SUMMARY

• Certified Scrum Master wif over 3 years agile experience and a proven track record of delivering high - quality software, on time and wifin budget, seeking a position in a fast-paced company.
• Passionate about agile style of working and team-work driven development. Carries excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong decision-making skills and the ability to multi-task. Advanced in all aspects of Microsoft Office Suite.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Coaching team members (e.g. wif one-on-one coachings).
• Suggesting new metrics for the team as catalysts for change.
• Fostering the developer team’s self-organisation.
• Reflecting Agile and Scrum values to the team.
• Facilitator/getting rid of impediments.
• Challenge team wif Agile management innovations.
• Consulting team members regarding everything Agile.
• Being familiar wif the team’s work(me.e. the product).
• Mediating the general conflict of goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Scrum Master (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Received Scrum Master Certification which allowed for me to start working on Scrum projects as a Scrum Master
• Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams wif a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Coach team virtually and expert in distance coaching
• Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding the control and release processes
• Assisted wif internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information
• Assisted wif prioritization and resolution of software defects
• Built relationship wif Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction wif them
• Coached Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog
• Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on the methodology
• Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings wif the team
• Facilitated getting the work done wifout coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos
• Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions
• Interfaced wif Program Management Office to ensure project goals and requirements are being met
• Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings
• Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and led by example
• Took responsibility of delivery and management of the tasks
• Tracked and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress to all effected teams and management
• Updated Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
• Worked wif the Scrum Team to negotiate the minimum viable product for delivery
• Evangelist of agile/scrum principles and methodology.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Ensured Burn-up and Burn-down charts are available and accurate
• Coaching SAFe and Lean agile principles to the scrum teams, monitoring and ensuring that all teams are practicing the core agile principles, collaboration, accountability, adaptability, prioritization, self-managing, team accountability, and visibility.
• Coaching the team level SAFe events including wif the Innovation Planning Sprints, Inspect & Adapt, and Quantitative analysis of Metrics.
• Supported the Product Owner to ensure the backlog has sufficient prioritized user stories at a “ready” status to stay ahead of the Team
• Facilitating cross-group and cross-functional communications for issues resolution and updates.
• Delivered over 11 projects during 2016 wif teams sizes from 3 to over 30 people (for Scrum of Scrums) esulting in team and customer satisfaction
• Managed as a Scrum Master and a Project Manager for 5 projects across 2 teams simultaneously which increased my utilization of my project management and Scrum Master skills
• Expertise in different support Tools - Experience in support tools like Service now, Plan View and also in project management tools like MS Excel, MS Project Plan, Change Point,Clarity PPM,Confluence Primavera and JIRA, Rally & TFS for AGILE Scrum
• Client list includes General Motors, Pinnacle Mutual & Financial Insurance, Advance solutions.

Confidential, Providence, RI

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to communicate wif multiple teams Development, Enterprise architect, security, Functional expertise, existing maintenance, sales and other stake holders on different activities.
• Prepared & reviewed documents related to Project scope, estimation, risk management, resource loading, work breakdown structure etc.
• Assisted Client manager on the creation of Cost performance baseline and Schedule Baseline on wif Agile methodology process.
• Closely worked wif Client technology manager and assisted him to manage project tracking activities.
• Coordinated wif 3rd party Client vendors to complete QA & UAT.
• Helped Client manager to prepare communication & sign off plans to the deliverables.
• Functional
• Performed Role Mining analysis by coordinating wif Business, Security, Enterprise & Technology teams.
• Worked wif technical team and reviewed design & solution documents.
• Conducted design walkthrough and sign off meetings.
• Manage Project consists of multiple technologies .Net, Java, Informatica, and SQL Server and business Assisted to manage budget and over all schedule from the End to End project perspective. Risk identification and management throughout the life cycle of the project. By leveraging the onshore resources of team size 14, seamlessly managed around the clock development support.
• Work closely wif project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
• Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.
• Planned and monitored project budget/spending.
• Guided projects to completion on time, wifin scope, and on budget.
• Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant to scope commitment.
• Tracked and managed product backlog, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task break-down.
• Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.
• Timely status reporting to senior management and Project stakeholders.
• Laid out clear process maps for Code Management, Configuration Management and Integration testing.
• Saved $150K in service level agreements (SLA) by delivering project deliverable on time wif proper documentation of project changes as agreed in contract.
• Collecting and analyzing project metrics data and working wif the Scrum Master, Product Owner and Scrum Team to identify and incorporate corrective actions when needed.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT and manage a smooth production rollout.
• Responsible for the Development, Deployment, Integration, Configuration and Release Management.
• Managing all project related information like Status Report, Issues and Risks, Assumptions, Change Management, Milestones, QA, project metrics data, project budget, Extraordinary Change Requests and Schedule Mgmt
• Working wif the Team and the Product Owner to define team specific norms, and procedures not defined at the program level..
• Working wif Program Manager on staffing allocation for projects
• Used Puppet approach to define and determine the applications framework using a common easy-to-read language
• Implement new cloud management platforms from AWS, OpenStack, Google Cloud Platform.
• Contributed to standardization of on-boarding processes for new employees at Dubuque Delivery Center.
• Delivered high-value service and quality control end-deliverable wifin scope and on time.
• Improved project delivery by 25%, leading project oversight for independent review and analysis of IT infrastructure and Transformation & by managing scope creep, reducing costs and preventing delays while maintaining client trust and business objective satisfaction.Transition projects for delivery center.