SUMMARY:

• Coach and train an entire organization at all levels
• Develop customized program for seamless Agile Transformation
• Develop process chart to halp organization stay focused on Agile Implementation
• Effectively manage conflicting personalities wifin teams
• Ability to efficiently synthesize project information and accurately establish project scope
• Strong client - centric skills and an agile approach to project management
• Effectively manage multiple teams simultaneously
• Adhere to project costs and productivity benchmarks
• Successfully manage and control allocated budget
• Develop good working relationships wif stakeholders at all levels to build consensus
• Effectively lead and coordinate mid - large project teams
• Solve critical issues in a time-sensitive environment
• Proven quality assurance, issue/risk management and change management expertise
• Expertise in the implementation of complex systems and process improvement initiatives specializing in web and mobile entertainment, marketing and publishing
• As an Agile Practitioner/Coach, designed, developed and implemented Agile Methodology including Scrum, XP, Lean/Kanban, SAFe at organizations of mid - large sizes including government agencies such as CBP, VA, DOJ.
• Managed programs from initiation to implementation of agile transformation from traditional waterfall methodology. Successfully established the Agile framework for software development across the IT organization.
• Organized and maintained multiple software development teams both onshore and offshore using the Agile development framework - daily scrums, backlog management, sprint planning, end of sprint demos, velocity tracking and reporting.
• Organized and maintained Kanban Board wif continuous tracking using online tools including JIRA, Version One, Confluence
• Recovered failed projects due to poor management by assessing the current state of projects, proposing corrective actions, planning new budgets and project teams.
• Provided Agile for new and existing team members introducing the Agile concepts focusing on the business model. Scrum Alliance certified, PMI certified Agile Practitioner, SAFe certified Agile Professional.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Agile Coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Coach halp multiple line of businesses and executive leadership team identify areas of improvement, construct a plan, prioritize and implement transformational elements
• Establish Scrum as a scaling mechanism at multiple levels of the organization including Executive Leadership
• Create visibility of dependencies across different Line of Businesses halping Leadership make the right business decisions
• Establish KPIs and appropriate Metrics to promote transparency and halp teams progress continuously
• Hold design thinking sessions to halp teams visualize and establish customer/user personas, thus creating solid Portfolio Items
• Help Business, Sales, Marketing and D Confidential Analysts visualize their respective roles; identify dependencies across pods to improve transparency
• Teach, mentor, coach teams and leadership on agile and lean best practices
• Lead a team of Scrum Masters focused on optimizing value delivery, Agile maturity and sense of community
• Build and evolve employee council committee focusing to improve culture and work life balance
• Assess and identify need for agile across multiple pods
• Help Product Owners prioritize backlog, create roadmap, identify dependencies and share program health

Agile Solutions Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage the team of Scrum Masters, Solution Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture to bridge the gap between cross functional teams
• Manage infrastructure and DevOps teams to follow Agile Kanban process to meet deliverables
• Lead decision making meetings to meet harsh deadlines and communicate architectural changes
• Lead stakeholder meetings
• Facilitate team demos to business sponsors for progress update
• Host team building events
• Facilitate the team's progress toward the goal, constantly challenge the old norms of development while keeping the team focused on the goals of the sprint/iteration
• Leading the team’s efforts in continuous improvement
• Eliminate impediments, remove any blocking issues Confidential the team’s authority and solicit support from other team/stakeholders seeking resolution
• Provide to new team members to introduce, enforce agile methodology

SAFe Practitioner/Team Coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Stand up new implementation teams
• Train and Coach teams on TDD, CI process, Agile methodologies and different frameworks.
• Develop Agile process and publish on the company artifact library
• Work wif government PO to constantly prioritize features and requirements
• Facilitate the teams progress toward the goal, constantly challenge the old norms of development while keeping the team focused on the goals of the sprint/iteration
• Leading the teams efforts in continuous improvement
• Work wif Agile Release Train Engineer to forecast and schedule PSI planning and future releases
• Provide daily burndown charts, weekly metrics and other agile artifacts to management to forecast and track program/project health

Agile Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Stand up teams from ground up
• Facilitate multiple teams following Scrum, Kanban frameworks
• Facilitate Product backlog grooming, Sprint Planning, Retrospective
• Lead Epic/Release planning meeting following SAFe methodology
• Lead Sprint review meeting wif the CBP leadership every other week to show project progress
• Create and maintain relevant metrics to measure success
• Coach and mentor other Scrum Masters
• Measure the progress and success of other Scrum Leads

Agile Practitioner/Agile Coach

Confidential, Arlington - VA

Responsibilities:

• and mentoring the company staff on Agile 101, Product Owner 101 and Scrum Master 101.
• Coordinate and facilitate all project Agile activities such as release planning, iteration planning, task breakdown, development of users stories, maintenance of the product backlog reviews of stories, daily stand ups, iteration review and retrospective to mention a few.
• Monitor project metrics, such as velocity, bug ratio etc., and optimize the process wif the team to assure maximum efficiency and quality.
• Resource allocations, manage issues, risks and bottlenecks. Act as the liaison wif the functional directors, business representatives, and upper management. Raise awareness and escalate issues as necessary.
• Work wif the team to maintain the project artifacts into an Agile project management tool.
• Ensure adherence to company Agile practices by the members of the team, including the use of the defined toolsets.
• Lead organizations Agile Transition. Identify issues and recommend solutions. Help adjust practices and introduce new ones. Support the selection and implementation tools and processes supporting the Agile process.

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Confidential, Dulles - VA

Responsibilities:

• Ensure proper execution of Agile Methodology through Daily Scrum meeting; Product backlog; release planning; Retrospectives; Sprint planning/reviews; Task breakdown and estimation; Test-driven development (TDD); Time boxing User Stories: creating, prioritizing, sizing
• Conduct JAD sessions to determine functional and non-functional system requirements
• Create Use Cases, User Stories in collaboration wif the Backlog Product Owner
• Participate in/lead requirements and specification technical reviews
• Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources and deliverables
• Develop project plans dat identify key issues, approaches and performance metrics
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones
• Formulate risk management plans
• Lead and mentor up to 30 project staff
• Manage vendor relationships including negotiating and controlling contracts
• Track project deliverables
• Monitor quality assurance measures
• Control project variances through root cause analysis and correction
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions
• Manage and control project budgets
• Develop and present reports on project progress
• Maintain communication wif project stakeholders and manage expectations
• Evaluate projects and assess results

Project Manager/Resource Manager

Confidential, Herndon - VA

Responsibilities:

• Ensure Project Plan matches wif the scope and deliverables as outlined in the Statements of Work (SOW)
• Collaborate closely wif assigned SMEs including Architect, Consultant, TSO, and Global Practice team to map out a project delivery approach and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Maintain a complete project schedule dat identified all project tasks, resources, progress against those tasks and project schedule performance against baseline.
• Provide status reports and collaborate wif the Resource Management team to appropriately staff each project.
• Manage teams of Consultants and Architects responsible for implementing products as a single Business Unit multi-product solution and/or a cross Business Unit multi-product integrated solution wifin the client environment.
• Maintain project cost monitoring and reconciling all project costs against the budget on a weekly basis.
• Define and documented business requirements and business processes
• Develop project plans identifying key dates and resource requirements assemble and directed project teams of up to 30 members
• Track key milestones and adjusted project plans accordingly
• Prepare and deliver reports and recommendations

ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER/SCRUM MASTER

Confidential, Dana Pointe - CA

Responsibilities:

• Review, evaluate, formulate and execute project plans, schedules and budgets for small to mid-size IT and organizational projects
• Assist Project Managers to plan, monitor, guide and report on new software development and enhancement processes using Agile Scrum
• Perform/facilitate/document identification of business problems/solutions, portfolio gap review and software development and enhancement planning
• Coordinate software design and development activities
• Manage project closing and ensure project deliverables achieved wifin time, cost and scope
• Collect updates weekly from stakeholders and progress schedules.
• Identify schedule changes and assess impact on project and critical path.

ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Fremont - CA

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for complex technical projects.
• Manage multiple schedules for projects dat are being executed simultaneously.
• Monitor key project milestones and deliverables and highlight activities impacting project deadlines.
• Prepare progress and schedule analysis reports for management on a regular basis.
• Resource load schedules and actualize hours from timesheets.
• Verify physical progress of scheduled activities.
• Conduct project scheduling meetings and/or interactive planning meetings as required.
• Participate in project meetings at the discretion of the Project Manager.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Utilized excellent organizational/planning skills in the arranging of in-house and offsite business meetings.
• Contacted third party vendors, negotiated service contract, reviewed billing and processed the payments; handled travel arrangements.
• Organized and maintained confidential files and records for the Director of the Company.
• Maintained general correspondence and track meeting minutes and reception.