James A.

About James A.

I am a passionate Professional Scrum Master with over 5 years of experience who is well versed in agile practices and methodologies. In the past I have successfully fostered a culture of excellence and on-time incremental delivery of value while at the same time ensuring the psychological safety of my team and the members of my organization. My strong and effective communication and facilitation skills have enabled me to lead daily scrum, scrum planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives effectively which consistently led to a faster delivery of high quality value products. I have a proven ability to build constructive relationships and drive alignment and clarity with teams, stakeholders and the organization as a whole. I am committed to continuously develop my skills and grow as a professional in this field.

Experience

1. Scrum Master

   VieCure

   Dec 2023 — Present

   Organized and facilitated essential Scrum events, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and product backlog refinement, ensuring team-wide participation and engagement.•Skillfully organized and facilitated sprint planning ceremonies, carefully considering cross-team dependencies and resource availability constraints to guide the team towards a realistic commitment.•Proactively identified, tracked, and resolved impediments affecting sprint commitments, escalating critical roadblocks to management when required.•Collaborated with the Product Owner and Scrum Teams in requirements decomposition, backlog refinement, and breakdown of user stories and tasks.•Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives, collecting feedback, and implementing action items to improve team performance and product quality.•Leveraged JIRA and other project management tools to streamline backlog management, sprint planning, and progress monitoring, ensuring a transparent and efficient workflow.•Shielded the team from work scope interruptions from both internal and external stakeholders to ensure the completion of sprint commitments.•Delivered comprehensive End of Sprints reports to stakeholders, highlighting sprint achievements, key metrics, and project progress, facilitating transparency and well-informed decision-making.

Education

• Aspen University

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management, General

• Pikes Peak State College

  Associate's degree, Communication, General

  2012