Scrum Master Team Leader

Umar Naseer

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Agile Transformation Leader

●Scrum Master

●Servant Leader

●Agile Coach

●Team Leader

●Continuous Improvement Evangelist

●Agile Leadership Visionary

●Capacity vs Demand Manager

●Big Picture Thinker

Qualifications & Achievements

●Goal Setter

●Strategic/Analytical Planner

●Expectation Manager

●Lean Operator

●Directed Agile Release Trains of 4,000 staff at Falcon Logic, for mission critical IC customers

●Transformed Organizational Structure of Product & Agile Teams at EPAM/Navigation Arts

●Supervised Global Strategy of 3,500 staff change from Waterfall to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) at Falcon Logic

●Led the agile coaching & training needs for agile teams at GoldBelt Hawk

●Reorganized over 7 PMOs and 15 Agile Center of Practices beyond “startup” phase of transformation and into modernization

Professional Experience

iDirect, Senior Scrum Master Herndon, VA - August 2022 - Current

●Introduced agile mindset and concepts, resulting in improvement of agile maturity by ~3 levels.

●Aligned fixed KPI’s with organizational structure for readiness in quarterly planning resulting in from months to week Cycle Times, 45% increase of Project Risk Tracking

●Re-established the Agile Center of Excellence for self-service, knowledge management, and optimized coaching

●Stabilized Release Trains with Flow Program Predictability Measure for Capacity vs Demand Management at ~85%

●Trained 85% of staff on SAFe principles within 12 months

Goldbelt Hawk - Senior Scrum Master Quantico, VA - June 2019 - Aug 2022

●Oversaw the driving and adoption of agile methodologies, enterprise wide

●Partnered with executive leadership and influenced steering groups to form over 50 strategic initiatives to start with agile processes

●Restructured strategic alignment and planning framework of multiple scrum teams around SAFe principles

●Developed enterprise agile training curriculum, resulting in achieving NPS 9.8/10 score for executive workshops and 9.5 NPS from all role and team-based training.

●Facilitated and coordinated Agile ceremonies including, standups, scrum of scrums and planning events

●Created and maintained a Jira Management instance to serve as a ticketing system for customers and FSRs

Falcon Logic - Agile Coach Herndon, VA – May 2017 - June 2019

●Reduced inefficiencies by 38% and increased quality of quarterly project tracking by 60% by introducing SAFe Scaled Agile strategy across the enterprise.

●Championed agility leadership for C-level executives, 3,000 personnel into agile teams, and 7 agile release trains.

●Achieved 92% gap coverage of agile maturity against targeted Agile standards

●Reduced production downtime and audit/risk exposure metrics by 38% within 5 months.

●Articulated the underlying philosophy of agile and its benefits, emphasizing mindset shift over process adherence, resulting in an increase in team autonomy and empowerment

EPAM/Navigation Arts - Scrum Master McLean, VA – September 2014 - May 2017

●Transformed Project Management Office by applying Agile playbook rules, establishing Agile Center of Excellence, and setting up Agile PMO standards and guidelines for leveraging scaling.

●Reduced operational inefficiencies by 20% and increased time to market by 85% by coaching groups in agile, integrating SAFe and Lean initiatives for more than 15 portfolios across 15,000 staff members.

●Introduced scaling agile teams by piloting Scrum of Scrums of 300+ resources and SAFe concepts at Enterprise level

●Facilitated system level demos and delivered briefings to customers on features

●Implemented move from TFS to Jira

Falcon Logic Senior – Scrum Master Herndon, VA - February 2010 – August 2014

●Transformed development team from Waterfall to an Agile flow, increasing the number of releases to production with new features and fixes frequently (min 2x per sprint).

●Successfully facilitated high-stakes conversations with stakeholders, articulating the benefits of agile methodologies in terms of improved adaptability and faster time-to-market, leading to a 40% increase in project funding for agile initiatives.

●Led and supported the strategic planning of department transformations for operational efficiency increase by 20%

●Delivered a multiple suite of agile projects on-time resulting in organic backlog growth, increased # of releases to production, and resolution time of impediments from taking months to days.

●Trained and managed over 20 different agile teams resulting in iterative development, BDD/TDD development standards, 80% quality automation integration, and stabilized velocity (eliminated cliff diving).

●Articulated the underlying philosophy of agile and its benefits, emphasizing mindset shift over process adherence, resulting in a 50% increase in team autonomy and empowerment.

Clearance

Top Secret

Certifications

●SAFe Scrum Master 6.0

●SAFe Practitioner 6.0

●Certified SCRUM Master (CSM)

Military Experience

United States Marine Corps

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