Scrum Master Project Manager

CATORI SWANN PMP, SA, DASM, PSM I

Adaptive Project Manager Certified Scrum Master Lean-Agile Transformation Champion

336-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Savannah, GA

SUMMARY

Dynamic project executive with 12 years’ experience orchestrating large scale, complex hybrid initiatives and a history of transitioning cross-functional teams to agile methodologies within a very rigid, top-down, low trust environment. Looking to join a fully Agile culture where my values of people-focused, value driven, trust-building, transparent and courageous agility are celebrated.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Production Technical Director

Savannah College of Art and Design

11/2018 - Present Savannah, GA

Portfolio-level project director employing hybrid methodologies to organize large, complex teams across disciplines producing internationally acclaimed film, television, and live events with immutable timelines and seven-figure budgets.

Eliminated overload instances and accelerated change response by 60% by facilitating Agile cadences and methodologies.

Elevated four teams to self-organizing, cross-functional mindsets, task visualization, value stream efficiency and design thinking, dramatically improving morale and boosting staff retention rates by 220%.

Spearheaded organizational adoption of collaborative management platforms including Jira, Confluence, Miro, Slack and VCB, reducing redundant meeting and communication frequency by 45%.

Anchored and stabilized a chaotic design process by integrating agile, iterative delivery cycles and scrum planning and meeting rituals in alignment with phase-gated deployment cycles

Shifted learning far to the left by championing decentralized decision making and risk response planning by applying WSJF, user stories and ROAMing risks as part of PI planning.

President, CEO

Deus Ex Machina Corp.

04/2014 – 11/2018 Asheville, NC

DxMco provided lean, adaptive project consultation and delivery services focusing on providing value-driven systems integration and end-to-end solutions aimed at delighting customers through innovation, efficiency, and exceptional quality.

Tailored end-to-end project solutions to customer requirements.

Delivered business case analysis and feasibility consultation services.

Champion and coach Lean Business practice by eliminating waste, bottlenecks while elevating efficiency and value flow.

Identify market trends, ensure solutions anticipate industry demands.

Embody Kaizen mindset of relentless improvement and development.

EDUCATION

Catawba College BA, Theatre Honors 2005 - 2007

Guilford Tech. AFA, Theatre Highest Honors 2003 - 2005

CORE COMPETENCIES

Lean Agile Leadership Authentic, transparent, courageous, team-building servant leader.

Collaboration Empathetic, emotionally intelligent consensus builder and facilitator.

Relentless Improvement Passionate advocate of ceaseless systems, process, and personal development.

SKILLS

Soft Skills

Scrum Kanban XP User Stories Sprint Planning Backlog Refinement SDLC Estimating/Sizing Kaizen Coaching/Mentoring Risk/Change Management

Release and PI Planning

Software

Jira Trello Confluence

Asana Miro Slack

MS Suite Adobe Suite

AutoCAD Vectorworks

Rhinoceros Blender

Azure GitHub AWS

Salesforce

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute - PMI

Certified SAFe 6 Agilist

Scaled Agile

Disciplined Agile Scrum Master

Project Mangement Institute - PMI

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

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