Scrum Master with over 13 years of IT experience and 8 plus years of experience as Scrum Master. Have extensive experience supporting multiple Scrum teams, including offshore, and ensuring successful Sprints. My passion is to work with my team and empower my team(s) to become self sufficient and cross-functional. Promote Self-Help within development teams, shield team from interruptions during Sprints. Ensure team is transparent and engaged with stakeholders to ensure prompt and accurate product deliver (via Sprint demo ceremony).  Solve and remove impediments, speak on behalf of development team. Strongly believe on playing the servant leadership role. Experience in various defect management and tracking tools: JIRA, Quality Center, Agile Central Rally, V1, Azure. Worked closely with Product Owners on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Spring Backlog, Sprint Burn Down, Release Burn Down. Conducted Story writing workshops to help team understand the value of Story writing, and estimation. Worked closely with Agile coach to create team assessments and conducted team assessments quarterly to ensure Agile practices are adopted and followed. It is vital for teams to understand the WHY behind any practice or framework. As a scrum master I'm the Agile spokes person and must "sell" my product for the team to buy and live into the Agile mindset. A scrum master is the bonding glue of a team. I strongly believe in building a strong, open, trustworthy relationship with my teams. It is team work that will make the dream work.