Scrum Master Release Train
Resume:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dynamic Release Train Engineer (RTE)
with a proven track record in
facilitating Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
within the SAFe framework. Adept at
coordinating cross-functional teams,
managing risks, and ensuring seamless
release execution. Skilled in fostering
collaboration among teams, Product
Owners, and stakeholders, with a
commitment to driving continuous
improvement. Strong communicator
and facilitator, dedicated to aligning
teams with release objectives and
optimizing the Agile delivery process.
Demonstrated leadership in guiding
organizations through successful
release in complex environments.
As a scrum master, accomplished
leader serving the team capable of
MBIDE MESUE N.
Release Train Engineer
EDUCATION
• • Master of Science 01/2022
• Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
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• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)12/2011
• University of Buea, Cameroon
• LANGUAGES
• English
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• Native or Bilingual
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• French
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• Native or Bilingual
• German
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• Full Professional
• WORK EXPERIENCE
Autumn Lake Health Care Sr. Scrum Master
April 2022 – Present
• Sought several new ways of thinking, new ways of working and building new capabilities that will help unlock new possibilities for Autumn Lake Healthcare.
• Guided and helped facilitate backlog refinement, estimating and sizing efforts, sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Drives quicker delivery of value and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity within the team and organization and then guide to improvement.
• Served as a leader and on-team coach for two teams.
• Very dynamic, collaborative personality that led to great success in the Agile movement within the Autumn Lake Family.
• Promoted and worked passionately about leading change, helping shift mindset and influence culture change.
• Facilitated team transparency by escalating impediments and shared progress by the team to the appropriate channels.
• Participated in and led department, information systems and related projects.
delivering large-scale Software,
Mobile Application and Web
development projects
on time and on budget by effectively
collaborating, facilitating, leading and
coaching multiple Scrum teams.
Expert at driving the adoption and
enforcement of Agile/Scrum rules,
removing impediments and
fostering self-management and
organization. Team oriented,
promoting exemplary presentation,
project management and risk
oversight skills. Communicating
effectively and leading high
performing teams. Expert in prioritizing
tasks and optimizing workflows.
CONTACT
Springdale, MD 20785
************@*****.***
SKILLS & TOOLS
SAFe
Lean
Scrum
Kanban
Jira
Rally
Confluence
Scrum of Scrums
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking
Quality assurance
PI Planning
Workflow analysis
Conflict resolution
OKR (objective key result)
SDLC (Software Development
Life Cycle
Mural
Pointing poker
Slack
• Monitors project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports and recommending actions.
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Peaks business Solution / Plano, TX Scrum Master LEAD February 2021 – April 2022
• Managing new product features and enhancements/integrations in terms of scope, quality, and schedule within sprint/Iteration cycles
• In-depth experience mentoring teams/individuals on agile best practices, principles and values, design thinking, customer value and satisfaction, product management, etc.
• Strong experience in driving agile transformations from design to implementation.
• oversees the day-to-day work of the Dev Sec Ops team by providing leadership, direction, facilitation, and coaching to the team and its product owners.
• Plans, leads, organizes, and motivates one or more cross- functional teams of medium to high complexity.
• Coordinates and facilitates sprint planning and task definition, sprint execution, impediment removal and tracking, sprint review, and retrospectives.
• Works with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Coaches the team to self-organization by building a culture of openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Acts as a primary communication hub between functional departments and the team to foresee risks, formulate plans, and organize activities to ensure sprints are completed on time.
• Ensures efficient communication between the team and the Product Owners.
• Guards the team from external requests and disruptions.
• Acts as a change agent and adapts processes to maximize productivity of the team.
• Drives development of release and sprint roadmaps.
• Removes impediments for the team.
• Partners with project and release managers in production deployment activities.
• Develops metric reports on project status, schedule, and agile metrics such as velocity and cycle time.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Responds to requests for information, including developing complex ad-hoc reports and queries in databases and/or management information systems.
• Provides analytic support to department management for business planning and decision-making.
• Develops and revises procedures, defines processes, and provides training for users.
• Serves as a liaison and coordinates business application enhancements and/or software updates with staff.
MS Teams
WebEx
SharePoint
ACCOMPLISHEMENTS
CERTIFICATIONS
(RTE) SAFe 6 Release Train
Engineer
(SSM) SAFe 4 Scrum Master
(CSM) Certified Scrum Master
• Serves as a primary contact for resolving user support issues to ensure efficient operations.
Heartland / Toledo, OH Scrum Master
June 2017 – January 2021
• Lead a multifaceted team of skilled professionals such as Business Analysts, UI/UX Designers, Quality Assurance Engineers, along with specialists in Front End, Back End, and Full Stack Development.
• Facilitate daily team meetings for progress updates, organizing and leading Sprint planning sessions, and managing Sprint review processes, reflections, and progress tracking charts.
• Proactively identify and resolve obstacles in sprints and projects to ensure timely completion of objectives.
• Craft and refine user stories, encompassing facilitation, prioritization, and negotiation activities with business sponsors, stakeholders, project leads, product owners, and development teams.
• Create and implement metrics and reporting systems for monitoring the progress and effectiveness of sprints, projects, and overall program execution.
• Develop and sustain comprehensive requirements
documentation, encompassing business process diagrams, functional specifications, use cases, test strategies, and additional supporting specifications.
• Responsible for planning and executing PI Planning, and for working with the teams to plan and execute other ART-level ceremonies.
• Responsible for managing the agile release train for a given value stream and ensuring scrum team success.
• Enable teams to remove impediments. Act as escalation point for impediments the team cannot remove in a timely manner.
• Own escalated impediments and raise issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner.
• Continuously work with teams and to deliver PI Objectives
• Owns the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train.
• Manage dependencies between Development Teams within and across Programs or Agile Release Trains
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs.
• Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning
• Engage in portfolio planning events and learn about the functional delivery for upcoming initiatives.
• Responsible to ensure there is a well-managed backlog with PO/PM, and coach/train where needed for the PO/PM.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Architects in PI preparation, help in communicating impact to other domain(s), gather respective representation in case broader analysis is needed; ensure alignment to strategy and execution of committed work.
Johns Hopkins / Baltimore, MD Scrum Master
February 2016 – May 2017.
• Product or project development experience, or project development experience on an Agile Team or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills.
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e., Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques.
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Strong familiarity with Agile tools, including but not limited to Jira, Confluence and Smartsheet.
• Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities.
• Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, etc.)
• Update and communicate Release Plans
• Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Architects, teams as needed.
• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders.
• Assist with developing and delivering training and workshops as requested.
• Become an influential leader within for the team and promote Agility across Navy Federal
• Encourage teams to embrace a Lean/Agile Mindset
• Help resolve team conflicts when needed.
Deutsche Bank Hamm, Germany, Scrum Master
March 2013 to February 2016
• Coached teams. Helped them maximize their value creation and learning, encourage short feedback loops with end users and stakeholders.
• Leveraged my Scrum knowledge to help your team develop a strong understanding of the Scrum framework and where appropriate support learning in other ways of working.
• Fostered cross-team communication, trust, and psychological safety.
• Applied the right stances and facilitation techniques to support your team’s changing needs and environments.
• Coached the Product Owner on backlog refinement and prioritization techniques, stakeholder communication and helped them maximize the value of the team.
• Offered guidance on how to remove blockers and impediments and, if necessary, provided direct assistance when needed to be resolved quickly.
• Acted as a change agent to help the whole organization embrace business agility through coaching, mentoring, and teaching.
• Play an active role in the Scrum Master community of practice and leverage your understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile leadership to support other CoPs across the bank.
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