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o Increased client satisfaction by 76% within five (5) months of the project in defect reduction by carrying out full functional and automated testing in all test environments and ensuring stories meet the teams definition of done prior to releasing code to production environment.o GuidIng and facilitating teams on estimation practices and coaching product managers on feature level writing to signify the benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria. o Understanding of Customer infrastructure and application environment and designing the process of migrating applications to cloud environment o Mentors Product Owners and team members in agile practices and continuous improvemento Conducting technical training sessions on the Agile methodology and the scrum framework in building a team from the scratch to get them sprinting. o Influences the Organization in the removal of organizational impediments and development of healthy Agile practiceso Facilitates team development, mediates conflicts, protects the Team and encourages healthy team dynamicso Introduces and encourages the Team to explore healthy Agile development practices, focus on quality and technical excellence, predictable delivery, automation, and continuous delivery.o Works with the other team members and Strategic Business Initiative to do effectively Builds roadmaps and maintains a risk register and dependencies across trains o Lead weekly COP (community of practice) for all scrum teams within the enterprise. o Acts as a buffer between external distractions to minimize disruptions and assists in the coordination of operational issue resolutiono Ability to move between strategic discussions with senior client leaders to tackle on the ground agile coaching with teams

o Formed, trained, and nurture the new scrum team to understand the agile process by preparing the Team on story estimation sequence, Jira board usage, Scrum Ceremonies, deployment, Testing, and repository usageo Reviewed Teams DoR and DoD to determine the processes of accepting stories and completing storieso Created a knowledge transfer template using confluence for team members leaving and new team members joining the Teamo Knowledge and understanding of technical engineering best practices (e.g., test driven development (TDD), continuous integration).o Facilitating Release Planning, Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement/Grooming, and Retrospective meetingso Exemplifying the servant leadership role to shield the team from external distractions. o Assisted with making appropriate commitments to deliver business value through story selection, definition of tasks and estimation.o Helping the product owner and development team to achieve customer satisfaction by having the MVP mindset.o Help the scrum and development teams to identify and fill in blanks in the Agile framework.o Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain focus on sprint backlog and project timeline.

o Coached teams in effective use of the Scrum events: Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo and Retrospective.o Worked with other scrum masters and product owners/managers to identify and resolve dependencies between the teams.o Collaborated effectively with the Product Owner and supporting the management of the Product Backlog and planning deliverables based on empirical data. o Resolved conflict with a continual focus on the Scrum values of openness, honesty, commitment, courage, and respecto Coaching teams on the proper way of writing user stories using the INVEST model and ensuring stories meet the definition of “Ready” for the next sprint(s). o Managed project using Scrum board to promote visibility and transparency within the team; thus, making the sprint backlog visible. o Leveraged previous experiences and best practices with a collaborative attitude to help drive increased effectiveness in the value and quality of software. o Collaborating with Leads to assist with the program leadership team for major programs or initiatives impacting the traino Worked with product owners on managing dependencies between the Scrum teams, third parties and release managers, or between the Scrum teamso Facilitated the core agile ceremonies such as daily scrum, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and sprint retrospective to empower teams on relentless improvements.

o Led 2 scrum teams in developing and maintaining customer experience dashboardso Trained the Development team in effort estimation and iteration planning for reliable delivery and making visible all work being done in the teamo Executing iteration and release planning with a view to deliver maximum value as early as possibleo Shielded the Development team from external interruptions and distractionso Worked with the Product Owner and Development team to define sprint goals aligned to business value and the health of the organization.o Facilitating release planning and sprint planning with the product owner and the development team. o Drive continuous improvement through the facilitation of team and leadership retrospectives, ensuring teams effectively prioritize, plan, and execute in improvement ideas. o Ability to resolve conflicts by adhering to the scrum values such as openness, honesty, and respect.o Utilized appropriate tools, metrics, and techniques to successfully guide the team’s progress against the sprint plan.o Helped those outside the scrum teams understand which of their interactions with the scrum teams helpful and which ones are not. o Acted as Proxy product owner to get clarifications across to the development team within the shortest possible lead-time.

o On-boarded 4 new scrum teams in the software development department o Transformed teams and organizations from waterfall to Agile methodologies.o Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up, demos, and retrospectives for new scrum teams until scrum masters were hired and onboarded o Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team increase their velocity by 63% within the first year of Agile adoptiono Exemplifying the servant leadership role to shield the team from external distractions. o Assisted with making appropriate commitments to deliver business value through story selection, definition of tasks and estimation.o Assisted the Product Owner with documentation of User Stories using the INVEST model and making sure the acceptance criteria was clear and attainable. o Implement at least two lessons learned from each sprint retrospective into follow-up sprint to make continuous improvements in processes and with people o Tracked and removed impediments that would otherwise slow the Development team down

Seattle, Wa, Us

o Developed action plans with the scrum teams for inventory maintenance as well as established the project timelines resulting in the increase of timely shipments by 70% (Q1). o Mentored and coached the teams on Agile methodology, scrum values and processeso Worked closely with product owner in product backlog management and continuous delivery of features in alignment with roadmap.o Leveraged JIRA and Confluence to elicit and define business and technical requirements, track requirements, prioritize features, curate content, sequence deliverables into sprints, and report progresso Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.o Assisted the Product Owner with documentation of User Stories, making them clear and staying within an acceptable criterion. o Worked with product owner in effective backlog prioritization and ensuring the high prioritized work are being done first.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Innovation Mba (General Business)

Bachelor’S Degree, Business/Insurance

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