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ICAgile Authorized Instructor of ICP-ACC, ICP-AHR & ICP-ENT. Client list includes: State of California CA-MMIS, Child Welfare (CWDS), CalHEERS, Covered California, IT Solutions, Amazon Web Services. I am on the organizing committees for four agile events: Agile Open NorCal, Agile Games West, Scrum Alliance Denver Gathering Program Advisory Team, and am the Program Lead for Emergent Agile Retreats. My website is https://monarchagile.com/

AGILE/SCRUM (bi-weekly/daily stand-up meetings, Scrum of Scrums, sprints/iterations, sprint review, retrospectives, grooming, planning). Corporate Trainer of Agile Scrum Product Owner responsibilities and Agile Scrum principles. Agile Evangelist. Scrum Synergist. Coach Scrum teams, fostering team growth and productivity. Coach Management to understand their role within the Agile umbrella. Work closely with Executive Personnel, Project Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Systems Analysts and… Show more AGILE/SCRUM (bi-weekly/daily stand-up meetings, Scrum of Scrums, sprints/iterations, sprint review, retrospectives, grooming, planning). Corporate Trainer of Agile Scrum Product Owner responsibilities and Agile Scrum principles. Agile Evangelist. Scrum Synergist. Coach Scrum teams, fostering team growth and productivity. Coach Management to understand their role within the Agile umbrella. Work closely with Executive Personnel, Project Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Systems Analysts and Testers. Maintain cohesive, collaborative relationship with team members and executive personnel. Risk mitigation and reporting. Lead teams in two week iterations. Drive corporate culture change from Waterfall to Agile/Scrum throughout the organization. User Stories, Storyboards. Develop and deliver User Story Training Workshops. Persona workshops. Practitioner of servant leadership, not servant beatership. Certified to work with teams to prepare them for the transition to Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe). Show less

Certified ScrumMaster/Certified Oz Trainer/Sr. Business Systems AnalystAGILE/SCRUM (bi-weekly/daily stand-up meetings and sprints/iterations. Corporate Trainer of Agile Scrum business analysis and Agile Scrum principles (participated in the development of the associated curriculum). Foster team growth and productivity. Work with local/remote participants. Work closely with Project Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Solutions Architects and Testers. Maintain cohesive, collaborative… Show more Certified ScrumMaster/Certified Oz Trainer/Sr. Business Systems AnalystAGILE/SCRUM (bi-weekly/daily stand-up meetings and sprints/iterations. Corporate Trainer of Agile Scrum business analysis and Agile Scrum principles (participated in the development of the associated curriculum). Foster team growth and productivity. Work with local/remote participants. Work closely with Project Managers, Product Owners, Developers, Solutions Architects and Testers. Maintain cohesive, collaborative relationship with vendors, team members and executive personnel. Project tracking, risk mitigation and reporting. Elicitation and analysis of requirements in an AGILE SCRUM setting. Lead teams in two week iterations, designing functional and technical specifications where needed. Analyze and negotiate customer requirements in order to ensure that the project team can develop solutions that meet the customers' needs. Certified Trainer of Oz Principles of Accountability. Drive corporate culture change. Business Systems Analysis duties (stakeholder analysis, interface analysis, communication). Requirements gathering (elicitation, workshops, business need, business rules, business process definition/BPD, workflow, observations, interviews, documentation, confirmation of elicitation, transitional requirements). Requirements analysis ­ functional, non-functional and transitional (enterprise analysis, document analysis, process modeling, organizational process assets, structured walk-through). Applications analysis (functional decomposition, documentation analysis, user manuals, some SQL querying). Use Cases (Use Case analysis/development/modification/diagramming). Diagrams (Use Case, Process Models, Functional, Functional Decomposition Models, User Stories, Storyboards, Workflow). Scope management (control and negotiation). UML (Use Cases, Storyboards). User Stories (User Story Workshops). Technical writing (user manuals, system manuals). Practitioner of servant leadership. Show less

Certified in the Thomas Indicator Profile assessment, worked with companies and their teams to identify and resolve issues that held them back from ultimate success. Facilitator, servant leader, - Designed software specifications to resolve business dilemmas - Technical writing - Developed PowerPoint presentations for training purposes to ensure success of Train the Trainer events on Human Resources topics, such as retention and benefits and compensation strategies… Show more Certified in the Thomas Indicator Profile assessment, worked with companies and their teams to identify and resolve issues that held them back from ultimate success. Facilitator, servant leader, - Designed software specifications to resolve business dilemmas - Technical writing - Developed PowerPoint presentations for training purposes to ensure success of Train the Trainer events on Human Resources topics, such as retention and benefits and compensation strategies, serving in a mentorship capacity - Developed DVD presentations for training - Provided consultation to streamline workflow processes, which included automation aspects Show less

Managed a seven-person finance team responsible for premium accounting. Executed collection procedures with 92.8% recovery yield. Establish the company's first departmental procedures manual, in compliance with both California State Insurance and Finance Codes. During my history with this company, I have been responsible for overseeing the following departments: Operations, Mail Room, Files… Show more Managed a seven-person finance team responsible for premium accounting. Executed collection procedures with 92.8% recovery yield. Establish the company's first departmental procedures manual, in compliance with both California State Insurance and Finance Codes. During my history with this company, I have been responsible for overseeing the following departments: Operations, Mail Room, Files, Reception, and Finance during which I supervised a total of 42 employees. - Technical writing (user manuals, system manuals, prototyping) - Training (development of training materials, prototyping, screen and forms mock up, DVD creation, PowerPoint) - Participated in multiple system conversions (full conversion-big bang, and incremental conversion of policies at renewal) - Reconciliation (reconcile bank accounts) - Accounts receivable/payable - Collections Show less