Lesley Maramba
Little Elm,TX
Summary
Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, facilitating 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. Mission-focused Scrum Master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams. Well-versed in building positive team relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong requirements gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities. Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects with excellent planning competencies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Agile Scrum Master
ICG
Irvine, CA
04.2021 - Current
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding.
- Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.
- Led all sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and daily scrums with the development team resulting in product features that reached 4 million users
Scrum Master
Ladera And Mednet Technologies
LITTLE ELM, TX
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Implemented Issues Tracking in Version One to effectively track impediments against user stories.
- Coached team to higher levels of scrum maturity at sustainable pace helping to improve customer satisfaction by 22%
Built trusting and safe environment where problems could be raised without fear of blame improving employee retention by 9%
Project Scrum Master
Genpact
Richardson, TX
02.2015 - 05.2018
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Implemented Issues Tracking in Version One to effectively track impediments against user stories.
- Successfully guided three development teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development.
- Introduced & taught Scrum, functional testing, performance testing, test case management & product backlog management.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
- Romoted empowerment of the teams and encouraged at sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team which improved employee retention by 7%
- Conducted Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings. Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
- Coached and empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionally.
Scum Master
Chase
Dallas, TX
03.2009 - 03.2015
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Implemented agile methodologies using Scrum framework throughout the organization from executives to software to marketing across 65 employees
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling parties to meet and discuss project progress.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Maintained storyboards, organized charts within JIRA and influenced best practices to team
- Held retrospective meetings to guide cross functional teams improving future sprints for success
- Mediated conflicts, fostering team and coached individuals improving team dynamics
Education
MBA - Strategic Leadership
Amberton University
Garland, TX12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Merchandising And Buying Operations
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA05.2008
Skills
- Development team trainings
- Facilitating
- Multitasking Abilities
- Self-Motivated
- Decision Making
- Dependable and Responsible
- Advanced problem solving support
- Individual and Small Group Instruction
- Organization and Planning Skills
- Building Confidence through Positive Reinforcement
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Building Rapport and Trust
- Encouraging and Motivating Team
- Performance Improvement
- Coaching and mentoring
Certification
Scrum Master Accredited Certification
Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification SPOAC
Agile Leadership Scrum Master Certification SLAC
Timeline
Agile Scrum Master
ICG
04.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
Ladera And Mednet Technologies
06.2018 - 03.2021
Project Scrum Master
Genpact
02.2015 - 05.2018
Scum Master
Chase
03.2009 - 03.2015
MBA - Strategic Leadership
Amberton University
Bachelor of Science - Merchandising And Buying Operations
Louisiana Tech University