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Robert Bradley

Middle River,MD

Summary

Proven Scrum Master/Business Analyst with a track record of enhancing team efficiency and productivity at Leidos through expert Agile coaching and meticulous project management. Skilled in fostering high-performance teams and improving processes, evidenced by successful Agile and Scrum framework implementations. Excels in requirements gathering and public speaking, driving projects to successful completion.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Scrum Master/Business Analyst/Manual Tester

Leidos
10.2022 - Current
  • Stood up the EAZE. Breakers and ARIS teams, providing the necessary training and coaching needed for them to understand and succeed in an agile environment.
  • Coached the Breakers, EAZE and ARIS teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum/Kanban methodologies for project management.
  • Facilitated Agile frameworks – sprint and Product Increment planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with Product Increment and Sprint goals.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Managed the product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
  • Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings with the team.
  • Mentored junior team members on Scrum best practices, fostering their professional growth within the organization.
  • Assessed and analyzed customer requirements to develop User Stories and product features.
  • Wrote and executed Structured Query Language (SQL) to verify that the data in the mainframe records was correctly loaded into the DB2 tables.

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Peraton
05.2020 - 09.2022
  • Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
  • Worked with the Life-cycle Center of Excellence team to provide guidance on agile practices and create or provide trainings on Agile best practices.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Brought ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation, theater and so on to help the team become a high-performance team.
  • Developed tasks and tests for the development and validation team to record their development and testing activities for each sprint.
  • Used VersionOne extensively to write user stories, analyze the Iteration Burn Down charts, monitor task completion, and review defects.

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Northrop Grumman
05.2014 - 05.2020
  • Created detailed user stories for system enhancements, leading to improved functionality and user satisfaction.
  • Managed stakeholder expectations through transparent communication and timely status updates, ensuring alignment between project deliverables and business objectives.
  • Conducted gap analyses to identify discrepancies between current and desired states, leading to actionable recommendations.
  • Developed tasks and tests for the development and validation teams to record their development and testing activities for each sprint.
  • Developed User Interface requirements for the ECMS Reconsideration project. These requirements outlined and gave specifics on the Java Server Pages functionality as well as the screen edits that would be needed.
  • Analyzed and prepared presentations for the Office of Earnings, Enumerations and Administrative Systems (OEEAS) Requirements Process Workgroup (RPW) to implement the OEEAS Detailed Functional Requirements Document (DFR) template into the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Tool.
  • Interfaced with the Deputy Commissioner of Systems (DCS) Planning to evaluate the user requirements for the Investment Management Tool (IMT) application.
  • Implemented the reporting features as well as gave presentations to management which outlined the features and work-arounds for the ALM tool. This allowed OEEAS to initiate pilot groups to begin testing the configuration and DFR template developed by the RPW group.
  • Interfaced with the product owner ensuring that the user stories matched the product owner’s objectives.
  • Developed the Technical Process Reports, Weekly Status Reports as well as analyzed burn down rates for the task.
  • Performed employee evaluations as well as performed mentoring of employees to aid in their professional growth.
  • Managed employee task assignments to verify that each project had sufficient coverage and skill sets. Additionally, the resource allocation could not over or under burn the funds allocated for the projects.
  • Created a Quality Control sub team to monitor and review the product deliverables. This guaranteed that the work products delivered achieved the highest quality prior to the delivery to the customer.

Business Analyst/Java Developer/Manual Tester

Lockheed Martin
09.2003 - 05.2014
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.
  • Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
  • Improved business processes by analyzing current practices and recommending optimization strategies.
  • Created and updated of Pathing charts for the Appointed Representative (AR) Phase 2 project.
  • Documented new services for the Appointed Representative Web Service.
  • Created updates for the Detailed Functional Requirements (DFR) document for the Appointed Representative Web Service which included gathering and updating requirements, Pathing charts and Use Cases using Unified Modeling Language (UML) in Visio.
  • Assisted the Work Order Managers with the creation of the Technical Process Report, and Weekly Status Reports as well as peer reviewing the Work Order Work Plans.
  • Updated the Burn Rate Report with the hours burned for the reporting period.
  • Developed SharePoint websites for both the Peer Awards committee and for the Office of Systems Electronic Services Government to Government division.
  • Developed the associated user guide to aid end users in using and maintaining the Office of Systems Electronic Services Government to Government division's new SharePoint website.
  • Served as the Quality Control representative ensuring team work products and documentation complied with Lockheed Martin and the Capability Maturity Model 3.
  • Created the Work Order Work Plan and associated replans, provided input for the MOR reports and identification of risks and there mitigation plans.
  • Gathered requirements and updated the detailed Functional Requirements document for the Internet 3368 web application.
  • Assisted in interviewing and hiring of new candidates for mainframe developer positions.
  • Participated in management meetings to develop staffing and implementation strategies as well as discuss risks and opportunities.
  • Developed the Detailed Functional Requirements document for the i3368 and 3368Pro web applications.
  • Developed Java Server Pages (JSP), Java classes, Property files and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for the i3368 and 3368Pro web applications.
  • Developed and updated for the i3368 and 3368Pro web applications.
  • Coded Schema's, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Style sheet Language (XSL) and XML Path Language (XPath) in support of the Claim Data Web Service (CDWS) and Web Service Change of Address (SCOA) applications.
  • Developed a new Management Information (MI) report for Medical Provider Files for i3368. This involved designing the MI report in the JReport utility and incorporating the SQL and Java Scripts into the report which queried the database, summed and sorted the output into an Excel spreadsheet.
  • Performed analysis of the Crystal Reports front end reporting to convert from databases from Access to DB2.
  • Analyzed the COBOL mainframe back end systems.
  • Developed the Detailed Functional Requirements document which details the systems specifications and business requirements for the Access to DB2 conversion.
  • Performed analysis and developed code for the onetime conversion process using Visual Basic 6, Job Control Language (JCL) and COBOL to convert the Access databases to DB2.
  • Performed validation and testing of the Medicare applications for the Division of Quality, Testing and Validation (DQTV).
  • Created test plans for use in the validation of the application and reporting of the bugs to Quality Center.

COBOL Programmer/Business Analyst

Farmers Insurance Group
12.1992 - 09.2003
  • Maintained Visual Basic 6 applications that download policy writing data from the main frame and loaded to SQL Server data bases. Also maintain applications that print endorsements, cancellations using Crystal Reports.
  • Provided support for the Agency download & Claims Reporting systems. The systems use Visual Basic 6 to manage data on the server either copying or renaming/deleting files based on the server's needs. I also support COBOL mainframe programs that write to and from MQ to a server. The server, using Floe2386 language to edit, create reports, and fires off the Transfer manager utility which transmits our data to the clients mail boxes on the Ivans servers.
  • Maintained and supported the Statistical-Premium recording groups programs as well as performed on call duties for the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly as well as annual jobs using COBOL ,DB2, CICS & JCL.
  • Created reports for Data-Calls as requested by Individual State insurance departments. Supplied reports to sister companies on an as needed basis.
  • Coordinated and tested Premium Edit programs for Year 2000.
  • Strengthened team dynamics and productivity through active participation in regular meetings, sharing expertise, and providing constructive feedback on colleagues'' work.
  • Enhanced overall system stability with thorough analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, and maintenance of new or modified mainframe applications using COBOL programming languages.
  • Ensured accurate data processing for financial transactions by creating well-structured COBOL programs.
  • Increased system reliability by proactively identifying potential issues and implementing necessary fixes within the existing COBOL infrastructure.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Towson University
Baltimore, MD
05.1989

Skills

Agile Metrics Tracking

Agile Coaching

Project Management

Sprint Planning

Scrum Framework Expertise

Software Development Lifecycle

Kanban Knowledge

Backlog Grooming

User Story Creation

Retrospective Analysis

Agile Best Practices

Meeting facilitation

Requirements Gathering

Public Speaking

Timeline

Scrum Master/Business Analyst/Manual Tester

Leidos
10.2022 - Current

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Peraton
05.2020 - 09.2022

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Northrop Grumman
05.2014 - 05.2020

Business Analyst/Java Developer/Manual Tester

Lockheed Martin
09.2003 - 05.2014

COBOL Programmer/Business Analyst

Farmers Insurance Group
12.1992 - 09.2003

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Towson University

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