SASH KURCISKI
LINCOLN,NE
Summary
Driven Advanced Certified Scrum Master bringing over 17 years of IT industry experience. Coordinates and guides sprint planning and collaborates with team members to address resource allocation. Proven history of developing and implementing improvements to streamline workflows. Focused, proactive and attentive to changing company, customer and project demands. Well-coordinated in keeping teams motivated and on-task to meet aggressive deadlines.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Auction Technology Group
03.2022 - 08.2023
- Created agile teams and fostered an agile environment
- Managed and fully transitioned all technology teams from Jira on-prem to Jira Cloud solution
- Managed complex project portfolio for external client
- Filled in as a Product Manager on multiple occasions by creating epics and user stories with detailed info for the delivery teams to consume
- Facilitated and led Product Management sessions with clients and stakeholders to gather requirements
- Facilitated and led quarterly planning sessions with technology and product teams
- Ran design sprints and prioritized backlogs
- Planned and designed product roadmaps and resource allocation
- Facilitated all agile ceremonies at the technology, client or stakeholder and leadership levels
- Assessed Scrum maturity of team and identified areas for improvement and further training
- Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, grooming, sprint reviews, demos at the corporate level, and retrospectives
- Acted as a servant leader for teams by removing obstacles and with coaching of such
- Increased team efficiency by coaching, having one on one with each team member to understand what is working and what is not
- Introduced and maintained Team Health Surveys for all the technology teams to assess challenges, pain points, areas of opportunity, etc.
Scrum Master
Nelnet INC
12.2017 - 03.2022
- Took initiative and applied innovation in improving work processes
- Enabled team to become self-organized and self-managed through consistent coaching
- Facilitated collaborative work, team assignments and discussion and handled resource allocation and decision-making
- Assessed Scrum maturity of team and identified areas for improvement and further training
- Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, grooming, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives
- Increased team efficiency by 30% by inspiring motivation and changes for quality and timeliness
- Collaborates with software engineers to optimize a legacy student loan system
- Participates in the design and implementation of a new, robust, cloud student loan platform.
IT Business Analyst Quality Assurance
Nelnet INC
05.2009 - 11.2017
- Used multiple tools like SQL, I Series, X-Analyses, etc
- Converted loans from different Clients on system and support
- Authored complex functional and system-level test plans, test cases and test reports for use in Consumer Loans development process
- Identified inefficiencies in business processes and recommended improved policies
- Delivered Consumer Loans software solutions consistent with product roadmap, release plan milestones and key performance indicators
- Authored automated scripts for programmers to adjudicate systems and increase performance
- Successfully completed mentoring Scrum Master Program with an Agile Coach
- Worked as a Scrum Master prior to obtaining SM Certifications.
Team Leader
Nelnet. INC
11.2005 - 05.2009
- Leading the Inventory and Quality Controls Teams
- Working on various controls reports, disputes, updating procedures, special projects, contacting external entities to obtain additional information for various projects, preparing documents for internal and external audits, provide training on financial applications for remote hosting, etc
- COD (Common Origination and Disbursement) Onboarding Business Analyst
- Working with COD and FSA (Federal Student Aid) on various projects
- Creating multiple reports using SQL access based on business needs
- Preparing documents for internal, external and FSA and Department of Education audits.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton, EnglandSkills
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master
- Project Management
- Conflict resolution
- Task delegation
- Resource coordination
- Stakeholder relations
- Cultural awareness
- Task prioritization
- Mentoring Skills
Certification
Advanced Certified Scrum Master - License # 000725115
Certified Scrum Master - License # 000725115
Timeline
Scrum Master/Project Manager
Auction Technology Group
03.2022 - 08.2023
Scrum Master
Nelnet INC
12.2017 - 03.2022
IT Business Analyst Quality Assurance
Nelnet INC
05.2009 - 11.2017
Team Leader
Nelnet. INC
11.2005 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
University of Southampton
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