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Joseph Wanene

Norfolk,VA

Summary

Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization. Committed Agile expert with over 4 years of expertise in public speaking, presenting information clearly and developing high performing teams. Collaborative individual remains poised in all types of situations.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master

Eurpac Service
Virginia Beach, VA
04.2023 - Current
  • Monitored progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Identified, addressed and either resolved or escalated project issues.
  • Tracked metrics related to sprint performance and identified areas of improvement for future sprints.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
  • Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
  • Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
  • Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
  • Provided guidance to Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.

Scrum Master

Athenahealth
New York, NY
06.2022 - 02.2023
  • Developed detailed project plans and estimates based on identified risks and options.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
  • Assisted with release planning and coordinated efforts between multiple teams working on related projects.
  • Provided guidance to Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.
  • Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
  • Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
  • Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
  • Oversaw three team, project milestone completion and quality of work performed.

Project Assistant

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
01.2020 - 05.2022
  • Negotiated with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.
  • Organized and maintained project documents and records.
  • Conferred with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Identified areas of improvement within existing processes to increase efficiency.
  • Provided administrative support to the project team including scheduling meetings, coordinating travel, ordering supplies.
  • Assessed company inventories and ordered needed project materials.
  • Developed processes and procedures to ensure efficient workflow of projects.

Education

Master of Science - Cyber Security

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
12-2022

Skills

  • Sprint Planning
  • Meeting Facilitation
  • Scrum Processes
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Backlog Management
  • Project Management
  • Risk Identification
  • Leading Scrum Meetings
  • Software Development Lifecycle
  • Software Process Management
  • Workflow Analysis

Timeline

Scrum Master

Eurpac Service
04.2023 - Current

Scrum Master

Athenahealth
06.2022 - 02.2023

Project Assistant

Norfolk State University
01.2020 - 05.2022

Master of Science - Cyber Security

Norfolk State University
Joseph Wanene