KURT TIEDEMANN

Led efforts of developing Lean Agile engineering and management best practices, metrics, and audit practices for software team of 15 members supporting US Air Force.

Provided coaching and mentoring at all levels to improve understanding and implementation of Agile practices.

Conducted Scrum team training, Lean Agile development training, product backlog and retrospective training.

Facilitated daily Scrum meetings, iteration/increment planning, regular Scrum ceremonies, and quarterly SAFe PI Planning team events.

Collected Agile data and analyzed related metrics for trends and indicators.

• Facilitated Scrum framework while overseeing fully remote and dispersed team of 10+ individuals across 5+ simultaneous clients and software projects.
• Worked closely with and listened to team members' feedback to escalate impediments and resolve conflicts.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other Scrum Masters to define solutions and deliver value.
• Standardized internal quality assurance practices and assisted with testing.

• Using Scrum practices, led engineering team to develop integration between two SaaS products, which increased customer engagement and long-term profitability.
• Established open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to internal stakeholders.
• Facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Performed quality assurance testing to verify completion of work.
  Managed communication with customers regarding status of features, risks and dependencies.