Arlene R. Atkin

About Arlene R. Atkin

Agile Coach, Agile Transformation and Technology Team Leader empowering high-performing squads as they leverage Data & Analytics to uncover business insights, heighten competitive intelligence, and deliver efficiently on value stream execution. Certified SAFe Agilist experienced at scaling agility in Release Train Engineer and Scrum of Scrum roles, partnering with global teams to establish, socialize and execute lean and agile best practices that maximize business value delivery. Strengths- Adept at driving collaboration between QA, AppDev, PMO and business partners, enabling teams to incrementally improve velocity, increase quality awareness, identify risks, and remove tribal silos throughout product development and project execution- Skilled in coaching diverse Scrum and Kanban teams ranging from early adaptation of agile practices through full agile maturity by using kaizen practices, inspect/adapt retrospective sessions, and steady encouragement of an agile organizational mindset- Expertise in assessing SDLC process and project status from a big picture perspective, while retaining focus on key details and nuances that foster process improvement and advance program maturity- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written skills that communicate agile vision to cross-functional teams and executive management while providing coaching, mentoring, and guidance gleaned from extensive hands-on experience.Skills:• Agile Program Management• Offshore and onshore staff management• Scrum / Kanban / Scaled Agile rollout and coaching• Requirements traceability mapping and gap analysis• QA risk assessment• Defect root cause analysis• SharePoint and Confluence site development for organizational knowledge management• UAT coordination with business partners• Mentoring/guiding squad and chapter members to ensure effective implementation of processes• CMMi and TMMi maturity model assessment• Broad experience spanning Pharmaceutical/Medical Device/Consumer, Insurance, Legal, Intranet/Cloud Security, Mobility and Telcom domains

Experience

1. IT Agile Team Leader Agile Coach Rte Agile Transformation Leader Value Stream Execution

   Johnson & Johnson

   Sep 2016 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Agile Team Leader / RTE / Agile Coach in Johnson & Johnson\'s Technology Services organization, collaborating with business product owners and development teams in the Vision Care, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain and Consumer sectors to leverage data analytics, data visualization, and agile/lean intelligence technologies in advancing business insights and performance.

Education

• Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

  MS

• City University of New York-Queens College

  BA

Skills

• Certified Scrum Master
• Cmmi
• Enterprise Architecture
• Jira
• Quality Center
• Software Quality Assurance
• Program Management
• Test Management
• Integration
• Unix
• Csm
• Test Strategy
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Agile Methodologies
• Managing Offshore Teams
• Sharepoint
• Cstp-M
• Risk Assessment
• Ms Project
• Business Analysis
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Quality Assurance
• Sdlc