BRIDGET NDE
Dallas, Tx ***** • 832-***-**** • ************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Professional certified scrum master with over 8 years of IT experience working on end to end Software Development life cycle projects.
Experienced in driving large project teams and with high-quality deliverables meeting timelines and budgetary targets.
Experience working with both local distributed teams coupled with robust exposure to Agile Scrum, Kanban, XP, Hybrid & Waterfall methodologies.
A visionary leader, an excellent motivator and mentor with great communication, team building, interpersonal and analytical skills.
Skillful in resolving numerous project impediments related to optimal resource utilization, scope creep, requirements gatherings, team conflict, project fatigue, schedule compression, divergent business needs and tactical matters.
Functioned as a Scrum Master for multiple teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies & meetings such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
We use cisco to enable a better communication with distributed teams in and also increase collaboration amongst teams
Skills
Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid
Agile Frameworks : Scrum, SAFe, TDD, kanban
Project management
Conflict management
Agile Coaching
It & Business planning
Agile transformation
Servant leadership
Software BA experience detail oriented
Capacity Planning
Hybrid and multi-cloud
Strong programming skills
Experience in application consulting projects
User Story estimation
Risk mitigation planning
Stakeholder management
Cross-functional supervision
Great Communication
Projects Scheduling
Software Development
QA Analysis
System Migrations/Integrations
Application modernization
Strong hand on Linux experience
Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or google cloud
Additional Information
PM Tools: Jira & Confluence, Rally, TFS, MS Project, Sharepoint, Slack, Cisco Webex, Google Jamboard
Microsoft Office Suite : Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio
Familial Technologies: Java, .NET, C, Pyton, Swift, React, SQL, Python,Node.Js,Python, AWS, Javascript
Certifications: Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM 1)
Work Authorization: GreenCard ; Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work History
Scrum Master, 06/2017 to 07/2020
Amazon – Dallas, TX
Scrum master leading Application Development and Maintenance teams developing and implementing multiple projects related to Dart's platform applications and services
Also led a team of cross-functional resources on engineering and development of Statements Infrastructure platform to integrate the process and usage of customer account data into one single Operational Data Store (ODS)
Facilitating agile scrum ceremonies for 3 teams; including backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint demos and sprint retrospectives
Collaborated with program managers and project teams in creating documentation of working agreement, definition of ready and definition of done for the scrum team
Assisted in Gathering project requirements, defining scopes, allocating resources and establishing meeting schedules meeting to facilitate and execute project demands
Closely collaborated with development team members to identify and quickly address problems
Empowered and motivated project teams to be highly productive, promote collaboration and continuous improvement to our work process
Analyzed and utilized reporting systems and metrics such as (burn-down and velocity charts) to keep project members and management in loop with latest information and project progress
Provided timely, accurate, and actionable information to program stakeholders in a structured and transparent way
Coached teams in adopting and implementing Agile best practices, providing necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies and internalizing scrum values
Worked with product owners to consistently groom, order and maintain product backlogs
Scheduled and facilitated planning and analysis sessions with vendors and internal teams
We use cisco to enable a better communication with distributed teams in and also increase collaboration amongst teams
Scrum Master, 02/2014 to 02/2017
Frost Bank – Houston, TX
Actively participated in sprint planning activities, daily stand ups, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives conflict resolution meetings . Also tasked with tracking and redefining various metrics (burn-down charts, backlog health, chuan, cycle time, and velocity reports) to optimize projects delivery
Coached development teams to become self-organized, cross-functional and highly efficient while delivering high quality software
Ensured that all team members had the necessary education and agile training to effectively participate and collaborate on the team
Actively participated in scrum of scrum meetings with other scrum masters and program managers
Collaborated with project leaders to identify and resolve organization impediments impacting implementation of project strategy
Coordinated and participated in bi-weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for product backlog items
Constantly Communicated projects' transformation progress via weekly updates to management highlighting successes, risks, areas of improvement, and suggested resolutions
Facilitated documenting, publishing and executing the team's continuous improvement plan for high process improvement items (based on retrospectives)
Effectively maintained team consensus and win-win agreements
Helped teams complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolved roadblock and conflict encountered by team members
Planned and track work with Jira, using confluence for daily collaboration and documentation of requirements, meeting notes and retrospectives
Data Analyst/Agile PM, 03/2012 to 11/2013
Precision Technologies Corp. – Dallas, TX
Collaborated with Insurance IMOs to set up data analysis and reporting standards to improve visibility of key performance metrics and risk factors
Performed financial analysis on new projects to forecast financial metrics such as IRR, cash flow and profitability
Corrected any data entry error to prevent later issues such as duplication or data degradation
Performed system analysis, documentation, testing, implementation and user support for platform transitions
Conducted analysis and reporting on revenue forecasts, trader performance, diligence team performance, etc. to evaluate and improve company efficiency/profitability and business intelligence
Analyzed data and designed marketing campaigns to effectively reach out to prospective leads
Collaborate with software developers to implement proprietary business tools for daily trading and diligence operations
Set up agile framework ceremonies for 1 data migration team and guided the team to have better understanding of agile principles and protocol
Helped teams in resolving project issues and process limitations
Education
Bachelor of Science: Management Information Systems, 01/2011
University of Buea - Cameroon