Experience

Insurance House

• United States
• Insurance
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Agility Lead/Scrum Master

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  ⮚ Lead and coach the organization in its Scrum adoption. ⮚ Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies which include Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and also Backlog Refinement, ⮚ Help employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development. ⮚ Cause change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team. ⮚ Work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization. ⮚ Coach the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality. ⮚ Help the Development Team create high-value products. ⮚ Remove impediments to the Development Team’s progress. ⮚ Ensure that goals, scope, and product domain are well understood by everyone on the Scrum Team. ⮚ Find techniques for effective Product Backlog management. ⮚ Help the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items. Show less



Capital One

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scrum Master

  • Feb 2016 - Jan 2019

  ➢ Facilitate all Scrum framework ceremonies which include Sprint planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives and also Backlog Refinement. ➢ Worked on enterprise level efforts involving data sourcing, aggregation, analysis and reported with outputs to Leadership. ➢ Created and tested scripts needed for Enterprise Recourse Planning (ERP) implementation. ➢ Worked in multiple SDLC and ITSM projects, from project initiation to delivery, remediating roadblocks along the way. I have very strong organizational skills with Team Management. ➢ Assisted the Release Train Engineer to make sure the check list for my team has been thoroughly discussed & completed ➢ Represented my team in the Scrum of scrums meetings. ➢ Participated in all PI planning ceremonies by providing my team’s capacity & velocity which I use for the draft plan during the PI and ensure that everyone in my team has knowledge of what will happen in the PI. ➢ I facilitated the team breakout sessions where I coach the team to vertically size their features into user stories & guide them to identify dependencies & risks. ➢ Coaching and mentoring developers, testers and business analysts in Agile best practices, providing necessary training to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies. ➢ Motivating and inspiring team members to be self- managing and resolving dysfunctional behaviors themselves. Show less



Builders Insurance Group, Inc.

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Scrum Master

  • Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  ⮚ Communicated with cross functional teams to deliver requested work specifications. ⮚ Supported Agile work efforts to achieve Sprint goals. ⮚ Ensured deliverables follow quality standards during and post-sprint cycle. ⮚ Monitored, prepared, extracted, and distributed Sprint Metrics reports. ⮚ Facilitated and led cross-functional projects to support business growth. ⮚ Helped teams continuously improve their practices to ensure maximum productivity and velocity. ⮚ Planned and facilitated all scrum ceremonies including Sprint planning, Daily Stand ups, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint review and Sprint Retrospective meetings. ⮚ Worked with Product Owner to align teams with the product vision and Sprint goals. Show less



Builders Insurance Group, Inc.

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Team Lead

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2014

  ⮚ Reviewed & approved payments to vendors for over 1 million dollars monthly. ⮚ Processed Monthly Bank Reconciliations. ⮚ Responsible for training new team members. ⮚ Performed monthly Balance Sheet Variance Analysis. ⮚ Performed month end and year end closing of AIM ⮚ Collaborated with the IT department on various software upgrade projects. ⮚ Reviewed audit refund requests, reconciliation of accounts, resolve account receivable issues. ⮚ Liaison between Accountants and management. Show less



The Home Depot

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Accounts Payable Analyst

  • Aug 2005 - Jul 2008

  ⮚ Researched and resolve Suppliers’ disputes performing root cause analysis and taking proactive steps to mitigate future issues. ⮚ Performed accounts reconciliations. ⮚ Validated and processed charges in the accounting system with appropriate account coding. ⮚ Performed audit on cash discounts, new stores allowances and duplicate payments. ⮚ Reviewed and approved suppliers monthly statements for over 1 million dollars monthly. ⮚ Researched and resolve Suppliers’ disputes performing root cause analysis and taking proactive steps to mitigate future issues. ⮚ Performed accounts reconciliations. ⮚ Validated and processed charges in the accounting system with appropriate account coding. ⮚ Performed audit on cash discounts, new stores allowances and duplicate payments. ⮚ Reviewed and approved suppliers monthly statements for over 1 million dollars monthly.