Mark Abbott
Scrum Master
Twin Cities, MN,WI
Summary
Seasoned IT Leader lends unique oversight for critical info technology programs. Resourceful, tech-savvy approach honed over more than 20 years toward handling complex software projects. Lends experienced knack for IT planning, release management, troubleshooting and maintenance. Provides expert navigation to avoid risk associated with cost, allocation and technical considerations. Innovative and driven with passion for delivering high-quality work. Detail-oriented and focused on maintaining organization and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Scrum Master
Prime Therapeutics
Eagan, MN
10.2020 - Current
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement over 2 separate teams.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Participate in SAFE events and actively engaged in program increment planning
- Improved team velocity by over 30% through incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
Application Development Team Lead
Prime Therapeutics LLC
Eagan, MN
07.2015 - 10.2020
- Supervised aspects of development teams such as hiring, training, salary administration and remedial assignments.
- Defined project-wide performance metrics such as developmental milestones, timeline goals and required completion dates.
- Provided technical leadership of development for over 15 simultaneous application projects.
- Explained project technical risks and benefits during project kick-off.
- Spearheaded technical discussion roundtables to track progress and optimize future resource distribution.
- Designed best practice documentation for development.
Sr. Developer/Analyst
Green Tree Servicing
St. Paul, MN
12.2010 - 07.2015
- Manage common IT processes, including SDLC and Agile. Work with multiple internal and external groups to gather requirements, create designs, and facilitate testing and implementation
- Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Collaborate across multiple teams on large projects to ensure smooth implementation of large cross-functional software
- Managed large software migration of over 1.2 million accounts with minimal errors and zero downtime
- Created import and export reusable utilities objects for external sensitive data
- Design and create SQL stored procedures and applications
Release and Implementation Technical Lead/Engineer
Target Corporation
Minneapolis, MN
10.2008 - 12.2010
- Results Leadership: Drives for Results Award winner Q3 2010
- Managed a team of 3 on-shore and 8 off-shore contract developers
- Technical lead for deployment of multiple cross platform projects including: 3D Distribution Management, Domestic Transportation and Target.com Fulfillment Centers; with team members in United States and India
- Collaborated and designed a multi-tier non-production environment that now models for other large non-production areas
- Managed multiple annual software releases of 40-50 projects or to over 40 Distribution Centers per release
- Implemented Distribution Center schedule deployment process that reduced confirmation time by 22% and decreased reschedule requests by 97%
- Created and delivered process and training materials to 250 team members for Business Partner Testing, Defect Step-by-steps, and project dashboards
- Successfully managed large source code migration effort from PVS Dimensions to Microsoft Team Foundation Servers
- Created an interactive, full-service SharePoint site as single communication point for all testing activities.
Education
BA - Computer Information Systems
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN 09.2003 - 12.2006
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Computer Programmer
Academy Education Center
Bloomington, MN 09.1997 - 07.1999
Skills
- Project Management
- Training and mentoring
- Customer interaction & support
- Project planning and development
- Advanced problem solving
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Excellent Communication
- Scrum methodology
- Agile frameworks
- Version Control Management
- Hardware and software installation
- Technical design documentation
- Solution mock-ups
- Agile Development
Quality assurance
Development team trainings
DevOps
Database programming
Agile
Code reviews
Software applications
Programming
Leading teams
Managing releases
Supporting operations
Scheduling releases
Collaborating with stakeholders
Technical Analysis
Software Development
SQL integration
Work Availability
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Quote
The supernatural is the natural not yet explained.
Elbert Hubbard
Timeline
Scrum Master
Prime Therapeutics
10.2020 - Current
Application Development Team Lead
Prime Therapeutics LLC
07.2015 - 10.2020
Sr. Developer/Analyst
Green Tree Servicing
12.2010 - 07.2015
Release and Implementation Technical Lead/Engineer
Target Corporation
10.2008 - 12.2010
BA - Computer Information Systems
Metropolitan State University
09.2003 - 12.2006
Associate of Applied Science Degree - Computer Programmer
Academy Education Center
09.1997 - 07.1999