OBJECTIVE:

To obtain an Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach / Change Agent / Senior Agile Consultant position that will allow my 11 years of experience working within an Agile Scrum & Kanban development team environment to specify scope features and optimize functionality. Demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the Agile Manifesto.

SUMMARY:

• Extensive Enterprise Agile Transformation and Coaching experience on major projects.
• Delivered success for large - scaled enterprise development efforts by implementing The 5 Levels of Agile Planning (Product Vision / Product Roadmap / Release Plan / Iteration Plan / Daily Commitment) in order to meet our customer’s frequent demand of changes, due to the typical time-to-market timeframes that are measured in 1-4 week sprints.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Agile Transformation Coach

Confidential, Addison, TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for presenting an Agile Coaching Plan, assisting Scrum & Kanban teams from the initial start; every step of the way until release date.
• Responsible for changing the spirit of Agile and teaching the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto, 4 Core Values, 5 Values of Scrum, Scrum Artifacts, 5 Levels of Agile Planning, 3 Scrum Ceremonies, 3 Scrum Roles, DoR-Definition of Ready, DoD-Definition of Done, Information Radiators, RoR Retrospective of Retrospectives and much more.

Agile Transformation Coach

Confidential, Hanover, MD

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting Salesforce, PeopleSoft, and Hyperion Scrum teams from the initial start; every step of the way until multiple release dates
• Responsible for presenting an Agile Coaching Plan, changing the spirit of Agile, teaching the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto, 4 Core Values, 5 Values of Scrum, Scrum Artifacts, 5 Levels of Agile Planning, 3 Scrum Ceremonies, 3 Scrum Roles, DoR-Definition of Ready, DoD-Definition of Done, Information Radiators, RoR Retrospective of Retrospectives and much more
• Implemented an Agile CoE (Center of Excellence) with a strong team of Agile Coaches and Executive Leaders
• Responsible for inspiring, motivating, and supporting change at the Enterprise, Portfolio, Program, Team, and Individual level
• Facilitated various engaging Agile Games (fun exercises) to the business and technical teams across the organization for increasing team collaboration and continuous communication

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Assessed existing and new Agile teams by using an Agile Maturity Matrix tool
• Coached the CIO, VPs, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Core teams on how to facilitate and execute
• Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Backlog Grooming Sessions, Sprint Review, Retrospectives, and (RoR) Retrospective of Retrospectives
• Interviewed leadership and various teams to determine if they should run Scrum or Kanban
• Trained executive leadership on delivering real products early, often and consistently
• Presented an Agile Coaching Plan, coached and demonstrated how to write well written User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Working Agreements, Personas, Value Statements, (DoR) Definition of Ready and (DoD) Definition of Done

Confidential, Plano, TX

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached Directors, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Scrum Teams on how to facilitate Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Burndown Charts, Burnup Charts, Team's Retrospectives, and (RoR) Retrospective of Retrospectives
• Assessed existing and new Agile teams by using an Agile Maturity Matrix tool
• Interviewed leadership and various teams to determine if they should run Scrum or Kanban
• Trained and coached teams on Scrum, Kanban, User Stories, Story Points, Business Value, Estimating, and Velocity
• Encouraged and motivated all Scrum Teams to become dedicated and co-located in order to improve the quality of code and to increase programming speed for product success

Confidential, Dallas / Fort Worth, TX

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed leadership and assessed existing and new Agile teams to determine if they should run Scrum or Kanban
• Coached, trained, mentored, and advised Confidential ’s CIO, CTO, IT Directors, (IA's) Information Architects, Tech Leads, Delivery Managers, PMO Directors, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Scrum Teams on Agile's Best Practices
• Implemented an (CoE) Center of Excellence for the organization to follow and adhere to AA's best practices
• Encouraged all Scrum Teams to become co-located and dedicated in order to add the best value for delivering faster results to market

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached, mentored, trained, and advised Confidential ’s CTO, CIO, IT Managers, PMO Directors, Delivery Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Tech Leads, IA’s (Information Architect’s) and Scrum Teams on Agile’s Best Practices and processes for Financial and Banking Software Development: (Credit Cards, Collections, Mobile Apps, Mobile Web, iPad, and Android Apps)
• Implemented a (CoE) Center of Excellence for the organization to follow and adhere to Confidential 's best practices

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with the business and technology teams across Hilton’s technical organization in order to implement Agile Principles, processes and methods
• Coached, trained, advised, and educated Hilton’s VP’s, IT Directors, PMO Directors, IA’s, Tech Leads, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Scrum Teams on Agile's Best Practices and processes

Confidential, Plano, TX

Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached, trained, and advised HP’s CIO, VP’s, IT Directors, Delivery Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Scrum Teams to follow and adhere to Agile’s best practices
• Implemented a (CoP) Community of Practice for all internal employees to come and ask questions, share "ah ha" moments, share pain points, and to share their recent workshop or conference experience
• Lead distributed Agile Transformation over 5 Scrum teams (Off-shore, Near Shore, & Off-site)

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Coached and mentored Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Agile Teams across Confidential ’s development teams
• Conducted basic foundational Scrum Master Training, Product Owner Training, and other Agile training sessions
• Delivered whole team training to the business and technical teams across the organization