Emily Clark, Spc Email & Phone Number

Coaching the next generation of Agilists at Ascend Learning. Mentorship, training and targeted education to relentlessly improve our people, process, and culture.

Leawood, Kansas, United States

As a Release Train Engineer and SAFe coach for Ascend Learning, my responsibilities include:- Providing SAFe education to the Ascend team regarding Lean-Agile Leadership, Team and Technical Agility, and Agile Product Delivery.- Promoting a culture of Continuous Learning and Improvement.- Coaching the business on streamlining the Product Lifecycle, focusing on early alignment and evaluation of business priorities.- Leading a Guiding Coalition to prepare new Release Trains for launch.- Facilitating key SAFe practices, including PI Planning, the Inspect & Adapt Session, and System Demos- Generating key metrics to visualize and communicate the health of a Program Increment, as well as guide conversation on any necessary shifts.

As a Scrum Master, I aided in American Century's implementation of the SAFe framework and subsequently, the launch of a new release train. Key duties include: Coached new agile teams on best practices: effective increment planning, dependency management, and optimal work flowFacilitated team meetings; including daily stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives. Aided team in following up on resulting action items.Guided teams in understanding and effectively sizing upcoming projects, introducing new methodologies for approaching the work.Used predictability measures to plan work and track progress-to-plan while communicating progress, risks, and impediments to Release Train Engineer to be delivered to stakeholders.Administered the company's planning tool by training users on VersionOne, establishing tool use guidelines, and fulfilling change requests.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Kansas City, Missouri Area

As a Release Train Engineer, I facilitate FanThreeSixty's events and processes to ensure the success of concurrent development efforts. Key duties include:- Facilitating periodic cross-team synchronization meetings to assess the state of multiple streams of work, adjusting resources or escalating as necessary.- Measuring feature performance and communicating progress with stakeholders.- Driving the scoping and timely hand-off of features to development teams.- Acting as a process coach to build efficient streams of value delivery.- Leading a team of Scrum Masters, introducing new skills and best practices to foster their growth in the role.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

As a Scrum Master, I lead and supported multiple engineering teams as they developed features for FanThreeSixty's mobile & web CRM products. Key duties included:- Using predictability measures to plan work and track progress to plan.- Coordinating resources to ensure timely feature delivery.- Facilitating team meetings and following up on action items.- Creating release plans and product roadmaps to communicate team's delivery schedule.

Overland Park, Ks

As a Network Control Specialist, I prioritized and scheduled regular Sprint network maintenance and urgent break/fixes to optimize cellular service. Key duties included:- Conducting daily meetings with internal technicians and external vendors to coordinate work, assess project risk, and avoid resource conflicts.- Measuring network maintenance success metrics and visualizing scheduling requests to better identify potential conflicts.

Involvement with IS@K as of August 2012. Currently holding the position of Vice President. In this assignment, I do the following:• Firm Outreach• Active recruitment and advertising• Design advertisement for upcoming events• Aid Executive Board in making decisions• Help plan subject matter for upcoming meetings• Plan and advertise for networking and other events meant to aid members

Lawrence

My Responsibilities included: ∙Assisting with user support during new technology implementation and roll-out ∙Providing troubleshooting and resolution for hardware, software, application, password and network issues ∙Creating knowledgebase articles and job aids as resources for coworkers and external users

1001 Sunnyside, Lawrence, Ks 66045

• Works with both staff and students in best utilizing KU online resources to maximize the online experience while at KU and works to ease the communication between professor and student. • Helps implement new technologies in a simple and smooth manner. • Guides users through troubleshooting computer issues for both Macs and PCs. Aids users in managing online identities, Outlook profiles, and other accounts. • Manages user requests for new voice mailboxes, as well as data and voice port activations.

Shawnee, Ks

My Responsibilities included: ∙Adhering to project scope to create a customized solution ∙Participating in client consulting and solution brainstorming sessions ∙Provided high and low-level solution presentations to involved parties ∙Coordinating software configuration tasks with other departments

Mcpherson, Ks

• Worked with a small group of professionals to collaborate and re-format the way employees across the nation recorded and reported data from the field back to the main office. • Created a system comprised of interactive PDFs that could store data, perform calculations, recognize mandatory fields and input errors, involve variable outcomes, and notify involved parties. • Personally had a very large impact on the way new employees were tested on training material using interactive PDFs.