ERIKA GUEMBES
OMAHA,NE
Summary
Results Oriented Professional Scrum Master with over 5 years' experience driving Agile principles and managing projects empirically. Servant leader with a proven track record of devising and implementing strategic teamwork solutions that fosters communication and collaboration. Experienced servant leader with proven success in empowering teams become self-organized, cross-functional, flexible and deliver highest quality products in shortest time cycles. A keen Agilist adept at conflict resolution, facilitation of scrum events and removal of impediments thereby contributing to the overall goal of the organization. Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows. Versatile Evangelist with background successfully executing diverse project tasks to meet deadlines. Highly skilled at communicating with colleagues, monitoring status and achieving key milestones. Enthusiastic problem solver and talented team player with superior planning and decision-making skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master/ Project Coordinator
Nebraska Department of Criminal Justice
Dallas, TX.
09.2021 - Current
- Champions Agile mindset adoption through effective training, coaching, mentorship, and removal of impediments to team progress Perform complex project management work
- Work involves coordinating planning and initiation of projects at various levels of completion; monitoring progress and schedule of projects; communicating with project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties; and coordinating work of others
- Develops criteria for evaluating programs, proposals, and other project information; identifies potential project risks and difficulties and recommends strategies to mitigate and avoid them
- Monitors and manages project quality to ensure project outcomes are acceptable and fulfill project specifications meeting definition of done (DOD)
- Coordinates, plans, and evaluates information technology project activities using accepted project management methodologies; initiates projects, obtains authorization and commitment, and demonstrates business need and project feasibility; and conducts gap analyses to assist in evaluating alternative solutions
- Coordinates project activities with program staff, agency management, organizations, contractors, and other agencies; and communicates and explains project methodology and processes to team members, program staff, and other interested parties
- Maximize strong knowledge of servant leadership to foster growth mindset and a spirit of continuous improvement and relentless contribution in development of shippable increment
- Educate and reinforce agile mindset amongst team members and organization
- Mentor two new teams, and help them move from forming to performing stage in 6 months
- Continuously monitor sprint health, including issues and risk: coordinate discussions with stakeholders to review and update
- Ensures team compliance with organization's best practices by establishing a clear Definition of Ready (DOR) and Definition of Done (DOD)
- Coach PO on keeping product backlog healthy and writing user stories that meet the INVEST criteria and delivers desired value to customers
- Ensures implementation of feedback on Product Increment and testing ahead of System Demo
- Organize team bonding activities like lunch and learning sessions that promotes collaboration and engagement
- Encourage a culture of continuous feedback while driving continuous improvement; challenge the status quo and proactively identify gaps and opportunities
- Leverage best practices from other frameworks to improve productivity such as WIP limit, Swarming and Pair Work
Scrum Master
KEYTECH SOLUTIONS
OMAHA, NE.
10.2016 - 09.2021
- Facilitated seamless collaboration and maximized team and program performance by driving continuous improvement across co-located and distributed team(s) to ensure rapid and timely delivery of business value
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Planning meetings and Backlog Refinement
- Coached and mentored teams on the adoption of Agile practices and mindset
- Protected team from outside interference thereby ensuring focus on delivering their sprint commitments
- Tracked and managed all change request, taking them through the complete change request lifecycle
- Empowered Product owner, and managers especially with writing user stories that met the INVEST criteria, refining and managing the Product backlog and decision making
- Ensured team compliance with organizations best practices by establishing clear Definition of Ready (DOR) and Definition of Done (DOD)
- Facilitated team breakout sessions during PI planning where features are broken down into user stories, dependencies and risk identified and draft plan created
- Monitored the pulse and morale of the team, influencing team spirit, and creating excitement around deliverables led to a 96% delivery rate
- Ensured teams implement feedbacks on product increment ahead of System Demo
- Steered project flow from planning to incremental release; leveraging confluence and JIRA software, and empowered teams on different conflict resolution strategies
- Encouraged cross-training and the use of Agile techniques such as Pair Programming and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Process Improvement Analyst/Scrum Master
LPX CONSULTING
DALLAS, TX.
07.2015 - 09.2016
- Performed resource allocation, workload assignment, procurement, and scheduled management activities to meet project milestones
- Develop process improvement procedures to improve operational efficiency
- Led and coached Scrum team responsible for developing software products and automated tools for financial services
- Evangelized Agile Methodology throughout the organization to improve communications between IT, Engineering, Product Management, and Business; providing transparency and obtaining great business value
- Increased team velocity by 15% within the first 3 months of Agile adoption by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions
- Facilitated scrum ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)
- Enacted change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 15% and the quality of deliverables by 30%
- Analyze current process standards and metrics in order to provide solutions for improvements
- Perform data gathering, root cause analysis and performance trending in order to develop appropriate process control changes
- Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts to develop process improvement reports for setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations and conclusions
- Inform respective teams on process improvement and re-engineering strategies
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NECertified SAFe Scrum Master Professional Scrum -
Scaled Agile Framework
Master - undefined
PSM I) - undefined
Skills
- SKILLS/TOOLS
- Agile and lean mindset
- Scrum and Waterfall methodologies
- Servant-leadership
- Event Facilitation
- Conflict resolution
- Impediment Removal
- Risk Mitigation
- Teaching, Mentoring and Coaching
- Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe
- Tools: JIRA, Slack, Confluence, Rally, Mural, MS Office 360, MS Teams, SharePoint
- Development team trainings
- Waterfall methodology
Timeline
Scrum Master/ Project Coordinator
Nebraska Department of Criminal Justice
09.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
KEYTECH SOLUTIONS
10.2016 - 09.2021
Process Improvement Analyst/Scrum Master
LPX CONSULTING
07.2015 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Science - Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Certified SAFe Scrum Master Professional Scrum -
Scaled Agile Framework