Kula Kromah

**** ****** ***** **, ******, GA, ***19

Email: ad3mma@r.postjobfree.com; contact: 609-***-****

SUMMARY:

I am a Professional Scrum Master and possess the essential skills, qualities and attributes needed to perform the role as a Scrum Master. I am extremely driven, supportive, innovative and adaptable and hold excellent problem-solving capabilities that enable me to facilitate and lead a team towards its goals. I have several years of experience using Agile philosophy (Scrum and Kanban, etc) to deliver advanced products in Retail and Services, Information Technology, Health Care, and Financial Institution. Education:

Bachelor of Science

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master

Aug 2021- Present

Capital One Bank

● Scheduled and facilitated scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily scrum/stand-ups, sprint view/demo, sprint retrospective, backlog refinement/grooming, ad-hoc meetings) and monitor work flows in & out of sprints.

● Fostered self-organization and transparency within the team, and measures team’s progress through metrics tracking and reporting (burn-down/burn-up charts, cumulative workflow, velocity, capacity etc.)

● Enables continuous improvement using empirical processes and facilitates communication flow across teams to manage co-dependencies.

● Removed external and internal impediments/blockers to keep the team focus on tasks and assist with identifying and mitigating risks within a sprint.

● Build a cross-functional team, provide ongoing feedback and coach/mentor/teach the teams in scrum values and best practices, self-organization, cross functionality, and empirical planning and development to ensure shift of mindset, attitudes and behaviors.

● Followed all bank policies and procedures, and compliance regulations etc. Scrum Master

Northside Hospital

Jan 2018- June 2021

● Utilized a servant leadership style to support the product owner and delivery team wherever and whenever possible (e.g. grooming and backlog mgt.).

● Providing coaching and mentoring of agile values, principles and best practices.

● Collaborated closely with the Product Owner and development team to understand strategic alignment.

● Collaborated with the Product Owner and team to ensure the product backlog is continuously prioritized and maintained.

● Collaborated with other agile team-of-teams Scrum Masters to ensure cross-functional iteration dependencies are satisfied and best practices are being encouraged across the program.

● Facilitated discussion (typically during product backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-up, sprint review and sprint retrospective).

● Tracked and resolved impediments for the team.

● Promoted teamwork to achieve sprint goals.

Nurse

Northside Hospital

Oct 2015 - Nov 2017

● Maintaining accurate, complete health care records and reports.

● Administering medications to patients and monitoring them for side effects and reactions.

● Prescribing assistive medical devices and related treatments.

● Recording patient vital signs and medical information.

● Ordering medical diagnostic and clinical tests.

● Monitoring, reporting, and recording symptoms or changes in patient conditions.

● Administering non-intravenous medications.

● Assessing, implementing, planning, or evaluating patient nursing care plans by working with healthcare team members.

● Modifying patient health treatment plans as indicated by patient conditions and responses.

● Advocate on behalf of the patients

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