Russell Perlow
Burlington
Summary
Experienced Scrum Master and Software Engineer with a strong Agile mindset. Recognized for promoting team collaboration, optimizing workflows, and consistently delivering high-quality software solutions. Proficient in facilitating communication between technical teams and stakeholders to ensure successful project implementation and maximize value delivery.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master II
Wingbrace
05.2025 - Current
- Acted as a Proxy Product Owner between Product Owners and Development Leads, ensuring backlog clarity and alignment, which reduced sprint planning time by 87.5% and improved delivery confidence
- Collected and analyzed key agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, throughput) to identify delivery trends, enabling data-driven forecasting and a 25% increase in estimation accuracy across sprints
- Facilitated all Scrum events for two cross-functional teams, driving team engagement and accountability, resulting in a reduction in rollover work and more consistent sprint velocity
- Coached team members on agile principles and practices, accelerating team maturity and collaboration, which led to an improvement in on-time delivery and stronger cross-functional alignment
Scrum Master
Wingbrace
08.2021 - 05.2025
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
- Provided strategic coaching to team members focused on process optimization and best practices to drive business growth increasing team output by nearly 30%
- Managed development across multiple mission critical teams, with 100% target completion rate on all projects
- Bridged requirements across cross-functional teams of varying technical expertise for clear, efficient communication
- Led business process development for team expansion and implemented scalable practices to enhance project efficiency and growth
Software Engineer
Wingbrace
06.2020 - 01.2023
- Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes
- Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and progress
- Designed and implemented scalable applications for data extraction and analysis
Education
Bachelor of Science - Game Design, Minor in Mobile App Development
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY05.2020
Skills
- Agile Metrics Tracking & Continuous Improvement
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Project Management Skills
- Resource Allocation
- Client Requirement Evaluation
- Presentation Skills
- Software Development Management
- Risk Assessment
- Stakeholder Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Relationship Building
- Software Development
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Inc. - 2022-08
- Six Sigma White Belt, C.S.S.C - 2025-03
Timeline
Scrum Master II
Wingbrace
05.2025 - Current
Scrum Master
Wingbrace
08.2021 - 05.2025
Software Engineer
Wingbrace
06.2020 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Game Design, Minor in Mobile App Development
Rochester Institute of Technology
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