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London

A Scrum Master and agile coach within BT Digital’s Consumer area, working with 2 teams part of a broader tribe and alliance structure to deliver valuable features for EE's App and Web home pages. Driving improvements in agile maturity and delivery efficiency at a team and tribe level. Building strong leadership relationships to be able to influence mindset and their ability to trust and listen to scrum teams. Using data based evidence to re-enforce this partnership which is vital in an environment that is currently complex and at scale.Key Achievements ● Guiding both teams towards agile maturity and trend setters within the tribe○ Including forming a more stable and sustainable way of working and direction of travel in a volatile environment● Working with 2 teams and guiding them towards common ways of working and a more aligned and predictable delivery for 1 product across 2 platforms● Facilitated the restructuring of shared ‘discovery’ roles across teams to provide more efficient use of their time while closely managing their continued connection to the teams● Taking a prominent agile role within the tribe and the prep and running of BRP sessions ○ Including establishing and leading a tribe working group consisting of all SMs and delivery management roles ● Playing a leading role in driving improvement and value from the Scrum Master CoP○ Including implementing a more organised approach where upcoming and future subject areas can be easily viewed and collaborated on● Implemented Scrum of Scrums to better visualise, prioritise and coordinate dependencies across squads and tribes● Improving transparency by surfacing all relevant data (via Jira) to present the team reality and the latest commentary on sprint and roadmap progress

London, United Kingdom

Initially working in the Oil Assets team working on small scale projects, taking on the Scrum Master role in Jan 2017. Promoted to a full-time Scrum Master / Project Delivery role in Jan 2018 supporting multiple Scrum teams and 2 Product Owners (PO) in the management, planning and delivery of the UX / UI and API and Services development backlogs. Servicing a large and high-profile programme of work. Key Achievements ● Successfully realigning sprint plans with relevant product roadmaps● Successfully implemented delivery velocity with teams and tracked improvement● Assisted teams with redefining of the definition of done to align with business expectations ● Improving transparency by providing useful sprint metrics ● Creating strong partnerships with POs● Building trust and influence with key stakeholders

Aberdeen And Sunbury

Working on BP projects relating to application upgrade, deployment, and integration. Key Responsibilities ● Part of large-scale technical rollouts● Responsible for deployment planning on several projects ● Managing project documentation

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Carrying out an expansive range of desktop support tasks on a number of different oil company sites. Gaining senior desktop responsibilities with experience and knowledge obtained on site.The main lead for planning, updating, documenting and supporting a complete mobile IT solution used aboard a number of different drilling rigs for the duration of their hire. Also obtaining valuable knowledge as part of the office/offshore transition team for two company changeovers (Amerada Hess/Encana UK and EnCana UK/Nexen Petroleum UK).

Arbroath, Scotland

Responsible for all aspects of IT within a small network/Windows 2K domain environment. Managing and implementing the upgrade to Windows 2K. Also producing detailed CAD drawings for all shop fitting projects.