MATHENO HOWELL BEY

Elkridge, Maryland ***** 443-***-**** adu149@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matheno-bey-739583251/

Professional Summary

Scrum Master with over 7 years’ experience including agile methodology implementation, leading scrum teams. An expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows, with a background of communicating effectively and leading cross functional teams and a firm believer in that collaborative communication truly gets the most out of a cross-functional team. Possess a good working knowledge of the agile principles and frameworks. An excellent builder of high-performance teams and transitioning them from waterfall to agile methodology, equipped with self-organizing and problem-solving skills. Skilled at working in diverse and fast paced settings. Partnered with stakeholders’ team across business units to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicate effectively and efficiently with production, and managers. Active participant in the local scrum chapters to share and learn new agile concepts. John Maxwell Certified Leadership Coach.

Skills

Agile Philosophy, Scrum Framework, Kanban,

Scrum Methodology

SAFe

Driving Improvement in Scrum Values,

Empirical Scrum Process and Scrum Framework

Customer Service, Marketing, Negotiation Skills,

Skills in Multiple Software (JIRA, Confluence Slack)

Certifications

PSM1- Professional Scrum Master

John Maxwell Leadership Certification

SAFe Agile Certification

Education 08/1999 to 06/2002

Morgan State University - Baltimore, MD

Business Management

Service-Now, etc.)

Building Agile playbook, Building Dashboards.

Developing Training Materials

Management Skills, Coaching, Public speaking,

Leadership Skills

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Acceptance Criteria

Work History

Scrum Master 07/2020 to 12/2022

Verizon - Baltimore, MD

Project provides a front-end solution that will serve POS, SCO, Mobile and Ecommerce Application. Supports

two primary functions-responsible for customers, UAT, and performing scrum duties. The application supports

Customer Order Processing, Selling, and Payments, also provides multiple options for shopping, based on

customer preferences for service, speed, control, and information.

Dedicated Scrum Master/ Servant Leader with strong guidance and orchestration. Spearheading development teams across organizations using Agile methodology on Mobile and Ecommerce Application teams.

Coached multiple teams while empowering them to self-organize and grow cross- functionally.

Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Resolved cross-team impediments and blocking issues.

Helped the team focus on creating high value increments that meet the definition of done.

Capture Metrics such as Sprint burn down, Velocity, Release burn down, & other metrics to measure overall team progress in satisfying their Product Owner and stakeholders.

Created an environment of collaboration that allowed open dialogue and production solutions for resolving conflicts.

Worked with multiple teams in a Scrum Master role that is focused on the successful processes and outcomes related to those teams.

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Scrum Master/Project Lead 02/2018 to 07/2020

Capital One - Tysons Corner, VA

Work with development teams in different projects. Assisting product owners to have clear understanding and

prioritization of user stories in the Product Backlog. Organizing scrum events; Sprint planning, daily stand up,

sprint review, retrospective with team making sure they have better understanding. Briefs management on

progress of product development and answer questions.

Provided support to the Product Owner and Development Team using a servant leadership style and led by example for complex projects or multiple complicated small to medium projects.

Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Led sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.

Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.

Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.

Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.

Collaborated with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the Scrum Framework in the organization.

Junior Scrum Master 02/2016 to 07/2018

Fannie Mae - Reston, VA

Guide the scrum team(s) and organization to follow generally accepted Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each sprint.

Led sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.

Uses empirical data to help the team(s) assess their scrum maturity, optimize scrum team velocity to organization, and identify improvement opportunities to achieve higher levels of team performance.

Proactively removes impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.

Ensure team records are maintained in Jira.

Loss Mitigation Underwriter 09/2011 to 02/2015

Freddie Mac - McLean, VA

Developed spreadsheet models for diverse projects and analysis.

Analyzed financial information related to payroll, capital projects, operating expenses, professional service contracts and office supplies and equipment to examine budget needs.

Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical, and operational data trends.

Solved financial problems with use of diverse analytical and modeling techniques.

Analyzed credit, income, compliance, title documents and appraisals during underwriting process.

Remained updated with latest information related to mortgage products and services being offered.

Current Accomplishments

Coached multiple self-managing scrum teams simultaneously that provided front-end solution that serve IOS and Android Mobile layout and Ecommerce Application.

Supported multiple development teams responsible for customer order processing, selling, and payments for multiple shopping options.

Increased velocity over 45% with multiple teams simultaneously.

Proactively collaborated with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches across the organization.

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