Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach Scaled Agile Trainer

Qualifications Profile

Strategic, forward-thinking, and goal-driven professional, offering broad-based experience in Agile development and coaching.

Professional Experience

Sevatec Fairfax, VA

Senior Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach Client: Department of Transportation Month 2018–Present

Contribute in establishing foster flow from ideation to backlog to finished software product deliveries in coordination with the members of the Product and Technical Team

Coach Leadership Team in bringing Agile transformation success

Assist and lead teams’ transformation from traditional Waterfall/Iterative methodologies to Agile / Scrum practices

Perform a wide array of tasks including configuring visual dashboard to track metrics and burndown charts; designing analytical views in Azure DevOps to be imported to PowerBI for production of customized PM dashboarding reports for the Leadership Team

Lead biweekly Agile DevOps ‘Brown Bag’ sessions; as well as ‘Lean Agile Center of Excellence’

Initiate Communities of Practice for Scrum Masters, Developers, Testers, Product Owners to have a common platform to share ideas, resolve issues, build skills, improve Agile practice and learn from each other’s experiences

Render support in developing Agile software development procedures and program roadmap with quarterly goals on Agile DevSecOps

Evaluate maturity levels in Agile mechanics, stewardship, product ownership, value delivery, and team enablement by health assessment check metrics

Demonstrate leadership skills in forming and coaching multiple Agile and Scrum teams in identifying strengths and gaps in product flow

Assume responsibility in defining and applying knowledge of new Agile initiatives

Offer Agile coaching to FITSS II development teams, Office of Information Technology (OITS) Agile leadership and to customers of FHWA

Take part and make recommendations on team- and program-level Agile practices

Train approximately 75 Sevatec Agilists in certifying them in SAFe for Scrum Masters, leading SAFe

Career Highlight:

Made significant contribution in the transition from Waterfall to Agile frameworks by providing guidance on Software Development Practice

Played pivotal role in implementing Agile transformation and development practices for FITSS II program

Ascella Tech McLean, VA

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach GSA Month 2018

Provided mentorship to 14 teams in Agile and technology maturation programs Agile development best practices on SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum while leading SAFe training courses for all levels

Supported GSA and product managers, product owners, release train engineer, technical leads, Scrum masters, and development teams in providing SAFe recommendations and best practices at portfolio, program and team levels

Played a pivotal role in the completion of initial IAE baseline Agile assessment

Configured Jira board management to help with scaling and growth and to support Portfolio hierarchies

Defined projects in Jira for Scrum and Kanban.

Installed external plugins like Git Repo in supporting best practices on Agile Engineering

Oversaw the design and delivery of organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate the Agile transformation

Created roadmap for all teams, as well as key process for transparency between all IT associates and senior leaders

Guided Scrum masters, business analysts, managers, and executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts

Tracked key handoffs and dependencies between Agile teams by conducting release planning and roadmap development

Taught multiple teams on how to implement Agile engineering best practices using TDD, BDD, and XP practices

Introduced change management process for process improvement while initiating ‘Scrum Master Community of Practice’

Career Highlights:

Steered efforts in restructuring managerial roles and responsibilities while cooperating with Executive leadership on RACI chart

Administered the pre-release planning and coordination with business and technical teams which led to a constructive and well-received PI planning event

Completed SAFe training on SAFe for Scrum Master,Leading SAFe, Product Owner, SAFe for Teams

Capital One McLean, VA

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach Scrum Master Release Train Engineer Technical Development Month 2012-Month 2017

Exemplified skills in mentoring junior team members on Agile methodology and using JIRA; Scrum masters on how to influence teams to pursue Agile engineering practices; and several teams on technical solution design documentation and deployment plan

Led role-based scaled Agile framework training for business and technology executives, product owners, Scrum masters, release train engineers, and system teams

Carried out scaled Agile framework metrics at the team, program, and portfolio levels; reviewed the results, and provided recommendations on course corrections to help the teams improve delivery activities

Gained knowledge and documented key business process, data flows, and business requirements that supported new products and operations

Worked with API teams and external vendor DDS in identifying technical requirements

Partook in conceptualizing logical design of the system with the architects and developers

Helped the Portfolio Management Team in creating and grooming backlog

Assisted in the design and sustainment of the Delivery Center of Excellence while supervising Agile coaching staff on daily operations

Honed skills and promoted product managers to business content authority experts for the release training through implementation of release train readiness reviews, backlog grooming activities, and inspect and adapt (I&A) workshops

Closely coordinated with functional, feature, and policy teams, as well as vendors in managing release trains

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (Detica) McLean, VA

Technical Development Manager Month 2011–Month 2012

Directly aided the Detica Team as development lead and led vendors in integrating functions and coordinating tasks

Spearheaded teammates through coaching and mentorship while upholding high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

Marriott Bethesda, MD

Java Developer Project Lead Development Manager 2005–2011

Functioned as technical lead in devising REST-based web service calls, as well as in translations project for displaying hotel web pages in multiple languages

Directed one of the company’s business-to-business (B2B) applications

Observed strict adherence to established standards in creating unit test applications

Joined in

Prepared high- and low-level design document for all developed modules

Participated in peer reviews of solution designs and related code; as well as with bug reviews, development of new business requirements, and QA testing support

Career Highlights:

Served as driving force in successfully boosting three subsystems

Efficiently deployed Translations.com (TDC’s) PD4 upgrades

Earlier Career

Manheim Atlanta, GA

J2EE Developer

Jacksonville Community College Jacksonville, FL

Portal Developer

Education

Master of Science in Computer Sciences: Month Year

Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA

Certifications

SAFe Certified SPC5.0

SAFe Certified RTE5.0

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

ICAgile Agile Coach

ICAgile Facilitator

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Agility Health Radar Facilitator

OCP - Oracle Certified Java SE 6 Programmer

SPC4

Professional Affiliations

Scrum Alliance

Scaled Agile Framework

Agility Health Radar

ICAgile

Award

Star Award (Sevatec, Capital One, and Marriott)

Activities

Volunteer, Agile DC

Volunteer, Data Jam for DHS

Volunteer, Newton Lee Elementary School

Co-organizer, Loudoun Agile Network (LAN) Meetup Group

Speaker, Lithe Speed and Local Meetup Groups

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