values and principles.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Focused on developing trusted and collaborative team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged without a complete focus on problem resolution.
- Conducted mini workshops on estimations, capacity calculations and the benefits of agile in the environment.
- Tracked metrics such as Velocity, Burn down chart and sprint report to monitor the health and progress of the sprint.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
04/2015 - 05/2017PROJECT MANAGER / SCRUM MASTER | Cognizant Technology Solutions - Coppell , TX
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives by setting realistic timelines and checkpoints.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Extensively applied the best use of JIRA's plug-ins in keeping track of user stories, task and progress of the work through tracking the velocity and capacity of the team, also constantly monitored Burndown and Burnup charts for evaluation.
- Constantly monitored development work, Spike, Technical Debts and worked on removing impediments to improve the team's performance.
- Ensured Agile/Scrum processes are implemented effectively and provided coaching and training at the level of the team, department and company to maximize its benefits.
- Identified and remove impediments; preventing distractions that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver the Sprint goal; facilitated discussion and conflict resolution.
- Ensured the development team practice the core Agile values and principles so that the team can move towards becoming self-organized and self-managed team.
- Managed a team of onshore and offshore test automation engineers in an Agile development environment.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- Analyzed projects to determine resource requirements and procurement of necessary equipment and software.
02/2014 - 03/2015Scrum Master | Ahead - New York , NY
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Facilitate all scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand up, sprint retrospectives, sprint demos, and backlog refinement.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
- Together with P.O, prioritize and groom product backlog.
- Managed and lead development team, from project initiation through the delivery of final product.
- Introduced Agile to design and development teams comprising over 40 employees.
- Engaged team in retrospective to promote the continues growth and improvement of scrum framework within the environment.
- Protect development team from outside distraction, impediments or team conflicts and maintain focus on product backlog timeline.
- Advocate for quality and customer experience to ensure customer satisfaction and gain referrals.
- Monitor team progress using metrics such as burn-down chart, burn-up chart and velocity.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 3% reduction in defects.
Education
Scrum.OrgCertified Scrum Master (CSM)
SAFe Certified Scrum Master
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