Greater Chicago Area
12+ years experience as Senior Scrum Master, leading software development teams practicing Agile Scrum and SAFe (Scaled Agile) frameworks. Experienced SAFe Program Consultant leading change to all organizational levels thru training, coaching, facilitating, and mentoring, in industries ranging from health insurance, finance, transportation and consumer mobile technology. Led project teams varying in scale, sizing from 6 to 100 total personnel, both co-located in the US and remotely (India, Brazil, Mexico, Canada). Recognized for building and leading teams to high-performance, and actively contributing in the role as team servant leader.
Role required building and evolving the Agile transformation by guiding and coaching Product Owners, lesser experienced Scrum Masters, Developers, and other relevant Stakeholders. Additionally served as Scrum Master to multiple software development teams, running Agile Scrum team ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Product Refinements, Sprint Demos, and Sprint Retrospectives). Conducted regular project status meetings with stakeholders and leadership, identifying risks and mitigation approaches.
Managing code defect resolutions and all software releases. Regular collaboration with multiple feature development teams, QA, and DevOps to efficiently and predictably deliver resolutions and code releases.
Guided the software development organization’s transition from traditional Waterfall development approaches to Agile, leading Agile teams to high performance thru training, practice, and coaching.
Led the project design, development and ultimate implementation of innovative software solutions that increased office efficiencies, both internal and externally. Consistently met project deadlines and “go-live” implementation goals.