Ayan Siad
Navy Federal
Alexandria,VA
1
Certification
10
years of professional experience
Results-oriented Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified SAFe Agilist 5 with expertise in Agile facilitation. Drives team success by guiding Agile transformations and optimizing workflows to boost productivity. Focused on collaboration and adaptability to meet evolving project demands while consistently achieving team goals.
Work History
Scrum Master/Project Manager
3 Years 3 Months- Enforced agile tenets defined by team to enhance project alignment and collaboration
- Works as a liaison between technical team and product owners
- Identified program-level issues for risk assessment and escalation to ensure timely resolution
- Managed risk and issue analysis through documentation and adherence to best practices.
- Compiled weekly and monthly status reports to provide visibility into program progress and performance
- Ensured accurate tracking of resources and financial data to support project goals.
Senior Scrum Master
5 Months- Champions Agile principles to keep the team on track
- Facilitates all Scrum ceremonies including but not limited to daily stand-up, retrospective, and sprint planning
- Encouraged cross-functional collaboration within the team to enhance productivity
- Determines level of effort during sprints and/or iterations
- Completed risk and issue analysis and managed documentation to adhere to best practices
- Assists in breaking down variances in expense as well as revenue
Senior Scrum Master/Consultant
1 Year 1 Month- Coached cross-functional teams in Agile practices across multiple projects
- Facilitated daily removal of team-level impediments to maintain workflow
- Championed Agile Kanban principles in order to keep the team on track
- Collaborated with multiple teams to track WIP limits, lead time, and cycle times
- Created boards to manage Product Backlog Items “PBIs,” tasks and bugs
- Provided support to resolve production related bugs and technical debt
- Managed Product Support team to ensure service levels were met
Scrum Master
1 Year 7 Months- Led several teams as Scrum Leader and servant leader, fostering collaboration and self-organization
- Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and all Agile ceremonies
- Coached development team, product owners, and stakeholders on Agile practices to improve project outcomes
- Facilitated removal of team-level impediments to enhance workflow and productivity
- Assisted teams on determining velocity during sprints and iterations
- Ensured product artifacts were updated by product owner
- Fostered collaboration among team members to enhance productivity to be cross-functional as well as collaborative
- Compiled bi-weekly and monthly status reporting for clients
Scrum Master
3 Years 1 Month- Facilitated Agile ceremonies across multiple projects, enhancing team alignment and collaboration
- Collaborated with dev team and SME to develop a cohesive technical vision, guiding project direction
- Assessed task complexity to estimate effort for sprints.
- Validated and ensured delivery of requirements post implementation
- Facilitated process improvement and user interface design sessions, driving user-centric enhancements
- Encouraged the team to be cross-functional as well as collaborative
- Evaluated data to reconcile discrepancies and assess user needs
Associate Specialist
9 Months- Validated system acceptance and organized source documents to ensure compliance and accuracy
- Processed ACS CAN internal income to maintain financial integrity
- Recorded employee deductions to ensure accurate payroll processing
Education
Bachelors of Arts (BA) - Communications
Skills
Scrum Master
Agile
Scaled Agile Framework
Coaching
Sprint Facilitation
Daily Scrum Ceremonies
Sprint review
User Story Mapping
Implementation
Consulting
Business Analysis
Requirements gathering
Technical attention to detail
Technical troubleshooting
Requirements Management
Detail-oriented
Agile coaching
User Training Facilitation
Project Roadmapping
Roadmap development
Storyboarding
Client Focused Skills
Agile Sustainability Practices
Process Improvement
MS Office
JIRA
Confluence
Content Management Systems
Azure Dev Ops
CMS
CRM
Azure Dev Ops
Certification
- ScrumAlliance (CSM) Certified Scrum Master
- ScaledAgile Certified (SA) Lead Safe Agilist 5
Timeline
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Navy Federal
05.2023 - CurrentRead More
Senior Scrum Master
TBM Inc
12.2022 - 05.2023Read More
Senior Scrum Master/Consultant
Deloitte
11.2021 - 12.2022Read More
Scrum Master
Metrostar System Systems
04.2020 - 11.2021Read More
Scrum Master
Collabralink Technologies Inc.
03.2017 - 04.2020Read More
Associate Specialist
American Cancer Society
03.2016 - 12.2016Read More
Marymount University
Bachelors of Arts (BA) from Communications
Read More