Manager Scrum

PRISCA ACHOLA

Scrum Master

Middletown, DE C: 301-***-**** email *******@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/prisca-achola

Professional Summary

Highly organized Scrum Master/Project Manager offering 5+ years of experience leading projects from initiation to completion through warranty at both Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller organizations. Developed and implemented systems that helped save the organization 50% in monthly budget expenditures. Expertise in Scrum framework, Project management and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Time Management Jira

Microsoft Office Agile

Planning Leadership.

Communication Microsoft Project

Adaptability Conflict Management

Professional Development

Scrum Master Certification Transitioning form waterfall to agile project management

Advanced Scrum Managing projects with Microsoft teams

Balancing roles as a leader Critical thinking for better judgement and decision making

Managing team conflict Managing teams

Leadership fundamentals Agile at work

Work History

Mawalking Radio, Middletown, DE.

Scrum Master 01/2020 -Present

Facilitating, scheduling Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Scrum, and Sprint Retrospective meetings.

Sprint planning meetings to create achievable sprint backlogs; produce value-added working software to customers.

Daily scrum, stand-up meetings that drive the team to meet their Definition of Done

Backlog refinement, grooming meetings that enable teams and PO to develop a well-defined backlog of user stories and work items.

Medical Management Rehabilitation Services, Baltimore, MD.

Scrum Master/Program Coordinator 04/2019 - 12/2019

●Removed impediments by guiding the team to be self-organizing and finding the right personnel to remove the impediment by improving developer efficiency by 14%.

●Coordinated with key teams to create task plans that include task duration, milestone dates, task dependencies, resource requirements, and planned dates for initial and final deliverables.

●Built a trusting and safe environment where problems could be raised without fear of blame improving employee retention by 40%

Cecil County Health Department, Elkton, MD

Program Manager 8/2016 - 3/2019

●Participated in the planning, coordinating and supervision of onsite functions including, but not limited to the following: scheduling, budgeting and time keeping.

●Provided general project coordination and weekly communication to all stakeholders regarding project status, dependencies, issues, risks and task assignment.

Bayside Community Network, Elkton, MD

Program Manager 07/2013 - 07/2016

●Oversees all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate, signs or obtains signatures and seeks counsel as appropriate.

●Improved collaboration between teams by bringing them into a single team, to work effectively together.

Salisbury Behavioral Health, Horsham, PA. 10/2009 to 10/2013

Assistant Program Director

Coordinated cross-functional partners to achieve goals at various levels throughout the organization and lead others to do so by example.

●Set and continually managed, projected expectations with clients, team members and other stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Social Work, 2001

Kean University - Union, NJ

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