Certified Scrum Master experienced in the field of technological innovation for the past ten years, leading development teams in the Agile environment for 7+ years. Hands-on experience in leading development global teams to create high-value products. I complete tasks in a high-pressure and fast-paced working environment with a positive attitude and good cross-team cooperation and communication skills. I’m a passionate advocate and practitioner of the 5 Scrum Values and everything I do, or I encourage the teams I’m
coaching to do, is in line with them.
Leading the scrum processes and various scrum meetings for clients across a broad range of industries.
Partner closely with other cross-functional departments to work on process problems and challenges that affect customer satisfaction in the implementation of projects.
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, identify and remove impediments to success, track progress, and recognize opportunities for continuous improvement.
Assessed the Agile maturity of the teams and offered coaching at a pace that is sustainable. Worked with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests.
Implemented effective Agile programs and recommended complex and highly comprehensive training modifications as necessary.·
Ensured that the tasks are organized in a way that worked for the whole team, also focusing on continuous improvement.
Acted as a Scrum Master for two distributed teams part of the BIDA Value Stream. Worked with Business Intelligence and Data Analytics teams, coaching them through their journey to become more productive and focused on E2E value.
Facilitated together with the other SMs/RTEs the SAFe ceremonies (PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Continuous Improvements workshops).
Completed a senior project in Agile and used Scrum methodology to develop multiple company projects.
Acting as Scrum Master for two distributed component teams (part of B2B Value Stream) with a focus on facilitating team decision making and self-organization.
Coached team members and management to adhere to the Agile mindset by emphasizing Scrum Values.
Worked in a SAFe framework and being involved in all the required rituals such as PI Planning, Retrospective & Review, SoS and VSSoS. Collaborated closely with RTEs and other Scrum Masters within or outside B2B VS.
Supported two co-located teams (composed of React Native developers and QA automation engineers) in building a new mobile app for Android and iOS. Coached the Development Team and PO towards a more mature Agile mindset with a focus on the 5 Scum Values.
Involved with new Retrospective techniques and Sprint Planning approaches that would challenge the status quo in the team and would create more room for improvement and transparency.
Started an initiative towards vertical Feature teams with management and representatives from different teams.
Directed, coached, and supported two distributed Scrum teams and also the company in the Agile transformation process for a global Checkout project.
Collaborated with the other Scrum Masters in the department towards the Agile transformation with a focus eliminating wasteful processes and bringing more transparency. Organized and coordinated quarterly face-to-face meetings with people from all locations (40+ people) where team members were located.
Acted as a change agent, challenging the status quo in doing things – with a special focus on breaking down the silos between QAs-Devs-designers and working more towards cross-functionality; improving the way teams are organized and moved from component-teams towards-feature teams thus focusing more on product delivery covering all technical layers and reducing the artificial dependencies caused by the way we're structured.
Acted as Scrum Master for two distributed component teams with a focus on guiding them towards improving the way they work.
Worked in a Scrum of Scrums setup using the Nexus Framework with other component teams including middleware and rules engine delivery teams.
Collaborated with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization; Experience with SAFe Release Train.
Coached the development team in estimating items and breaking them down into subtasks.
Provided coaching to the Product Owner in maintaining and ordering the product backlog. Managed to assist the development team in creating high-value products.
Created information radiators for the team and other stakeholders regarding the teams’ progress during the sprint/release.
Built QA teams within the company, managing the function and direction of the QA teams and providing regular direction, mentoring, and coaching to QA team members.
Ensured the success of the team’s manual and automation efforts, owning QA environments across all products.
Closely collaborated with the development team to define the optimal solution for each platform.
MIJN Tele2 is a mobile subscription app for customers in the Netherlands, providing features for account management, bill payment, and customer support.
The team led development towards achieving goals and improving app quality, resulting in a positive user rating and increased user numbers.
The project demonstrated improved collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and a scalable architecture, leading to successful releases and increased user base.
Led a core-product domain for Adidas, managing vendor transitions to ensure full coverage across all brands and markets.
Facilitated workshops to enhance Agile/Scrum knowledge and collaboration among team members across multiple locations (Amsterdam, Herzogenaurach, Sofia, Lviv, Pune).
Reorganized team structures to adopt an E2E approach, improving value delivery to stakeholders and fostering collaboration.
Education
B.S. Public Administration
'Spiru Haret' University
SAFe Scaling Agile training, 2016; Mike Cohn - Let Go of Knowing, 2016; Robust Scrum Master (Udemy), 2016; PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP); Exam Prep (Trilex), 2015; Project Management: The Basics for Success(Coursera), 2015; The Art of Negotiation (Coursera), 2015; Effective Problem-Solving and DecisionMaking (Coursera), 2015; Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity (Coursera), 2015; Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management - University of Virginia by Coursera, 2015
Training / Courses
Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II); PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP); SAFe 4.0 Agilist; Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I); Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I); Professional Scrum Developer I (PSD I); ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level; Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I)
