Scrum Master Safe

SUMMARY

Seasoned and enthusiastic Scrum Master with over 7+ years of leadership experience. Detail-oriented, driven, bilingual/multilingual professional, highly regarded for excellence in communication and leadership skills. Exceptional analytical skills, with the ability to examine and understand business needs and deliver comprehensive, actionable reports while exceeding stringent expectations. Outstanding ability to help build high performing and innovative SaFe Scrum Teams and coach developers; demonstrated success meeting and exceeding goals. Creative problem-solver that accomplishes on-time project deliverables within cost and time budget constraints.

SKILLS / TOOLS

Skills: Scrum Values & Principles •Coaching/Mentoring• Conflict Resolution• Team Empowerment• Backlog Refinement/Grooming• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)• SDLC• User Story • Sprint Planning •Sprint Review •Sprint Retrospective • Scrum Metrics • Microsoft Project

Tools: Jira, Jira Align, Rally, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Confluence, VersionOne, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook), SharePoint, MS Teams, Zoom, WebEx

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

6K Systems September 2022 - Present

Sr. Scrum Master Reston, Virginia (Fully Remote)

●Supported SAFe agile teams and stakeholders to create a compelling quality product vision and strategy, helped gain clarity and alignment on the minimum valuable product to achieve set out goals.

●Agile lead/ Coach/ Scrum Master: specific in facilitating and training the teams adopting the Scaled Agile Framework (Safe), Scrum, Lean and Kanban principles and process

●Worked on SaFe framework with other scrum teams, attended scrum of scrums to coordinate dependencies across various other teams

● Coach Portfolio managers, Product owners and newly boarded Scrum Masters through various training and multiple presentations

●Attended PI planning workshops and facilitated system demo, inspected, and adapted workshops for future PIs

●Work with the team on Sprints Goals and deliverables

●Helped team get a good confidence vote for the upcoming PI and a good understanding of the features

●Rapidly respond to changes while building a team culture of continuous improvement and experimentation

●Ensured the team embraced and practiced core agile principles of collaboration, prioritizing tasks and promoted team accountability and visibility to meet sprint / release goals.

●Participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices which helped improve development time by 75%.

●Set up physical SCRUM / Kanban boards.

●Coached the team to improve collaboration and self-organization

●Coach teams daily on Scrum principles. Monitor sprint burndown charts and maintain other productivity metrics Work with Product Owner to prioritize Backlogs.

●Coached teams on Agile values and practices while emphasizing a continuous improvement mindset.

●Navigated complex relationships with internal stakeholders, clients, and project teams to clarify expectations and mitigate risk across the entire project life cycle.

●Tracked scrum team’s velocity via burn up or burn down chart using Jira, to provide transparency.

●Successfully guided two cross-functional development teams through transition from waterfall to agile through coaching.

HIGHMARK HEALTH February 2018 – August 2022

Scrum Master Pittsburg, PA (Fully Remote)

●Facilitated all scrum ceremonies like, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

●Set up Capacity sheet, Team working agreement, DoD, and DoR

●Set up Sprint Goals with the team

●Manage Confluence page, update PI dates, deployment rotations, teams PTO and Holidays on teams Calendar

●Maintained and updated progress through agile planning tools (Jira, Kanban board)

●Promoted active participation from the team to ensure everyone is working towards the sprint goal

●Supported team members by having 1.1 discussion to enhance individual skills, knowledge, and work performance

●Shielded team from distractions which could serve as an impediment during a given sprint.

●Worked as a team to remove obstacles and to appreciate owners for quick resolutions.

●Coached the team to improve collaboration and self-organization

●Acted as a point of contact (POC) and communicated project status to all participants while ensuring internal teams have resources to meet deadlines.

●Participated in bi-weekly scrum of scrums (SOS) and driving conversations on cross team risks and dependencies.

●Used metrics such as burn-down chart, velocity chart and capacity to track team's progress and health

APEX MOTORS June 2016 – January 2018

Finance and Project Manager Chantilly, VA

●Conducted market analysis, and strategic planning for senior management review and implementation.

●Prepare marketing packages and train sales personnel on good quality customer service.

●Processed customer applications for financing and match customers with the best bank based on their credit.

●Complete customer financing process and send paperwork to the selected bank for final review and approval.

●Maintain up-to-date knowledge on permits, certificates, and documents mandatory for company operations

●Initiated comprehensive account assessments to check viability, stability, and profitability of business operations.

●Build, maintain and enhance cross-functional team relationships with Project Accounting, Contracts, Accounting, and other functional departments

●Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.

●Prepared Presentation material and estimates on trade-in allowances.

●Coordinate with mechanics to get estimates for vehicle repairs and maintenance.

●Ensured all billing and reporting deadlines are met, built, maintained, and enhanced cross-functional team relationships with Project Accounting, Contracts, Accounting, and other functional departments

EDUCATION

●University of Montenegro – Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics

CERTIFICATIONS

●Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

●Professional Scrum Master (PSM II)

●SAFe Scrum Master Certification (SSM)

●Substituted Consent / Decision Making Training

●Person- Centered Thinking

●Planning for Financial Decision-Making

●Positive Practice in Behavior Support

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