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Boulder, Colorado, United States

- Supported eight teams (2-3 at a time) across a wide range of agile maturities, personnel makeup, and product domains. Facilitated all ceremonies (multiple formats), removed impediments, customized Jira to streamline processes, kept & analyzed metrics to drive capacity planning, strategized with product & team leadership to identify & implement improvements.- Served as de facto Jira admin for the entire org: managed team workflows, schemes, permissions, layouts, boards, etc. to improve ease of use and reduce user headache. Resolved daily support requests, helped develop and implement system to triage bugs across all teams, built numerous automations, and co-lead the Jira Cloud migrations for two company acquisitions.- Consulted for multiple non-development teams: taught crash-courses in Agile fundamentals, developed adaptive processes, and facilitated large project retrospectives and workshops.- Assisted with the creation and continuous organization of higher-level quarterly planning for larger domains across our engineering org.

Greater Denver Area

- Supported five-person team and encouraged agile development through full data development process from raw/internal starting point to external-facing finish on company website for millions of different parts- Communicated with multiple KEMET product managers to ensure timely release of accurate content into test and production environments. - Worked with QA and Scrum Team to devise, implement, and document testing procedures covering all stages of data-building/deployment- Utilized JIRA to analyze current progress and past sprints, facilitate appropriate backlog management, and optimize process workflow- Facilitated sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives as a servant-leader by asking useful questions, encouraging efficient discussion, developing team KPIs, and suggesting improvements

Centennial Co

- Designed 3D CAD files dimensionally representative of KEMET components for use in the 3D schematics of KEMET customers' circuit designs- Created fully feature-comprehensive 3D CAD models and photorealistic renders for marketing usage on the company website- Communicated with KEMET PMs and external clients to update website data; alter CAD model features; and provide custom image renders, models, and animations