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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Coaching the team in Agile processes and helping apply Agile principles/values as well as guiding the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.• Acting as the voice of the team and shielding the team from external influence and distractions.• Supporting PO/BA in the management of the product backlog to ensure it is Detailed, Emergent, Estimable and Prioritized with high value items.• Worked effectively with a team of developers both co-located and offshore.• Facilitating weekly backlog refinement sessions with the team to ensure work items meet the team’s agreed definition of ready (DOR).• Developing and maintaining valuable relationships with business stakeholders to enhance transparency and visibility.• Ensures effective and open communication across and within team to effectively to promote collaboration and continuous improvement.• Promotes Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with the team as part of continuous improvement and learning.• Identification and management of dependencies across teams and departments.• Fostering an environment of trust and psychological safety where problems are be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or judgement with emphasis on problem-solving.

Ontario, Canada

• Facilitated scrum rituals (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)• Empower scrum teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality, self- depended and Self-matured.• Ensure that the scrum team remains in the rhythm of continuously delivering customer and business value.• Work closely with Product Owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of feature.• Protect the team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of major initiatives.• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.• Fostering and encouraging conversations and collaboration both inside and outside of team.

• Implemented Agile Scrum Methodology throughout the organization and supporting the team as a servant leader.• Collaborating with the Product Owner to gain strong understanding of objectives, sustain open dialogue to efficiently manage the product backlog.• Utilized Agile Scrum practices to help the team achieve a stable velocity within the first year of Agile adoption.• Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings.• Facilitated team and cross-team Retrospectives to build good working relationships among agile teams.• Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs.• Interfacing with key stakeholders and applying technical expertise across diverse phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.

• Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance.• Handling administrative tasks for the project manager and team members to keep the project running smoothly.• Communicate with various departments to keep everyone on board about any changes to the project plan. • In addition, they organize reporting, plan meetings and provide updates to project managers.

Master'S Degree, Financial Services, Risk & Operations

Bachelor'S Degree, Insurance