Scrum Master Agile Coach
Resume:
Experience:
Delivery Manager
Oddball.io, McLean VA, June 2022-January 2024
●Worked as a federal contractor for VA and OPM on delivering high-quality product in a timely fashion, using the latest Scrum methodologies.
●Worked with three Scrum Teams of relative immaturity to coach, mentor, and facilitate Scrum best practices
●Coach and mentor Development Teams, Product Owners, Business Analysts and other Scrum Masters in Scrum practices
●Facilitate Scrum events for all teams
●Run Feature mapping workshops for team leadership to build out our Feature roadmap
Scrum Master
Mortgage Connect LP, Moon Township PA, April 2021-April 2022
●Worked with two Scrum Teams of relative immaturity to coach, mentor, and facilitate Scrum best practices
●Served as Agile Coach for the rest of the Org as other teams began their Agile journey
●Helped oversee a move from Axosoft to Azure DevOps
●Created an Agile Center of Excellence to ensure Scrum standards and foster an environment in which Scrum could thrive throughout the Enterprise.
●Collaborated with the Training department to create first class training materials for teaching Agile & Scrum to the Enterprise.
●Created and Facilitated a coding “book club” for the Developers to learn and level up their skill set collectively.
Senior Scrum Master
The Hartford, Hartford CT, February 2020 – January 2021
●Worked with two Scrum Teams of relative immaturity to mentor in best practices
●Run SAFe Program Increment Planning once per quarter
●Coach and mentor Development Teams, Product Owners, Business Analysts and other Scrum Masters in Scrum practices
●Facilitate Scrum events for all teams
●Run Feature mapping workshops for team leadership to build out our Feature roadmap
Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Subway – Franchise World Headquarters, Milford CT, March 2017 – Jan 2020
●Working with several Scrum teams of varying maturity to mentor in best practices with Scrum.
●Coaching and mentoring Development Teams, Product Owners, and Business Leaders on Scrum.
●Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies for teams.
●Removing impediments and facilitating organizational change to foster an Agile work environment.
●Updating and providing key metrics to management as needed.
●Creating and presenting training materials on Agile/Scrum for teams across the enterprise
Software Engineer / Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Ledge Light Technologies, New London, CT, Feb 2016 - December 2016
●Refactoring software to improve performance and testability
●Working with municipal clients to define and improve custom software solutions
●Agile implementation: introduction of key Scrum ceremonies and serving as Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Software Engineer / Agile Coach / Scrum Master
Whelen Engineering, Chester, CT, Mar 2015 – Jan 2016
●Updating and maintaining legacy C#.NET and ASP.NET systems.
●Architecting, designing and developing new AngularJS, Bootstreap & WebAPI 2.0 system to replace legacy software.
●Refactoring existing software to updated patterns for improved performance and scalability.
●Implementation of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
●Implementation of comprehensive unit testing as part of the refactoring effort.
●Mentoring and training team on Agile & TDD.
Senior Software Engineer
Release Train Engineer / Scrum Master
SourceMedical, Branford, CT, Feb 2006- Jan 2015
●Designing and coding ASC and Specialty Hospital solutions, including registration, billing and interop modules, using C# and Caché.
●Designing and coding EHR/EMR functionality for use in ASC & Specialty Hospital environments.
●Served as Scrum Master and Release Train Engineer for several Agile teams.
●Lead role in introducing Scaled Agile Framework practices to Engineering.
●Responsibility for all full software builds & patches for release.
●Coaching and mentoring development staff on implementing design patterns, writing good unit tests, and Test Driven Development.
●Technical lead and coordinator for several teams, on shore and in Ukraine, for implementing Meaningful Use 2014 requirements.
●Leading on automation of manual processes to improve quality and reduce development time.
●HIPAA knowledge when dealing with clients nationwide to provide customized solutions.
●Refactoring legacy .NET code to updated design patterns for improved scalability for Enterprise usage
●Reporting on code and quality metrics to senior management, including defect and code coverage analysis.
●Working with engineers, business analysts and product management to develop specifications and designs based on customer and regulatory requirements.
Certifications
Scaled Agile Framework Agilist June 2014
Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) April 2015
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) December 2017
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) December 2018
Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I) March 2019
Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II) April 2019
PMI-ACP July 2019
Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) December 2019
Certified Scrum Professional – Scrum Master (CSP-SM) March 2023
Author
Practical Scrum – A User’s Guide January 2020
Other
Jeopardy! Contestant December 27, 2018
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