ANDY ALAME
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TEL 562-***-**** ****.*****@*****.***
Agile Certified and experienced scrum master looking for a challenging position as a Scrum master. Safe agilest, Microsoft office software (word, power point, excel).
Skills Agile Safe, Jira, Kanban, Scrum, performing improvements, Backlog management, strong analytical skills, decision making, oral and written communication mentoring and training, strong communication skill, agile methodology evangelist agile scrum principles and methodologies, public speaking. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. Five years scrum experience.
WORK HISTORY
Feb 2016-Present ATTOWAY INC Atlanta
Agile Scrum Master
Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings and software demonstrations
Educate and enforce scrum methodologies and agile framework to team members and stakeholders
Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments and maintain focus on product backlog project timeline
Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features
Documented business processes and analyzed procedures to align with changing business needs.
Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance and functionality.
Direct and lead team from product initiation to delivery of final product
Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation, theater and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables
Scheduling and allocating work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and financial objectives
Documented new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance
Facilitated discussion that consist of transparency inspection and adaptation throughout the process in ways that will promote value to the organization
Applied Agile methodologies to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins
Properly manage the backlog aid the team in determining suitable commitments to product backlog items and sprint.
Shielded scrum team from outside interference for optimal productivity and success of agile process.
Jan 2009-Feb 2016 DEGBAMSO LLC los Angeles
Agile Scrum Master
Planned and monitored project spending /budgeting and guided project to completion on time, within scope and on budget
Managed project scope to ensure delivery was complaint with scope commitment
Tracked and managed product backlog, velocity. burndown metrics and task breakdowns
Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.
Track, escalate and remove impediments
Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 63% within the first year of Agile adoption Facilitated scrum meetings including sprint planning, daily stand ups, sprint review/demos and sprint retrospective
Assist in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes
Coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters on our program team
Managed deadlines and deliverables
Responsible for tracking iteration progress actively adding to design discussions issue resolution and removing obstacles to ensure spring iteration commitments are met.
Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use scrum processes to improve efficiency quality and reduce production time
Evaluated projects for issues alleviating problems and distractions to meeting team goals
Education
Bachelor of Science: Business Administration
American InterContinental University - Atlanta, GA
MBA: Business Administration
American InterContinental University - Atlanta, GA
Certification Certified Safe 5 Scrum Master