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Candidate's Name  Senior Scrum MasterLexington Park, MD PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLESUMMARYProgressive Scrum Master with 8+ years of experience providing support and leadership on product development projects for large corporations. Champion of backlog health and efficient agile practices to drive on-time delivery & minimal churn. Exceptional leader, cultivating a strong culture of teamwork with optimal workflow to achieve high stakeholder satisfaction.SKILLSTechnical: JIRA, Confluence, ADO(Azure DevOps), Power BI, MS Excel, PostgreSQL, Git/Github, Linux, Jenkins, AWSProfessional: Agile Development, Agile Frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), User Stories, Test Driven Development (TDD), Impediment Removal, BDD, Continuous Integration (CI), Process Improvement, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Conflict Resolution, Continuous Delivery (CD)EXPERIENCERemotePNCScrum MasterJuly 2022- PresentUse Agile methodology values, principles and practices to plan, manage and deliver solutionsCoached and mentored team members on agile methods by encouraging communication and establishing sprints to enhance collaboration, eliminating backlog carryover into next sprint and driving faster delivery.Help create RACI matrix for the wing to help guide the product, technology and stakeholders of various roles and responsibilitiesOverhauled workflow for stakeholder requests by funneling requests through Product Owner (PO) for development team to accurately adjust sprint backlog and prevent project delays and bottlenecks.Leveraged trade-offs with PO on project requests to meet business needs while accomplishing sprint goals, driving on-time product delivery and slashing churn of project tasks (~20%).Restored backlog health by helping the team prepare user stories for the next 3 upcoming sprints and conducting weekly backlog refinement sessions to properly prioritize project tasks & facilitate consistent progress in the absence of PO.Delivered high commitment reliability of user stories by reducing churn and optimizing sprint focus.Facilitated scrum events (sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective) and other non-scrum events (release planning and story mapping).Engaged in weekly Scrum of Scrums meetings to connect with other Scrum Masters, proactively managing dependencies and identifying blockers across teams.Supported and educated the PO in effective backlog management by using the Moscow technique for backlog prioritization and clarity (transparency).Fostered strong relationships with other Scrum Masters, POs, Product Managers, and stakeholders across value stream to fortify a creative and productive environment capable of quickly resolving impediments and project risks.Protected the scrum team from external interference or distractions by ensuring focus on committed sprint goals while giving the team autonomy to make decisions within the organizations guardrails.Frontier CommunicationRemoteLead Scrum Master May 2020  June 2022Help in team transitioning from waterfall to AgileMentored and provided leadership for Agile process rolesHelp Determined and managed tasks, issues and action itemsGuided the teams in creating DOR, DOD and team working agreementManage cycle of assessing and improving scrum team practices and maturityFacilitate daily standups, sprint planning, demos and retrospectivesUse experience in planning and estimating to determine sprint scope based on team's velocity and capabilities while partnering with the product owner on prioritizationPartners with Product Owner(s) to ensure continuous refinement of backlog, which included stories from multiple projectsProactively addresses systemic impediments to team agility and guides the Squad on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockersBuild effective relationships and managing these relationships and expectations across internal technology business groups, business partners/ StakeholdersManage the SDLC associated with specific applications and workstreamsAlly Financial Detroit MISr. Scrum Master Nov 2018  April 2020Improved team accountability and velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions and outlining clear expectations with collaborative leadership to increase engagement and reduce delays.Celebrated team wins to cultivate a strong team culture and trusting environment, leveraging open communication to surface topics for faster resolution and encourage learning opportunities.Monitored and ensured sprint progress by using burndown charts, collaborating with POs to break down larger stories for backlog refinement, and by scheduling scrum events for inspection and adaptation.Piloted team efforts in continuous improvement by establishing team optimization & challenges to exceed expectations.Partnered with a Release Train Engineer in ART and assisted in the PI planning meetings to prepare for project pipeline over upcoming 3 months.Shared ideas for team improvement during Scrum of Scrums meetings, driving consistent team development.Formed strong relationship with PO and other stake holders to facilitate better team engagement and interaction.Charles Schwab Denver, COScrum Master Jan 2016  Nov 2018Provided visibility on user stories in progress and in backlog by producing metrics to display scrum teams progress (velocity, pointing variance, burn-up & burndown chart).Facilitated agile scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, retrospectives, the sprint, sprint review & planning sessions) to optimize efficiency of agile teams and remove sprint impediments.Managed scrum and Kanban board to track and communicate team metrics, status, and program/project needs to team and stakeholders, focusing on outcome instead of output.Empowered team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.Assisted PO and Technical Leads in managing backlog to ensure proper prioritization and optimal value.Built automated jobs with scrum team to align CRM with the business needs of internal and external stakeholders.Assured PI Planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process to drive the synthesis of the PI business context and prioritize a roadmap and backlogs through pre- and post-PI planning meetings.Performed periodic ART synchronization and system Demos and Inspect and Adapt.Equitas Health Columbus, OHBI Analyst/Scrum Master Jan 2014  Dec 2015Gathered requirements from business stakeholders and analyzed processes to advise PO on project prioritizations, removing impediments for teams and applying lessons learned during prior iterations.Measured team progress and identified learning opportunities by collaborating with other Scrum Masters to exchange project updates, facilitating continuous improvement in the agile process.Utilized Jira for agile boards and Power BI and Power Pivot to develop data analysis prototype, employing Power View/Power Map to visualize reports and enhance strategic planning for senior leadership.Published Power BI Reports in the required originations and ensured Power BI Dashboards were available in web clients and mobile apps.EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONSBachelor of Science in Computer Science University of Buea, CSM, PSM Scrum.orgSAFe Scaled Agile, DevOps -ETech consulting, Advance Excel Certification Edureka Power BI Training SkillScroll, SQL Certification NCLab