Sunaiya Yiapan

• · Facilitated Scrum Events
• · Tracked and communicated team velocity in Burn down charts and sprint/release progress
• · Empowered the team to self-organize
• · Identified and removed impediments and prevented distractions.
• · Coordinated with Stakeholders and product owner on meeting sprint objectives
• · Managed timely communication between various internal and external stakeholders and built positive working relationships
• · Helped the team inspect and adapt process.
• · Proactive identification & escalation of risks to stakeholders.

• Worked with product owner to prioritize and refine user Stories in the Product Backlog in preparation of sprint planning.
• Coached scrum teams on how to scale agile to enterprise level; team to program and portfolio levels using Scaled Agile Framework.
• Worked with development team to decompose User Stories
• Facilitated scrum ceremonies for 2-week sprint cycles emphasizing on continual improvement.
• Ensured team is practicing core agile principles of self-direction, collaboration, business prioritization, team accountability, and transparency, toward consistent delivery of working product.
• Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
• Leveraged Burndown and team velocity charts to improve backlog estimates and product plans
• Applied creative techniques in scrum ceremonies to coach development teams transitioning to scrum in understanding and practicing Agile methods.

• Provided results-based strategic guidance, leadership, management and capacity building to the HDC team
• Responsible for strategic planning in line with long-term vision of the organization
• Represented the organization corporately, managed and influenced significant external relationships
• Coordinated with Country Directors to to plan, implement and fundraise for the program
• Developed capacity of the Humanitarian Support teams to respond to emergencies
• Integrate Disaster Risk Reduction strategies into project approach

Effectively managed the day-to-day efficient management of IFDC Washington DC Office and supported all program operations