Kelly Hourigan
Melrose,MA
Summary
Scrum Master/Agile Coach Team-driven Scrum Master knowledgeable in task prioritization, risk management and workflow optimization. Committed Agile expert with over 13 years of expertise in public speaking, presenting information clearly and developing high performing teams. Collaborative individual remains poised in all types of situations.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master/Agile Coach
Liberty Mutual
Boston, MA
01.2020 - Current
- Solidified Agile methodology and Jira usage in program of 8+ teams
- Coached Product Owners on prioritization and planning
- Scrum Master for 4 teams providing facilitation of ceremonies and encouraging experimentation to help teams become high performing
- Built trusted relationships with engineers, POs and management.
Agile Scrum Master/Agile Coach
IBM
Cambridge, MA
01.2010 - 01.2020
- Acted as scrum master running all Agile ceremonies, managing project risks and ensuring the team had what it needed to successfully deliver
- Team was large and consisted of technical, business and vendor resources
- Team was newly formed and I used my experience in team building to get them through forming and storming
- Quickly became valued for my Agile coaching skills and driving Agile across the program as part of the project leadership team, often stepping outside my IM responsibilities to ensure the overall project was on a successful path
- Coached other junior scrum masters, management, product owners and team members on Agile best practices
- Created and ran a scrum master guild for information sharing and consistency of processes across program teams
- Used Jira to manage project tracking.
Agile Coach/Mentor
IBM
Cambridge, MA
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Contributed to IBMs Agile Academy, answering questions and advising best practices in internal forums and one on one across IBM
- Was appointed as the only non-manager member of an initiative to rollout Agile across our division
- Participated in defining best practices and reorganizing division into Agile teams
- In 2016, a position was created for me to be a full time Agile coach to our division of 600+ people across 70+ teams
- For 6+ months created and delivered weekly training sessions on Agile practices across 3 time zones
- Coached scrum masters, managers and product owners individually as well as entire teams, often embedding myself in their ceremonies in order to be able to understand their challenges and advise them
- Agile rollout was a success and the division is continuing the practice.
Agile Scrum Master
IBM
Cambridge, MA
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Worked as a scrum master on several worldwide project teams that were tasked to create dashboards to run IBM internal businesses
- Trained multiple teams in Agile and showed them how to work closely with the business to successfully deliver incremental outcomes.
Project Manager/Program Manager
IBM
Cambridge, MA
01.2000 - 01.2009
- Successfully managed a team of 8 developers to create a new Relational Database and UI application from scratch
- Worked close with the business to understand needs
- Used mentoring and team building skills to enable team to consistently deliver value to the business
- Participated in development efforts including SQL development (Sybase & DB2)
- Experience in relational database concepts (ODS and DWH)
- Managed 2.5 year cross department project to migrate 80+ Sybase database applications to a DB2
- I used both my leadership skills and RDBMS knowledge to drive the project to completion on time and within budget
- Program manager for a department of 60+ technical and business analyst resources participating in complex cross department projects involving DB2 applications
- Used organization and communication skills to successfully setup a cadence for running cross department quarterly releases.
Education
PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner -
01.2017
BS in Computer Science (Cum Laude) -
Skills
- Agile PMI-ACP certified
- Meeting facilitation
- Stakeholder Management
- Backlog management
- Agile Best Practices
- Project Management
- Scrum processes
- Experienced Agile scrum master (Scrum/SAFe)
- Agile coach and trainer
- Jira
- 15 years in traditional project management
- Leadership
- Trainer/coach/mentor
- Experienced building high performance teams
- First Line Manager (4 years)
- Complex team problem solving
- Driving organizational change
- Sprint Planning
Timeline
Scrum Master/Agile Coach
Liberty Mutual
01.2020 - Current
Agile Coach/Mentor
IBM
01.2015 - 01.2016
Agile Scrum Master/Agile Coach
IBM
01.2010 - 01.2020
Agile Scrum Master
IBM
01.2010 - 01.2014
Project Manager/Program Manager
IBM
01.2000 - 01.2009
PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner -
BS in Computer Science (Cum Laude) -
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