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Kazmina Houssou

Queens,NY

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Summary

Creative and pertinent Scrum Master with a demonstrated history of working in Information & technology. Results-oriented Servant Leader with over seven years combined of experience as a Scrum master. Detail-oriented team player with strong analytical, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Maintains a global mindset with an expertise in team management and working knowledge of Agile frameworks. Successfully runs ceremonies with an effective time management orientation. 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.

Work History

Scrum Master

Bank of America
New York, NY
03.2018 - Current
  • Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses of individual team member's contributions, and coach the team as a whole driving improvements in productivity
  • Create a fun sharing and learning environment, experimenting with various ideas to improve delivery including pair-programming and cross-functional training
  • Establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders and provide coaching at all levels in an emerging
  • Assess the current organization and delivery environment and recommend optimal Agile practices - Perform as a Scrum Master as needed for one or more scrum teams
  • Facilitate road mapping, planning sessions and retrospectives
  • Support the triage and resolution of critical project issues
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

Scrum Master

Spectrum Business
New York, NY
07.2014 - 02.2018
  • Facilitated meetings with team for purposes of idea generation,planning,retrospection,problem-solving,and alignment
  • Worked with the product owner and facilitate development of product backlog
  • Worked in conjunction with the Project Manager to ensure project management needs are met or impediments, issues and/or risks are resolved or escalated
  • Communicated project status to the team and product owner to ensure common understanding, set expectations, align stakeholders, and project team members
  • Measured project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete required corrective actions, and communicate to stakeholders
  • Partnered with Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, and Architecture to deliver business value

Oracle Database Administrator

Verizon
Elisabeth , NJ
04.2012 - 06.2014
  • Installed and maintained database server, replication, and client environments
  • Assisted to perform day to day database system administration, including daily checklists, backup verification, log review, security maintenance, performance tuning
  • Created, reviewed, and maintained code in our database systems to optimize, standardize and/or prepare for upgrades
  • Upgraded, configured and maintained server and database monitoring software to baseline system performance and proactively identify potential issues. Resource monitoring and capacity planning
  • Reviewed, tested, updated, and documented detailed disaster recovery/business continuity plans for key production Oracle databases .

Business Analyst

Time Warner Cable Business Class
New York, NY
08.2009 - 03.2012
  • Administered, designed, implemented, and evaluated the applications and systems used to perform mass operating system deployments, application packaging, endpoint protection, and collection management
  • Assisted with design, implementation, and evaluation of the applications and systems used to manage incidents and problems in support of the District Help Desk and other support departments
  • Supported one or more moderate to highly complex or critical processes/systems and may require design or integration of technical solutions that cross multiple functions
  • Validated application development against requirements and expectations
  • Documented changes and new functionality
  • Managed projects or initiatives as requirements to stakeholders for discussion and approval

Management Trainee

University of Maryland
College Park, MD
01.2008 - 07.2009
  • Communicated regularly with key internal customers and team members on a timely basis
  • Effectively delivered presentations to a large group of people from multiple levels of the organization
  • Set high performance standards for self and the organization, performance demonstrates value for quality
  • Initiated projects in pursuit of a greater profitability; anticipated potential problems and addressed early
  • Established objectives, scheduled activities, managed priorities and tasks
  • Supported team initiatives and goals, cooperated and demonstrated positive attitude toward others.

Education

Bachelor Degree - Business Administration

York College of The City University of New York
Jamaica, NY
06.2009

Skills

  • Effective Time Management
  • Meeting facilitation Expert
  • Interpersonal Communication Skills
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Confluence
  • Meeting Deadlines
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Agile Project Management
  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Adaptability
  • Data Analysis
  • JIRA
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Public speaking
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Risk identification

Timeline

Scrum Master

Bank of America
03.2018 - Current

Scrum Master

Spectrum Business
07.2014 - 02.2018

Oracle Database Administrator

Verizon
04.2012 - 06.2014

Business Analyst

Time Warner Cable Business Class
08.2009 - 03.2012

Management Trainee

University of Maryland
01.2008 - 07.2009

Bachelor Degree - Business Administration

York College of The City University of New York

Certification

PSM I - Professional Scrum Master I

PSM II- Professional Scrum Master II

SSM - Certified SAFe Scrum Master

PSPO I - Professional Scrum Product Owner I

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