SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of Scrum Master experience managing multiple projects.
• Over 13 years of IT experience and over 3 years of experience in financial domain.
• Thorough understanding of Agile Development Methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience working with Agile on large scale, technically complex projects.
• Experience in managing business relationship and building consensus across large multi - functional teams.
• Strong Experience of full System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Authorized to work in the US for any employer.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Web based Tools: ColdFusion, ASP, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML, XML.Languages C, C++, JAVA, PL/SQL.

Database: Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, MS Access.

Software: MS Office, MS Project, TFS, JIRA, VersionOne, Rally, RTC Agile Tool.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) product provides business loan of a fixed amount with a single fixed fee to existing PayPal merchants and automatic repayments are taken as a percentage of the daily sales. Managed the successful delivery of the PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) project.
• Chestnut Reinvestment and Amortization
• Managed the Chestnut Reinvestment and Amortization initiative to bring financial flexibility for PayPal’s portfolios after the eBay Spin-off. Managed the successful delivery of Chestnut Amortization functionality before due date and under budget.
• Led two high performing Scrum teams and acted as a Project Coordinator for the Project with other teams involved in the project.
• Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Partnered with product owners to groom the Product backlog and improve user stories.
• Removed impediments that stopped team from reaching goals and protected the team from outside influences.
• Worked with teams to improve velocity through better planning.
• Coached the team to be self-organized and cross functional.
• Managed the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment.
• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Communicated with stakeholders, executives and other management.
• Prepared project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Worked with the team to ensure successful delivery to customers.
• Managed Production Support issues using Kanban.
• Met goal of addressing and resolving most issues within 24 hours.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Loan Management and Accounting System (LMAS) and Electronic-Lending E-Lend was a SBA loan guaranty origination solution. LMAS was an agency wide modernization effort to move crucial financial applications off of legacy systems. As part of this, various new loan modules were implemented and integrated into E-Lend. Managed the Analysis and Design, Implementation and testing of new and existing modules.
• Investigative Management Information System (IMIS)
• The Investigations Management Information System (IMIS) is the official case management system for investigative staff of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Inspector General (OIG). The system is designed to allow the users to initiate, maintain, manage and close their investigations and allegations. Managed various enhancements to IMIS and migration from Windows server using a SQL Server database to a UNIX server using an ORACLE database.
• District Office Tracking System (DOTS)
• The District Office Tracking System (DOTS) extracts files from the mainframe to update the DOTS database with current fiscal year loan statistics. Managed enhancements to the DOTS application and migration from Windows server using a SQL Server database to a UNIX server using an ORACLE database.
• Led and coached teams in their transition from Waterfall to Scrum.
• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-up, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Protected team from over-commitment, managed backlog, prioritized resolution of defects/bugs.
• Removed impediments that stopped team from reaching goals.
• Worked with teams to improve velocity through better planning.
• Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours.
• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Worked with the team to ensure successful delivery to customers.
• Prepared project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Managed projects by defining and managing scope, estimates and resource allocation, tracking actuals to budget and reforecast, identifying and monitoring risks and mitigation plans.

Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• EDMIS II is a centralized digital data collection and reporting system for Entrepreneurial Development programs and resources. The captured data from the system is analyzed and used to ensure effective management of ED programs as well as to provide statistical reports for Congress, the Office of the President and other organizations that influence the SBA.
• Managed EDMISII as Team Lead with other developers and the database group. Developed and maintained the EDMIS II web application that allowed partners and district offices to enter their counselling information manually through web forms or XML file uploads. Developed the Executive, Management and Operational Reports. Attended business level meetings with the customers, gathered data requirements, performed testing and provided customer support. Used ColdFusion 7.0, Java, XML, Sybase, SQL, CSS and JavaScript.
• Partner Information Management System (PIMS)
• Partner Identification and Management System (PIMS) is a web-enabled system designed as a centralized repository for information on all organizations that partner with Small Business Administration to provide services to the small business community.
• Managed the conversion of the PIMS web application from Power dynamo to ColdFusion as the Team Lead. Worked on the Search and the Partner modules which were the biggest modules in the PIMS application. Used ColdFusion 7.0, Java, Sybase, SQL, CSS and JavaScript.
• Drug Free Work Place (DFWP)
• Drug Free Work Place (DFWP) is an online web application that allows the Small Business Development Corporations and Intermediaries to submit Statistics Reports to SBA.
• Managed the DFWP application as Team Lead. Migrated the DFWP web Application running on Windows server using a SQL Server database to a UNIX server using an ORACLE database. Also modified the DFWP application to use the General Login System (GLS) used by all SBA applications. Used ColdFusion 7.0, ORACLE 10.0, SQL, CSS and JavaScript.
• HUB Zone Procurement Query & Reporting System (HPQRS)
• The HUB Zone Procurement Query and Reporting System (HPQRS) is a web based system that enabled SBA staff to research, review, report, and act upon Federal procurement opportunities that have been posted to the FedBizOps.gov website by Federal contracting activities.
• Created a scheduler to download Solicitation records from the FedBizOps database daily to the HPQRS database. Enabled users to generate advisory letters to be sent to Contracting Officers and other parties regarding the progress of the solicitation of the user and monitor or generate a report on Solicitation records which requires changes or updates to the records. Used ColdFusion 7.0, Sybase, SQL, CSS and JavaScript.

Software Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and maintained the Confidential & Associates website. Administered, maintained and upgraded as needed, all online database driven web applications. Created the composite program which detailed the sales and profit losses of the clients. Created online forms and sent out email brochures informing clients about upcoming consulting classes. Assisted customers with technical questions as they arise while maintaining established navigation, flow, look and feel of websites. Used ColdFusion MX, SQL Server database, CSS and JavaScript.
• Designed, developed and maintained the I-advise online service menus which were the first of its kind in the country. The online service menus allowed dealerships to sell more service menus, change prices at any time. It also sent out weekly hits reports to the customers showing usage statistics of the service advisors. Used ColdFusion MX, SQL Server database, CSS and JavaScript.

Confidential

Graduate Student Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and maintained the Confidential Services web site using ColdFusion MX, SQL Server, CSS and JavaScript. The completely dynamic website allowed heads of different departments to dynamically enter and edit all the information for the website using web user interfaces.