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MN PROFILE SUMMARY
Experienced Sr. Scrum Master with a proven track record of driving agile transformations and optimizing team
performance. Adept at orchestrating scrum ceremonies, mentoring teams, and fostering a culture of continuous
improvement. Skilled in agile assessments, education, and capacity-based planning, resulting in enhanced team
collaboration, product quality, and overall efficiency. Accomplished in identifying and mitigating impediments,
promoting agile best practices, and delivering tangible efficiency improvements. A results-driven professional
dedicated to elevating teams and organizations to higher levels of agile maturity.
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CORE COMPETENCIES
PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE Leading and Orchestrating: Proficient in leading and orchestrating Scrum ceremonies, ensuring the smooth
execution of key Agile rituals, such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
EMAIL AVAILABLE Mentoring and Instilling: Skilled in mentoring agile teams and instilling agile principles and Scrum values,
resulting in a significant boost in team performance and predictability.
Charlotte, NC, 28214 Contributing and Facilitating: Actively contributes to the Agile Guild and facilitates cross-team networking,
promoting the dissemination of agile best practices and fostering an agile mindset across the organization.
Identifying and Applying: Astutely identifies strengths and areas for improvement within teams and
AREAS OF EXPERTISE effectively applies coaching and development techniques to elevate team performance.
Spearheading and Delivering: Takes the lead in spearheading innovative process enhancements, delivering
Sprint Reporting efficiency improvements within the delivery team, and diligently tracking and analyzing vital team metrics to
drive improvements and innovative approaches.
PI Planning
Agile Transition PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Backlog Management
US Bank Nov 2021 Present
Jira Administration Sr. Scrum Master
Led and orchestrated scrum ceremonies, encompassing sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint
Agile Project Management retrospectives, sprint reviews/demos, backlog refinement, and Scrum/Kanban training workshops, fostering
SDLC Management an agile work environment.
As a dedicated Scrum Master, mentored two agile teams, instilling agile principles and Scrum values, resulting
Kanban Implementation in a 50% boost in team performance and predictability over a span of six months.
Active contributor to the Agile Guild, facilitating cross-team networking and knowledge exchange among
Agile Metrics Scrum Masters, thereby promoting the dissemination of agile best practices and fostering an agile mindset
Backlog Refinement across the organization.
Elevated team performance to a high-performing level by astutely identifying strengths and areas for
Scrum Facilitation improvement, effectively applying coaching and development techniques.
Pioneered the design of workflows and processes within a fast-paced Agile setting, utilizing Jira and
Agile Coaching Confluence to enhance productivity in distributed models.
Agile Assessments Spearheaded innovative process enhancements, delivering a 15% efficiency improvement within the delivery
team, while also diligently tracking and analyzing vital team metrics, including capacity, velocity, burndown
Agile Training charts, cycle time, Lead Time, Escaped Defects, and team morale, to enhance Sprint progress, product health,
and team well-being, driving improvements and innovative approaches.
Agile Leadership
Release Planning Fairfax Virginia Jan 2021 Oct 2021
Sr. Scrum Master/Agile Lead ICF
Product Ownership Proficiently orchestrates and oversees a spectrum of Scrum-related meetings, encompassing project
planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and other essential project milestones.
Team Collaboration Conducted thorough Agile Maturity Assessments for Scrum and Kanban teams, effectively pinpointing
Agile Transformation coaching, mentoring, and training requirements to elevate teams to higher levels of maturity and facilitate
continuous improvement.
Agile Culture Provided comprehensive education to two teams and two Product Owners, focusing on enhancing the quality
of user stories through adherence to the INVEST Criteria, employing value-driven backlog prioritization
Impediment Resolution techniques like MoSCoW, and supervising user story estimation utilizing the Fibonacci sequence and Planning
Agile Workshops Poker technique.
Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams through the delivery of software products within the Scrum
Scrum of Scrums framework, ensuring seamless execution.
Actively delivered coaching, mentoring, and education to team members regarding Agile practices,
Velocity Optimization frameworks, and processes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Collaborated closely with the Product Owner to ascertain the establishment and appropriate
REFERENCE ranking/grooming of the Product backlog, enabling the initiation and sustenance of developmental iterations.
Successfully implemented capacity-based planning strategies, leading to sustainable work places for Agile
Available upon request. teams, mitigating burnout, enhancing product quality, boosting team motivation, and fortifying team
stability.
M&T Bank Buffalo New York Mar 2019 Dec 2020
Scrum Master
Effectively schedules, orchestrates, and coaches Agile routines and ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Backlog Refinement, Sprint
Review, and Sprint Retrospective, ensuring their smooth execution.
Drives the formulation and adoption of working agreements, as well as the definitions of ready and definition of done, leveraging appropriate tools,
standards, and best practices to enhance team collaboration and workflow efficiency.
Plays a pivotal role in identifying and mitigating impediments that hinder the team's progress, taking proactive steps to resolve issues beyond the
team's scope.
Conducts comprehensive assessments of the Scrum Maturity levels within the team and organization, strategically coaching them to attain higher
levels of maturity at a pace that aligns with sustainability and organizational comfort.
Takes on the responsibility of training and coaching Scrum Masters, teams, leaders, and the entire organization in their Agile transformation journey,
fostering a positive, lean-agile culture that values individual contributions and innovation. This transformation enables adaptive responses to change
and the delivery of robust, responsive, reliable, and efficient enterprise applications.
Provides mentorship to two Agile teams, emphasizing high-collaboration approaches such as paired programming, swarming, and peer reviews,
resulting in increased throughput and notable improvements in product quality.
Amazon Austin Texas Mar 2016 Feb 2019
Scrum Master
Led the transformation of four teams from a traditional waterfall approach to an agile development methodology, orchestrating workshops with
senior leadership and teams.
Conducted comprehensive agile training sessions and informative lunch and learn sessions for teams, covering a wide range of topics including Scrum
events, Kanban, scaling, user story writing, estimation, metrics, definitions of ready and done, team agreements, and vision. Additionally, facilitated
sync meetings (Scrum of Scrums) and highlighted the advantages of fostering communities of practice.
Mentored two Agile teams in the adoption of high-collaboration practices, such as paired programming, swarming, and peer review. These efforts
resulted in a notable 20% increase in throughput and a 15% enhancement in overall product quality.
Implemented rigorous scrum team velocity optimization strategies by identifying areas for improvement and guiding teams through a continuous
improvement process. This approach consistently elevated team performance to higher levels.
Spearheaded the removal of systemic impediments obstructing team agility, guiding teams toward achieving elevated levels of agile maturity. This
proactive approach ensured a smoother agile workflow.
Successfully shielded Agile teams from distractions that could hinder sprint commitments, fostering a secure environment that bolstered team
performance and ensured the reliable delivery of working increments to clients.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Walmart Charlotte NC Project Manager Apr 2014 Dec 2015
EDUCATION
Bachelor s Degree in Information Technology University of Yaound 1
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
ICP- Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)
ICP- Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF)
SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
CompTIA Security+
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