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Chicago, IL, US

Westlake, Texas, US

• Coach Trade platform teams and improve DevOps team`s performance by promoting joint responsibility for results and solving productivity issues (PIs, Releases and automation).
• Foster relationships and conversations across platforms and multiple levels of influence.
• Navigate and identify JQL and shared JIRA/Azure & TFS IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives, up with 35%.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and team building skills, business judgment, and proven expertise in directing the efforts of a technical staff.
• Improved JIRA Agile Metrics Taxonomy, such as: Code coverage, Epic Progress, Team work quality, Agile EVM, ROI, Portfolio Metrics and other metrics that help team / PO improve every Sprint / Release.
• Days scrum training in person based on scrum roles, artifacts with TWA, DoD/DoR, User stories and Product increment with on and off shore teams.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Coached development through Agile transition by developing a full understanding of the Scrum and Kanban framework and why it benefits all parties.
• Let the adoption of tools, artifacts, ceremonies practices on Agile, SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum to promote a better investment in team productivity, communication and autonomy.
• Coached and taught new teams including how to perform key Agile ceremonies from ART to PI sessions to daily stand-ups/retrospective/sprint planning and how to effectively utilize Agile artifacts such as Product.
• Led agile teams through product farming and discovery with other Walgreen`s divisions, including defining business KPIs, product vision, user story mapping, and other farming activities.
• Identified and raised challenges and obstacles, and work collaboratively with other Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters to resolve them.
• Coordinated and assisted on ART Program level and Release Planning meetings (SAFe), identify dependencies and risks.

US

• Defined LOB agile transformation plan by training 5 teams on UHG programs across 3 geographies (5 countries) with best Agile practices on SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum.
• Guided teams through continual improvement process and facilitated over 45+ Open Spaces and Brown Bags sessions.
• Created and managed multiple projects/ program resources loading and budget in PPMO; Reconciled budget and team members worked hours and communicate the risks to the leadership, with a saving over $300k.
• Collaborated with leadership to configure Jira Align for portfolio management, enabling better resource allocation and prioritization.
• Managed the health of the team utilizing the agile procedures to foster a transparent view to management.
• Kept the teams focused on the Sprint priorities, business values and protecting team from overcommitting and reducing the number of defects with 22%.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Assist in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes by setting up and run effective recurring status meeting with the product.
• Consistency in communication efforts with 8 Scrum Masters/ 17 teams - to appraise the best agile mindset and behavior to overcome the challenges at Program level& individual role-focused coaching.
• Create and run team assessment to identify gaps and impediments on program overall to clearly apply Scrum& Kanban at team level.
• Coached, mentored Scrum Masters, Development Teams, DevOps and PO's on How to focus on Sprint Goals and effectively deliver high value every sprint on AWS by meeting the commitments, true Definition of Done and with.
• Responsible to remove impediments, as these projects relies on the data from multiple departments, hence requiring constant, effective communication to unblock the teams and make sure the teams remain on task at hand.
• Conduct agile transformation workshops within teams, functions and organizations using SAFe and LeSS

Gurnee, IL, US

• Conducted initial assessments to identify gaps and worked with Executive leadership to create solution to achieve the desired outcome.
• Coached 5 teams and programs in agile development best practices on Agile, SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum.
• Conducted two - day classroom training exercise for development teams, product owners, scrum masters and program level leadership.
• Provided oversight to policies and processes using agile best practices for agile transformation initiative.
• Collaborated with IT, Business, HR, Help Desk, L&D, Finances and C level management to define process improvement initiatives.
• Worked with Product Owner during the Sprint review sessions to make sure all stories met the Definition of Done and get the stories accepted within the sprint.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Coached 9 Scrum Teams including Product Owners and Scrum Masters with best processes, principles and practices on Agile, SAFe, LeSS, Kanban, Scrum
• Conducted two - day classroom training exercise for development teams, product owners, scrum masters and program level leadership.
• Observed rituals / scrum ceremonies daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, Retrospectives, and release planning to provide feedback to scrum masters, platform leaders, DevOps and other stakeholders regarding.
• Helped Development team understand various such as Agile Metrics, Effective use of Burn-up / Burn-Down Chart, CFD and other metrics that help team / PO improve every Sprint / Release.
• Coached, mentored Scrum Masters, Teams and Product Owners on How to focus on Sprint Goals and effectively deliver high value every sprint by meeting the commitments, true Definition of Done at team/sprint/release.
• Developed and implemented a standardized Agile self-assessment instrument for teams.

St. Louis, MO, US

• Scrum Master for 2 teams of the release train while facilitate transition from Waterfall to Agile
• Bridge between Product Owner and the team, stakeholders and team.
• Developed, implemented and documented software development processes into Jira and Confluence.
• Removed obstacles and facilitated scrum meetings and agile ceremonies.
• Track and communicate team velocity, CFD, and other metrics on sprint/release progress in Jira

Memphis, TN, US

• Contracting role for FedEx as Agile transformation leader on mentoring and guiding teams into the Agile methodology, providing employees with feedback and means of improvement, catalyzing organizational growth and.
• Providing hands-on support to all FedEx employees, collaborating with people across widely varying levels and roles, leading teams toward further understanding and adoption of Agile as well as overall company growth.
• Fostering FedEx local/offshore teams and cultures that practice Agile, to sustaining agile methodologies and continually offering strategies for improvement.
• Coach the Development Teams and teams-of-teams in self-organization, continuous improvement, cross-functionality, risk identification, dependency management, conflict resolution, and software craftsmanship.
• Organized and facilitated overall Release and Sprint Planning, including daily stand-u, reviews / demos and retrospectives.

Aurora, IL, US

• Agile Coach and Scrum Master for blended of 5 teams of consultants and employees guiding the planning, tracking and day-to-day activities facilitating transition from Waterfall to Agile methodologies.
• Instrumental in transitioning the company software development practices into a very effective distributed multi-team Scrum /XP software development organization.
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, and stand-ups).
• Coached new SM and PO while trained global DevOps teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding.
• Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 20% and the quality of deliverables by 35%by using AWS technology.
• Protect DevOps team from over-commitment, manage backlog, and prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of 7 major initiatives.

Deerfield, Illinois, US

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations. Track burn down, issues and progress in Jira.
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.

Abbott Park, Illinois, US

• Conduct JAD sessions to determine functional and non-functional system requirements.o Participated in/lead requirements and specification technical reviews.
• Create Use Cases, User Stories and other requirements documentation.o Mentor team in daily working endeavor and well as in modeling techniques.
• Removed obstacles and facilitated scrum meetings and agile ceremonies.
• Support Development team, Project Managers, Product Owners.
• Defined and communicated roadmap of multiple software requirements with executive team and business partners utilizing Jira and Workday tools.
• Tracked and managed product backlog, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task break-down.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Responsible for coordinating Walgreen`s Testing Labs from transition from Waterfall to Agile.Designed and developed software. Test software applications and systems.
• Acted as Scrum Master for 6 developers located in India (Hyderabad).
• Reported the defects in defect tracking tool JIRA with proper Priority and Severity and providing the detail description about the bug, screen shot, and the steps to reproduce the defects in the comments. Utilize.
• Lead requirements and specification technical reviews for development team.
• Resolved incidents and defects associated with the development and testing strategies.
• Worked with clients to analyze current project needs and identified areas in need of improvement.

Schaumburg, IL, US

• Conduct scrum ceremonies; scope change monitored for early feedback and each interface.
• Enact changes and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of scrum teams and quality of deliverables.
• Conducted post sprint analysis with team and distributed information to cross functional groups.
• Coached and protect teams from over-commitment; helped Product owner to manage the backlog and prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by velocity /CFD results and sprint accomplishments.

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