Steffi Rubini
Lewisville
Summary
Dynamic Sr. Scrum Master with a proven track record at Bank of America, adept at enhancing team performance and transparency through Agile methodologies. Skilled in JIRA and fostering collaboration, I successfully reduced blockers by 50%, driving high-quality feature delivery and aligning project goals with business objectives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Scrum Master
Bank of America
Plano
12.2023 - Current
- Facilitated Agile Ceremonies for a Salesforce development team.
- Fostered a high performing team using Agile best principles and practices.
- Improve transparency using reporting charts like burndown/velocity/defects trend etc.
- Involved in assisting the Project Manager in planning, scheduling and controlling projects based on schedules and requirements outlined by business.
- Managed software development teams of 30+ members and coached multiple teams.
- Partnered with DevOps with focus on continuous integration & delivery (CI/CD).
- Monitored and tracked project progress, provided regular updates to stakeholders, and managed expectations regarding scope, timeline, and deliverable.
- Contributed in resource management, status-reporting, onsite-offshore liaison and managing cost & schedule.
- BoFA is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sr. Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Verizon
Dallas
02.2023 - 07.2023
- The main project here involved building Single Pane platform that uses Sales Force Development (cloud-based) to bring together multiple tools/platforms into 1 single SSO to eliminate need to swivel chair to multiple systems.
- Rendered hands on supervision and mentorship to a team which was entirely new to Agile Scrum Methodology.
- Managed dependencies between Salesforce teams and other enterprise platforms (ie. SAP, Workday, ServiceNow).
- Reduced number of blockers by 50% and increased the team’s ability to deliver high quality features by introducing using Scrum of Scrums (SoS).
- Monitored and tracked project progress, provided regular updates to stakeholders, and managed expectations regarding scope, timeline, and deliverable.
- Facilitated all Scrum Ceremonies (Planning, Refinement, Retrospective & Review) and monitored a Scrum/Kanban team involved in a large fast-paced program.
- Developed project plans, budgeting, schedule, work breakdown and communicated project status to leadership including dashboards for KPIs and metrics.
- Prioritized product backlog based on business value and team capacity.
- Verizon is a telecommunication conglomerate engaging in the provision of communication and entertainment products and services.
Sr. Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Bank of the West
CA
09.2020 - 01.2023
- The major projects here involved building ChatGPT AI, ingestion of data and curating it for reporting & analytical purposes using PowerBI.
- The implementation of CPRA wherein companies are required to extend personal information rights was another project that was spearheaded and went live in Jan 2023.
- Worked closely with the AI development team to ensure a clear understanding of the requirements and ensured delivery of high-quality AI products (ChatGPT/Chatbots).
- Helped team embrace core Agile values and principles managed cross-scrum team and cross-program/ART dependencies.
- Skilled in facilitating events (SAFe/Scrum/Kanban and facilitated ceremonies within a SAFe framework) to align ERP deliverables within business goals.
- Managed projects end to end and maintain/update project roadmap and vision.
- Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and making sure all stories met the Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD).
- Communicated team status/progress via Business reporting, Release and Sprint Burndown/Velocity/Defects charts to stakeholders/executive management.
- Bank of the West, a trade name used by BMO Harris Bank, is a financial services company, headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Scrum Master / Project Manager
Apple Leisure Group
Dallas
01.2019 - 05.2020
- As a Scrum Master for 4 separate teams, identified process changes required to accelerate development and remove major impediments.
- Maintained project schedules and identify impediments proactively through daily communication with Business, Product and Technology teams.
- Worked in an Agile development environment to design, create, improve, and maintain the Mobile Applications (iOS and Android) for the HTML Platform.
- Worked on SAFe framework with Release Train Engineer (RTE) to facilitate the ART events and processes and assist teams in delivering value; attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate dependencies across various other scrum teams in Agile Release train, Architects and System team for requirements.
- Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the product vision, prioritize and develop release planning.
- ALG is North America’s only vertically-integrated travel, hospitality, and leisure management that combines the expertise of 14 leading brands.
Project Manager
Texas Health Resources
Dallas
04.2017 - 12.2018
- This project is to develop, build and handle patient portal where patients could get personalized and secure online access to portions of their medical record.
- Guided and coached the team in Scrum/Agile principles and process improvement.
- Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs.
- Facilitated meetings to iron out blockers, conducted JAD sessions with Product Owner and stakeholders thus ensuring a healthy sprint progress.
- Maintained and reported on team’s relevant metrics and monitor team’s progress towards commitments.
- Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems in North Texas in terms of inpatients and outpatients served.
Project Manager
Siemens
Dubai
10.2011 - 12.2016
- The objective was to device a key strategy to implement to Plan – Build – Run system for its engineers for successful construction and operation of a high-voltage substation.
- Also involved in transition of teams from Waterfall to Agile methodology.
- Managed and tracked day-to-day activities of Web development teams for this $1.5 billion energy industry project from Waterfall to Agile methodologies.
- Proactively identified impediments and appropriately resolved using network of peers (Scrum of Scrums) and formal channels.
- Provided strong mentorship to team members and focused on continuous improvement.
- Siemens is a leading supplier for power generation and medical diagnosis.
Education
MBA -
PSG Institute of Management
01.2011
BCA -
Stella Maris College
Indiaia01.2009
Skills
- Communication & Collaboration
- Knowledge of SAFe
- Knowledge of LeSS
- JIRA
- TFS
- Rally
- Confluence
- SDLC
- HTML
- Salesforce
- API
- Android
- Time Management
- Team Work
- Communication Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Detail oriented
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance
Selected Highlights
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with 12+ years of experience
- Successfully led Salesforce migration from Classic to Lightning optimizing customer data
- Multi domain enterprise experience covering Bank, Energy, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Travel & Leisure industries.
- AI, Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, Adobe
Timeline
Sr. Scrum Master
Bank of America
12.2023 - Current
Sr. Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Verizon
02.2023 - 07.2023
Sr. Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Bank of the West
09.2020 - 01.2023
Scrum Master / Project Manager
Apple Leisure Group
01.2019 - 05.2020
Project Manager
Texas Health Resources
04.2017 - 12.2018
Project Manager
Siemens
10.2011 - 12.2016
MBA -
PSG Institute of Management
BCA -
Stella Maris College