Scrum Master Brigham Young

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STEPHANIE BARLOW

***************@***.*** 801-***-**** South Jordan, UT 84009

Certified Senior Scrum Master and versatile IT professional who is proficient in Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Waterfall, and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methodologies. 8+ years of experience with Agile teams, project management, and remote work, I am a proven servant leader with strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and problem solving skills. Experience with Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams, ADO, TFS, and more. Excited to facilitate and coach any software development team!

Agile, Kanban, SAFe, Waterfall

Remote Work (even Pre-COVID)

Process management, SDL, SDLC

Presentation and team training

Conflict resolution and communication

Creating strong working relationships

Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams

TFS (Team Foundation Server), ADO (Azure DevOps)

Health Equity Draper, UT

Sr Scrum Master (Remote)

01/2019 - 01/2023

Entrusted to lead 3 teams concurrently on top priority projects Identified gaps in our Production Release controls; identified and proposed a solution

Led internal and contract scrum teams across multiple time zones in Scrum and SAFe meetings

Consistently worked alongside the team to identify project risks to initiate risk mitigation

Generated Team Sprint Metrics, such as Throughput, Velocity, and Cycle Time

Used Cycle Time metric to identify blockers and impediments; facilitated the removal of them and reduced CT

Coached teams in creating and using TWA's ( Team Working Agreements), including Definition of Read and Definition of Done (DOR, and DOD) Worked with team leadership to ensure a current and prioritized backlog to enable quality product delivery

Enforce the Scrum value of Focus by shielding teams from distractions, removing impediments, and creating and achieving sprint goals Coached, mentored, and facilitated Agile best practices in the Scrum and SAFe frameworks

The StayWell Company Yardley, PA

Scrum Master (Remote)

10/2015 - 01/2019

Facilitated and ran daily team stand ups, retrospectives, sprint planning and sprint review meetings

Participated in weekly scrum of scrums to ensure alignment across the agile release train and uncover cross-team dependencies Simultaneously led multiple remote US and offshore IT teams Protected and removed team impediments daily to allow the team to achieve sprint goals and deliverables

Educated and reinforced agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Summary

Skills

Experience

and SAFe to teams and stakeholders

Responsible for team metrics reporting; control charts, burndown charts, velocity

Increased transparency between client management and development by creating a central dashboard

Instrumental in transitioning scrum team to a Kanban workflow resulting in shortened cycle time and increased client satisfaction Mountain West Farm Bureau Insurance

Sandy, UT

Project Manager

01/2009 - 10/2015

Managed small, medium and large sized IT development projects across the IT Department

Tracked and reported Issues and Risk Management

Resource Management of internal and external teams, including on shore and off shore

Provided reports, project updates, and other relevant information to major stakeholders and other management team regarding the project Planned and coordinated project meetings such as SOW, WBS, and Status Meetings

Conducted regular status meetings and collected from employees on the project to report to CTO

Provided Resource and Capacity Planning

Prepared Time Schedule Management, Performance Management, and Quality Control Management

Delivered Status Presentations to Governance teams Western Computer Services Sandy, UT

Software Developer

05/2002 - 01/2009

Completed Maintenance and new Project work using various programming language on the Insurance backend systems Development Team Lead on rate change projects and coordinated testing efforts with QA and UAT

Worked with Clients on site to gather requirements Worked together in a Team setting to solve problems and enhance the system for the end users

Was instrumental in creating nightly testing compare outputs during a conversion process

Maintained the EMC Print Output Software that delivers the Printed Documents to the customers

Established written test plans and documented results Delivered code to meet functional or technical specifications. Brigham Young University - Idaho Rexburg, ID

Associates in Arts and Sciences, Computer Information Systems Idaho State University Pocatello, ID

General Education And Computer Engineering Classes Argosy University Draper, UT

PMP Prep Certification

Certified Scrum Master, CSM

SAFe Scrum Master Certificate, SSM

Education and Training

Certifications

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