Shomari Brooks, Ssm, Psm1, Kmp Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va, Us

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Scrum Master and Agile coach for multiple government clients (IRS & HHS).• Facilitated Agile ceremonies and team building activities, enhancing collaboration and productivity.• Implemented OKRs in product planning, aligning efforts with strategic objectives.• Established a Community of Practice, fostering knowledge sharing and innovation.• Led change management initiatives, guiding Agile adoption and transformation.• Conducted business analysis and backlog refinement, ensuring delivery of valuable products.• Orchestrated product release communications and demos, soliciting stakeholder feedback.• Developed and delivered Agile trainings, equipping teams for success.• Guided Agile transformation efforts, driving organizational agility and resilience.• Created and distributed Agile newsletter, fostering transparency and engagement.

• Scrum Master for multiple teams, providing a learning environment to maximize team efficiency and overall business value. • Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies. (Daily Stand Up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, Iteration Retrospective, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment) • Utilized Jira to collect metrics to provide teams and the organization with relevant feedback on velocity, quality, and overall impact of our efforts.• Support the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.• Eliminate impediments by actively addressing issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the Iteration.• Foster a collaborative environment for a high-performing team through coaching and leading with servant leadership behaviors. • Enable Agile/Scrum team to be more effective applying the relevant Lean-Agile approach (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, etc.) and cultivate an environment that supports Agility.• Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) meeting, passing along information from that meeting back to the team.

• Served as Scrum Master for 1-2 scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the methods of work. • Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos. • Assisted the product owner with keeping the backlog groomed and refined. • Ensured cross-team coordination and self-management. • Reached out to the larger company network for impediment removal. • Utilized Jira to maintain relevant metrics that help the team see how they are doing. • Acted as a liaison to assigned project managers. • Took responsibility for managing dependencies between our team and third parties, release managers, or other scrum teams.

• Coordinated staff schedules for 10-15 clinics per day, often communicating with 100+ nurses each shift• Coordinated with multiple stakeholders, and managed Excel spreadsheets containing employee data. • Remained adaptable by managing work streams for both routine and special projects simultaneously. • Ensured project efficiency by delegating incremental responsibilities to a team of five (5) and held progress meetings. • Leveraged sprint planning to foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, relentless improvement based on metrics, and cross-functional team collaboration. • Trained and onboarded new employees and ensured individuals were making progress and adhering to policies.