Scrum Manager

Yannick Acha Mutah

Upper Marlboro, *****

Cell: 215-***-****. email:*********@*****.***

Professional Summary

A goal-oriented Certified Scrum Master with four years of experience working in large enterprises in domains such as banking and healthcare. Experience in successfully leading co-located, and off shore teams in adopting scrum and adhering to agile principles and values to work as a self-organized, highly productive, collaborative and cross-functional team. Dedicated servant leader who has excellent communication skills which I exercise in my role facilitating scrum ceremonies such as the daily standup and retrospective for empiricism and collaboration. Support the product owner in maintaining a healthy product backlog of items and ensure proper planning of releases using tools such as road mapping, and the team’s velocity. Skilled at building stakeholder relationship for close coordination and support in the processes of the team and for continuous improvement through feedback to be able to continue delivering quality products to customers. Technical Skills

Tools Scum, Kanban, Xtreme Programming, Agile Publisher, Programs Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook) including Cisco VoIP

Methodology Strategic Planning and Risk Mitigation, Conflict Resolution and Relationship Building

Application/Operating

system

Linux Server 6 & 7, Unix Servers, Windows 98/2000/NT, VMware, VDI, SAN, HPE,

Management Jira, Confluence

Servant Leader Skills

Agile Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Agile Advocator

Excellent Communicator

Process Enforcer

Collaboration

Facilitator

Conflict Resolution

Servant Leader

Empathy

Technical Skills

Adaptability

Meeting Facilitation

Detail Oriented

Agile Coaching

Customer Service

Enforcing Rules

Decision Making

Sentara Medical Group – Alexandria, VA. Jan 2019 till current Scrum Master

Job Responsibilities

Provided extensive guidance to highly effective teams on how to use Scrum processes.

Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.

Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit the Scrum team.

Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.

Assessed each staff member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.

Acted as team lead Guiding employees to self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.

As a scrum master for this project, I mentored less experienced team members adapt scrum/agile best practices to deliver quality product in a complex project environment.

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

Actively participated in sprint planning activities, daily stand ups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Actively participated in scrum meetings with program manager and other high level meeting to meet business needs.

Walmart Bowie. August 2017 -Dec 2019

Scrum Master

Job Description

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

Resolved a complex infrastructure issue by creating and utilizing a professional network of Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Technical Leads.

Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.

Successfully guided three development teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development.

Maintained task board and produced daily burn-down charts.

Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation.

Afrologix Sarl, Douala - Cameroon. May 2012 – August 2013 Scrum Master

Job Description

Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all production work orders.

Developed work-flow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client deadlines.

Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing web applications.

Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access.

Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.

Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross functionally.

Championed Agile concepts & methodologies outside of the software development teams, leading to the adoption of Agile.

Provided Support and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Input user stories and defects into JIRA repository and maintain traceability.

Creation and maintenance of a project schedule to track sprints and various work efforts. Educational History

Technician Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (City & Guilds) - I.I.R- 2013

Advance Level GCE - Progressive Comprehensive High School – Cameroon Sept 2009 – June 2010

Ordinary Level GCE – Presbyterian High school Batibo – Cameroon 2005 Professional Certification

Professional Scrum Master (Scrum.org)

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