Agile Coach Software Engineer
Resume:
ADIB
YASSINE
ENTERPRISE AGILE COACH
CONTACT
Dearborn Heights, MI 48125
****.*****@*****.***
LinkedIn.com/in/adibyassine
SUMMARY
Agile Coach and Transformation Lead
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 06/2019 to Present
Agile Coach and Transformation Lead
ASSURANT 09/2016 to 06/2019
Agile Coach and Consultant
T. ROWE PRICE 02/2016 to 09/2016
Senior Agile Coach
SALESFORCE 05/2015 to 02/2016
Senior Agile Coach
JOHN DEERE 01/2011 to 05/2015
Project Lead
JOHN DEERE 08/2008 to 01/2011
Embedded Software Engineer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 01/2005 to
08/2008
Software Engineer
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 01/2000 to
08/2005
EDUCATION
Wayne State University, MI USA
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, MI USA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
CAREER SUMMARY
Senior Enterprise Agile Coach with demonstrated experience in Agile transformation, hands-on Agile training including Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and XP practices with strong focus on Lean and SAFe.
EXPERIENCE
June 2019 - Present
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn MI
Agile Coach and Transformation Lead
Lead scrum teams through Agile Transformation. All teams are distributed across various locations in the USA, Europe, and India.
• Train and coach delivery teams on Scrum, kanban, Scrumban, PI planning, portfolio management, value stream mapping, and story mapping.
• Skillfully facilitate conflict resolution with and between teams.
• Coach teams on agile best practices, conduct Webinars, and host Scrum of Scrums.
• Expedite the agile delivery principles such as workflow optimization, predictive delivery, creating customer value streams, end-to-end accountability, and promoting
continuous delivery.
• Conduct the teams’ maturity assessments that focus on predictability, reducing batch size, breaking dependencies, adaptive planning, increasing autonomy, outcome-based value, and DevOps.
• Create a Governance process for escalating issues and resolving impediments.
• Lead a SQUAD team to continuously implement a System of Improvement across the organization.
• Develop an intake process, promote a cohesive workflow, reduce dependencies, identify organizational impediments, and maintain the integrity of the end-state vision across expeditions.
QUALIFICATION
Resourceful thinker with strong
communication and problem-solving skill
Thoroughly enjoy listening to the "voice of
the customer" and transforming their
feedback into tangible product reality
Enrich greater alignment between business
outcomes and IT deliverables
Ability to Influence and lead without
authority
skills for motivating and mentoring Scrum
teams, establishing viable network of peers
and influencers, and cultivating advocates
Extensive hands-on training and coaching
delivery teams on Scrum, Kanban, Lean
Agile, System of Improvement, and SAFe
Advance collaboration skills to get things
done in a multi-cultural and complex
environment
Frequently challenge legacy policies,
practices, and processes that may present
unnecessary obstacles and slow the team
down
Effectively energize Scrum teams through
coaching, recognition, and a mission to
collectively make a positive impact
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
(engineering, UX, marketing) to develop and
implement products efficiently
Conduct and advance agile training to
organizations with geographically
distributed teams
Create dashboards to monitor critical data
and effectively manage project portfolio
across divisions
September 2016 – June 2019
ASSURANT®, Santa Ana CA
Agile Coach and Transformation Lead
Championed and partnered with senior leaders and created an agile transformation roadmap designed to help meet the company’s strategic objectives. Trained, coached, and mentored co-located and distributed agile teams across the Enterprise.
• Formed high-performance teams and an empowering
environment that fostered trust, autonomy, continuous improvement, transparency, better decision-making, conflict resolutions, and innovation.
• Conducted extensive training on Agile values, Lean principles, SAFe, and the impact of continuous improvement on software quality deliverables and technical debts.
• Continuously evolved the KPI for teams to monitor iteration and Product Increment progress.
• Created maturity assessments for POs, SMs, and teams. Provided recommendations for growth.
• Advanced agile awareness within the organization through establishing and supporting communities of practices including SM, PO, QA, BA, and Agile coaching circle.
February 2016 - September 2016
T. ROWE PRICE, Baltimore MD
Agile Coach and Consultant
Provided consultation on Agile adoption.
• Developed and executed an agile transformation roadmap plan for the Leadership team.
• Trained Investment delivery teams, SMs, POs, and Leadership on Agile Methodology.
• Created and successfully executed part of the SAFe framework across several organizational units.
• Organized Leadership activities and effectively supported teams through their agile transformation.
• Developed a range of metrics for the organization that enabled us to inspect and adapt the process more effectively. May 2015 - February 2016
SALESFORCE SFDC, San Francisco CA
Senior Agile Coach
Delivered hands-on training and coached delivery teams and leadership and effectively implemented agile methodologies, Lean principles, and part of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Facilitated hands-on training and workshops to onboard teams on Agile values, Scrum, and Lean principles. Emphasized the importance of continuous customer feedback in product delivery.
• Conducted Enterprise SM certification process and certified Scrum Masters for computing clouds.
• Formed high-performing teams and rapidly improved product delivery and maximized business values.
• Delivered hands-on coaching to Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and stakeholders on how to best manage their Product Backlog and align with the product vision.
• Focused on enhancing agility, predictability, and stability while developing key metrics across various levels of the organization. TRAINING
Scrum Master Certification
Product Owner Certification
Agile Methodology & SAFe
Achieving Win/Win Outcomes
Team-Oriented Problem Solving II
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA
Project Management Professional
Professional Leadership
Applied Consumer Focus & Global
Business Leadership
Implementation
Consumer Driven 6-Sigma
Greenbelt
MATLAB and Simulink
TECHNICAL SKILLS
JavaScript, MS-C, Python,
Salesforce GUS tool, Rally, Jira,
TFS, Azure DevOps, Subversion,
Code Collaborator,
Hudson, SAP, Microsoft 365,
Software Delivery System,
MS-Project Manager,
Visio Flowcharting,
MS Publisher,
MS-Visual Web Developer,
Tasking Compiler,
PyScripter,
6-Sigma DMAIC,
Minitab, FMEA, MATLAB,
Simulink,
ETAS, Clearcase
January 2011 - May 2015
JOHN DEERE, Product Development Center, Moline IL
Senior Agile Coach
A key player in transforming local and global embedded IT delivery teams to adopt agile methodologies.
• Advanced the agile maturity model by conducting Program Increment planning, creating the product and EPIC roadmaps, conducting Impact and Story Mapping, and using WSJF analysis.
• Conducted various training workshops and coached teams in the Lean-Agile concept, better user story writing, breaking down EPICs, and using the cost of delay analysis.
• Utilized the Value Proposition Canvas to help teams create better product features and services with value outcomes that meet or exceed customers’ expectations.
• Trained and coached globally distributed teams and effectively accelerated the Agile adoption and maximized business value. Travel internationally to conduct Agile training.
• Coached Scrum Masters and Product Owners to conduct PI planning, iteration planning, and retrospective, and ensured continuous improvements were planned.
• Transformed over 20 embedded teams to Agile and provided hands-on coaching and training.
• Implemented parts of the SAFe Model across several business units utilizing the Rally tool.
August 2008 – January 2011
JOHN DEERE, Product Development Center, Moline IL
Project Lead
Led and managed several onsite/offshore Scrum teams to design, develop, and support real-time embedded software applications for various control modules on the harvesting combine machines.
• Successfully completed all project portfolios planned for 2011, 2012, and 2013 Model Year within budget, resulting in increased value and customer satisfaction.
• Provided timely software releases to stakeholders such as marketing, manufacturing, quality, dealerships, supply management, and Product Verification and Validation organizations.
• Created and tracked the yearly budget plan for the project portfolio for various platforms.
• Developed and tracked software risk matrix for upper management and conducted reliability reviews.
• Championed value improvement projects to reduce the number of onboard control modules, resulting in cost reduction per machine.
• Conducted critical FMEA and CTQ on various designs within the software assembly, resulting in improved software quality, reduced warranty cost, and increased customer satisfaction.
• Championed 6-Sigma projects to identify and address the root cause of End of Line Programming issues. Helped develop job aids and reduced programming failures by 65%.
CERTIFICATION
SPC, Scrum Alliance
SAFe, Dean Leffingwell
SM and PO, Scrum Alliance
6-Sigma, Ford Motor Company
6-Sigma, John Deere IL
January 2005 - August 2008
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Hybrid Vehicle Program, Dearborn MI Embedded Software Engineer
Developed, tested, and released Real-Time embedded software applications for the Hybrid vehicle High Voltage Battery and Pack Sensing Control Modules using C, CAN, and FNOS.
• Created an automated testing framework tool using Python scripting language resulting in reduced software testing time by 75%.
• Refactored and optimized the embedded hybrid application and resolved over 150 software defects within a 6-month time frame resulting in decreased software defects by 85%.
• Authored functional and architectural flow design and software requirement documents.
• Planned and executed experimental software releases to facilitate testing and verification.
• Created data acquisition software components and performed signal processing, signal filtering, and A/D data conversion.
• Used diagnostic and debugging tools for testing applications on the HIL and acquired experience in using Oscilloscopes, Logical Analyzers, and trace debuggers.
January 2000 - August 2005
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Worldwide Diagnostic, Dearborn MI Software Engineer
Designed and implemented key diagnostic software applications for the WDS® system to diagnose drivability issues for Ford, Jaguar, and Mazda vehicles across North America and Europe.
• Completed all designated projects for the planned release on time and within budget.
• Designed and developed a vehicle identification strategy encompassing the complexities of ECU module
communication variations over 4 years of global vehicle production.
• Substantially reduced Ford Warranty cost by providing enhanced diagnostic capabilities and reducing the time it takes to diagnose drivability problems.
• Reduced software defects in the diagnostic applications by successfully following the timeline process and completing all design reviews, code reviews, and unit and integrated testing.
• Successfully worked with suppliers to replicate incidents found by the customer.
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