Ian Pritchard Email & Phone Number

As a servant leader I use my experience in agile, scrum, Extreme Programming and KanBan to help engineers and teams realize and achieve their potential.I love servant leadership (with an emphasis on servant) - teaching, coaching and mentoring people and teams. I have certifications as a Scrum Developer and a Scrum Master (both PSM and CSM). I also hold engineering certifications in AWS and Python. It's important to keep an 'always learning' frame of mind because there is so much I don't know!What do I do all day? Check out the Scrum Master role definition in the Scrum Guide: https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#scrum-masterMy superpower is optimism, and the method I use to help teams realize their potential is to teach them the intent of the elements of scrum and guide them towards finding their best path to improvement.I have a strong technical background (having been an engineer, and continuing to build software as a hobby), and this helps me understand engineers , translate technical concepts to product owners and contribute to technical discussions. These skills help me represent my teams in the enterprise.What a wonderful way to live my dream!

Listed skills include Team Leadership, Team Building, Agile Project Management, Agile Methodologies, and 22 others.

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  Senior Scrum Master

  Northwestern Mutual

  Dec 2021 - Present - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

  As a servant leader I use my experience of agile, KanBan and scrum to help the two teams I serve continually improve the way we work together and with other teams.I mentor engineers in continuous improvement and problem solving, resulting in greatervelocity, quality and predictability. I use GROW coaching to help engineers identify true root causes and design appropriate solutions.My superpower is relentless optimism. I help create change by pointing out the best behavior as a model for others instead of emphasizing opportunities for improvement. This helps teams build the desire and courage for real change, as evidenced by the many improvements the teams I serve have already experienced.When an engineer showed interest in the Product Owner role, I coached him into this role, adding to the clarity and value of user stories for the team.Following my passion, I constantly grow my technical expertise, demonstrated by my long history of building and supporting applications in my work and as a personal pursuit. This technical grounding builds respect from engineers and makes me a partner with engineers in resolving problems and impediments. I mentor engineers in Python, build features in Python where the team needs it and build coding challenges on codechalleng.esA strong believer in innovation, I have been a member of 2 winning Hackathon teams. In one, I played the role of scrum leader and 'data wrangler'. The idea we progressed went on to become a key component of the enterprise's strategy. Recently, I played scrum leader and lead developer / coding coach in a Hackathon that generated a Python based support dashboard. I look forward to seeing it evolve into a fully functional production system.What a wonderful way to live my dream!