Derrick Snow Email & Phone Number

Chesapeake, Va, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Portfolio and Team level Agile Coach for Arc XP a division of the Washington Post, serving 5 teams utilizing Scrum or Kanban in 3 portfolios

Washington, Dc, Us

• Portfolio and Team level Agile Coach for Arc XP a division of the Washington Post, serving 5 teams utilizing Scrum or Kanban in 3 portfolios• Created, launched, and teach the organization’s first and only Agility course, training 60 associates in 15 offerings since September 2021• Fixed completed to committed variance for all assigned teams by training and mentoring Scrum foundations, including SMART Sprint Goals and linking to a Product Vision, Product Backlog refinement and prioritization, establishing Sprint Reviews, and self-facilitating Daily Scrums• Coached team through Kanban transition, consisting of Agile – Kanban Training development and delivery, establishing ceremonies, and collaborating with the team to document and launch Kanban SDLC• Coached product managers and scrum teams, increasing combined velocity by approximately 50%• Created and delivered Kanban workshop for organization and hosted an organizational training session on Value Stream Mapping• Led enterprise team metrics project to standardize reporting for the organization• Mentor junior Scrum Masters and help lead interviews on behalf of the Agility Team

Newport News, Virginia, Us

• Senior Scrum Master and Coach for integrations portfolio, supporting transformation initiatives and product enhancements• Coached and served 7 Kanban/Scrum teams concurrently, standing up 3 new teams, establishing ceremonies, training, mentoring, and facilitating as needed by the teams’ maturity levels• Led Agile Coach transformation, coaching Scrum Masters and leadership, and completing an organizational assessment• Automated bi-quarterly Agile Maturity Matrix survey, resulting in a 100% response rate• Teams coached resolved 400 product backlog items within a 10 month timeframe• Incorporated Liberating Structures, Lean Coffees, and Agile Coaching Facilitation techniques into department, mentoring fellow Scrum Masters on different practices to use for increased collaboration and results• Led department retrospectives and SoS meetings, with management, release managers, scrum masters, and scrum team members• Served as a department JIRA administrator, setting up new teams, adding members, creating boards, establishing filters, and creating reports/dashboards• Introduced different platforms such as Miro Boards, Ideaboardz, and Jamboards, as well as created MS Teams chat channels, to enhance collaboration among geographically distributed teams (U.S.A. and India)• Relaunched teams with High Performance Tree workshops, utilizing 1-2-4-All approach to generate working agreements, team norms, Definition of Done, and SDLC/process mapping for 100% of teams coached to increase self-management and self-organization• Conducted virtual Agile training for new associates entering the department

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

• Led cross-functional, cross ART, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) delivery teams consisting of Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Product Owners, and Development Teams• Coached and mentored Technical Project Managers on Lean-Agile Mindset and Agile Project Management in a SAFe organization• Created and delivered JIRA workshop for Technical Project Managers to increase understanding of Agile SDLC in the organization and best JIRA practices to implement for more effective project delivery• Served as Scrum Master with team members from multiple systems, including special executive initiative to meet time sensitive, federal mandate for Medicare and Medicaid end users• Established scrum teams, including JIRA set-up, establishing Agile ceremonies, collaborating to build self-managing processes, and structuring backlog refinement• Created JIRA to create dashboards and structures to monitor progress, identify trends and assist the development team in managing work within each sprint• Created multi-team delivery roadmaps in Visio to document planned functionality releases, dependencies, PI Planning Sessions, and any hard compliance targets set forth by state mandates

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

• Led program for department initiative to implement new associate facing and customer facing systems• Developed and delivered department training for Lean process improvement and team building

Chevy Chase, Md, Us

• Led Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement Portfolio for corporate office with 2500 associates• Collaborated with executives and leadership to align initiatives with financial and strategic goals• Utilized Lean-Agile principles to coach up to 6 teams at a time, usually consisting of 5 to 9 core team members• Coached and mentored 20 leads, developing their interpersonal, analytical, leadership, team building, and project management skills• Successfully revived Lean Six Sigma program after a 2 year hiatus with 10 teams generating $10 million in returns within 1 year• Trained approximately 500 associates in multiple locations, and mentored 2 junior peers

Chevy Chase, Md, Us

• Led teams with approximately 9 core team members, utilizing Lean Agile to create self-organized, collaborative atmospheres• Led and co-led 6 major initiatives that yielded $15 million in savings• Collaborated with IT to develop mobile application upgrades for a 10 point increase in customer satisfaction• Planned, designed and constructed multiple tools that decreased internal salary costs by $1 million annually• Mentored 3 junior peers and taught quarterly project management and MS Office skills to management development associates

Chevy Chase, Md, Us

Led and executed reviews to increase internal efficiency and quality resulting in $1 million in salary savings. Served as a lead core team member on 2 Lean Six Sigma initiatives providing data analysis and assistance with planning, process building and piloting

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Associate Of Science - As, Social Sciences