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Built and developed an approach to implement an effective Agile framework to drive successful delivery results across the enterprise through analysis, design, development, testing and management. Instilled discipline within Agile Teams to commit to smaller batches of work, reducing feedback cycles, and adjusting to changing needs. Coached teams through complex situations to achieve greatest level of efficiency in applying Agile values, principles, frameworks, and approaches. Worked across the enterprise to ensure collaboration, communication, transparency, and the successful delivery of software products. Assists the Agile Teams in constantly improving the quality of their deliverable and meeting their Definition of Done (DoD). Coached Agile teams to deliver value through increased speed, better quality, improved productivity, and greater team engagement. Helped enterprises execute their Agile strategy, develop roadmaps, visions and plans. Trained leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Manager, Release Tran Engineers and Agile teams in all facets of SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban.

Multiple Locations Across Usa & India

Provided coaching and oversight to Agile Release Trains to create an environment that fostered transparency, learning, innovation, quality and speed. Mentored multiple Agile Teams in the consistent practice of Agile/SAFe concepts, including roles, ceremonies, processes, compliance, and tool usage. Facilitated seamless collaboration and maximized team performance by driving continuous improvement to ensure the rapid and timely delivery of business value and achievement of goals. Communicated Agile Team development via weekly updates to senior management highlighting successes, risks, areas of improvement, and suggested resolutions. Mentored Agile Release Trains (ARTs), Agile Teams, Leadership and Senior Management to improve Scaled Agile, Lean Agile principles, and DevOps practices for increased value delivery. Coached distributed Agile teams that spanned multiple geographies, time zones, and cultures.•. Worked with customers, stakeholders, and management to define product Vision and Roadmap.

Newark, De

Provided guidance on achieving high levels of Agile maturity while complying with Agile Release Trains and coaching to higher levels of maturity. Helped teams assess the overall health of their agile practices and culture to identify opportunities to improve. Worked with management to improve the software engineering processes associated with continuously testing, building, deploying, and updating software. Facilitated growth across multiple agile teams by fostering an environment of continual improvement, coaching teams to higher levels of performance. Built an innovative and trusting environment with an emphasis on teamwork, problem solving and doing the right thing. Implemented consistent metrics and analytics for tracking capacity, quality, productivity and performance. Blended traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development to engage large, mission-critical, enterprise-level projects while incorporating the appropriate level of planning and providing the right balance of agility and predictability.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds

Responsible for managing multiple Agile Release Trains against the agreed scope, budget, schedule & customer expectations. Mentored, and coached with a solid record of accomplishment in leading and transforming teams through the challenging transition from waterfall to agile practices. Managed the planning, coordinating, and directing of activities for the program and technical personnel involved in providing services in fulfillment of the contract. Managed and controlled the schedules and cost to provide on time, within budget, performance of all aspects of the contractual effort. Ensured senior management was appraised, in a timely fashion, of the current status and issues surrounding each project. Managed DevOps teams under which development and operation teams collaborated on a continuous basis to ensure IT solutions were delivered on time and executed without disruption. Worked with Release Train Engineers to ensure successful PI Planning Readiness, PI Planning, Vision, Roadmap and prioritized Portfolio, Program and Team Backlogs.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Planned and organized enterprise-level Scaled Agile transformation. Coached large distributed agile teams, activities and artifacts necessary to scale agile from the team to the program and enterprise level. Worked directly with Epic Owners, Product Managers, Release Train Engineers and other Stakeholders to initiate Agile team activities by providing coaching, education, and implementation guidance. Coached Agile Release Trains to deliver a continuing series of incremental product releases. Provided solutions for scaling agile across projects, programs and portfolios to improve application delivery. Introduced and championed the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) for cross-functional team coordination. Evaluate program level processes and program execution, escalating impediments, managing risk and helping drive program-level continuous improvement. Assured Teams follow the rules of Scrum and SAFe.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds

Concept-to-execution Program Manager, with the capability to lead by example and effectively collaborate with all levels of professionals across the organization to produce high-quality results. Coached Agile project teams to ensure product backlogs were prioritized, groomed, and detailed to avoid downtime, ambiguity or rework. Facilitated issue resolution and sheltered agile project teams from outside influences or diversions. Sponsored the building of quality, processes, alignment and transparency to lay out the plan for execution through collaboration with leadership, stakeholders, and Agile teams.

Aberdeen Proving Grounds

Successfully mentored, implemented and facilitated agile events (sprint grooming, sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, sprint retrospective). Coached project teams on agile software development and best practices to ensure the adoption and enforcement of agile principles, removing impediments and fostering self-organizing agile teams. Provided mentoring for individual Agile team members, including Development Teams, Product Owners and ScrumMasters, to improve the effectiveness of each role.

Warren, Mi

Ensured successful schedule and cost performance in accordance with contract requirements and company policies, procedures and guidelines. Managed timely and appropriate generation, collection, and distribution of critical program information to all internal and external stakeholders (senior management, sponsors, customers, and program team). Managed the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closing of programs. Evaluated and mentored existing Agile teams, and delivered training for Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Delivery team members. Confirmed requirements were met and ensured the product and services were delivered in accordance with the contract. Facilitated the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information was exchanged among key stakeholders. Defined strategies for portfolio and financial management, which enhanced efficiencies; enacted project management processes that maximized delivery, productivity and quality results.

Master'S Degree, Eductation, 3.8

Bachelor'S Degree, Education, 3.6