PROFILE

Proven Scrum Master and Digital Transformation Leader that is obsessed with fostering an effective and productive working environment and guiding others to understand scrum values, principles and practices. I am people-oriented, I have a high level of emotional intelligence, and I find joy in helping team members to grow. I have a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SLDC), program/project management tools and techniques, and agile methodolgies and best practices. I focus on helping compa-nies across various industries to design development roadmaps; improve strategy and reduce costs; deliver product development strategies; improve processes and enable technology solutions and change management programs to help improve a companyʼs operation. I am eager to join your team, and I am highly skilled in training product owners on agile methodologies for maintaining feature roadmaps and backlog refinement, facilitating sprint ceremonies to hold teams accountable so that they exceed all of their targets. EDUCATION

Software and Application Development

Certified Scrum Master

Scrum Alliance, Denton TX

PLANNED CONTINUED EDUCATION

PRO. SKILLS

• Scrum

• Jira

• Scaled Agile Framework

• Agile Methodologies

• Sprint Planning

• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies

• User Stories

• Confluence

• Requirements Analysis

• Burndown charts

• Retrospectives

• Continuous integration

• Software development

• DevOps

• Business process

WORK EXPERIENCE

Current

2021

SR. SCRUM MASTER TEKSYSYSTEMS CONTRACT

Allegis Group / TEKSystems / Insurance & Financial Services (FS) Denton, TX USAA, a diversified financial services company, was working on a large integration effort and a journey to modernize their legacy platforms (Claims, Policy, Financials). USAA also wanted to adopt agile practices to increase the velocity of the project and improve quality reached all levels of the organization to mature the clientʼs agile practice.

• Reviewed the current quality assurance (QA) processes and introduced iterative testing.

• Established an agile automation metric to track the effective use of constrained resources. USAA continued its transformation journey and realized impressive gains in productivity while reducing product defects.

• Achieved a 100% increase in productivity.

• 40% reduction of defects.

2021

2018

SCRUM MASTER TEKSYSTEMS CONTRACT

Allegis Group / TEKSystems / Automotive Denton, TX I led teams working on projects for the automanufacturing vertical, specifically GM Motor Company who wanted to provide higher levels of safety, explore new use cases like autono-mous driving, improve supply chain backlogs, and differentiate themselves with personalized driving experiences through third-party software development pipelines that can be downloaded to the screen in your car just like an app on your smartphone. JaMES LONG

SCRUM MASTER - AGILE COACH - TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER 469-***-**** adx10o@r.postjobfree.com

14924 Lone Spring Dr Little Elm, Texas 75068

Agile Cerfified Professional (ACP)

SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)

SAFe Agilist (SA)

SAFe Scrum Master

2018

2017

I also worked on projects to help GM develop its Ultifi software platform that allows consumers to be able to enjoy all of the new software-enabled features delivered straight to their car. The Ultifi system would allow for over-the-air updates that will be automated and pushed to the vehicle. There were many other areas that GMʼs engineers were still developing, from the power output all the way through to the driver-assist system. The end goal is to allow GM customers:

• Personalization - Owners personalize the look and feel of their digital systems, features, and feel.

• Home Digital Ecosystem - A vehicle could connect to a homes digital ecosystems like the AC.

• Cloud Connectivity - GM cars could connect via the cloud to notify one another of traffic, closed roads, other changes to road conditions.

We minimized the need for additional clientʼs resources by leveraging staff augmentation from TEKSystems.

We also ensured production deployments were defect-free across the duration of the two-year project. Through test automation, our team expanded coverage, velocity, and effectiveness, allowing us to provide the ultimate high-value solution:

• Reduced Time to Market: Time for test certification was reduced from two months to two hours.

• Accelerated Technology Modernization: 12,000% reduction in test cycle time through automation EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

I have been an individual contributor and I have experience leading teams by assigning tasks based on team member skill sets. In my previous job, I really focused on customer service and team building.

• Earned promotion following superior performance and demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new remodeling and construction concepts.

• Established an accomplishments-driven career, roofing, construction and remodeling industry highlighted by rapid acceleration to increasingly more responsible positions.

• Excelled as a project manager responsible for teams, subcontractors, and budgets in the 100ʼs of thousands of dollars.

• Managed a sizeable pipeline of clientele.

• Negotiated with various insurance companies to earn the best deal possible for our clients. 2015

2017

Project Manager

Construction 180 Project Manager Denton, TX

SKILLS

Servant Leadership

Agile Coaching

Interpersonal Skills

Adaptability

Collaboration

Dev Ops

CUSTOMERS

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ARCHITECTURE

Construction 180

TRANSPORTATION

BNSF

INSURANCE - FINANCE

USAA Bank

MANUFACTURING

GM Motor Co.

Integrations API

Time Management

Active Listening

Kubernetes/Docker

Agile Planning

INTERN TEKSYSTEMS

Allegis Group / TEKSystems / IBM Watson (AI/ML) Digital Experiences (DX) Denton, TX Mentoring and motivating teams, improving practices, ensuring development teams follow Scrum Framework values, facilitating meetings, and eliminating team impediments. Devel- oped a strong knowledge of Agile practices and experience managing development teams.

• Work closely with the engineerig in the development of integrations (Cloud/On-Prem) DISRUPTERS

• 5G • Computational Chemistry

• Advanced Virtual Reality • Fingerprints

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Nanotechnology • Quantum Computing

• Big Data and Cloud Computing

• Hyper-Personalization • Smart Cities

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