Scrum Master /Project Manager
Resume:
Ian L. Roberts
************@*****.***
Career Objectives:
To collaborate, support and mentor teams to produce customer valuable software, enabling teams to improve processes and become self-organizing. Leveraging my experience and knowledge to benefit an organization. Business Qualifications:
Experience in the following environments: Amazon Web Services, Agile/SCRUM Kanban, XP, Lean, BDD, TDD
SAP ECC, SAP BW/POSDM
Experience using the following software tools: JIRA, Service Now,VersionOne, Confluence, Slack, Teams,Splunk, Agile Health Radar, Java, MySql, Visio, Smartsheet, MS Project, Aha, Jenkins, Octopus, BitBucket
Business Certifications/Training:
• Certified Agility Health Facilitator
• Certified SAFe Scrum Master via Scaled Agile
• Certified SAFe 4.0 Agilest via Scaled Agile
• Kanban Foundations
• Certified Scrum Master via Scrum Alliance(CSM)
Professional Experience:
11/22 - 12/24 SENIOR SCRUM MASTER/PROJECT MANAGER(Contract) LPL Financial (Remote) USA
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies using Jira Scrum and Kanban boards, Aha, Box, Share Point, Trello, BitBucket and Confluence. Experience of DevOps and KPIs for several squads
- Worked closely with the Release Train Engineer and other Scrum Masters to manage inter Train dependencies and help ROAM risks
- Worked extensively within Service Now to track releases via SDLC flow
- Supported distributed teams in resolving impediments, conflict resolution and helping escalation as needed
- Coached Agile and Scrum to teams to enable continuous improvement, emphasizing Agile Principles and Agile Values, following the INVEST story creation model, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done reviews and enhancements
- Facilitated PI Planning for the Banking train, taking on the RTE role for two Program Increments for the Banking ART
- Project Manager for two projects related to the Banking Portfolio responsible for the progress and completion of the ACH and Mobile Check Deposit projects. Worked closely with the Vendor in co- ordinating API enhancements along with team co-ordination and stakeholder level reporting 11/20 - 9/22 SENIOR SCRUM MASTER/LEAD(Contract)
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Supported multiple development teams related to Digital and Enterprise Tax products and APIs
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies for 3 squads
- Worked closely with the Technical Product Manager and Engineering Manager
- Captured, shared and discussed metrics with the team and stakeholders
- Helped the squads through pre-planning and Quarterly Planning activities
- Managed communication with several Geographies in resolving impediments
- Helped improve the agile processes within the squads through coaching and collaboration, working with other Scrum Masters as part of the groups Community of Practice to help coach agile teams
- Worked closely with the teams enabling CI/CD
- Stakeholder reporting
5/19 - 8/20 SENIOR SCRUM MASTER(Contract)
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Supported development teams producing software tools for the Product Admin Business users.
- Worked closely with the Product Owner in helping the team deliver on commitments
- Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies for, up to, 4 squads
- Worked closely with multiple dependent teams to assist in resolving impediments in a timely manner to prevent delays in software delivery
- Worked with the development teams to focus on continuous improvement through Agile and Scrum coaching
3/18 - 5/19 SCRUM MASTER
US Bank, Portland, OR, USA
- Scrum Master for an Agile development Banking team producing software in iOS, Android and Web based platforms for customer Credit Card management applications.
- Facilitated ceremonies and assisting the teams with integration with several other teams on the Agile Release Train, using the Scaled Agile Framework practices.
- Coached team members in Agile and Scrum practices, story writing, enabling better team collaboration and improvement.
- Helped resolving impediments within and outside the ART. 6/15 - 3/18 SCRUM MASTER
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Supported multiple project teams, including coordination with several Geographies
- Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies, including Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement and Sprint Look Ahead meetings
- Coached Agile teams in Scrum methodology and Lean practices and user story writing
- Drove resolution of Development Team impediments
- Ensured team uses Agile technical practices, such as Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Delivery, Refactoring and Pair Programming (XP)
- Experience of Cloud based technologies, specifically Amazon Web Services.
- Knowledge of Microservices
- Experience in Kanban methodology
- Experience with Agile Project Management
11/13 – 5/15 LEAD APPLICATION ENGINEER
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Technical Lead for the Retail SAP ABAP Development team, managing a team of 5 developers, resourcing, delegating and aiding with design and solutions
- Java, Jenkins and SQL experience also some Gradle and Groovy knowledge
- Business Intelligence and use of Tableau
- Worked closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts and Upper Management to determine project scope, update status and help resolve issues and reduce risk
- Technical Lead on the Allocation/Replenishment Global tool, working closely with colleagues in Japan, China and Europe to determine scope and solution option between SAP, Warehouse, Supply Chain and POS (Point of Sale)
11/02 – 10/13 SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Technical Lead for Conversion track on the SAP Retail Project. Converting legacy Island Pacific ERP system data, including Master Data, Transactional Data and Historical Data into ECC and BI/MAP.
- ABAP development, including Enhancements, BADIs, iDoc Processing and ABAP Objects following SDLC methodology. Knowledge of SolMan for documentation tracking.
- Experience with SAP Configuration via SPRO/IMG.
- Experience with VOFM routines/rules.
- BODS development in order to validate converted data.
- Winshuttle Transaction and Run scripting as part of Conversion and Stabilization of SAP Retail.
- Design, modify, test and implement interfaces with Island Pacific retail merchandising software, using COOL:2E, RPG400, RPGILE, SQL and CL development tools.
- Design, modify, test and implement interfaces between IP and MARC, ePS, US Bank, E-Gate, NPD and ATG systems.
- Work with EDI and Data Delivery teams to resolve data flow issues.
- Perform on-call functions via department help desk.
- Code interfaces both inbound and outbound with store Windows NSB software data base, including ASN, Promotions, Product and Pricing data connects, gaining some insight into store POS environment.
- Run SQL extracts over USICOAL database on the store servers using SQL Query Analyzer via Terminal Server and viewing data connect files within the store folders.
- Aid QA team in setting up testing environment using Query400, Turnover and ROBOT scheduler 10/01 – 11/02 CONTRACT CONSULTANT
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
- Perform Analysis, Design and Testing of interface software to interact with third party Retail package. Gaining knowledge of Sales, Inventory Management and Purchase Order modules. Using COOL:2E, RPG400, RPGILE, SQL and CL development tools.
- Integrate AS400 files into Windows environment through RemoteWare.
- Meet with Business Analysts to determine requirements.
- Create requirements, specification and testing documentation.
- Problem solve issues with both US and European systems. Education:
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Manchester, England, UK
Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing
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