Manager Scrum

EXPERIENCED SCRUM MASTER

An experienced Scrum master and a lean agile change agent with 5 years of experience in leading teams and organizations in implementing projects using different agile frameworks to meet robust market changes. A servant leader who will do everything to keep the team focus and reliably deliver on their sprint goals. Responsible for directing teams, ensuring that organization goals are attained, implementing, and monitoring software development processes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master March 2018 - Present

Kaiser Permanente, Baltimore, MD

Develops and follows agile project management plan Agile Ceremonies. Facilitates build requirements log product backlog with cost estimates and priority.

Conducts Grooming meetings, Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.

Determines the team capacity velocity from historical data. Created Work Break down structure user stories and corresponding activities tasks.

Improves team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.

Planning time has been reduced by 50% by introducing teams to backlog grooming and refinement.

Assists the Product Owner and Technical Product Manager in user story creation/prioritization and product Backlog grooming via emergent requirements

Monitors the project progress and radiates the information to stake holders. Identifies and mitigates team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.

Helps the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope

Creates and facilitates trust between development teams, product owners, and other stakeholders

Coaches Scrum principles and practices and ensures they are followed

Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to easily interact across all levels of the organization

Scrum Master January 2016 – February 2018

CGI, Baltimore, MD.

Actively participated in sprint planning activities, daily stand ups, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives conflict resolution meetings

Focused on developing more trusted and collaborative team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged with a complete focus on problem resolution

Assisted internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Partnered with the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Active participating in establishing and provide Vision of the term and gain consensus base on acceptance criteria

Served as Scrum Master for the project and ensures team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery with some support from coach

Actively participated scrum of scrum meetings with program manager

Encouraged self-organization, meaning that the team itself should remove issues wherever possible

Protected team from internal and external distractions to help them focus on daily QA activities to be productive and growing in ability

Project Coordinator Intern at Population Health Department Feb 2014 -December 2015

LifeBridge Health, Baltimore, MD

Collaborated and participated in community outreach programs with the Office of Community Health Improvement in the areas of recruitment, health screenings, and community programs for inner city Baltimore communities.

Collected data by conducting a community health needs assessment for the Park Heights district and was able raise awareness on various issues such as the main causes of death within the community: heart disease, street violence, HIV, diabetes etc.

Facilitated health seminars and visiting local senior centers to educate the community on the programs available to help cope and lead a healthier lifestyle.

Lead a community health project that showcased the utilization of the outreach programs offered by LifeBridge Health for low-income areas, which resulted in an increase in community outreach efforts for the Park Heights district.

TOOLS

JIRA, TFS, Confluence (Team Server Foundation), Kanban, Microsoft Office (Excel, Microsoft Project, Access, Outlook), Microsoft power point.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

Professional Scrum Master certificate - (PSM)

Certified SAFe 5 Agilist

Master of Business Administration - University of Maryland Global Campus- Areas of study – project management, business analysis, and financial making decisions.

Bachelor of Arts: Healthcare management- Towson, University – Baltimore, MD- Areas of study – Hospital Administration, Healthcare Finance.

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