Stefan Gorman
Indianapolis,IN
Summary
Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist and Project Manager experienced in guiding scrum teams in delivering value to stakeholders
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master/Project Manager
BCforward
09.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Eli Lilly, a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world
- Project Manager and Scrum Master for Lilly Information Security, Manufacturing & Quality, and Patient Data systems
- Proficient in JIRA Cloud/Lucid Suite/Roadmunk/MS Project/ProChain/PCE
- Facilitate Scrum Ceremonies: Lead and facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions
- Coach the Team: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by coaching team members on Agile best practices, Scrum principles, and DevOps processes
- Remove Obstacles: Act as a servant leader to identify and remove any impediments that may hinder team progress, ensuring smooth sprint execution
- Collaborate with Product Owners: Work closely with product owners to ensure that the product backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and refined to meet team capacity and sprint goals
- Promote Agile/DevOps Integration: Support the integration of Agile methodologies with DevOps practices, ensuring that the teams can achieve efficient delivery pipelines and maintain high-quality standards
- Foster Team Communication: Encourage open communication and collaboration among development, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and timelines
- Track Metrics: Track and report on Agile metrics such as sprint velocity, burn-down charts, and other performance indicators to ensure transparency and continuous improvement
- Drive Continuous Improvement: Facilitate retrospectives and help the team reflect on past sprints to identify areas of improvement in both their Agile processes and technical delivery
- Provide Coaching and Training: Deliver training and coaching on Agile/Scrum methodologies to new team members and stakeholders as needed
- Eli Lilly, a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world
Property Investor
Indianapolis
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Managed all aspects of home restoration projects, including property acquisition, top-to-bottom renovation, and resale for profit
- Coordinated subcontractors, secured permits, hired resources, and supervised all project work
Digital Manager
WISH-TV
Indianapolis
03.2018 - 12.2019
- Managed social media team tasked with creating valuable content for WISH-TV that effectively translated to our digital and broadcast platforms
- Responsible for the daily story coverage plans communication and coordination to all newsroom stakeholders including producers, digital producers, reporters, photojournalists and management
- Monitor performance measurement platforms to discover content that is performing well for other news stations and incorporate similar content on our website and other social media channels
- Directed alert pushes to mobile devices for weather alerts, traffic issues and other breaking news
Content Manager
WFAA TV
Dallas/Ft. Worth
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Managed Content Editors and Digital Producers to curate content for WFAA's digital and broadcast platforms
- Ensured an aggressive, comprehensive approach to win at every opportunity to engage our audience with the most timely and compelling story content
- Lead the daily newsroom editorial meetings, including presentation of must-cover on air content, aggregation of reporter story pitches, and all social media elements
- Actively engaged performance measurement platforms Chartbeat and Crowdtangle to monitor popular content among other TEGNA owned stations
- Coordinated and communicated daily story coverage plans to all newsroom stakeholders including producers, digital producers and management
- Assigned Content Editors and Digital Producers to take turns on WFAA's social media response team each day to respond to audience complaints, concerns and story pitches
- Generated numerous story ideas each day through routine cultivation of social media, community contacts and research
- Worked with all other news managers to coordinate daily news operations
- A leading news organization in Dallas/Ft
- Worth providing news coverage across multiple platforms
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Radio, Television and Film
University of North Texas
01.1999
Skills
- Project management
- Agile Methodology
- Sprint planning
- Agile coaching
- Scrum processes
- Leading scrum meetings
Certification
- CSM
- SA
- SSM
- SDP
- POPM
- SASM
Professional Development
Poynter workshop, Learn apps to use to enhance digital engagement with the audience.
Timeline
Scrum Master/Project Manager
BCforward
09.2021 - Current
Property Investor
01.2020 - 07.2021
Digital Manager
WISH-TV
03.2018 - 12.2019
Content Manager
WFAA TV
01.2016 - 01.2018
- CSM
- SA
- SSM
- SDP
- POPM
- SASM
Bachelor of Arts - Radio, Television and Film
University of North Texas
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