Robert McMullen
Certified Scrum Master
EXPERIENCE
Dallas, TX
SENIOR AGILE SCRUM MASTER
01/2016 – present
- Creates and manages project/program resource loading and budget; reconciles budget monthly and communicates risks to Leadership
- Sets and runs effective recurring status meetings with the product, portfolio and delivery managers
- Provides a single point of contact for projects
- Manages the health of the team
- Works with Product Owner to define project scope and objectives
- Works effectively with others to remove delivery team roadblocks
- Guides team through continual improvement process
Chicago, IL
LEAN AGILE SCRUM MASTER
08/2012 – 12/2015
- Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation, theater and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
- Empower the team to make system and process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings
- Remove obstacles for developers and testers
- Use key Scrum metrics (burndown, velocity) to help deliver committed work
- Manage sprint backlog items and tasks
- Manage all Scrum boards (physical or virtual)
- Leads the teams efforts towards continuous improvement
San Francisco, CA
AGILE SCRUM MASTER
07/2006 – 03/2012
- Gathering and updating project materials, completing budgeting, forecasting, project documentation, business flows, and lessons learned documents
- Scheduling and allocating work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and financial objectives
- Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning
- Coaching and mentoring other ScrumMasters on our program team. Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams
- Assist in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes
- Coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters on our program team. Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams
- Liaising between developers and project stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Relevant Field
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
SKILLS
- Strong knowledge of good software development practices
- Solid interpersonal skills – able to establish strong working relationships
- Assess Scrum Maturity of teams and the organization and coach teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
- Scrum as an asset; strong knowledge of all the concepts: tasks, backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, user stories
- Highly organized with the ability to multitask
- A background in retail financial services and a proven ability to quickly understand the business strategy and objectives
- Ability to set clear performance standards, and hold team members accountable, while keeping team engaged and on task
- Excellent team player and team builder with strong interpersonal skills
- Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
