Scrum Master Senior

Yanu Velma

919-***-**** adwqvc@r.postjobfree.com

MD. 21076

Profile of Qualifications

A Dynamic, innovative, and high performance Agile Professional with proven “Can Do” ability in leading information Technology Teams in Agile and SDLC Methodologies (In depth)

Highly Accomplished Agile Coach / Senior Scrum Master with CSM, PSM, SASM, PMP, ACSM, SPC, CSPO, SAFe RTE DAC, ICE-AC, CEAC and CETC credentials to drive performance-focused, cradle-to-grave project initiatives within fast-paced, high-pressure, and deadline-centric workplace environments.

Servant Leader who synergistically directs multidisciplinary teams while championing strict project governance to surpass clients’ expectations.

Influential Strategist who delivers best practices-oriented outcomes by seamlessly navigating key complexities within challenging multi-industry markets.

Experienced in resolving complex business requirements with innovation solutions, implementing change management, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, process improvement, thorough release management and customer support

Education

University of Buea, Cameroon

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

Degree Completed

Technical skills and acumens

Agile Management Tools: Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Azure devOps, CA Rally, HP Agile Manager, Tableau and Radar.

Operating Systems: Windows, MS-DOS 6.2, IBM’s MVS and Red Hat Linux

QA Testing Tools: HP ALM, HP Quality center, Load Runner, Mercury QC.

Software Skills: SDLC, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Chrome, Firefox

Team Skills: Scrum Master, Coordinating, Facilitating, Project Tracking, Summarizing and Reporting

Team Formation Skills: Forming, storming, norming and performing model of group development.

Documentation and Design Tools: Confluence, MS Office Suite, SharePoint 2010/2013, VersionOne, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Trello, Zeplin, HTML and Azure DevOps.

Database Technologies/platforms/Applications: Graph and Apache Cassandra, Sherlock, Splunk technology, Confluent Kafka Streaming, Snowflake, Hadoop Big Data Platform, Kibana, Elastic search and Chameleon Web Services.

Agile Methodologies and Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale Scrum (LESS), Test Driven Development (TDD), Extreme Programming (XP), Feature Driven Development (FDD), Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CICD) and Enterprise kanban aka Portfolio Kanban

Professional certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP/PMI)- In Progress

Professional Business System Program Analyst (In Progress)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)- Active

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)- Active

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)- Active

Agile certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Active

SAFe Product Owner/Product manager (SAFe POMP) Active

Certified Enterprise Agility Coach (CEAC)- Active

Certified Enterprise Transformation Coach (CETC) Active

Core Competencies

Multi-Project Management

Team Building & Leadership

Training, Coaching & Mentoring

Process & Performance Optimization

SAFe Methodology

Critical Project Solutions

Scrum / Agile Methodology

Critical Path & Variance Analysis

Customer Service

Web Technologies

Value Stream Mapping

Stakeholder Management

Professional Synopsis

WellMed

Agile Coach

(Jue 2022 – PRESENT)

Build reusable coaching materials, coach, and train all leaders and members of ART on how to apply agile principles and practices to their work-not just from ceremonies/processes and pattern standpoint, but from a cultural and mindset perspective as well.

Conducting 1/1 coaching sessions, building, and delivering group workshops/training and instructing formal SAFe training courses.

Improved story writing and requirements gathering process to boost customer satisfaction and coached Product Owners (POs) in backlog grooming, user stories decomposition, and dependency identification and reporting.

Support RTE(Release Train Engineer) Product manager, System Architect and business owners that serve the train, with the ultimate goal to bringing the entire ART to a point where they are self sufficient and no longer need a coach

Collaborated with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to develop and maintain product backlogs and provide applications support. Created a productivity-centric and transparent communication channel between team members.

Worked closely with Scrum/Kanban masters to ensure a smooth process within the teams and value added.

Mitigated all risks and issues in the sprint real time while actively driving for solutions.

TD Bank

(Jan 2020 – June 2022)

Senior Scrum Master

Guided the Project Management Office (PMO) to identify gaps in Agile thinking and culture.

Fostered continuous improvement and developing streamlined multidisciplinary team communications.

Collaborated with RTE to facilitate PIP planning and ensure all teams’ features are appropriately distributed.

Coached, trained, mentored, and turned around struggling teams to enhance performance and productivity and restore confidence.

Restored order to teams by re-establishing Agile best practices, fostering team accountability, and providing coaching and training to internal team members and tech leads.

Developed communities of practice within the Scrum ecosystem.

Drove team-focused backlog grooming, capacity planning, iteration planning, retrospectives, and stand ups.

Coached Product Owners (POs) in backlog grooming, user stories decomposition, and dependency identification and reporting.

Transitioned typical Waterfall practices and reinforced an Agile mindset.

Regularly provided reporting burn down / burn up charts and cumulative flow diagrams.

Adapted SAFe methodology and planned Release trains and Program Increment (PI) deployment.

USAA

(Jan 2018– Dec 2019)

Senior Scrum Master Project Manager

Engaged among stakeholders, contributors, and technical resources to analyze user needs and resource limitations, along with serving as a “go-to” change agent tasked with coaching teams toward adopting Agile practices.

Strategically steered extensive requirements analysis and defined scope and functional specifications.

Collaborated with Scrum Masters, Project and Program Managers, Engineers, and Product Leads to manage cross-team tasks.

Drove sprint planning, daily stand ups, reviews, and retrospectives for Engineer and Software Development teams.

Improved transparency and accountability via internal / external communications to align with operational goals.

Mentored Agile teams in understanding and enforcing individual-specific roles.

Continually educated teams on Agile Methodology, Kanban, and Scrum frameworks

Interfaced with Scrum Master peers to boost application efficacy of Scrum in the organization.

Mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency.

Facilitated Scrum of Scrums (SOS) for offsite scrum teams in US states

Cisco

(dec 2016 –Dec 2018)

Senior Scrum Master

Spearheaded results-oriented coaching initiatives, including preparing training materials, collaterals, and presentations. -Delivered comprehensive weekly and monthly reporting of program success to senior management

Conducted stakeholder training on Agile values, continuous improvement, backlog grooming, risk identification, and software craftsmanship.

Introduced paired programming, continuous integration, and end-to-end integration testing.

Successfully coached all team levels on values of Agile and Scrum.

Served as Leadership Coach of multiple teams on Agile software projects.

Consistently delivered high-quality and valuable projects per required schedules.

Led sprint planning, daily stand ups, sprint reviews, and retrospective meetings within a SAFe environment. Identified methods to boost performance.

Collaborated with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to develop and maintain product backlogs and provide applications support. Created a productivity-centric and transparent communication channel between team members.

Exhibited skill in web development and work management using JIRA and Confluence and led risk management processes through early detection of impediments to timely delivery.

Coached and reinforced Agile Methodology and Scrum framework to teams and stakeholders.

Increased team velocity 10% by developing metrics for delivery of Employed Agile Scrum practices.

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