Elton Smith

Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner

Portland, Oregon

US Citizen

ad3ygh@r.postjobfree.com

214-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/eltonrsmith

Summary of Qualifications

After years as a software developer and product manager, I transitioned to being a Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach in 2010. I enjoy working at all levels of the organization helping executives, programs, teams and individuals use Agile and Scrum to become more successful.

Agile Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (2010-Present)

Certified SAFe Program Consultant 4.5 (2014-2020)

Certified Scrum Professional (2012-Present)

Certified LeSS Practitioner (2016-Present)

Certified ICAgile Team Facilitator (2022-Present)

Certified Scrum Product Owner (2022-Present)

Certified ICAgile Agile Coaching (2022-Present)

Summary of Experience

Agile Coach (7 years)

Scrum Master (5 years)

Software Developer (20+ years)

Product Owner/Manager (4 years)

Education

Master of Science, Management Information Systems, Texas Tech

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Management, Texas Tech

Experience

TEKsystems working at Medtronic, completely remote, June 2022 to April 2023

Agile Coach for teams adopting the Medtronic Delivery Framework (MDF)

Assumed responsibility as Product Owner for the MDF system

Supported teams in Asia Pacific region

AP Professionals working at Nike, completely remote, April 2021 to March 2022

Scrum Master and Agile Coach for three Point-of-Sale teams supporting Nike stores in 40 countries, processing over $8B/year

Worked with the teams and management to address several large impediments impacting productivity

Worked closely with the Nike Retail Commerce program RTE to improve scaling and quarterly planning

Cprime, July to December 2019

SAFe Agile Coach for Google in San Jose California

oTrained seven teams and Product Owners in an Agile Release Train at Google using SAFe

oCoached the Agile Release Train in their first SAFe PI Planning meeting

Agile Coach for T-Mobile in Seattle Washington

oDefined and documented Agile processes for teams and programs

oWorked with one program on preparation for quarterly release planning

Agile Coach for Maxar in Denver Colorado

oTrained teams on using Jira Align (Jira+AgileCraft)

GlobalLogic, May 2018 to July 2019

Agile Coach for Marketo in Portland Oregon

oCoached five teams on adopting Scrum and Agile practices

oIntroduced Story Mapping to Scrum teams to help prepare for quarterly release planning

oCreated customized self-assessment questionnaire used by teams in Portland Oregon, San Mateo California, Tel Aviv Israel and Bangalore India

oCompiled team and program metrics for executive reporting

oHelped teams document sprint activities in JIRA and Confluence

oCoordinated efforts with GlobalLogic Agile Coaches in San Mateo California and Bangalore India

Agile Coach for Walgreens in Deerfield, Illinois

oCoaching six Scrum teams in the Clinical Services group on Agile and SAFe

oWorked with organization to correct problems with the SAFe implementation

Worked with Singtel in Singapore setting up a program using the Spotify model

Taught Leading SAFe classes in Poland for GlobalLogic employees

TEKsystems working at Nike, Portland Oregon, June 2017 to March 2018

SAFe Team Coach working with Scrum teams in the Product Excellence group

Created original training material and trained Product Owners and Scrum teams

Assisted Scrum Masters and teams in SAFe release planning and execution

Coached 10 teams and 3 programs on embracing Agile and using VersionOne effectively

AgileCraft, Georgetown Texas, January to February 2017

Helped design the SAFe oriented user interface for the 10X release at the request of the CEO

Rent-A-Center, Plano Texas, May 2014 to December 2016

Enterprise Agile Coach, working with people at all levels in the company

Coached Agile teams (approximately 20), Scrum Masters and Product Owners

Implemented the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and trained Release Train Engineers

Facilitated a SAFe PI Planning meeting with over 100 participants

Using Scrum and SAFe, the company was able to complete and install a POS system in over 2800 stores across North America

Created course material and trained teams on using Scrum and Kanban

Helped teams create an Agile Community of Practice

Administered AgileCraft and worked closely with the vendor, providing designs for major product enhancements

Halo Group working at AT&T, Dallas Texas, December 2013 to January 2014

Agile Coach for a large ecommerce team

Trained development team on Scrum and using Rally

Assumed Product Owner role based on my ecommerce development experience when the PO took a leave of absence

Good Technology, Irving Texas, August 2012 to November 2013

Scrum Master for three teams working on secure phone apps

Worked with other Scrum Masters to form Scrum of Scrums

Assisted teams with Rally and JIRA

E2open, Dallas and Austin Texas, October 2011 to May 2012

Scrum Master for teams in Dallas and Austin working on Supply Chain applications

Assisted teams with Rally and Atlassian Confluence

Hewlett Packard, Texas and California, 2008 to 2011

Scrum Master for two HP clients: FedEx Office and 7-Eleven

Agile Coach for HP/Shell Voyager joint venture

Product Manager for the Innovation Engine Portal, directed teams in Brazil and India

Worked remotely from 2008 to 2010

EDS, Plano Texas, 1998 to 2008

Software developer (C#, Visual Basic) and project manager for the EDS Fellows

Helped develop the Innovation Engine Portal (an idea management tool)

Worked with clients on ecommerce solutions

Texas Instruments, Dallas Texas, 1981 to 1998

My team adopted Scrum after attending the OOPSLA 95 conference where Ken Schwaber introduced the new process

Technical leader, software developer (COBOL, Visual Basic, Smalltalk, .NET) and project manager

Developed software for Human Resources, Accounts Payable, Factory Reengineering and Factory Automation

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