Kalan Means

About Kalan Means

Tools: CLARITY, JIRA, Confluence, Atlassian Suite, Kanban, Rally, Service Now, SharePoint, VISIO, File-Aid, Alchemist, Endevor, Easytrieve, XPEDITOR,(Batch/CICS), CA7, JOBTRAC, Planview LeanKit, Grafana, GitLab,Reporting Tools: COGNOS, TABLEAU Other: Advanced Analytics, ETL, DWH concept, Insurance Claims Analytics, Banking Fraud Analytics (Banking), Data Analytics, Predictive Analysis, Data Exploration, Machine Learning, Hadoop and Map Reduce in Big Data, ML Algorithm.

Experience

1. Scrum Master Ii

   Bridgestone Americas

   Jan 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Coach and support Two Agile delivery teams in embracing Agile mindset, methodologies, and relevant processes.• Exemplify and promote Agile values and principles, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.• Effectively facilitate Scrum events, including Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Review/Demo, Sprint Retrospective, and Sprint backlog refinement.• Ensure alignment with Agile values and Scrum framework as guiding principles.• Manage teams’ breakouts in PI planning events, collaborating with other Scrum Masters to address dependencies and contribute to the PI plan.• Coordinate internally and externally to make effective decisions, solve complex problems, and recognize improvement opportunities.• Guide teams to focus on the importance and value of \"done\" increments, fostering a servant leadership and customer-centric mindset.• Facilitate team understanding of individual and collective roles, emphasizing a unified mission.• Help teams inspect and adapt processes through retrospectives, data/metrics tracking, and creating a safe, trusting environment for growth.• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to escalate high-priority issues, monitor progress, and capitalize on improvement opportunities.• Create team working agreements to coach teams on Agile/Scrum frameworks, driving higher maturity.• Ensure EPICs were broken into user stories, working with Product Owners and Business Analysts to maintain a healthy product backlog meeting INVEST criteria.• Responsible for creating, coordinating, managing, and representing teams’ monthly and off-cycle release tickets.• Coach teams on story estimation techniques such as T-Shirt sizing, Fibonacci, and vertical slicing.• Continuously assess Scrum maturity, coaching teams to higher levels at a sustainable pace.• Coordinate with other teams (DevOps, System Teams, Shared Services, and Scrum Masters) to facilitate seamless information flow and collaboration.

Education

• University of Stuttgart

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Technology