Scrum Master

KAREN ROBERSON

DALLAS, TEXAS ***** 214-***-****

**************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY

Highly trained Agile Scrum Master with extensive knowledge and expertise working in IT Environments for web development technologies. Considered a talented thought and servant leader focusing on relentless improvement and coaching teams into high level of self-organization. Certified by SAFe® and possessing strong critical thinking and decision-making skills. SKILLS

• Acceptance Criteria

• Agile Principles

• Backlog Management

• Scrum Methodology

• Team Meetings

• Technology Implementation

• Agile Work Processes

• Change Management Process

• Collaborative Environments

• Project Team Coordination

• Release Planning

• Sprint Planning

WORK HISTORY

AGILE SCRUM MASTER 01/2018 to 01/2023

Dallas ISD Dallas, TX

TECH STACK: JIRA, MS Office Suite

TEAM SIZE: 13

• Anticipate impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.

• Evangelize Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.

• Lead daily stand-ups and scrum ceremonies for two scrum teams.

• Report at daily Scrum of Scrum meetings. Track burn down, issues and progress in Version One. Work with component teams to resolve issues.

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

• Work with product owners to groom backlog and plan sprints. Track, escalate and remove impediments.

• Work to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 68% reduction in deployment errors over 3 sprints.

• Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.

SCRUM MASTER 01/2015 to 12/2017

Six Seven Legacy Dallas, TX

TECH STACK: Trello, MS Office Suite

TEAM SIZE: 11

• Communicated with Developers, Testers,and Analysts in 3 teams to keep projects on schedule.

• Created clones, images, templates, snapshots, resource allocation, resource pools and system monitoring by applying subject matter expertise of VMS file system.

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

• Increased new product development from one to eight. Led repair of four legacy products.

• Report at daily Scrum of Scrum meetings. Track burn down, issues and progress in Version One. Work with component teams to resolve issues. Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.

• Used coordination and planning skills to achieve 96% results according to schedule.

• Eliminated impediments beyond the team’s authority or items that require support from other teams.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts Education

University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA

Master of Education Teacher Leadership

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

CERTIFICATIONS

SAFe®

• Scrum Master 5.1

• Product Owner/Product Manager 5

IBM

• Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

SOFTWARE

ADO, Agile Accelerator, JIRA, Microsoft Office Suite, Trello, Confluence

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