Sullivan Ashu
Dallas,TX
Summary
SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) with a background in mortgage underwriting and eight years of direct experience as a dedicated servant-leader capable of delivering valuable working software and Web development projects to their users on time, by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading, and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Leading the adoption of Agile best practices, removing impediments, and fostering self-management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Ripple Logics
Dallas, TX
06.2018 - Current
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Created and maintained sprint backlog in Jira
- Motivating team to work towards continuous improvement and deliver shippable products that deliver business value in every sprint.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Facilitated sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand up, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Scrum Master
Eliassen Group
Plano, TX
01.2016 - 06.2018
- Scheduled backlog grooming meetings to refine product backlog items.
- Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
- Practiced Scaled Agile (SAFE) while reporting work/release updates to and collaborating with Release Train Engineer in Program Increment planning.
- Communicated team’s status/progress via release/sprint Burndown charts, Story Acceptance rate and defects to make sure stake holders are aware on what is going on.
- Fostered proper communication and protected team from external interference.
- Conducted daily scrum stand up, sprint planning, product backlog, sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings.
Jr Scrum Master
NewWave Telecom & Technologies, Inc
Elkridge, MD
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning session.
- Provided leadership, direction, and coaching team to encourage adoption of good agile practices.
- Worked with product owners to prioritize, validate User Stories and identify channels for improvement.
- Monitored project progress and radiated information to stake holders.
- Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking issues/problems, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
- Focused on developing more trusting and collaborative team environment where problems could be raised without fear of blame or being judged with complete focus on problem resolution.
Education
BBA - Management Information Systems
University of Soa
Yaounde , Cameroon12.2013
Skills
- Jira
- Lean
- SDLC
- Kanban
- SAFe Agile
- Confluence
- Facilitation
- Reporting
- Release Planning
- Coaching/Mentoring
- Servant Leadership
- Agile transformation
- Waterfall Methodology
Certification
SAFe 5.1
Timeline
Scrum Master
Ripple Logics
06.2018 - Current
Scrum Master
Eliassen Group
01.2016 - 06.2018
Jr Scrum Master
NewWave Telecom & Technologies, Inc
01.2014 - 01.2016
BBA - Management Information Systems
University of Soa