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Katy Nydam

Bellevue,WA

Summary

Agile professional with over 8 years of successful experience leading Agile teams and transformations while living and working according to the Agile values. Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to process improvements, team cohesiveness and overall R&D productivity. Highly skilled and experienced in meeting facilitation, conflict resolution and concise communications.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master

Reach
11.2020 - Current
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for biweekly sprint releases.
  • Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value.

Lead SAFe Trainer

Self Employed
08.2019 - 11.2020
  • Facilitated virtual, in-person and blended learning sessions.
  • Delivered lesson plans, instructional materials and written practice tests for SAFe 4.0 training courses.
  • Worked with vendors to customize courseware to accommodate business needs.

Director of Agility & Transformation | Agile Coach

Limeade
11.2017 - 09.2019
  • Received annual 2018 "Anything is Possible" award for demonstrating leadership and creative problem solving while identifying and removing impediments for R&D group.
  • Received "We are a Team" quarterly award twice for reaching across team and department boundaries to establish organic channels of communication and collaboration.
  • Developed and delivered team and organization training materials and workshops, building knowledge and skills to facilitate Agile transformation.
  • Championed cultural change and collaborated with other department leads on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing organization's transformation.
  • Wrote monthly articles and success stories which were distributed via newsletter and posted on internal communications tool to improve cross-departmental communication.
  • Mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency.

Agile Coach | Scrum Master Group Manager

Emergency Reporting
11.2015 - 09.2017
  • Coached leaders and teams through the SAFe transformation and provided the necessary training and references to enable the ideal management and team structures.
  • Created and conducted training courses for Scrum Masters and teams related to agile best practices, understanding and improving team dynamics and team performance.
  • Mentored and trained Scrum Masters, teams and company leaders.
  • Led strategic Portfolio Planning, Release Planning and tactical Big-Room Iteration Planning sessions.

Product Owner

Rally Software
03.2015 - 08.2015
  • Allocated and approved team resource usage.
  • Established best possible quarterly roadmap and two-week sprint plans by balancing known velocity against plan requirements, initial size estimates, dependencies on other teams and potential risks or unknowns.
  • Fostered an environment of empowerment, trust and creativity while facilitating team ceremonies.
  • Maintained careful balance between commitment to planned work and responding to market and customer's evolving needs, preserving our competitive advantage.

Service Manager 2 | Editorial Analyst | Shift Lead

Xbox Live Service Delivery
02.2012 - 08.2014
  • Presented project progress to executive-level members of multiple Xbox divisions on a bi-weekly basis, constructing highly visual and universally understandable presentations for an audience with varied technical backgrounds.
  • Received multiple commendations for proactive risk identification and remediation, communicating issues to team members as opportunities for project improvement and employee training rather than road-blocks or errors on any individual’s part.
  • Maintained a high-level of team and individual accountability through daily standup meetings and honest, open communication
  • Created an entirely new XOC training program, working as Project Manager and Lead Trainer, coordinating team members to ensure timely project completion.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

Skills

Servant Leadership

Cross-team and cross-department communication

Meeting and training facilitation

Conflict resolution

CSPO, CSM, and SAFe SPC50

Timeline

Scrum Master

Reach
11.2020 - Current

Lead SAFe Trainer

Self Employed
08.2019 - 11.2020

Director of Agility & Transformation | Agile Coach

Limeade
11.2017 - 09.2019

Agile Coach | Scrum Master Group Manager

Emergency Reporting
11.2015 - 09.2017

Product Owner

Rally Software
03.2015 - 08.2015

Service Manager 2 | Editorial Analyst | Shift Lead

Xbox Live Service Delivery
02.2012 - 08.2014

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

Western Washington University

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