Experience

Integral Agile

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Agile Coach

  • 2014 - Present

  Defined the Agile Playbook for my teams supporting a commercial B2B product including: Adaptation of SAFe and Scrum to suit their specific needs Created Agile workflows in Jira including Definitions of READY and DONE Define which metrics to measure, why they matter, and how to continuously improve • Partnered with Product Owners to understand the various complex requirements across numerous teams. Organized a bake sale between potential market data software for real world functionality testing with a focus on data integrity, operability, compliance and risk • Recognized issues and impediments within and outside of the team, escalated as needed and brought them to resolution successfully increasing velocity by 40% • Liaised between product owners and key stakeholders to manage expectations, enhance communications, and improve transparency for all parties involved in company-wide initiative • Coordinated and coached team members in Scrum and Scaled Scrum ceremonies, including PI planning, scrum of scrums, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demos, sprint retrospectives, backlog refinement and release planning • Created an environment of continuous improvement by evolving existing work practices and processes and installing an inspect and adapt culture across teams • Empowered team members to self-organize to identify, prioritize and clear or escalate issues and impediments Show less



Studio Persevera

• Ukraine
• Entertainment Providers

• Partner

  • 2007 - 2014

  Entered into a partnership to build and grow a specialized boutique strength training business • Interviewed prospective trainers to ensure cultural fit • Coached and mentored trainers while defining and deploying new protocols • Directed broad areas of public relations in an effort to attract talented trainers and increase client base • Coached developers to create an online portal for client scheduling and payment along with company website. • Liaised between clients and trainers to maintain highest levels of client satisfaction Show less



Needham & Company

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Trader

  • 2001 - 2007

  Served as a market maker for a list of 75+ NASDAQ small and mid-cap stocks to provide liquidity for the firm’s clients while developing and maintaining relationships with hedge funds, buy-side traders and portfolio managers. Served as a market maker for a list of 75+ NASDAQ small and mid-cap stocks to provide liquidity for the firm’s clients while developing and maintaining relationships with hedge funds, buy-side traders and portfolio managers.