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Taylah Martin

Waldorf,MD

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master

Acuity Inc.
02.2021 - 09.2023
  • 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.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Effectively manage conflicting personalities within and across teams.
  • Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management.
  • Applying Agile scrum in small, medium, and large-project teams in an enterprise environment.
  • Successfully coached and mentored scrum teams to bring them to levels of maturity, making the teams self-organizing and cross-functional.
  • Served as Scrum Master for the project and ensures team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery with some support from coaches
  • Facilitate team meetings and teamwork to continual improvement of teams agile practices
  • Strong ability to balance data with other factors when making decision, ability to integrate agile principles and work products
  • Ability to work effectively in cross functional team environment, and able to balance workload and prioritizes effectively. Able to manage self and time to meet commitments
  • In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle process which includes Waterfall, Rational Unified Process methodology (RUP) and Agile-Scrum.


  • Active participation in discovery sessions, interviews, prototyping, document-reviews, plan setup, plan configuration with clients.
  • Involved in Client interaction and support to the marketing team. User meetings resolve implementation and performance issue.
  • Successfully coordinated software release meetings with the Release Manager to release
  • Excellent communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders at all levels across the company to manage, inform and influence outcome

Scrum Master

GD Technology
07.2018 - 11.2021
  • 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.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines.
  • Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Worked across teams outside of engineering to find solutions and answers to issues encountered by engineering personnel.
  • Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Focused on developing more trusted and collaborative team environment were problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged with a complete focus on problem resolution
  • Facilitated discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution meetings
  • Assisted internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
  • Partnered with the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlogs
  • Successfully coordinated software release meetings with the Release Manager to release product software into pre-production and production.
  • Assisted the Development teams in support activities associated with acceptance testing, load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning as required.
  • Leading by example in a way that brought trust and confidence in the teams. Helping to identify team’s blind spots and helping navigate through conflicts in a way that brought peace among team members.
  • Mentored less experienced team members to adapt to scrum/agile best practices to deliver quality product in a complex project environment

Cybersecurity Analyst/ Scrum Master

Stratus Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2018
  • Created cybersecurity best practice communications to educate staff against known threats and potential vectors of attack.
  • Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
  • Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
  • Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
  • Authored security incident reports, highlighting breaches, vulnerabilities and remedial measures.


  • Analyzed data from alerts and logs and determine threat response
  • Developed and implemented security monitoring and response plan for a large environment
  • Taking threats from detection to mitigation
  • Write scripts to automate data collection and analysis
  • Helped lead projects and coordinate with other teams to produce better outcomes
  • Tested processes and recommended improvements
  • Create new software and/or tools to aid monitoring, analysis, data collection and other security initiatives

Education

High School Diploma -

Parkdale High School
Maryland
05.2016

Skills

  • Resource Allocation
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Sprint Planning
  • Public Speaking
  • Customer Interaction
  • Presentation Skills
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Schedule Management
  • Work Planning and Prioritization
  • Documentation and Reporting
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Relationship Building
  • Risk Analysis

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master

Timeline

Scrum Master

Acuity Inc.
02.2021 - 09.2023

Scrum Master

GD Technology
07.2018 - 11.2021

Cybersecurity Analyst/ Scrum Master

Stratus Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2018

High School Diploma -

Parkdale High School

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