Scrum Master Project Manager

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CONTACT

Address : Cypress, TX *****

Phone : 405-***-****

Email : *.********@*******.***

SKILLS

Public speaking

Project Management

Risk Identification

Quality Assurance

Documentation Management

Critical Thinking

Problem-Solving

JIRA/Confluence

Agile Framework

Backlog Refinement

Risk Mitigation Planning

Waterfall Methodology

Stakeholder Engagement

Kanban/Scrum

SDLC

Trello

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An experienced Agile Practitioner with in-depth knowledge and experience as a Scrum Master. Agile expert with track record of standing up, supporting mentoring and leading high-performing teams in successfully delivering value through project/product and service delivery across different sectors. Adopt a Servant-Leader role to drive consensus building in the removal of roadblocks and challenges while spearheading performance optimization, training initiatives and business development activities.

WORK HISTORY

Scrum Master, 10/2022 to 2/2023

Corbett Personnel - Houston, TX

Coaching and mentoring 2 distributed agile teams in their scrum adoption.

Teaching Kanban principles as a Scrum Master, resulting in 35% increase in productivity.

Manage multiple internal and outside scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.

Collaborate with QA team to ensure testing efforts align with system deliveries and business processes.

Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, leading by example.

Manage functions pertaining to promoting continuous improvement and help the team increase productivity and foster innovation. Scrum Master, 06/2021 to 09/2022

Younan Properties - Houston, TX

Championed the adoption of agile values, principles, practices, policies, and procedures by coaching, mentoring, and training the team on the application of agile methodology from project initiation through the delivery of final product.

Improved the team's velocity by 30% over six (6) sprints through proper story writing, estimating, and enabling a psychologically safe environment where team bonding was highly promoted.

Facilitated the development, refinement, and agreement on key artifacts such as DoR (Definition of Ready), DoD (Definition of Done), Acceptance Criteria, Success Criteria and Team Norms with overall team to ensure alignment in terms of user stories commitments and deliverables.

Provided training for new members and refresher sessions for existing team by coaching the team on the application of agile methodology including effective estimating and sprint commitments, adjust for external dependencies and eliminate blocking issues.

Senior Project Manager, 09/2016 to 05/2020

PMRG/Madison Marquette- Houston, TX

Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.

EELIZABETH MAURELLI

Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.

Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.

Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.

Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.

Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.

Managed and led multi-disciplinary design team throughout development and contract document phases for $10m project.

Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.

Project Manager, 02/2016 to 09/2016

NAI Partners - Houston, TX

Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.

Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.

Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.

Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.

Managed projects from procurement to commission.

Led project teams through design, construction and launch process.

Facilitated communication between internal personnel, contractors, and vendors for project cohesion.

Business Analyst, 11/2011 to 02/2016

CBRE - Houston, TX

Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.

Derived conceptual designs from business objectives to deliver software and applications according to specifications for usability, performance, and functionality.

Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.

Led cross-functional teams to analyze and understand enterprise-wide operational impacts and opportunities of technology changes.

Collaborated with teams in product line transition to streamline manufacturing footprint.

Evaluated trends to understand competitive environments and assess current strategies.

Assessed business requirements to forecast annual budgetary operational costs.

EDUCATION

BBA: Business Economics

Pomona College

CERTIFICATION

Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)

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