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Hove, England, United Kingdom

Hove, England, United Kingdom

Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom

• Scrum Master working predominantly within the Scrum Agile framework.• Scrum Master working with multiple Agile teams and Agile Coach for staff and team members unfamiliar with Agile working practices.• Ceremony facilitator – hosting and planning Scrum ceremonies, including Scrum of Scrums and quarterly Programme Increment Planning.• Management of team metrics, measuring and predicting team velocity and project timescales.• Impediments resolution.

Brighton

• Scrum Master performing within projects working to Scrum, DSDM, Kanban, Waterfall and hybrid project methodologies.• Ceremony facilitator – hosting and planning Scrum ceremonies • Working closely with product stakeholders, project managers and product owners, refining product backlogs, assisting with the management of requirements and stories.• Scrum team velocity tracking and reporting, utilising various information radiators. • Lead functional, non-functional and automation tester with experience in:o Cross Browser, device testing, API and Middleware testing.o Testing documentation author (test strategy, test plans, test scripts and closure reports)o Regression and user acceptance testing coordinator, defect management and reporting.• Involvement in candidate recruitment and interviewing.• Test consultancy for all areas of the business.

Crowborough

- Functional/non-functional tester of various in house and public facing Delphi, Java, VB6 and, C++ applications.- Test strategy and scripting author.- System testing, defect management, regression and automated testing. - Liaising closely with developers, business analysts and project managers.

Crawley

- Lead test on a number of projects for various in house developed GUI applications, intranet and telephony systems.- Test strategy and scripting author.- System testing, defect management, regression and automated testing. - Providing consultancy for User Acceptance Testing- Liaising closely with developers, business analysts and project managers.- Department intranet author.- UAT Coordination

Brighton, United Kingdom

- System Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Regression.- Rollout coordination and cost assessing.- Manning of helpdesk- Training field staff in the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software.- Department intranet author.

Slough, United Kingdom

- Managed a twelve man team of data input clerks.- Responsible for training area managers and field agents in the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).- Exam Instructor- Helpdesk agent.