Scrum Master Quality Assurance
Resume:
.
JIM
COWELL
***.********@*****.***
Brighton, CO 80601
SUMMARY Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization. Committed Agile expert with over four years as a servant leader, in facilitation, situational awareness, continual improvement, and increased transparency. SKILLS
● Quality Assurance
● Attention to Detail
● Good Verbal and Written Communication
● Project Team Coordination
● Agile Best Practices
● Project Management
● Backlog Management
● Scrum Processes
● Flexible
EXPERIENCE SCRUM MASTER (STAFF TECHNOLOGIST) 10/2021 to Current Booz Allen-Aurora,CO
● Established a full Agile framework within a prototype development project that consisted of two development teams, one platform team, one UI/UX design team and one system engineering team. And fostered Lean Agile mind-set with our Leaders, System Engineer, and Developers.
● Mentored all Agile best practices within the project and encouraged cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
● Facilitated all our Agile ceremonies Sprint Review, Refinement, Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives.
● Coordinating each of these Ceremonies on-line, within two different time zones and our team members in four different locations. Coordinated monthly online demonstrations of our Project's progress customers. CONTRACT SCRUM MASTER 01/2020 to 10/2021
DaVita-Denver,CO
● Spearhead Agile methodology coaching and mentor daily scrum for two near-shored international development teams. Plan and review sprints and head retrospective meetings to ensure effective evaluation for completed sprint.
● Regularly collaborate with product owners on backlog management to provide sequenced and pertinent product backlogs. Act as focal point for product owner and development team to foster successful communication. Facilitate scrum events as required and help owners to understand product planning in empirical environment.
● Remove impediments, boost team efficiency, and coach cross functionality. Motivate teams to provide results within timeline and amplify productivity. Guide teams on how to solve their own problems and step in myself to resolve an issue, if required. Coordinate with other Scrum Masters to collaborate in increment planning sessions and effectiveness growth.
.
● Coached 12 team members in Epic Envisioning, which reduced company's iteration planning time from 2 days to less than 4 hours.
● Mentored development teams in creating 15 epic level features, enabling more than 20K patients receive medical attention.
● Performed vital role in planning and organizing a 4-day company event, collaborating with 7 development teams in devising creative technological solutions. EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
Cochise College-Sierra Vista AZ
Associate of Science
● Intelligence Studies Program - 2012
● Udemy (18 hours) Jira cloud course - 2022
● Udemy (60 hours) Six Sigma Course - 2022
CERTIFICATIONS ● Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance - 2020
● Advance Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance - 2023
● Certified Scrum Professional, Scrum Alliance -2024
● SAFe Scaled Agile - 2020
Contact this candidate