Executive Summary: Secret Clearance
Accomplished recognized leader capable of delivering large-scale software and web development projects on time and on a budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management Capable of bringing interest and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
Accenture, Department of the United Census Bureau
Agile Scrum Master, Suitland, MD
- Demonstrated experience working with Agile and/or Continuous Delivery approaches and best practices, especially those that support scaling Agile to an enterprise such as the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
- Demonstrated experience in using an Agile development framework including task estimation, test automation, deployment automation and continuous integration to improve overall execution of speed and product quality.
- Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition and participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools and best practices reducing development time by 35%.
- Scheduled and conducted task level meetings in order to develop individual release and sprint plans, schedules, deliverables, milestones, project risks and mitigation.
- Developed scrum reports and artifacts to include user stories, velocity charts, burndown charts, sprint retrospective notes etc.
Accenture, Fannie Mae Nov 2015- Feb 2016
Agile Process Improvement Manager, Bethesda, MD
- Supported the Agile transformation of more than one department within Accenture, consisting of multiple delivery teams within a fast-paced application development environment.
- Led SCRUM teams of business analysts, developers, deployer’s and testers to plan deliverables for each development sprint. Updated product backlog items to include new or revised requirements and backlog items using RTC tool. Supported deliverables to include release burndown charts, sprint burndown charts, defect log and risk management.
- Lead and facilitated daily scrum meetings, assisted in the development of sprints and release plans; managed product backlog, escalated issues to the release manager, coordinated with internal and external stakeholders, and interfaced with all the technical leads.
- Oversaw development activities, reported daily/weekly/monthly status reports and escalated risks to program managers as needed. Assisted with the management of requirements repository to ensure user stories have a level of effort for development applied. Performed requirements management of the defects repository to ensure appropriate development resource coverage.
Accenture, Customer Border Patrol June 2015- August 2015
Strategy Team Proposal Writer and Editor, Washington, DC
- Written technical proposals for the Customer Border Patrol in order to be considered for federal contracts in addition to use practicing and implementing written strategies.
- Edited, formatted and coordinated proposal contracts across departments. Worked closely with department heads to gather information for proposals and contracts.
- Managed administration of contracts and maintained current contracts, daily administration and the ability to interact with clients on contracts.
- Worked on several RFP projects for various teams. Managed, researched, wrote and edited multiple product responses for RFPs, RFIs and RFQs.
- Provided project management and leadership to writers working in the proposal department while providing weekly ad hoc updates. Collected, validated and maintained all information in the working databases.