Scott Evers, Sa, Csm®, A-Csm®, Psm I Email & Phone Number

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Assumed Scrum Master responsibilities for the TA-Retirement Team in June 2019. Handled cleanup and reorganization of 400 plus backlog tickets.* Utilized my strong analytical and organizational skills to reduce the number of backlog tickets by 43%.* Supported the business product owner in preparing backlog tickets for a successful transition into a newer version of JIRA and workflow process.* Facilitated transformation of the team from Scrum to Scrumban framework resulting in the team’s productivity increasing 22% and the turnaround time on high priority production support tickets decreasing 78% within the first six months.Recruited to fill Scrum Master and Senior Business Systems Analyst roles for one of Transamerica’s Top 10 project initiatives: Defined Contributions Managed Advice (DCMA) Feature Enhancements.* Negotiated with team members and subject matter experts to better organize and break down user stories for the project. Used listening, negotiation, and persuasion skills to obtain business owner approval on recommended adjustments which resulted in the team’s efficiency and turnaround time improving by 28%.* Converted and condensed the pre-existing business requirements document into user stories with acceptance criteria. * Coached and mentored the team to become self-organizing which resulted in the team planning out and providing the project manager a schedule on what work would be done and when. The team executed this roadmap successfully, delivered the project on time, and received special recognition from the top level of senior leadership at the company.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Volunteered to become a Scrum Master when Transamerica implemented Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies into the company in early 2013.* Improved team efficiency and productivity resulting in increased team velocity by 32% in 2014 and an additional 24% in 2015. Also, assisted the team in accomplishing 88.85% of commitments met in 2014 and 93.21% in 2015.* Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up, product backlog grooming, sprint retrospective, and sprint review ceremonies.* Interfaced with the Business Product Owner (BPO) to gather requirements and create user stories and acceptance criteria.* Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint / release progress to all impacted teams and management.* Created and shared with the team, business owners, and upper management a “Year in Review” PowerPoint presentation highlighting what was accomplished that year.* Protected the team from outside distractions, impediments, and team conflicts while maintaining a focus on product backlog and project timelines.* Led team from project initiation through the delivery of the final product.* Managed two separate Scrum teams simultaneously.* Transitioned product backlog and the team from VersionOne to JIRA.* Merged one Scrum team into another resulting in team members cross-training each other and the combined team functioning as a cohesive unit within the first month of the merger.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Promoted to Senior Business Systems Analyst for exceptional relationships built with business owners, project managers, and coworkers and proven leadership skills on various projects.* Participated in interviewing business analyst job candidates.* Engaged in some management-related responsibilities while my manager was out recovering from back surgery.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Analyzed the needs of customers by conducting stakeholder interviews and research, gathered requirements, and created a Business Requirement Document (BRD) and/or Functional Requirement Document (FRD) for many projects of varied size and complexity.* Appraised then improved some systems, processes, and procedures resulting in increased traffic, reduced production support incidences, and improved efficiency.* Managed production and business support related requests for multiple websites.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States