Atabongafac John Mark

RTE, SASM, PSM, CCNA, PMP, OCA

240-***-**** ad4ftq@r.postjobfree.com Lexington Park, MD 20653 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmatabsscrummaster/ SUMMARY

Senior Scrum Master with 9+ years of industry experience managing projects, leading agile transformation, coaching teams, and managing delivery of complex IT enterprise solutions. Expertise in SAFe methodology for Software Development Life Cycle and automation. Led teams to build solutions adhering to governance, security, compliance and risk regulations. SKILLS

● Project Management: Agile Methodology, Waterfall SDLC, Kanban, Lean Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Kanban, Agile, Waterfall SDLC, QA, lean, frameworks, Agile development

● Professional: Communication, Data Reporting, Cross-Functional Partnership, Servant Leadership, problem solving, project execution, continuous integration, process improvement, work ethic, facilitate improvements PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Scrum Master, EPAM Systems, Newton, PA Jul 2021 – Present

● Lead agile transformation for FTSE 100 Company by partnering with agile coaches, organizing training workshops for Agile & Scrum methodologies, and drafting necessary project documentation

● Collaborate with the Product Owner in refining and prioritizing the product backlog for sprints while keeping stakeholders and project managers aligned - ensuring successful delivery of achieving the end goals.

● Foster an open and collaborative culture allowing team members to raise questions and concerns in a safe environment

● Manage dependencies and release calendars between SAFe scrum teams and internal IT teams outside of Agile framework.

● Create highly visible programs for continuous improvement, agile maturity, and business development.

● Collaborate closely with network security and Identity Access Management groups on security initiatives and application availability

● Continuously report on progress using various agile project management metrics while updating stakeholders and executive leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment

Senior Scrum Master, Eagle Bank, Silver Spring, MD Mar 2017 – Jun 2021

● Led the Scrum team for multi phased delivery program to support digitization efforts, incorporating additional new enhancements on existing servicing platform

● Conducted daily stand up, sprint planning, sprint review, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions for agile team

● Spearheaded the team’s adoption of continuous improvement through agile methodologies - reducing lead time while maximizing business value

● Coached the teams to ensure that each user story is consistent with the INVEST criteria and meets the definition of Ready (DOR) and the Definition of Done (DOD)

● Improved the team’s velocity through coaching, training, capacity planning, backlog refinement, and the facilitation of sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meetings

● Empowered teams to self-manage while monitoring teams’ performance using burn-down, sprint health, and velocity charts - improving team morale and increasing productivity.

Scrum Master & Agile Coach, Health First, New York, NY Feb 2016 – Feb 2017

● Drove scrum activities through facilitating meetings for sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective, and ensured full engagement throughout the agile ceremonies

● Supported the Product Owner to maintain a healthy Product Backlog by ensuring that user stories are regularly ordered and refined

● Facilitated the team’s implementation of DBA tasks and enhancement activities to support application development while training and mentoring the team on adopting scrum values and best practices

● Tracked team’s performance and visibility using Jira and promoted continuous improvement Scrum Master & Oracle DBA, TransCore, Germantown, MD Nov 2013 – Dec 2015

● Performed database management including installations, configurations, and modifications on Oracle 10g/11g databases

● Utilized SQL developer to conduct database maintenance and monitor system functionality while upgrading systems to Linux 5, Solaris 10, and Aix 6.1 platforms

● Maintained database security by managing user accounts and controlling access privileges according to roles and requirements resulting in more data security.

● Conducted system configurations and tuning using RMAN, optimizing overall performance and backup capabilities

● Served as proxy scrum master for two scrum teams, resulting in the successful digital transformation of various projects

● Championed agile mindset using scrum frameworks throughout the organization from project team, executives to software development teams.

● Facilitated the implementation of the scrum framework at the organization and the team level for a critical high visibility project while managing customer expectations

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

B.S. Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Buea, Cameroon Certifications: SAFe 6 Release Train Engineer (RTE), Certified SAFe 6 Advance Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1), Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA), Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Oracle Certified Associate.

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