Sophia Dobe Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

• Coach cloud engineering teams on agile theory, principles, practices, and values• Organize and facilitate sprint planning sessions, backlog grooming, reviews, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and other Scrum-related meetings for up to four globally-distributed virtual teams• Utilize Jira and other Atlassian tools to document and monitor sprint progress for multiple sprints simultaneously; enter artifacts into Jira to prepare for upcoming sprints; construct custom dashboards using various filter types in Jira; utilize Jira plug-ins; and provide formal and informal training to new Jira users • Manage sprint release deliverables and proactively identify and resolve impediments to ensure sprint releases stay on track • Assist teams with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition• Adapt teams’ resource allocations and daily operations in response to a dynamic environment • Coordinate with team leads, product owners, and C-level executives across teams; provide succinct and accurate updates during Scrum of Scrums meetings to ensure escalations and dependencies are addressed in a timely manner • Promote a positive team environment with an emphasis on continuous improvement through monthly team building events and amiable daily interactions centered around transparency

Dallas, Texas

• Worked with control frameworks and related regulations • Assisted clients in transforming their governance, embedding risk in their decision-making, and maintaining efficient compliance• Worked with four different teams of various sizes on the preparation, execution and wrap up of five IT Audit engagements in the banking, hospitality, and aviation industries• Coordinated travel and logistics to meet clients’ needs and schedules• Supported internal and external audit engagements, gaining exposure to the information security, business continuity planning, IT change management, and vendor management policies and procedures used in small to large size businesses• Met with clients to determine if controls were in place, being documented and updated on a regular basis to ensure that risks are understood, monitored, and mitigated • Researched and presented on the implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act and the General Data Protection Regulation on the IT audit and overall technology industry

Austin, Texas Area

• Stayed informed on current trends in the music industry and the local music environment • Curated playlists weekly to stream on air • Utilized and ensured that audio equipment is properly functioning • Attended weekly meetings to discuss radio station logistics and events

Austin, Texas

• Coordinated with the IT team to solve day to day technology issues for an office of over 80 employees • Oversaw IT change, incident, and problem management using Spiceworks• Facilitated onboarding new employees using Microsoft Active Directory, Google Apps for Business, Office 365, and other third-party applications • Investigated solutions to a 10-year-old fax system, created a proposal for a new cloud hosted fax system thereby impacting the daily running of the business • Recommended and implemented a new training and cyber security awareness program for all employees to improve company security • Created an informational website for a TCG affiliated wealth management company using Squarespace • Assisted client migration to a new payroll processing website using Microsoft Excel and SQL for data entry

• Administered exams for a class of over 500 students • Organized and managed exam review sessions and homework help sessions• Evaluated homework of 43 students on a regular basis