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SEAN GRIFFIS

SEAN GRIFFIS

Scrum Master Agilist
Virginia Beach,VA

Summary

Certified Agile Professional with the Ability to Lead, Conduct, and Orchestrate Successful Developmental Operations. Known for consistently delivering Clever Solutions, He maintains a Strong Correspondence between Stakeholders, Upper-Management, and Clients in any given Organization. Applicant has excellent skills in: Communication, Leadership, Facilitation, and Collaboration. A Highly Efficient & Cross-Functional Professional, He takes Action, leaving competition in the dust. As the Major Advocate for his DevSquad, He’s an active listener, & leans back when it's time for his teams to self-organize. Effective with the Interactive Process & Workflow of his Forecasts and Future Projections. He Maintains Integrity & Authenticity in his Business relations. He Utilizes his Intuition in his relationships with his Affiliated Corporations, Operations, & Development Teams. He strives for the Ultimate in Customer Experience. Expansive, A Truly Dynamic & Growth-Oriented Individual.

  • Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
  • Well-versed in building positive 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.
  • To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Agile Business Analyst/Scrum Master

MAVEN SOLUTIONS
01.2021 - Current
  • Facilitate meetings with stakeholders and product team to gather information regarding the vision and requirements for rideshare apps (using Agile concepts and practices)
  • Facilitates all Scrum Ceremonies; Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinements, and Sprint Retrospective
  • Works with other Product Owners, Business Analysts, Product Managers, & Developers
  • Communicates with development teams to ensure there is shared understanding of what needs to be done to create the most amount of value in the least costly and timely manner
  • Protects development teams from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintains focus on product backlog
  • Uses software tools such as Jira, Miro, and Slack to document the requirements into a visual representation of steps taken to create value
  • Assist Product Owner during the backlog refinement stages
  • Decomposes features into smaller user stories in Jira and adds acceptance criteria
  • Helps other analysts and developers grasp scrum concepts
  • Aid web API tech writers with capabilities to document structured data in JSON and XML
  • Experience Validating Agility in Supply chain management
  • Well versed with skills in MS Visio, Sharepoint, Project, and JIRA
  • Craft Project Management plans according to dynamics of DevOP Flow.

Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Ionic Processors LLC
04.2019 - 01.2021
  • Work with stakeholders to understand the requirements and facilitate sessions with the team to help them understand the business needs
  • Facilitate all sprint cadences (Daily standups, Sprint planning, Backlog refinement, Sprint reviews, and Sprint retrospectives)
  • Continually adapt to market research inorder to learn about different products and increase business performance
  • Utilize comparative analysis to figure out solutions for the organization
  • Coordinate with upper management and internal stakeholders to identify impediments and implement iterative solutions to systems and processes to increase efficiency and accelerate time to done and done
  • Maintain collaborative channels with Business Partners, Top-Level Executives, & Upper Management.

Coach/Tutor

NEIU
06.2017 - 08.2019
  • Work with stakeholders to understand the requirements and facilitate sessions with the team to help them understand scholastic merit
  • Built solid relationships with intellectuals and clients to understand their needs and pain points to become a better servant leader
  • Collaborated with management and internal stakeholders to identify and implement changes to systems and processes to increase efficiency
  • Skilled facilitator, consistently demonstrates effective questioning techniques and ability to engage students and transfer knowledge
  • Taught applied mathematics at an accelerated learning pace
  • Measured progress and accomplishments of clients towards their academic achievements on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required
  • Collaborated with upper Management to develop strategies to increase effective learning techniques through mentorship.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

Northeastern Illinois University

Accomplishments

  • ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP) -ICAgile
  • Agile Team Facilitator (ICP-ATF) – ICAgile
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) – Scrum.org
  • SAFe Scrum Master Certification
  • Agile Masterclass, User Story Masterclass, Business Analyst Fundamentals Masterclass, Agile BA (IIBA Endorsed) Masterclass – The Agile Coach LLC
  • CORE SKILLS Frameworks: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban
  • Facilitate meetings and directives with stakeholders and accompanied Scrum Development teams
  • Excellent at collaborating between my Dev team, Stakeholders, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to create workable software applications
  • Technical Skills - Jira, Miro, MS Teams, Project, Azure, Visio, Sharepoint & ConfluenceDev DevOps
  • Soft Skills - Growth-Minded, Stakeholder Relations, Facilitation, Collaboration, Customer Relations,
  • Excellent Written & Verbal Communication, Public Speaking, Self-Starter, Adaptable.

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Release Planning
  • Forecasting and Planning
  • Business Software Applications
  • Information Flow Management
  • Agile and Scrum Environments
  • Process Flow Diagram Creation
  • Process Optimization
  • Analytical Tool Implementation
  • Product Development
  • Test Plans and Cases
  • Bug Fixes
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Team Leadership and Motivation
  • Meeting Planning
  • Team Mentorship

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Agile Team Facilitator (IC-ATF)
  • Agile Certified Professional (ICP)
  • Agile Business Analyst (IIBA Endorsed)

Interests

Agile

Scrumban

Kanban

Scrum planning

Scrum backlog

Timeline

Agile Business Analyst/Scrum Master - MAVEN SOLUTIONS
01.2021 - Current
Business Analyst/Scrum Master - Ionic Processors LLC
04.2019 - 01.2021
Coach/Tutor - NEIU
06.2017 - 08.2019
Northeastern Illinois University - Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
SEAN GRIFFISScrum Master Agilist