Qualification Summary

Five years of experience as a consultant and servant leader in the agile world for companies in the business finance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries. Demonstrated the ability to successfully lead a diverse group of individuals through multibillion-dollar initiatives while utilizing agile methodology to deliver higher quality, more valuable products and services to give our customers a competitive advantage. Ability to develop relationships with diverse groups of individuals and collaborate with them to maximize project delivery through effective communication.

Skills Summary

Industry Experience:

Healthcare, Hi-Tech, Media, Public Sector, Internet media and services

Competencies:

Agile Advocator (Scrum, Kanban), Servant Leader, DeVops, TDD, Change Agent, E-commerce, Mobile Development, SDLC, Excellent Communicator, Conflict Resolution, Facilitator, Agile Coach

Certifications:

CSM, SASM

Software/Tools:

JIRA/Confluence, MS Excel, MS Office, MS Teams, Slack

Operating Systems:

Windows

Experience

Bayer Pharmaceutical,

Daugherty Business Solutions, NewYork, NY Jan 2022 – Present

Consultant, Scrum Master

●Facilitating multiple PI planning events for teams to identify goals, epics, features, and iteration support work.

●Removing obstacles by promoting communication and collaboration across teams and ARTs, and ensuring that each iteration delivers value.

●Incorporating transparent metrics and documenting them in SharePoint so that RTEs, Epic owners, and engineering managers can view completed milestones and tasks.

●Led two SAFe-based development teams with the implementation of android and ios applications, and managed JIRA and Confluence.

●A leader in the agile transformation by coaching, mentoring and educating engineering managers in the various components of the methodology in order to implement the most effective methodology for all projects and project delivery.

●Collaborated with Product Owner to establish backlog priorities that deliver valuable features, deliver business value, and enable product sustainability

●We collaborated with RTE and the team to identify our capacity and PI objectives.

●Assisted and coached novice developers with estimation, writing, and tagging of stories.

●Educating stackholders on how to navigate the final product (Newsletter), as well as introducing new newsletters for various states to the company, sending out welcome emails and performing other administrative tasks.

Yelp, Inc., Washington DC Sep 2017 – Mar 2021

Consultant, Scrum Master

•Coordinated and facilitated all scrum ceremonies such as the daily stand-up, sprint planning, release planning, sprint

•To support collaboration and product vision, coordinated and facilitated all scrum ceremonies, including the daily stand-up, sprint planning, release planning, sprint review, and retrospectives.

•Updated and managed project management sites including JIRA and Confluence to provide Product & Sprint Backlog activities transparency to all project members.

•Utilized ongoing feedback, retrospectives, and metrics to identify areas for continuous improvement.

•Assisted in enhancing the development cycle time and delivery by proactively eradicating obstacles to the company's success.

•Led up to two high-performing, cross-functional team members to solve complex problems using scrum and Kanban principles and values.

•Participated in and assisted with the facilitation of 2 PI planning events for 5 ARTs, which resulted in the identification of vision, objectives, capacity, features, and capabilities for the upcoming iterations of the project.

•Driven alignment, communication, and collaboration across ARTs to guarantee value flow around deliverables, processes, and execution paths for the development of various application systems.

•A leader in the agile transformation by supporting and educating the PMO office and organization in the various components of the methodology in order to utilize the most effective methodology for all projects and project delivery.

•Facilitated all project communication with stakeholders and product managers in order to maintain agreement on goals and expectations and collaborate with them to achieve them.

•Enhanced cooperation and collaboration by means of team-building exercises and working agreements.

•Supported the Product Owner by identifying effective product backlog management techniques to monitor the progress of our goals and maintain a well-defined, prioritized backlog that delivers valuable features to the end-user, provides business value, and enables product sustainability and a quick return on investment.

Child Care Aware, Arlington, VA JUN 2016 – JUN 2017

Project Coordinator

•Continuous huddle sessions and meetings have increased cooperation and collaboration.

•Contributed to the maintenance of vendor files and communicated the status of requested payments.

•Utilized multiple software to compile and generate reports, statistics, timelines, tables, graphs, correspondence, and presentations for functional areas.

•Managed knowledge sharing tools and established relationships with project collaborators and external stakeholders for global project activities and knowledge sharing.

•Followed up with customers who submitted attendance sheets that were incomplete or inaccurate, coordinating with and providing feedback to management and other Payment Coordinators as required.

•Ensured that grant budgets and plans were aligned, disbursed funds and completed budget forecasts and reports.

•Responded to payment-related phone calls, addressed inquiries and concerns regarding payments, escalated any potential payment discrepancies, and worked to mitigate risks.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Washington DC SEP 2015 – MAY 2016

Project Coordinator/Scrum Master

●Using continuous feedback, retrospectives, and team-building activities, you pushed for continuous improvement throughout the project.

●We collaborated with RTE and the team to identify our capabilities and PI objectives.

●Utilizing poker planning, additional refining sessions, capacity planning, and dependency management, contributed to a 25% increase in team velocity within the first six months.

●Establishing working agreements between project participants promoted comprehension, accountability, commitment, and expedited decision-making.

●Tracked data from the sprint process using a variety of metrics and reported on a regular basis to facilitate understanding of where we stood and to provide a foundation for future process enhancements.

●Aided team in discovering their true velocity through continuous inspections, communication, and estimating the level of effort and complexity of deliverables, resulting in agreement and comprehension of what could be accomplished.

●Worked with the Product Owner to promote a balanced, prioritized backlog that delivers valuable features to the end-user, provides business value, and enables product sustainability and a fast return on investment.

●Ensured tasks are completed and milestones are reached throughout the project lifecycle by incorporating metrics, agreements, and proper tracking of capacity.

Education

Howard University - B.S. Psychology, 2015

Certifications: - Certified Professional Scrum Master ID# 575997

- Safe Advanced Scrum Master# 453*****-****

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