Darion Jackson
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Professional Scrum specialist with deep expertise in facilitating Agile frameworks and driving high-performing teams. Strong focus on optimizing team collaboration and delivering impactful results. Reliable in adapting to evolving project requirements. Proficient in Agile methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. Known for effective communication and leadership skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Scrum Master
Inntopia
10.2021 - Current
- Facilitated Agile practices for development teams, enabling consistent delivery of high-quality software solutions.
- Worked with leadership to scale Agile practices, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- Facilitated Agile practices for development teams, enabling consistent delivery of high-quality software solutions.
- Established a Scrum Master Community of Practice, fostering collaboration and sharing best practices across teams.
- Guided teams in continuous improvement practices, encouraging innovation and operational excellence.
- Worked with leadership to scale Agile practices, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
Scrum Master
American Family Insurance
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Facilitated multiple teams in completing projects within budget limits.
- Influenced business executives to embrace Agile
- Maintained continuous oversight and managed all aspects of project monitoring.
- Brought projects in on-time and in accordance with budget and quality standards
- Collaborated with product owner to transition backlog items into sprints.
- Facilitated teamwork between the development teams and communication with the stakeholders
- Promoted team's self-organizing skills by facilitating ongoing assessment and adjustment.
- Ensured completion of scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning and daily meetings.
Agile Coach
Bank of America
10.2017 - 07.2019
- Increased team efficiency by providing role and process training.
- Introduced planning techniques of Feature and Story Mapping which increased team and program delivery predictability.
- Utilized the practices associated with Scaled Agile Framework and Scrum to improve delivery process.
- Consolidated work into single tracking system providing transparency into the total portfolio of work.
- Facilitated Quarterly assessment of teams to document maturity progress in order to insure continuous maturity and agile learning progress
- Communicated cutting-edge Agile techniques to maintain competitiveness.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD05-2018
Skills
- Servant leadership
- Agile coaching
- Scrum framework expertise
- Coaching and mentoring
- Sprint planning
- Release planning
- Adaptive planning
- Jira
- Azure DevOps Services
- Strategic Consulting
- Microsoft Office
- Continuous Improvement
Timeline
Senior Scrum Master
Inntopia
10.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
American Family Insurance
08.2019 - 09.2021
Agile Coach
Bank of America
10.2017 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management
Morgan State University
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