• Coach Lean-Agile practices at team level and at scale for teams of teams.• Support and help coordinate flow of work between agile teams and program management.• Partner and coach Program Management in creation and prioritization of Program Backlog for incremental delivery.• Mentor team members new to agile development and guiding agile teams.

• Coach Lean-Agile practices at scale for Team, ART and Solution level.• Provide internal training for SAFe Certification Courses.• Coach PI Planning event and Inspect and Adapt root causes analysis sessions.• Coach teams on understanding their own velocity and capacity, iteration planning, retrospectives and ensure that they are inspecting and adapting• Partner with other Agile Coaches to deliver consistent agile practice• Coach and partner with scrum masters, release train engineers, and solution train engineers for regular communication channels with leadership and stakeholders to guide understanding of realistic milestone targets, status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation.• Partner with senior leadership to help guide transformation goals

• Act as Scrum Master for team by running stand-ups, iteration refinements, planning and retrospectives. This includes guiding and coaching the team on Scrum and Agile practices to help them achieve their commitments and objectives day to day, iteration-to-iteration.• Manage team project board and track burn-down reports to determine team velocity over time as well as lead continuous improvement efforts with teams by implementing take-aways from retrospectives • Act as supporting Agile Coach for multiple teams, providing guidance, support and coaching on agile practices.• Support SAFe principles and practices by identifying risks, facilitating workflow and participating in multi-team planning for program increments• Facilitate company wide bi-weekly Scrum Master Community of Practice

• Act as Scrum Master for multiple project teams by running stand-ups, sprint refinements, planning and retrospectives. This includes guiding and coaching the teams on Scrum and Agile practices to help them achieve their commitments and objectives day to day, sprint-to-sprint.• Support SAFe principles and practices by identifying risks, facilitating workflow and participating in multi-team planning for program increments.• Work closely with Agile coach and other Scrum Masters through regular COP meetings to help guide the department in the Agile process and to be consistent in approach across multiple teams across several geographic areas. • Represent teams in Scrum-of-Scrums, release, and milestone planning to ensure all teams are aligned• Help identify dependencies and coordinate development efforts within the project by facilitating and leading project coordination team meetings between development management, architecture and product owners.• Manage team project boards and track burndown reports to determine team velocity over time as well as lead continuous improvement efforts with teams by implementing take-aways from retrospectives • Create and maintain project wikis to record and communicate milestones, schedules and requirement changes for the project teams.• Communicate status, risks and mitigations regarding development work being worked on by each Scrum team to high level stakeholders via regular status reports and monthly presentations.

• Acted as program management for teams producing for news sites, mobile apps, OTT apps, and related web experiences. This also includes the migration of news content and creation of updated websites and mobile apps for hundreds of stations across the country.• Coordinated website tool training, material and asset collection, communication and the scheduling of web and mobile app updates as well as lead project kick-offs.• Coordinated resourcing with external vendors and consultants on projects as needed• Acted as Scrum master for product teams by running stand-ups, grooming, planning, and retrospectives• Managed team project boards and track burndown reports to determine team velocity over time • Created and maintained project wikis to support documentation for workflows, milestones, schedules and requirement changes for the project teams.• Helped define and review project requirements, manage scope, identify dependencies and coordinate development resources • Managed regular reports, meetings, and communication to high level stakeholders to keep them informed of project status, changes and mitigation strategies

• Project managed engineering related projects with cross-functional internal and client teams to support company projects and business needs• Facilitated communication and interpretation of technical requirements between business PMs and technical team• Helped define and review project requirements, manage scope, identify dependencies and coordinate development resources among multiple projects where technical support is needed• Managed timing and scope of an on-going two week development release schedule, as well as lead the engineering team in sprint planning, sprint kick-off and regular stand up meetings• Supported the business and development team in creating and tracking project tasks in JIRA• Maintained a development roadmap to provide visibility to other internal teams regarding current and upcoming projects and scope for each two week sprint release

• Coordinated resources and project schedules to ensure the global UX team operated in an efficient manner from project kickoff to delivery of high quality work• Worked with various teams and stakeholders to improve our pipeline processes to stream line project development and reduce time to delivery• Managed project scheduling and provided status updates for project visibility for key stakeholders to ensure project goals were met• Improved cross team communication by working with discipline and team leads globally to setup weekly touch points for projects• Assisted Global UX Director in evolving our team to grow and adapt to an increased project load as well as position the team as design leadership for our organization

• Managed up to 5 direct reports• Lead the web design team in the creation of web pages, visualization, graphics and content presentation• Facilitated change to, and projects for, seattletimes.com by being primary point of contact• Gathered requirements from internal clients and consulted on design, code, and implementation of web projects• Managed my teams time and resources across projects by negotiating between various internal clients such as Product Managers, Content Producers and Sr. Management• Collaborated and partnered with my colleagues in all verticals to establish best practice guidelines and brainstorm ideas for the site and the workflows and tools to support it.• Mentored team members through weekly meetings and assisted in establishing and maintaining goals• Helped guide my team and other project stakeholders to maintain the strategic goals, brand and roadmap for seattletimes.com

• Designed and developed new features as well as assisted in maintenance of seattletimes.com• Worked with software engineers to integrate functionality into design• Created reusable content components that are updated by online producers through a custom CMS• Collaborated design ideas with both print and online designers to create continuity between the printed paper and online presence for featured series• Designed interactivity using JavaScript, jQuery, and Flash for special project pages and events• Debugged UI issues and ensure cross-browser compatibility for both Mac and PC platforms

• Wrote and taught curriculum for 3 quarters of a 5 week long Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4• Worked with students from varying backgrounds and skill levels to create a four page HTML and CSS website

• Helped team to create and maintain several interactive web sites• Worked with backend developers to integrate functionality into design• Assisted graphic designers in production work for existing and new websites• Helped debug UI issues and ensure cross-browser compatibility• Worked with project managers and site managers to plan projects and manage budget

• Department head for the Visual Arts Department• Created and taught lessons ranging from 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional art including both AP and IB advanced programs• Managed art department budget and resources• Mentored other art teachers in lesson planning and classroom structure• Maintained a professional school website containing information about art classes, hand-outs and served as a portal for students to submit work