Scrum Master Agile Coach
Resume:
MIRSAD HOT
Dedicated, self-motivated, and diligent Scrum Master with 9+ years of experience in
translating vision into actionable plans and developing hyper-performing Agile teams to deliver results. Hands-on in training teams and supporting product owners to focus on creating prioritized backlogs, enhance velocity, and help teams adopt Agile methodology. Demonstrated proficiencies in implementing agile methodologies, ensuring that organization goals are attained, monitoring software development processes, reporting to senior management, and promoting a culture of experimentation and innovation. SUMMARY
SKILLS
Excellent Communication and
Interpersonal Skills
Leadership
Agile Coaching
Scrum & Kanban framework
Agile Principles
Removing Impediments
Risk mitigation planning
Product Backlog Grooming
Lean Implementation
Presentation skills
Team building activities
Tools:
Windows and Apple
environments, Atlassian tools
(JIRA, Confluence), Microsoft
Suite, Rally, Smartsheets, Trello,
Slack, Miro
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Scrum Master/Agile Coach 08/2019 - 05/2021
Age of Learning, Glendale, CA
Age of learning is a software development company that is a leading education technology innovator best recognized by ABC mouse and Adventure Academy based in Glendale, California.
• Led Scrum and Kanban teams using Agile methodology on several projects
(Rakuten/ABC mouse, Reading IQ, and Adventure Academy)
• Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings
• Tracked and removed impediments from the development process to help with the efficiency and productivity of project teams
• Coached teams by embedding with the leadership and the teams to identify areas for improvement and guide leadership and teams in ways to address those identified areas
• Developed a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or retribution
• Mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution, and transparency
• Captured and used Agile metrics and retrospective actions with an eye on assessing process/practice improvement
• Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with the outcome resulting in enhanced performance Senior Scrum Master/Contractor 09/2021 - Present
Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, Los Angeles, CA
• Enforce scrum, analyze project tracking results, create status reports, identify project risks
• Facilitate daily standups, planning meetings, retrospectives and other scrum ceremonies
• Work closely with product owners on building and keeping solid and prioritized backlogs across multiple teams
• Establish team release process to fit company’s Agile approach and help manage dependencies with other teams
• Provide executive team with metrics and documentation outlining teams performance and success
• Create and foster working environments within scrum teams with long term goals in mind
CONTACT
advduq@r.postjobfree.com
6565 Green Valley Circle
Culver City, CA 90230
Scrum Master 03/2017 - 08/2019
Devione, Novi Sad, Serbia/Los Angeles
Devione is a software development company founded in 2017. The company specializes in web development, E-commerce sites, mobile apps, and motion graphics.
• Led two offshore teams as a Scrum Master and ensured successful completion of multiple projects
• Trained teams and conducted workshops in the application of agile and lean principles in software and IT application
• Developed and delivered team and organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate the Agile transformation
• Introduced & taught scrum, functional testing, performance testing, test case management & product backlog management
• Enforced scrum, analyzed project tracking results, created status reports, identified project risks embodied Lean-Agile leadership behaviors by actively, and continually seeks out opportunities for and drives toward velocity
• Responsible for preparing metrics data regularly using standard agile metrics
• Identified potential project risks and helped developed a mitigation plan to resolve potential issues
Scrum Master 04/2013 - 03/2017
Amplitudo, Podgorica, Montenegro
Amplitudo is a company that specializes in software development and distribution, implementation of ICT solutions, digital marketing, and online promotion.
• Led a large Scrum adoption and implementation by designing a customized Scrum framework and governance
• Conducted Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review
& Sprint Retrospective meetings
• Ensured collaboration and communication between scrum teams, product owners, and stakeholders
• Tracked productivity and accomplishment of Scrum teams using standard Agile Metrics
• Provided Agile coaching & leadership to all technical and non-technical team members across the entire program delivery lifecycle
• Protected scrum teams from outside distractions, impediments, and maintained focus on the sprint goal
• Facilitated a culture of openness, transparency, experimentation, honest introspection, continuous improvement, learning, and sharing
• Enforced Agile methodology and Scrum/Kanban process, using software tracking tools
• In charge of several functional testing efforts for major releases each resulting in no critical bugs released into production
• Worked with Product Owners to prioritized and groomed Product Backlog
• Enforced continues build integration on all projects, including auto-deployment
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