Endri Vavla
Denton,TX
Summary
Certified Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE) bringing 9+ years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Scrum Master
SABRE
Southlake, TX
07.2021 - Current
- Lead cross-functional scrum teams and manage overall scrum process for Machine Learning Retail Platform.
- Facilitating program increment planning readiness by fostering Continuous Exploration process which drives combination of Vision, Roadmap, and backlog and through ART Synch, Pre and Post Pl planning Meetings
- Organize and facilitate sprint ceremonies for 3 of 8 scrum teams, including sprint planning, daily scrum events, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, scrum of scrum and other scrum related events.
- Track and communicate team velocity, burn-down reports and sprint progress to all affected teams and management with close attention to defects, dependencies and adherence to product roadmaps.
IT Project Manager
The Beneficient Group LLP
Dallas, TX
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Administrate IT initiative projects for HR, Legal and Accounting departments and ensure timely deliveries based on development milestones.
- Fulfilled RTE role and performed all Scrum of Scrum activities to coordinate progress in agile teams to build Appian, ServiceNow and .Net Application.
- Assist in ongoing development and operations of Company's Compliance Management Program, SOX Auditing and Data Governance Framework.
- Managed 3 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
Senior Scrum Master
Locke Lord LLP
Dallas, TX
11.2018 - 07.2020
- Initiated and managed enterprise operating model and roadmap to design, develop and deploy Intranet SharePoint and Executive Management Dashboard across 36 offices.
- Organized and facilitated daily stand-up meetings, sprint and release planning, demos, retrospective and other Scrum-related meetings to develop internal applications.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, solution architects, UX/UI designers and UAT testers to propose system solutions.
- Coached teams across departments on Agile methodology, JIRA, and Confluence best practices to increase productivity by 20%.
Scrum Master
The World Bank
New York, NY
01.2015 - 11.2018
- Participated on PMO team to design, develop and implement Governance e-Transformation Platform to transform delivery of selected public services using Information and Communications Technologies (USD +23 M).
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Evaluated design and operating effectiveness of Information Technology General Controls and system dependent automated controls.
- Collaborated with external auditors on audit planning, testing and evaluation procedures, and ensure compliance with requirements.
Implementation Project Manager
KPMG Italia
Milan,, Italy
02.2013 - 12.2014
- Accomplished end to end project implementation of 3 KPMG Financial Digital Solutions for business outside European Union Zone who invested in Milan Stock Exchange.
- Administrated all project phases, maintained project schedule, meeting minutes, meeting agenda, scope amendments, determined resources and budget.
- Collaborated closely with Product Manager and Development Team to resolve complex issues reported by customers.
- Arranged weekly communication with clients to understood their requirements and provided project status updates.
Education
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
New York University
New York, NY05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Economics, Management & Computer Science
Bocconi University
New York, NY06.2012
Skills
- Release Train Engineer
- Program Manager
- Project Manager
- Implementation Project Manager
- Scrum Master
- Agile Methodology
- Scrum Methodology
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Azure Board, JIRA, Confluence, Rally
Certification
- Certified SAFe 5 Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- ITIL v4
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Timeline
Senior Scrum Master
SABRE
07.2021 - Current
IT Project Manager
The Beneficient Group LLP
08.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Scrum Master
Locke Lord LLP
11.2018 - 07.2020
Scrum Master
The World Bank
01.2015 - 11.2018
Implementation Project Manager
KPMG Italia
02.2013 - 12.2014
Master of Science - Management Information Systems
New York University
Bachelor of Science - Economics, Management & Computer Science
Bocconi University
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