Sharon Mah Gwan
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Team-oriented individual with about 5 years of promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows. Professional Scrum Master1 with definitive leadership qualities and strong critical thinking and decision making skills. Mission-focused scrum master with extensive experience coaching and mentoring highly skilled teams.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Capital One
Santa Monica, CA
02.2021 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Identified innovative and automated approaches to routine tasks, making suggestions that were widely received.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling parties to meet and discuss project progress.
- Change from the waterfall to Agile mindset
Scrum Master
Walmart
San Diego , CA
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
- Removed obstacles by finding right personnel to advance tasks and projects.
- Assessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
- Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
Scrum Master
JP Morgan Chase
LOS ANGELES, California
02.2017 - 05.2019
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
Education
Bachelor Of Management Studies - Business Administration And Management
University of Bamenda
Cameroon 12.2016
Skills
- Customer Communication
- Work Organizing and Prioritizing
- Collaborative Team Work
- Training Junior Team Members
- Continuous Deployment
- Acceptance Criteria
- Sprint Planning
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Scrum Methodology
- External Communications
Certification
Professional scrum master1
Languages
English,French
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Scrum Master
Capital One
02.2021 - Current
Scrum Master
Walmart
06.2019 - 01.2021
Scrum Master
JP Morgan Chase
02.2017 - 05.2019
Bachelor Of Management Studies - Business Administration And Management
University of Bamenda
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