Burrill Gray

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Biotechnology @ Reflex Technology
United States
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About Burrill Gray

For more than 12 years I have worked in ITPM project management, including over 10 years as an Agile Scrum Master and Agile coach; I have done so within diverse industry domains [e.g., healthcare, biotechnology, utilities, consumer software, publishing, Cloud (IaaS, SaaS), Cloud vendor big data integrations (e.g., Snowflake, Informatica), defense (DoD), data analytics and big data]. This has provided me with a considerable depth and breadth of technical and organizational leadership and team development expertise, frequently with culturally diverse organizations and both domestically and internationally dispersed teams. In addition, this particular project-development landscape has afforded me the opportunity to grow my communication, listening, collaboration, strong coaching/mentoring, conflict management’ negotiation and consensus-building skills in the conduct of working with and/or presenting to team members, customers, business senior leadership and vendors. My 10 years' experience as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM-Scrum Alliance; ID no.: 499823) has culminated into effective Agile Scrum teaching, coaching and mentoring of technical teams and enterprise leadership in the substantive aspects of Agile values and principles, the Scrum framework values, Lean, Kanban and Value Stream mapping. This includes other Agile practices such as: Lean, XP, TDD, refactoring, automation, continuous integration, BDD, FDD, expertise in the writing of user stories using various formats, standing up of a CI/CD deployment pipeline, DevOps facilitation and coordination at the department and enterprise levels, and scaling techniques: LeSS, LeSS Huge, Scrum of Scrums, SAFe. My combined experience in both project management-(12 yrs.) and Agile Scrum, Lean development (10 yrs,) as a CSM, has further refined my abilities to manage multiple time- sensitive complex projects based on data-driven performance and cost metrics, appropriate for both Agile-Scrum and Waterfall methodologies. Furthermore, this varied experience has emphasized for me the importance of focused and deliberate stakeholder and vendor management.

Burrill Gray's Current Company Details
Reflex Technology

Reflex Technology

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Biotechnology
United States
Website:
reflextech.com.au
Employees:
6
Burrill Gray Work Experience Details
  • Reflex Technology
    Reflex Technology
    United States
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  • Bio-Rad Laboratories
    Sr. Scrum Master/Enterprise Agile Coach
    Bio-Rad Laboratories Oct 2022 - May 2023
    Hercules, Ca, Us
    As Sr. SCRUM MASTER/AGILE COACH (1-week Sprint Cycles) for 5 - 6 Scrum teams, provided to Data Analytics Director & CIO, relatively new to the Agile Scrum framework, Kanban and Lean, with Agile transition consulting and team teaching and coaching within an overarching SAFe scaling model. • Facilitated feedback via “inspect & adapt” cycles for continuous process improvement: Sprint Planning, Daily stand-ups, Reviews & Retrospectives, use of Agile/Scrum/Kanban/ Lean and, XP engineering practices, performance metrics. • Communicated and collaborated with the Product Owners, developers and relevant stakeholders to regularly perform frequent Product Backlog refinement to support Release Planning, Sprint planning and value prioritization. • Coached teams and dept. mgt. in use of more effective requirements elicitation, user-story discovery and analysis techniques as it applied to the broader enterprise development environment and narrower department data analytics and software work.  Provided to analytics teams open-ended targeted questions to elicit responses from product owners and end-users, which gave Solutions Architects and developers greater clarity and understanding of otherwise vague and ambiguous requirements. • Coached teams via story writing workshops to create alternative story formats which were more conducive to a greater variety of development work. • Coached Scrum teams: iterative/incremental development; empiricism; “inspect & adapt”; user story development, story points and relative estimation; velocity and Release Planning; Product Backlog refinement, Sprint Planning and team capacity; Definition of Done (DoD), Definition of Ready (DoR). • Communicated through dashboard radiators of sprint progress metrics: Velocity fluctuation, Commitment Reliability, Capacity Utilization, Estimation variation, Scope change, Sprint/ Release burn-down, Cycle times, Cumulative Flow data (Kanban), Throughput, Planned vs. Delivered (components, systems).
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  • Bio-Rad Laboratories
    Scrum Master/Enterprise Agile Coach
    Bio-Rad Laboratories Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
    Hercules, Ca, Us
    As SCRUM MASTER/AGILE COACH (1-2 week Sprint Cycles) for 3 Scrum teams provided Agile/Scrum teams (U.S., EMEA, India) new to Agile and the Scrum framework with Agile transition teaching, coaching, mentoring to baseline, clarify, and align teams’ knowledge and learning of Agile and the Scrum framework. Collaborated, coordinated, aligned project/Scrum efforts with Bio-Rad Leadership, PMO, Finance. Created/directed transition-adoption plan. Coached PMO lead, development teams, business/finance stakeholders in the business case for, and longer term enterprise benefits of the Agile Scrum framework. Provided teams and leadership with training, coaching sessions to understand/apply Agile V&Ps, Scrum framework, theory, values, Lean principles, Kanban workflow mgt. system to align with various Bio-Rad - specific compliance, regulatory work environments. Taught and coached stakeholders/users, development teams/ product owner in initial product backlog creation, i.e., envisioning, product goal, product planning/ road mapping, user story development (i.e., story writing workshops, story slicing), analysis of epics, themes and user stories (i.e., story mapping, sizing, prioritization, Definitions of Ready/Done, customer value, dependency mgt.) Worked closely with OTC Product Owner (PO) to teach and coach in that role’s primary functions: product value maximization, user story intent clarifications and story prioritization. Product backlog grooming - i.e., DEEP, Product Dimensions. Iterative/emergent user story & task identification - ideal hour estimation, team capacity derivation. Taught & coached teams Release Planning - date/scope-based (i.e., scope, budget, schedule), use of velocity and Fibonacci, User Story Mapping. Established Sprint Retrospective atmosphere of safety, trust, and honesty to promote open and honest discussions of current and historical sprint challenges, team cohesion, improvement action items to be implemented.
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  • Kaiser Permanente
    Senior It Project Manager
    Kaiser Permanente Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
    As Sr. IT PROJECT MANAGER, provided end-of-project leadership (SDLC) and guidance to development of domestically dispersed teams, especially in terms of business case refinement, business requirements, functional requirements, risk/issues management, change management, communication/collaboration improvements, conflict management, schedule performance tracking, initiation of particular PMO attributes, deployment of subversion repository, team SharePoint enhancements.
  • Autodesk
    It Project Manager/ Scrum Master/Agile Coach: Infrastructure Engineering & Delivery/Iaas
    Autodesk Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    As SCRUM MASTER/AGILE COACH provided Agile/Scrum teams (5-7) new to Scrum framework, Agile transition coaching to baseline, clarify, and align teams’ knowledge of the Scrum framework. Created/directed enterprise migration/scaling plan (LeSS) from Waterfall to Agile Scrum framework. Coached Scrum teams in the transition/migration process to lessen team stress and let them take ownership of their own transition. Used specific strategies to manage team, organization, and leadership resistance to the migration/adoption of Agile Scrum and to redress various learning gaps. Provided Product Owner and Scrum team coaching to better understand various techniques for improved user story ideation, development, Product Backlog grooming/refinement.Facilitated and nurtured Scrum teams to be truly “self-organizing”, to take ownership of their Sprint work and collaborative team “organizing” efforts. Clarified for teams the importance and purpose of the Daily Scrum: more effective clarification of inspect & adapt “questions,” more effective inspect & adapt process, de-emphasizing “status reporting and judgement,” emphasizing daily task synchronization/coordination/strategizing, collaboration, incorporating a task board/ Kanban technique with cycle time performance metric to manage and visualize “work in progress” to enhance transparency. Taught & Coached teams/leadership: Release Planning, Sprint Planning, User Story Mapping, costing, Sprint Planning key elements: Team capacity derivation; Sprint goal (by the Product Owner); Product backlog grooming. Suggested process/metrics to improve sprint planning/task identification efforts. Established Sprint Retrospective atmosphere of safety, trust, and honesty to promote open and honest discussions of current and historical sprint challenges. Taught and coached Iterative/emergent user story & task identification- ideal hour estimation.
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  • Kaiser Permanente
    Database Developer/Data Analyst
    Kaiser Permanente Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
    Oakland, California, Us
    As DATABASE DEVELOPER, collaborated with Director of Department of Quality, Safety, and Resource Management, Business Analysts, and DBAs to perform data normalization and develop multiple databases as the RDBMS for patient quality data. • Designed and implemented the Patient Care Delivery and Service Quality database system that underpinned and facilitated the quality evaluations of critical emergency care surgical treatment centers, care delivery and patient outcomes. • Worked with BI team and core team to better determine existing data quality, appropriate naming standards, data patterns, table joins. • Worked directly with the department director to iteratively analyze the relevant data to develop the database design/structure/architecture to build an effective database system according to the specified data specifications. • Designed and implemented efficient database structures and schemas to support application functionality. • Ensured data integrity and security by implementing access controls and backup procedures. • Collaborated in data migration and transformation to support business needs. • Collaborated with developers to drive ETL processes and tools for data extraction, transformation, and loading from various sources into existing databases. • Wrote and optimized SQL queries for data retrieval, manipulation, and reporting. • Supported data analytics and reporting efforts by providing well-structured datasets. • Developed system documentation to create an operational user’s manual regarding future changes or improvements to the database as they are implementing.
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  • Kaiser Permanente
    It Project Manager/Scrum Master – Icd-9/ Icd-10 Migration Project
    Kaiser Permanente Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
    Oakland, California, Us
    As SCRUM MASTER (3-week Sprint Cycle), Created/directed transition-adoption plan, introduced a formalized Scrum framework to guide teams’ learning.
Provided teams and leadership with numerous training sessions in understanding Agile V&Ps, Agile Scrum framework, Kanban to align with various specific compliance, regulatory work environments. Taught and coached stakeholders/users, development teams/ product owner in initial product backlog creation, i.e., envisioning, product goal, product planning, road mapping, user story development (i.e., story writing workshops, splitting methods), functionality analysis of epics, themes and user stories (i.e., story mapping, sizing, prioritization, customer value, dependency mgt.).Coached teams in user story estimating/basis for story points (Fibonacci), velocity determination, sizing techniques, team capacity calculation, sprint mapping. release/sprint planning: budgeting, costing and scheduling. Clarified for teams the importance and purpose of the Daily Scrum: more effective inspect & adapt “questions,” more effective inspect & adapt process, de-emphasizing “status reporting and judgement,” emphasizing daily task synchronization/coordination/strategizing, collaboration, incorporating a task board/ Kanban technique with cycle time performance metric to manage and visualize “work in progress” to enhance transparency. Coached product manager (i.e., Product Owner) and scrum teams in Product Backlog grooming techniques. ▪ Established Sprint Retrospective atmosphere of safety, trust, and honesty to promote open and honest discussions of current and historical sprint challenges. ▪ Coached teams on the importance of the Sprint Retrospective: Self-inspection, processes, practices, communication, environment, data, artifacts, tools, team collaboration, inputs and focal points rather than solely on subjective individual commentary. Implemented multiple Retro techniques to drive meaningful discussion, team cohesion.
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  • Microsoft
    Project Manager/Procurement Budget Analyst – Smsg/Contractor/Supplier Cost Management
    Microsoft Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    As PM/PROCUREMENT/BUDGET ANALYST and in preparation for Microsoft’s FY2016 budget cycle.Conducted procurement cost analysis: data research, collection, aggregation and analysis to re-evaluate end-to-end, corporate-wide procurement processes. Engaged globally dispersed procurement managers, business segment managers and stakeholders to identify opportunities for effective cost management of external resources and supplier performance. Used advanced MS Excel functionality to provide data analysis as to validity, accuracy, usability of Microsoft’s rate card data.Developed graphical dashboards and reporting documentation rates for presentation to Microsoft budget committee. Engaged Cost Benefit Analysis to determine viability of use of specific types of technical HR resources vs. SW tools/HW resources, within a specified payback period.Created MS Access databases to provide a RDBMS to improve project-related data management/analysis.
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  • Ibm
    It Project Manager/ Scrum Master/Agile Coach – Esar Project (Aces/ Obamacare Exchange)
    Ibm Jan 2014 - May 2014
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    As PROJECT MANAGER, collaborated with IBM, Northrop Grumman, WA State health care directorates and federal agencies (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – (70 + team members) on the $36M ESAR project, phase 1 to develop Washington’s Health Benefits Exchange (HBE)/ Health Plan Finder (Obamacare) state web portal, eligibility rules engine. As SCRUM MASTER, introduced a formalized Scrum framework to guide team learning of the Agile Scrum approach, adoption of the framework, and ultimately the "customization" of the Scrum framework to better align with their actual development challenges and development environment.
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  • Hgst, A Western Digital Brand
    Project Manager/Data Analyst
    Hgst, A Western Digital Brand Oct 2012 - Oct 2013
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    As PROJECT MANAGER/DATA ANALYSTSolely responsible for corporate revenue/ customer call center data aggregation/analysis.Developed revenue data analysis by geographic sales region and product family.Aggregated/analyzed call center KPIs, performed Web analytics for HGST web site, and full graphical data reporting to senior management through dashboards and PowerPoint. Used advanced MS Excel functionality to identify revenue data trends, anomalies, and performed discovery to determine cause and effect of anomalies for analysis and reporting. Sophisticated use of MS PowerPoint functionality to present status, project team performance and revenue data analysis.
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  • Southern California Edison (Sce)
    It Project Manager/ Scrum Master/Agile Coach – Smartconnect Project
    Southern California Edison (Sce) Apr 2012 - Jun 2012
    Rosemead, Ca, Us
    As PROJECT MANAGER, working with Sr. PMs, developers and stakeholders on project to migrate from analog metering systems to a cell phone-based metering technology.As SCRUM MASTER/Agile Coach for (3) scrum teams, 3W sprints, coached and facilitated team and management adoption of Scrum framework.
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  • Grayco Factor Locators
    Project Manager/Scrum Master – Accounts Receivable Financing
    Grayco Factor Locators Dec 2009 - Jun 2011
    Us
    As PROJECT MANAGER, directed business strategy planning for accounts receivable finance brokerage firm.As SCRUM MASTER/AGILE COACH, 1-3 scrum teams, 3W sprints, coached and facilitated adoption of the Scrum framework.
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  • L3 Technologies
    It Project Manager/ Scrum Master/Agile Coach / Uat Software Tester
    L3 Technologies Aug 2007 - Sep 2008
    New York, Ny, Us
    As PROJECT MANAGER, directed/collaborated, liaised with 45+ team members, Dept. of Defense, foreign military staff for requirements gathering/analysis and user-acceptance testing of military-based foreign language learning software and other military-related software tools, to systematically test application functionality based on UAT user functional/non-functional requirements and (manual) test cases development.As SCRUM MASTER, introduced a formalized Scrum framework to guide team learning of the Agile Scrum approach, adoption of the framework, and ultimately the "customization" of the Scrum framework to better align with their actual development challenges and development environment.
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Burrill Gray Education Details

  • The American University Of Paris
    The American University Of Paris
    Economics
  • Scrum Alliance
    Scrum Alliance
    Agile Scrum
  • Center For Project Management
    Center For Project Management
    Project Management Certification

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