Conner Sorensen Email & Phone Number

Utah, United States

-Scrum Master for 1-3 internationally distributed software development teams of 6-14 members-Heavily influenced initiative across all software development teams to improve value delivery process-Coached team to have exemplary User Story splitting practices-Collaborated with Scrum Master Community of Practice-Collaborated with intercompany individuals to prototype an Agile Learning Community tool in a week-Collaborated with Scrum, Quality, and Architecture personnel to implement ADO Task creation automation-Assessed teams' value delivery process for more Agile alignment-Taught team members more valuable Product Backlog refinement techniques-Coached team on value of more predictable value delivery-Revamped Scrum Events for higher value capture and risk mitigation-Facilitated Sprint Retrospectives for more participation, and better feedback, while optimizing time together-Coached Product Owner on implementing effective Sprint Goals-Consulted with leadership on practices for Agile-aligned organizational structures and practices-Participated with select change management team for Agile-aligned process adoption across KBX-Coached team to adopt "Hummingbird" style Sprint Backlog management -Facilitated North Star Framework workshop -Represented KBX in intra-company Agile Community of Practice-Certified completion of Accelerating Innovation Masterclass from AJ&Smart-Certified completion of Innovation Facilitator Masterclass from AJ&Smart

Utah, United States

-Scrum Master for internationally distributed software development augmentation team-Implemented Improvement Opportunity Backlog-Revamped Sprint Retrospectives-Facilitated Scrum Events

Utah, United States

-Augmented/Consulted for three internationally distributed software development teams -Worked with Agile Coach & other Scrum Masters to continue agile transformation initiative -Assessed teams’ capability for business agility -Facilitated Scrum Events

Wichita, Kansas Area

-Lead first serious attempts at business agility transformations in IT Dept. for Digital Marketing & Front Office groups -Provided honest/unbiased assessments of business agility & sustainable pace to teams/leadership/management -Influenced entire IT Department to consider or move to Agile-aligned processes -Mentored Management, Stakeholders, & Scrum Teams on Agile-aligned principles, processes, & tools -Facilitated/Scheduled Scrum ceremonies as needed for up to 3 internationally distributed teams of 5-10 -Encouraged Scrum Teams to own their process and product(s) for self-organization -Provided data-driven Quality metrics to Scrum Teams & Stakeholders for better prioritization decisions -Improved Business-IT partnership via promoting more transparent Backlog prioritization & forecasting -Promoted Incremental product delivery for continuous, predictable, & complete deliverables of value to customer(s) -Promoted continuous improvement & challenged status-quo to improve value of Scrum Teams & their Products -Taught Agile-aligned knowledge & insight when relevant -Raised awareness of impediments to the Scrum team to promote impediment removal -Trained individuals/groups across IT Dept. on Agile principles, Scrum Framework, Product Ownership, Kanban, & processes -Curated & Shared Agile-aligned articles/resources to promote Agile-aligned knowledge across sister companies -Created training materials on Scrum Product Owner's roles, responsibilities, strategies, & anti-patterns Researched & consulted for teams to continuously improve usage of Team Foundation Services (TFS), ServiceNow, and later Azure DevOps

Wichita, Kansas Area

-Lead internal, augmented, and remote QA Analysts-Documented QA processes, standards, tools, and environments for on-boarding QA resources-Conducted knowledge transfer sessions with new QA Analysts -Reviewed & Improved QA processes and standards-Shortened the time to train new Quality Analysts with well-designed training materials-Reported metrics and progress for QA resources during release cycles-Assisted with communications among Product Owner, Developers, and Testers-Assisted with QA tasks including:--Creating test suites and test cases--Executing functional testing--Creating & Updating bug reports--Coding & Executing automated Selenium test scripts

Wichita, Kansas Area

-Develop & improve quality assurance testing processes-Coach & train internal peer Quality Analysts and contractors on process and product expectations-Author Knowledge Base Articles for reference material and How-To tutorials-Participate with teams working on multiple projects using Agile methodology-Coordinate with Business, Support and Development Teams-Develop Selenium automated web app testing with C# language in Visual Studio-Reduced testing cycle times dramatically with automated regression testing-Author & execute web app test cases-Author & maintain bug reports

Wichita, Kansas Area

-Author and execute software test procedures,-Develop Coded UI automated web app testing with C# language in Visual Studio,-Coordinate with business, support and development teams,-Author knowledge base articles for reference material and how to tutorials-Participate with teams working on multiple projects using Agile methodology-Review developed software for quality assurance-Author and maintain bug reports

Wichita, Kansas Area

-Author and execute software test procedures,-Develop Coded UI automated web app testing with C# language in Visual Studio,-Coordinate with support and development teams,-Install and configure web server software,-Participate with team working on multiple projects using Agile methodology

Master Of Management Information Systems, 3.91

Activities and Societies: USU Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Information Systems, 3.61