Howard Clark

SCRUM MASTER

[email protected] +1-202-555-0114 London, UK linkedin.com/in/clark

SUMMARY
Experienced scrum master with a proven track record of delivering high-quality software, on-time and
within budget seeks a position with a top technology firm. Delivered many successful projects with varied
budgets and resources. I consider myself highly skilled in the areas of team building tech
management offshore management multi-vendor, dependencies management, budgets, risk
management, and stakeholder management.

I am an active member of the agile community with a proven record of accomplishment of delivering
projects with exceptionally improved efficiency. Agile/Scrum approach leading daily sprints & stand-
ups/collection of estimates/resource management/product.In agile mainly worked in Scrum, Kanban, XP,
and SAFe Framework.

SKILLS
Stakeholder Change/ Risk
Management Management
Project Management Offshore Team
Dependency/Analysis Management
Defect Prioritisation Transformation
Change/ Risk
EXPERIENCE
Scrum Master
SKY World Media Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
My responsibilities as a scrum master is
Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software
demonstrations.
Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain
focus on product backlog project timeline.
Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
Hence, the scrum master was expected coach the teams accordingly keeping agile principles in mind
and find innovative ways to smooth the learning curve.
I build strong and lasting relationships with Stakeholders for helping teams to deliver the right thing,
at the right time.
Facilitate the scrum ceremonies such as stand ups, retrospectives, story planning and sprint planning.
Acted as a facilitator for the Product Owner and the team both.
Removed impediments that were obstructing the team from achieving sprint goals, helped the team
remain creative and productive, while making sure its successes are visible to the Product Owner.
Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and stakeholders.
Reporting and analysis of sprints
Introduced and implemented Gherkin due to project needs.
Customized the workflow and processes for the scrum teams.
Stake holder management and show and tell the senior management.
Managing the finance carefully, estimation of any change request, forecasting and ensuring that the
project estimates are managed upfront.

Scrum Master
At&T Mobile Services Feb 2015 - Dec 2016 www.resumekraft.com
As an Agile Delivery Consultant, I implemented Agile practices and values into the project. This was a rare
 Managing the finance carefully, estimation of any change request, forecasting and ensuring that the
project estimates are managed upfront.

Scrum Master
At&T Mobile Services Feb 2015 - Dec 2016
As an Agile Delivery Consultant, I implemented Agile practices and values into the project. This was a rare
opportunity to transform it into a very successful business by converting from conventional project
management to scaled agile.
In this role I contributed in the following:
Introduced Scaled Agile Framework (although not fully implemented but adopted based on the
agreement / requirements).
Ensured the successful deliverables, across the teams to meet business requirements and timescales.
Led the development efforts of autonomous and highly aligned platform teams towards their goals.
Mentored and coached direct reports and others in the team, working closely with the competency
leads, to develop them into top performing individuals who would excel at what they did
Created transparency and predictability across teams using appropriate tool and metrics including
story mapping, roadmaps, sprint plans, burn down charts, cycle times, value stream maps and release
plans
Partnered with leaders and teams to share knowledge and drive organizational change and
improvement
Continuously assessed teams’ approach to adapt planning tools, Agile methods and communication to
ensure a successful and sustainable delivery
Conducted coaching sessions and facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning /review /retrospective
backlog grooming

Scrum Master
United Health Group Jan 2014 - Oct 2014
UHG Shared Business Services (UHG SBS) is a unique joint venture between the Department of Health and
the private sector.
Worked on an UHG SBS program within National Health Service and managed agile transformation
within the program for the business team as well as software delivery teams.
Worked across a multidisciplinary team to deliver and continuously improve products of significant
scale and complexity.
Delivered digital Public Health products and services using appropriate agile project management
methodologies
Led the collaborative, dynamic planning process to deliver and prioritize the work that needed to be
done against the capacity and capability of the team.
Built trust and positive working relationships with teams to support the delivery.
Followed agile project management practices for multidisciplinary teams.
Worked with the Product Manager to define the product and service roadmap and help translate it
into prioritized stories.
Worked with the Product Manager to forecast project finances, produce internal reporting and
manage risks and issues.

Scrum Master
Sony Mobile May 2013 - Nov 2013
Sony Mobile is a leading telecoms / communications company, led 2 development teams of highly
trained and experienced developers, testers and Solution Designers both were using Java, BI and
Oracle-based technology stacks.
Defined and managed activities across the project team
Coached teams to take ownership of each deliverable (stories, sprint, and release wise).
Shaped the high-level design and technology plan required to deliver a business outcome.
Constructed and delivered plans that brought together technology with people and process
Managed effective communications with the Programmed Manager and stakeholders (including
benefits, priorities, and status)
Strived for continuous improvement and empowerment in the team
Facilitated discussions within/across teams on the best way to deliver maximum value to our
customers
Supported the product managers in their quest for the best product for the customer.

EDUCATION www.resumekraft.com
 Supported the product managers in their quest for the best product for the customer.

EDUCATION
Masters in Business Administration
University of Washington Seattle, WA Feb 2008 - May 2010

Bachelor of Technology
The University of Chicago Chicago, IL Feb 2006 - Aug 2009

CERTIFICATION
Certified SAFe 4 Scrum Certified Product
Master Manager
Certified Product Owner

Certified Product

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