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Agile Coach, Novant Health• Work with Data Governance leadership on their journey towards Agility• Coach and Mentor Scrum Masters in the Data Governance space• Aid with the adoption of Scrum and Kanban across various teams• Work with the Learning & Communications team to create Agile content for the organization • Conduct Agile and Scrum TrainingAgile Delivery Lead, Novant Health• Lead Scrum adoption throughout DPS (Digital Products + Services)• Conduct Agile and Scrum Training• Coach Agile Teams

• Lead, coach, and mentor Scrum Masters in the Originations space• Partner with technology leaders to help drive change from an Agile and technology perspective• Partner with Chief Product Owners and Product Owners • Partner with Technology Leaders • Coach 13 Scrum teams• Help Lead Pre-Planning and Big Room Planning events• Created content and conducted Scrum Master Academy training• Helped drive the transition from 3 -week sprints to 2-week sprints

Coach and train teams across 3 different locations.Mentor Scrum Masters.Help teams transition to Kanban when that methodology is deemed the best fit.Encourage team maturity and Scrum adoption.Work with organization leaders to ensure teams are cross-functional, empowered, self-managing, and supported as they grow on their Agile journey.

An Agile leader who goes above and beyond to support the organizational transformation and bring Agile knowledge to the company as a whole.Conduct Scrum and User Story training for various teams and others in the organization.Mentor Scrum Masters.Coach Agile teams in Scrum and Kanban.Promote and support Agility throughout the organization.

As an Agile Champion and Lead Business Analyst, I performed the following:• Led distributed Scrum Team (onshore/offshore).• Promoted and supported the Scrum framework.• Facilitated the Scrum ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.• Facilitated Backlog Refinement sessions.• Facilitated Estimation activities by using Planning Poker.• Managed the Product Backlog in conjunction with the Product Owner and the Development Team.• Aided in Writing User Stories and Acceptance Criteria.• Tracked and removed impediments that prevented the team from completing their work.• Managed VSTS for the team.• Conducted One on One sessions with team members.• Met regularly with Product Owner.• Conducted Agile, Scrum, and User Story refresher training sessions.• Led teams in incorporating Agile practices in Waterfall projects.• Delivered Agile and Scrum Fundamentals training to the PMO and HR.• Taught Agile 101 at company's Development Days.• Taught User Story seminars.• Led the Agile CoP and Agile Guild.• Led the delivery of multiple projects.• Conducted requirements elicitation sessions and documented requirements.• Worked with technical team to implement the desired solution.• Worked closely with Data Warehouse team to deliver dozens of reports.

Led business process development and redesign efforts for key business units.Coordinated cross-functional teams in the business analysis, development, testing, and implementation of fundraising system based solutions in support of business unit and the organization’s business objectives.Researched, developed and documented new system requirements.Developed and executed functional test plans and coordinated user acceptance testing.Provided business requirements definition and business unit coordination in support of enterprise wide business intelligence projects.Lead reporting tool development initiatives to provide end-user reporting solutions to the IFAW business units.Managed support of fundraising system.Acted as a liaison between Business Practices and the business units fielding a variety of support, reporting, and general requests.

Managed all AAMS project activities from launch to product delivery, including deciding on features for a given update, facilitating team meetings, assigning and supervising tasks, and creating an InstallShield® deployment program.Interviewed prospective software developers and aided in deciding who to hire.Trained new developers in Delphi® and company programming standards.Worked closely with new hires during the 3 month assessment period in order to objectively decide whether someone should remain with the company.Designed and assigned new tasks to developers and subsequently tested those tasks.Aided in transition from Oracle to SQL Server database.Participated in Quality Assurance.Aided Technical Support with customers’ issues.

Wrote specifications for the design of different program modules.Tested software development products produced.Managed programmers, assigned tasks, and reviewed assignment completion.Aided in the training of new employees.Helped maintain programming modules written in Delphi.

Helped rewrite the company’s main software products in Delphi.Trained new developers in Crystal Reports.Wrote program specifications and documentation.Assigned tasks and reviewed assignment completion

Assisted customers with the installation of the company’s software.Solved software-related customer problems.