Scrum Master - Charter Communications @ At Charter Communications I am working with 2 teams delivering product analytics to internal customers. The Analytics team needs to:
• Work with internal customers to define valuable KPIs
• Define how those KPIs should be calculated
• Specify how the base data should be gathered from internal products through tagging
• Build Tableau dashboards for each specific purpose
The Data Mart team typically does the following:
• Define the Source to Target data mapping
• Build ETL processes to imports from source to a Hadoop / Hive / Aster environment
• Create aggregate tables when appropriate
• Assist the Analytics team with complex query creation
Interesting about this engagement is that the Analytics team is the customer for the Data Mart team. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Greater Denver AreaSr Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer @ • Champion the agile transformation
• Utilize the SAFe framework
• Organize existing development group into agile teams while allowing for some self organization
• Conduct release planning at the program level (Release Train Engineer)
• Facilitate agile coaches engaged during the agile transformation to ensure their effectiveness
• Mentor scrum masters during the transition and their personal journey through Shuhari
• Interview for new team roles to enable team splits
• Build corporate definition around the agile practice to ensure repeatability
• Identify corporate working constraints
• Track performance metrics at the program and portfolio levels, assisting with metrics within teams From January 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 5 months) Greater Denver AreaSr Product Owner - eProducts @ Responsibilities
• Collaborate with business to groom the feature backlog
• Ensure that Features accurately contribute to an Epic, Value Stream and corporate initiative
• Represent Features during WSJF ranking with other Product Owners
• Assist teams to break down Features into workable, well formed User Stories
• Translate deliverable or opportunity dates into ranking and ensuring the Release time box meets those dates
• Work with the teams to answer any questions or collaborate on possible solutions
Sample Epics includes:
• Event management for new store openings or holiday events
• Updating online and in store packets for Visa Applications
• Adjusting Application decisioning to meet business goals
• Applying for and using a credit product in the same online purchasing session From July 2012 to January 2013 (7 months) Greater Denver AreaScrum Master @ • Transition from a waterfall methodology to an Agile development environment.
• Conduct Release Planning and Sprint Planning sessions.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups and clear roadblocks
• Monitor team performance with an eye toward increasing velocity.
• Manage 3 sprint teams and a “scrum of scrums” team comprised of company leaders.
• Use Rally Software for Agile Project Management and Idea Manager for internal and external idea feedback.
• Organize and conduct product visioning sessions, focus groups and user interviews.
• Direct business stakeholders and serving as liaison to marketing and sales to ensure final products support the needs and goals of both groups.
• Create and building the QC team which tests from start to finish; specification review, unit testing, regression testing and smoke testing during product releases.
• Serve as champion for IT initiatives and opportunities to C-level executives and board of directors.
• Direct capacity planning for product hardware including CPU, disk, memory and bandwidth.
• Involved in the planning and move of products to colocation facility.
• Speak at national conferences on industry-leading IT topics. From November 2004 to July 2012 (7 years 9 months) Greater Denver AreaApplications Administrator @ • Direct beta testing of newly developed company software.
• Design and direct development of intranet site accessed by 30+ offices nationwide.
• Perform business analysis to identify needs of internal teams and develop standardized communications between ISEC, customers and vendors. Results proved crucial in demonstrating due diligence with interactions between the company and third parties.
• Design the process for IT department to track the response to Help Desk tickets. Direct configuration and implementation of third-party software and conducted staff training. From 2001 to October 2004 (3 years) Greater Denver AreaSenior Consultant @ •Companywide implementation of Niku/ABT project planning and management software.
•PMO experience in creating customer reports and screens for Niku/ABT system. From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Senior Consultant @ • Develop core P3 (Physician Performance Profiler) system, which includs directing contract development staff and creation of Crystal Reports and ASP pages to invoke reports.
• Develop technical specifications for implementing P3 product and manage third party development firm bid process.
• Author technical specifications for an additional component called the “Special Performance Parameter.”
• Co-present product demonstrations to key decision makers in client firm.
• Serve as technical point of contact between Deloitte & Touche and PTS (Provider Transition Solutions) during acquisition negotiations.
• Develop three-year, one-year and six-month business plans for PTS IT department, budgets for the business plan and P3 product information overview for marketing purposes. From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Greater Denver AreaSystems Analyst @ • Develop an order receiving and confirmation system for America Online orders received from the online Omaha Steakshop using Visual Basic and MAPI.
• Research and select an AS/400 to Visual Basic connectivity tool.
• Analyze, design and direct development and implementation of outbound telemarketing system using IBM’s CallPath/400 to link together an IBM AS/400 and Northern Telecom telephone switch.
• Develop a call detail database which pulls data from a Northern Telecom telephone switch via CallPath/400 and 2 NEAX telephone switches which pull data to the AS/400 via serial ports on the switches using Cross Talk Mark IV.
• Develop and conduct training for outbound users and managers, totaling more than 250 representatives.
• Manage work efforts of programmer analysts and programmers. From 1987 to 1998 (11 years) Greater Omaha Area
Ron Johnson is skilled in: Agile, Scrum, Testing, Planning, C#, GIS, Architecture, SQL, Real Estate, Software Development, Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Visual Studio, Product Development, Agile Methodologies