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Catonsville, Md, Us

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Columbia, Maryland, United States

ScrumMaster for2-3 8 person Software Development teamRefined features, broke down stories, reviewed acceptance criteria, and created tasks within AzureDevOps and Team Foundation Server.Managed competing priorities of the team, the business, architecture, and the release train by bringing together the correct stakeholders to compromise, prioritize, and create a path forward.Worked with Release Train Engineers to coordinate SAFe transformation events such as Program Increment Planning sessions.During each Program Increment, worked with the Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, and team to meet the team and train’s PI objectives, address risks, manage dependencies, and remove impedimentsMaintained backlogs both with and independently from a Product Owner for three development teams.Utilized retrospectives to identify and follow-up on points of improvement.Facilitate Scrum Events such as Daily Scrum, Retrospectives, and Planning.Work with my team to understand and remove impediments, interface with other teams, and gather information as needed.Work with Product Owners to maintain a backlog of prioritized user stories in VSTS & TFS for the team to pull from.Work to establish a trusting and safe environment to promote inspection, adaptation, and transparency.Implemented SAFe framework, including organizing Program Increment (PI) Planning events.Exposure to SAFe framework & Kanban practicesMaintain Team Calendar, Google Drive, and Google Site.

Columbia, Maryland

Scrum Master for one of seven Curriculum Content Development agile delivery teams currently undergoing an agile transformation. Manages the Curriculum Content Development team’s production portfolio from project initiation through closure. Monitors project status through use of Azure DevOps platform. Works closely with Program Level to maintain portfolio backlog. Analyzes project progression to recommend efficiency solutions and identify problematic areas for risk mitigation. Balances shared resource usage and scheduling. Maximizes throughput and capacity management by cultivating strong team relations and gaining best practice buy-in.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Managed the Multimedia A/V and Tools team’s production portfolios from project initiation through closure. Monitored project status through MS Project. Worked closely with management and team members to maintain prioritization and maximize throughput. Analyzed project progression to recommend efficiency solutions and identify problematic areas for risk mitigation. Balanced cross-functional scheduling and resource allocation. Increased project engagement by cultivating strong team relations.

Columbia, Md

Maintained a portfolio of commercial real estate properties and conducted daily interviews via phone/email to brokers, developers, investors and other real estate professionals to establish client relationships and obtain real-time property and transaction data to ensure database accuracy through leads provided by field researchers, SEC filings, news articles and tax records.