Michael (Mick) Reed

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Keene, NH 03431

adkp45@r.postjobfree.com

Tel: 603-***-****

Nationality: British

Authorized to work in the US for any employer (Permanent Resident).

Skills

Scrum, Agile Scrum, Scaled Agile, Jira, Doors, CM Change Synergy, SharePoint, Confluence, Agility Health, Jira Align, Microsoft office and Office 365.

Certifications

Certified Agility Health Facilitator, AFH MAR 2020

PMI – ACP Dec 2019 Credential ID: 2700411

Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance FEB 2015 Credential ID: 390816

Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB/ISTQB) Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing SEP 2008.

Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB/ISTQB) Foundation Certificate in Software Testing APR 2005.

Work Experience

Scrum Master

Fidelity Investments

January 2019 to Present

Guide Onshore and Offshore Development teams and organization on how to use Scrum practices and values and how to get the most of out of self-organization.

Attend Quarterly planning workshops and facilitated system demo’s and inspect and adapt workshops.

Facilitate Scrum of Scrums meetings to coordinate dependencies across various other scrum teams and work closely with the Release Train Engineer in coordinating dependencies between various scrum teams.

Working with the Systems Architect and Systems team for infrastructure requirements and to support integration testing.

Increased performance each quarter by driving continuous improvement through retrospectives and team building. Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress.

Coach the teams on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.

Assess the Scrum Maturity of the teams and organization and coached the teams to higher levels of maturity.

Remove internal impediments and facilitate the removal of external impediments.

Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.

Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating work.

Organize and facilitate the Scrum ceremonies.

Facilitate discussion, decision making and conflict resolution.

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

Support and educated Product Owners, especially on user story refinement, maintaining the product backlog and Sprint Planning process.

Collect and shared the teams performance metrics to identify, implement and track team improvements.

Provide support to the teams using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example.

Lead discussions with other teams to identify and mange dependencies.

Scrum Master Markem-Imaje

June 2015 to October 2018

Guided the Development team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum within Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices and values and get the most of out of self-organization.

Increased velocity each quarter by driving continuous improvement through retrospectives and team building.

Guided the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.

Assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coached the team to higher levels of maturity.

Removed internal impediments and facilitated the removal of external impediments.

Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.

Facilitated getting work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating work.

Organized and facilitated the Scrum ceremonies.

Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

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

Supported and educated Product Owners, especially on grooming, maintaining the product backlog and Sprint Planning.

Collected and shared team performance metrics to identify, implement and track team improvements.

Provided support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example.

Engineer Software Test IV

Markem-Imaje

July 2011 to May 2015

Design and implement automated functional and regression software tests for Embedded software systems.

Use Agile and Scrum software development methodologies to plan, conduct and supervise Software Test assignments.

Provide the analysis and supporting data for Tests Software Tests. Provide recommendations for changes in the Software Test tools and methodologies.

Act as the software Test liaison with other departments, divisions and organizations.

Plan and allocate testing effort and tasks. Mentor junior team members. Test Software / Firmware, discover and log defects. Provide support to both internal and external customers. Compile Test documentation. Continually improve documentation and processes. Liaise with project teams at all levels. Report observations.

Senior Software Test Engineer

Markem-Imaje

Jan 2010 to July 2011

Designed, planned, executed and allocated testing effort and tasks to validate system functionality and requirements. Maintained and improved the testing strategies employed by the team. Mentored junior team members. Test Software / Firmware discovered and logged defects. Provided support to both internal and external customers. Compiled Test documentation. Continually improved documentation and processes. Liaised with project teams at all levels. Reported observations.

Software Test Engineer

Markem-Imaje

Aug 2003 to Dec 2009

Designed and executed Software test plans to validate system functionality and requirements. Discovered and logged defects. Maintained and improved the testing strategies employed by the team. Provided support to both internal and external customers. Compiled Test documentation. Continually improved documentation and processes. Liaised with project teams at all levels. Reported observations.

Education

Associate Degree

DeMonfort University 2001 – 2004

Computer Science

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