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Charae Davis

Project Manager, Scrum Master
Baltimore,MD

Summary

Pragmatic and results driven servant leader/coach with high Emotional Intelligence, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master with over 5+years of hands-on experience utilizing the Scrum/Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework. Proactively support and work with Product Owners to effectively manage PBIs through proper backlog grooming and refinement. Proficient in building and maintaining high performing Scrum teams from sprint to sprint while ensuring that all blockers are handled in a timely manner. Believe in motivating teams to go above and beyond high performing to being innovative as well. Proficient with Waterfall and Agile environments and have worked with New and mature teams. Strengths include proven leadership, staff training, driving relentless improvements through technical excellence, team building, effective communication skills across diverse groups, and the ability to articulate and achieve deliverables. Very proficient in working in multiple environments: co located, distributed and offshore teams using different platforms like WebEx, Zoom, Skype, Duo and any company approved meeting platforms.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Scrum Master /Project Manager

Assurant
Baltimore, MD
08.2020 - 01.2023
  • Performance Monitoring Team
  • Currently a lead Scrum master/Team coach supporting all Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives; as well as coaching team members and clients on Agile methodologies
  • Identify and remove impediments, track and communicate team velocity and generate Sprint artifacts such as the burndown charts
  • Lead scrum teams by effectively facilitating, collaborating and implementing proper agile methodologies
  • Effectively collaborate with the Scrum team by guiding, motivating, coaching, building a respectful-trusting, and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved in an effective manner
  • Mentor, encourage, and challenge junior Scrum Masters about Agile best practices, while ensuring the all committed work items are efficiently executed in the current sprint
  • Respectfully coach and work with Product Owner to define product backlog and objective, while effectively maintaining customer satisfaction as the first priority.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

Scrum Master

Fixt Inc
Baltimore, MD
04.2018 - 08.2020
  • Served as a scrum master for a Platform team that developed and maintained web applications enabling Customers, Partners and Employees to learn how to gain the most out of their technology investments in a safe and user-centric environment
  • Scrum Master for 2 teams and Facilitates all Scrum events like Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives and Backlog grooming sessions
  • Protected the team from outside influences and promptly resolve blockers
  • Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity
  • Facilitate internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information within the organization
  • Support the Product Owner to maintain a healthy backlog as well as prioritizing backlog items in order of importance
  • Empowers teams to be more autonomous by creating a safe space for healthy conflicts, Cross functionality and self-management
  • Setting up reorder point planning (CBP) along with automatic purchase order creation for MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) supplies and using source lists wherever needed.

Project Coordinator/Business Implementation Analyst

S3
Baltimore, MD
08.2016 - 04.2018
  • Facilitated/coordinated the work of multiple project teams engaged in the establishment and implementation of new projects to support the Project Manager
  • Bring professional ideas from facilitation, mediation, coaching, conflict management, theater and furthermore to help the team become a high-performance team
  • Experience in leading client delivery engagements and collaborating with senior-level client management
  • Ensure project status updates are provided to the Project Manager in a timely manner
  • Tracked purchase order submissions and complete project close-out manuals
  • Create project artifacts such as requirements documents, design documents, implementation plans, governance plans, and organizational readiness plans for team’s engagements
  • Prepared, scheduled, and led meetings between departments and Interpreted specifications, blueprints, job orders, company policy, and procedures for team members/stakeholders.

Education

Community College of Baltimore County

Skills

SAFe Scrum Framework, Scrum and Kanbanundefined

Certification

In Progress – Certified SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master, Scaled Agile Framework

Timeline

Scrum Master /Project Manager

Assurant
08.2020 - 01.2023

Scrum Master

Fixt Inc
04.2018 - 08.2020

Project Coordinator/Business Implementation Analyst

S3
08.2016 - 04.2018

Community College of Baltimore County

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