Agile Coach
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PROFILE SUMMARY
A solution-focused and certified professional Agile Coach and Scrum Master with 10+ years of multi-project experience and broad expertise in Agile project management, program management, full-SDLC software/product implementation, business analytics, IT technology procurement, infrastructure implementations, and IT operations.
Passionate in addressing challenges head-on and implementing solutions to maximize the bottom line. Adept at utilizing Scrum and Kanban rituals and metrics for increasing visibility transparency and resolving challenges. An easy-going, dynamic, and motivated individual with a proven track record of successfully managing multiple business initiatives. Skilled at leading Agile teams to complete agreed-upon objectives successfully.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Agile Knowledge
Agile Coaching
Agile Application Development
Kanban, Scrum, and XP
Process Improvement
Change Management
Continuous Integration
Metrics
SDLC
DevOps
Facilitation
Scaled Models
Communication
Training - Adult Learning
Influence
Organizational Behavior
Political Savvy
Influence and Networking
Executive Communication
Strategy and Vision
Organizational Design
CERTIFICATIONS
Associate Certified Coach (ICF-ACC)
International Coaching Federation
Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
ICAgile
Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
ICAgile
Delivery at Scale (ICP-DAS)
ICAgile
Professional Scrum Master I & II (PSM I & II)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)
Kanban University
Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
Kanban University
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Professional - ScrumMaster (CSP-SM)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner (CSP-PO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist (SA)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Experienced in aligning team members with company Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies.
Experienced with Scrum teams in Proof of Concept and In Production project stages.
Accomplished communicator skilled in building and strengthening relationships within the team and across departments to drive cohesive, collaborative operations resulting in successful projects and teams.
Strong knowledge and comfort with executives, managers, and Agile teams, team support, and tracking systems, including metrics and impediment reporting.
Experienced in Agile methodology and as a Scrum Masterpiece.
Sound knowledge of Agile software development and implementation.
Ability to train, mentor, and coach employees for the Agile process and assist the team in navigating Agile tools.
Excellent knowledge of XP, Scrum, and Kanban.
Technical: Social Media, Digital Media, Social CRM, Content Management Systems, Zoom, WordPress, and digital ads.
Tools: Jira, Jira Agile, Jira Align, Confluence, Rally, Microsoft TFS, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Basecamp, HipChat, Trello, Asana, Axure, Microsoft Visio.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master June 2018 - Present
ASCAP, New York - New York
Participated in Enterprise Agile transformation and coordinated Agile adoption for teams across multiple sites in the US. The client team saved $1 million per year in development effort and increased work products from 60-90 days to 30-60 days.
Identified process changes for six products and nine cross-site teams (70+ people) required to accelerate development and remove significant impediments. In eight weeks, reduced time to ship by approximately 30%. To achieve these results, the updated group's processes to conform to Agile Scrum standards.
Establish and support communities of practices to promote organizational understanding of Agile roles and help individuals develop into them.
Wrote Agile FAQs, articles, and success stories distributed via newsletter and posting on the organizational intranet site to improve the Agile maturity level.
Enabling improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.
Championing cultural change and collaborated with internal coaches on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing its transformation.
Fostering team building and skills development by utilizing each member's strengths and personal growth interests in the development process and encouraging team interactions and collaboration, thus giving the team more engagement in the outcome.
Actively Increasing overall development efficiency by providing consultation to other feature tech leads and participating in epic planning, backlog creation, and sizing, and development coordination in those releases.
Coaches teams, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Managers, and Department Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.
Agile Coach Apr 2015 - May 2018
Huvoo - Roseland, New York - New York
Drove the transformation of the Engineering Department, significantly improving quality, agility, efficiency, and predictability. Throughout this engagement, successfully coached and encouraged teams through a significant transition from reactive, defensive, and unpredictable groups of individual contributors to collaborative, transparent, engaged, and dependable software delivery teams.
Worked closely with company leadership to help them understand and refine their roles in an agile organization.
Coached teams, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Managers, and Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts.
Championed cultural change and collaborated with other Coaches on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing the organization's transformation.
Supported annual and quarterly roadmap planning efforts with executive management to determine essential support items for new efforts.
Coordinated efforts across software development, operation, and go-to-market scrum teams, each consisting of 7-9 people each and across teams that include marketing, sales, distribution, regional, and external resource groups to ensure delivery of a program as part of one product line.
Organized and lead Release Planning and Release Management for a delivery group of multiple scrum teams assigned to a product or product feature group resulting in the creation of a product roadmap.
Led appropriate Scrum of Scrums sessions and Quarterly planning across agile teams to establish interdependencies and eliminate significant roadblocks.
Led major collective activities, issues, and risks across agile teams in support of the program. Ensured measurable KPIs developed for the program and that they align with the overall KPIs for the product.
Led stakeholder communication regarding Release Plans and Release deliveries.
Agile Coach Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
FreeLotto by PlasmaNet, New York - New York
Facilitated the transition of the applications (20+ people) from Waterfall to Agile as a Coach, while also acting as the Scrum Master of three mixed on/offshore teams.
Focused primarily on training and mentoring the teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value, and handle the team's tasks. Placed substantial efforts on team member role training, time-boxing, and providing vital metrics for all players.
Brought in Agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, product visioning, technical debt reduction, self-management, empowerment, and role training resulting in a realized velocity improvement of 70%.
As a Scrum Master for three products and three separate cross-site teams (20+ people), identified process changes required to accelerate development and remove significant impediments. In eight weeks, reduced time to ship by approximately 30%. To achieve these results, updated the group's processes to conform to Agile Scrum standards.
Facilitated Scrum of Scrum calls for seven different billing applications following the Agile process.
Scrum Master Feb 2013 - Feb 2014
FreeLotto by PlasmaNet, New York - New York
Facilitated the transition of the applications (20+ people) from waterfall to Agile as a Coach, while also acting as the Scrum Master of two on-site teams. Brought in Agile best practices such as limited work in progress, time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, product visioning, technical debt reduction, self-management, empowerment, and role training resulting in realized velocity improvement of more than 100%.
Built a relationship with the Product Owner and other stakeholders to facilitate the team's interaction with them. Coached Product Owner in the creation and maintenance of Product Backlog. Worked closely with the Product Owner to ensure requirements overall align with sprint, release, and product goals.
Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
Developed and implemented a Scrum framework based on Agile principles, along with Kanban. Mentored and coached the Scrum development team to improve delivery flow continuously, communication, and predictability of delivery (say/do ratio) via retrospectives and planning across a 2-week sprint cycle.
Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions. Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and led by example. Removed impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
Worked with the Scrum Team and the Product Owner to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery. Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team.
Introduced Agile techniques through weekly workshops. Coached off-shore teams in self-organization, cross-functionality, and best practices such as XP and Scrum.
Scrum Master Jul 2009 - Jan 2013
NiFO, New York - New York
Brought in Agile best practices such as continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, Jira tracking, product visioning, self-management, empowerment, and role training. Mentored teams, leading them to be more self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution, and transparency. Kept the team focused on the sprint priorities, business values, and protecting a team from over-committing. Built team's agile knowledge and empower the team to make process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings.
Responsible for removing impediments, as these projects rely on the data from multiple vendors, hence requiring constant, effective communication to unblock the team and make sure the team remains on the task at hand.
Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings.
Communicated team status/progress via Release/Sprint burndown charts, Story Acceptance rate, and defects and make sure the stakeholders are aware of what is going on.
Worked with the Product Owner during the Sprint review sessions to make sure all stories met the Definition of Done and get the stories accepted within the sprint.
Coached teams to be more high-performing Scrum teams while ensuring continuous quality and showing the value of integrating customer feedback into the final product.
EDUCATION
The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio electronics - Minsk, Belarus
Bachelor of Technology
CRR Global
ORSC Coach Training program
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
Andrey Grubin
: 2579 East 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11235
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http://linkedin.com/in/andreygrubin
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