TARIK HAYGOOD

Ann Arbor, MI

313-***-**** adxvwn@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tarikhaygood

SCRUM MASTER/PRODUCT OWNER

Highly dependable Agile Scrum professional with Product Owner, Scrum Master, and business development experience. Adept at leveraging interdepartmental resources and talent to drive delivery of product/project releases, identify and mitigate risks and maximize delivery efficiency. Committed to ongoing professional development and research to prove problem-solving capabilities and streamline business processes within the SAFe Agile Framework.

Proficient or familiar with a vast array of business process concepts, software, technologies, and applications, including:

Change Management JIRA Software API

Product Management ServiceNow User Stories

Scaled Agile Framework Product Development Risk Management

User Acceptance Testing. Scrum Financial Accounting

Implementation Management Microsoft Windows Product Management

Vendor Management Microsoft Excel Business Process Improvement

EDUCATION

BS – Economics w/ Engineering minor

University of Michigan (2006)

EXPERIENCE

NexAct Solutions, Alpharetta, GA January 2022 – October 2022

Associate Consultant/Scrum Master

Worked as an Associate Consultant/Scrum Master for Nexact Solutions, supporting large-scale projects.

Projects involved automation of AR/AP accounting workflows for medical billing, data center integration with the contact center, and data integration with third-party applications.

Facilitated daily stand ups with the scrum team that consisted of two engineers/developers, one quality engineer, product owner, and technical SME.

Worked with systems analysts on eliciting and documenting the business and functional requirements, writing and grooming business features, technology features, epics, and assigning accepted stories based on capacity.

Participate in PI planning to assess cross-team resource conflicts and limit overloading of tasks.

Conduct sprint reviews to capture feedback and look for opportunities to coach were needed.

Own action items from sprint retrospectives and drive changes based on feedback.

Administer the scrum board using JIRA, Azure DevOps, and/or ServiceNow to track all team progress.

Remove any administrative and cross-team barriers to scrum team members.

The Keydon Group, Detroit, MI October 2012 – January 2022

Product Manager/Product Owner

Responsible for driving agile transformation within the organization to streamline product development and market delivery.

Worked with scrum team web developers to prioritize website content and feature updates to drive improving company SEO for customer tracking data.

Facilitate product design workshops to align with scrum team on product vision, product goals and establish MVP for each development stage.

Engaged international and domestic vendors to coordinate and plan for seasonal supply demands for product beta delivery and manufacturing.

Detroit Public Schools Detroit, MI August 2010 – June 2012

Owner/Partner

Long-term substitute teacher at Detroit Cody High School.

Worked with students on Algebra and Pre-Calculus lessons in preparation for Michigan standardized testing.

Volunteer afterschool tutor for college prep & standardized testing prep.

Planned and taught mathematics and literature lessons to High School students

Administered group standardized test and informal school assessments.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES

Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist

Certified SAFe® 5 Product Owner/Product Manager

Certified SAFe® 5 Scrum Master

AWARDS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Community: Youth Basketball Coach for Ann Arbor Recreational Center

Board Member of The Full Foundation Youth Baseball Non-profit for Inner City Youth

Substitute Teacher and Mentor at Detroit Public Schools

Awards: Youth Mentor Award (2020), The Full Count Foundation

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