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Release Train Engineer* Drove implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to help Softdocs scale up their Scrum practices.* Serves as a Release Train Engineer for a release train of 5 teams in a Scaled Agile environment including functioning as Scrum Master for one team.* Instituted and moderates the recurring ART Sync ceremony to discuss performance, review risks and dependencies, and inspect the status of key deliverables and objectives with participants on the train to ensure completion.* Instituted and moderates the Inspect and Adapt Workshop to review quarterly performance of the release train and identify actions to help the train improve.* Helped institute and moderates PI Planning events for quarterly planning. Responsible for driving preparation for each event.* Works with Azure DevOps and Power BI to produce various reports for tracking execution/performance and detecting anti-patterns at both the individual team and ART levels.* Conducts weekly Scrum of Scrums meetings with fellow Scrum Masters to discuss team execution and concerns as well as general agile topics of interest.* Helps facilitate a bi-weekly Lean Coffee with the Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and other parties interested in our agile practices. Created an Agile Community of Practice channel in Microsoft Teams for discussing relevant topics with that same group.Manager* Serves as manager for Softdocs' team of Scrum Masters.* Performs bi-weekly 1:1s to discuss any topics or concerns raised by the Scrum Masters. Peer review is solicited and provided as part of this process. It's also an opportunity to discuss individual performance against role expectations.

* Oversaw the operations of an 8-member team - including both developers and quality assurance testers - that are responsible for three separate products.* Represented the team at cross-departmental meetings with Product, DevOps, and Architecture representatives to ensure communication, alignment, and collaboration were taking place with in-flight and upcoming commitments.* Performed monthly 1:1s with each team member to ensure feedback was shared on their recent performance and to address any topics or concerns raised by the team member.* Performed annual performance evaluations to help in the career trajectory of each team member and ensured alignment with company standards for their current role.

NOTE: Digarc was acquired by Modern Campus. Release Train Engineer* Drove implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to help Digarc scale up their Scrum practices.* Served as a Release Train Engineer for a release train of 5 teams (including DevOps) in a Scaled Agile environment.* Instituted and moderated the recurring ART Sync ceremony to discuss performance, review risks and dependencies, and inspect the status of key deliverables and objectives with participants on the train to ensure completion.* Instituted and moderated the Inspect and Adapt Workshop to review quarterly performance of the release train and identify actions to help the train improve.* Helped institute and moderate PI Planning events for quarterly planning. Adapted the event to support a remote work environment. Responsible for driving preparation for each event.Scrum Master* As a full-time Scrum Master and certified SAFe agilist, I supported multiple Scrum and Scrumban teams concurrently in distributed environments.* Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.* Worked with the Scrum teams to identify potential roadblocks and remove impediments.* Improve team performance by addressing retrospective action items and coaching agile principles.* Collaborated with Product Owners to effectively define and prioritize the backlog.* Tracked both sprint progress and feature development progress simultaneously to meet or beat deadlines. Conducted routine reviews and presented findings/metrics to team and leadership through dedicated meetings.* Developed best practices by collaborating with other Scrum Masters and agilists through regular sync-ups.* Guided Product Owners, Product Managers, and Engineering leadership on Scrum/SAFe practices and the effective use of agile tracking tools like Targetprocess to support those practices.

Orlando, Florida Area

* As a full-time Scrum Master, I supported up to 5 Scrum and Kanban teams concurrently in both co-located and distributed environments.* Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.* Worked with the Scrum teams to identify potential roadblocks and remove impediments.* Improved team performance through development cycle time analysis, optimized story point estimation, and coached agile principles. * Collaborated with Product Owners to effectively define and prioritize the backlog.* Tracked both sprint progress and feature development progress simultaneously to meet or beat deadlines. Conducted routine reviews and present findings/metrics to team and leadership through dedicated meetings and use of information radiators.* Developed best practices by collaborating with other NCR Scrum Masters and agilists through communities of practice and smaller sync-ups.* Provided training sessions to Product Owners, Product Managers, Engineering leadership, etc. on Scrum/SAFe practices and the effective use of agile tracking tools like JIRA and AgileCraft to support those practices.* Served as a Release Train Engineer for a release train of 12 teams in a Scaled Agile environment.* As Release Train Engineer, instituted and moderated recurring ceremonies for Scrum of Scrums and Product Management/Ownership sync-ups in order to review and track risks, dependencies, and the status of key deliverables and objectives.* As Release Train Engineer, helped institute and co-facilitated PI Planning events for quarterly planning involving 100+ participants and stakeholders.

Alachua, Fl

● Led a team of developers, QA testers, and documentation specialists as Scrum Master in an agile development environment. ● Coordinated team projects including conducting status and planning meetings, collaborating with management and development teams, and meeting established deadlines. ● Developed and maintained process documentation via MediaWiki, SharePoint, and knowledge base articles.● Created and maintained over two dozen InstallShield-based projects for deploying two software suites and configuring workstation and server environments. These packages were created to be run manually by a user and through an automated process. This work also included creating reusable functions and following other principles of clean coding for both new projects and rewrites of existing projects.● Created interfaces for modifying 3rd-party software HL7 messages into a format usable by the flagship software. ● Created tools for the technical support organization using a variety of programming languages including InstallScript, C#, and VBScript. These tools included functionality to completely purge the Vitera software from a system, gather pertinent logs and information for debugging installation issues, and update expiring Windows’ certificates.● Created a utility in C# for regression testing of the installation process by performing a series of system verifications. This utility replaced approximately 50% of the manual verification process.● Created test plans for the Quality Assurance team members while maintaining daily communication.● Worked with the technical support organization to resolve installation support issues and develop both short-term and long-term quality solutions while maintaining a > 95% upgrade success rate.

Gainesville, Florida Area

● Developed, maintained, and tested installation packages for more than two dozen products across the BlackBerry, PocketPC, and Palm mobile platforms. These packages were created using InstallShield.● Successfully designed and created an installation package to support application deployment to early BlackBerry devices.● Application tester on more than a dozen medical reference applications for BlackBerry, PocketPC, and Palm mobile devices. Responsibilities included following established testing guidelines and reporting bugs to the development team.● Used C++ to create multiple internal tools for testing the applications on mobile devices. This included an application license generation utility.● Created and updated application system requirements based on repeated testing in an iterative development process. ● Managed remote development teams, quality assurance testing, and release of a key product.● Oversaw the build management and Subversion source control systems for development.