Ashley Gana
Houston,TX
Summary
- Worked with co-located, distributed, and off-shore teams where we used different virtual platforms like WebEx, Google Hangout, Teams, Outlook, and Zoom. I have Multiple years of facilitating sprint planning meetings, Daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews,
grooming, and sprint retrospective meeting acting as a Servant Leader while leading multiple scrum teams at the same time. - Scrum Master with 3+ years hands-on experience working on enterprise-wide projects through several Agile project management tools like JIRA/Confluence.
- Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of scrum rules, facilitating Agile/Scrum teams toward optimized creativity, and improving the efficiency of the development teams. I work with the product owner to organize the product backlog and make the
backlog ready for the next team, removing impediments with strong knowledge of
JIRA. - Experienced Agile Software Development professional with outstanding qualifications and track record in delivering and managing Agile software projects. Over 2 years of hands-on experience as a Scum Master with strong communication skills, ability to effectively manage a technical team, quickly comprehend complex subjects and guide products through the full requirement, release and support lifecycle.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
T-moblie
Houston, TX
06.2020 - 01.2022
- Working with co-located, distributed, and off-shore teams where we use different virtual platforms like WebEx, Google Hangout, Teams, Outlook, and Zoom.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Instrumental in facilitating to produce aggregated, system/product demos for key program stakeholders during sprint reviews.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.
- Communicated with development team members to keep project on schedule.
- Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling parties to meet and discuss project progress.
- Work with the product owner to maintain the product backlog in a way that ensures the project is well defined and the team can continually advance forward on the project at any given time.
- Facilitated an atmosphere of team creativity to foster increased productivity and production of higher quality products.
- Served as the main point of contact to drive effective communication throughout project phases.
- Ensured Burn-up and Burn-down charts are available and accurate.
- Responsible for managing dependencies between the Scrum teams and other teams, collaborated within the Scrum Master network especially in regard to items necessary for product release.
Scrum Master
Wells Fargo
Arizona City, AZ
10.2018 - 05.2020
- Responsible for managing dependencies between the Scrum teams and other teams, collaborated within the Scrum Master network especially in regard to items necessary for product release.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Worked effectively with Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Served as the main point of contact to drive effective communication throughout project
phases. - Work with the product owner to maintain the product backlog in a way that ensures the project is well defined and the team can continually advance forward on the project at any given time.
- Managed quality objectives, regulatory requirements, schedules, and program risks and made decisions based on business objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX03.2021
Skills
-Ability to Multitask
-Ability to work under pressure
-Critical thinking and problem solving
-Leadership and Teamwork
-Meeting facilitation
-Scrum
-Agile Methodologies
-Kanban
-XP
Certification
Certified Scrum Master, CSM
Professional Scrum Master, PSM
Additional Information
Methodologies: Agile – Scrum, Kanban, Jira
Management Tools: Rally, JIRA, DevOps, Microsoft office Word, Excel, Power point,
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
Timeline
Scrum Master
T-moblie
06.2020 - 01.2022
Scrum Master
Wells Fargo
10.2018 - 05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Texas Southern University
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