MATHIEU ASSALE

240-***-**** Gaithersburg, MD ad3nfp@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE SUMMARY

An experienced Scrum Master with over 5 years of experience in leading cross functional teams in retail and financial industries and delivering high quality software products. Proven ability to facilitate agile events and implement scrum framework to improve team collaboration, productivity and deliver projects on time. Adept at identifying and removing obstacles that impede team progress and coaching team members to improve their skills in Agile methodologies. Strong communicator and problem solver with a track record of building mature teams and delivering exceptional results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Giant Company, Gaithersburg, MD 12/2021 – PRESENT

Scrum Master

Responsible for one Agile scrum team and one Kanban team

Guiding the team and organization on how to use scrum & agile practices and methodologies.

Coordinating a cross-functional Agile development team utilizing the principles and tools of the Scrum Framework.

Facilitating daily scrum, sprint review, sprint planning meetings.

Removing impediments/blockers to the Scrum team for continuous smooth development

Working with team in the refinement, splitting, estimating user stories.

Facilitating backlog refinement meetings, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives in a way that ensures full team’s engagement.

Coaching the Scrum team in self-organization and working as a cross-functional team.

Facilitating breakout sessions during PI planning

Working with product owner and department to prioritize multiple projects in the backlog.

Calculating team capacity, load and throughput during PI planning pre-activities

Monitoring and collecting team metrics and striving for continuous improvement

Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example.

Assisting with on-boarding of new recruits and creating detailed on-boarding SOP.

GRAVITAS CAPITAL ADVISORS, Washington, DC 11/2018- 11/2021

Scrum Master

Responsible for two Agile scrum teams

Worked closely with Product Owner to continuously refine product backlog to meet business expectation and project vision

Worked with the product owner, development team, and quality assurance team to ensure user stories and acceptance criteria are clearly defined, understood, and implemented successfully

Facilitated Scrum events and participate to Scrum of Scrums

Tracked team’s velocity regularly to provide a status update to management

Kept the Scrum Team focused and shielding them from outside influences and distractions.

Identified problems, impediments, dependencies, and other team dysfunctions and facilitate quick resolution.

Monitored and Reported team progress and performance and Sprint status via burn-down/burn-up charts using JIRA.

Kept the team focused and removed impediments that could hinder the realization of sprint goals.

Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments to sprint goals (blocking issues, critical defects, and conflicts) daily

Ensured a collaborative culture exists within the Team, promotes team building, and ensures the entire team is engaged

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Art (BA), French Literature University of Buea

Certified PSM 1

Certified SaFe 6 Scrum Master

TECHNICAL SKILS

Coaching Scrum Adoption Agile Program Management Backlog Refinement Agile metrics & reporting ATDD/BDD Project Management Kanban CI/CD DevOps

Scrum SDLC

TECHNICAL TOOLS

SLDC Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Rally

Frameworks/Systems: Windows, MS Office Suite, Scrum, Kanban, saFe

Virtual Communication: Zoom, Skype, WebEx, Microsoft Teams

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