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Denise Raffel-Melli

Fort Collins,Colorado

Summary

Accomplished Senior Scrum Master with a proven track record at OpenText and Hewlett-Packard Inc, expertly leading teams to deliver high-quality software using Agile methodologies. Skilled in Agile Coaching and Stakeholder Management, Have built several high-performing software development teams, fostered collaboration across departments, achieving low turnover and successful project milestones.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Scrum Master

OpenText
01.2013 - 07.2024

Created a high-performing software team developing a FinOps application that let you manage your cloud spend on any of the four major Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP and OSI. I successfully influenced our worldwide teams to shape this product as a certified Scrum Master. I am also certified in SaFE methodologies as we have teams all over the world. I worked very closely with Product Management to optimize what our team would deliver.

I was also the people manager for a team of 10 engineers. I am proud to say that we has very low turnover in the last 11 years. I am an experienced leader and know how to mentor and create a high-performing software team.

My team was excellent at working together to deliver very high quality software on time. Our product was built using a microservice architecture which allowed us to make big changes quickly. We were the leaders in the company with test automation and secure software development.

Senior Scrum Master

Hewlett-Packard Inc
07.2001 - 01.2013

My team worked on various IT management tools as part of the HP Software ITOM business. We weren't using Scrum at this time, but were doing iterative development.


I successfully led multi-disciplinary teams towards achieving project milestones while adhering to established budgets and timelines.


I enhanced team productivity by implementing iterative methodologies and improving communication between cross-functional teams.


I developed strong relationships with key stakeholders across various departments to enhance collaboration efforts on complex projects.

Education

Master of Science - Software Engineering

National Technical University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Agile Coaching
  • Product Backlog Management
  • Scrum Framework Expertise
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Change Management
  • Technical understanding
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cloud expertise
  • Risk Assessment

Timeline

Senior Scrum Master

OpenText
01.2013 - 07.2024

Senior Scrum Master

Hewlett-Packard Inc
07.2001 - 01.2013

Master of Science - Software Engineering

National Technical University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Denise Raffel-Melli