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- Lead a comprehensive agile transformation, including the assessment of the current state, development of a transformation plan, and implementation of agile frameworks and practices-Collaborate with leadership and cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize high-impact initiatives and projects- Support teams in their ongoing learning and development, including the identification of training and coaching needs and the design of customized learning plans- Increase agile adoption, higher team performance, and customer satisfaction, as measured by key metrics and feedback from stakeholders

Define, develop, and execute on various Agile initiatives, adoptions, and change strategies within a rapidly changing, complex, and matrixed environment.Interface with key stakeholders to oversee and execute on multiple concurrent initiatives focused on process improvements resulting in reduced cycle time.Develop the necessary sustainment and maintenance models for initiatives once implemented.Develop target roles, skills and organizational design in support of Agile transitions.Accountable to help teams effectively deploy Agile methodologies toward meeting program commitments.Train and coach teams on the concepts, implementation and practice of Agile methodologies.Work closely and interactively with leaders across Aerospace to provide training and coaching for their Agile transformation journey.Conduct maturity assessments, corrective action planning, and improvement initiatives until process and transformation is fully integrated into the organization.Utilize in-depth knowledge of the lean Agile framework to recommend innovations that enhance and/or provide a competitive advantage to the organization.

Certified ScrumMaster / Agile Coach - Communications Company• Successfully mentored and migrated multiple project teams from Waterfall to Scrum as part of Agile Transformation of Product Development and Engineering organizations.• Fostered Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering.• Conducted User Story Workshops to capture, interpret, and document business needs; allowing the initial development of the product backlog• Coached product owners, scrum masters and team members to improve their ability to create effective user stories. • Instructed and modeled core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensuring consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise• Organized and facilitated release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews / demos, retrospectives, and backlog grooming meetings• Coached scrum teams to self-organization• Coached teams to break down large user stories for execution. • Identified and managed cross-team dependencies in both Agile and Waterfall development environments.•Utilized effective Agile metrics to track and report team progress.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)• ScrumMaster for 3 successful scrum projects.• Created and delivered customized agile training and internal agile tools designed to enhance team collaboration to both internal teams and external customers • Facilitated general education sessions for non-development teams and stakeholders to foster communication, interdependency coordination, and teamwork. Coached Agile teams on continuous improvement of practices and consequently improved team velocity.• Facilitated Release Planning, daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospectives.• Coached Product Owner on Artifacts such as User Stories, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown.• Reported progress, impediments / mitigation plans to upper management.Business System Analyst• Gathered business requirements solicitation via working sessions with the business and IT to ensure needs are met throughout the project lifecycle.• Analyzed business processes, impacts and designs, in order to deliver projects successfully.• Identified possible business solutions and negotiate resolution with stakeholders• Responsible for the project initiation process covering high level scope and objectives of the project.• Handled change management process when enhancement/new requirements are requested.• Transitioned business requirements to IT by creating mock-ups, models and business cases of how the system should behave.• Assist in developing training materials for new/enhanced systems.• Assist in resolving ad-hoc production support questions/issues for applications and data analysis.Test Lead• Create test plans, test cases, run test simulations in a real time system and efficiently manage change requests and defects.• Lead System Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Regression• Manage off-shore teams assigned to my projects, ensuring that they are working effectively and completing tasks required for the project to be successful.