Jason B. Paytes

Experience

Jun 2015 | Feb 2018

AT&T - Contracted through Aricent and ACS Group

Agile Coach / Scrum Master / Program Manager

Agile expert and scrum master for multiple teams over varying projects. Coached and assisted the implementation of agile methodology and usage of Rally Software with a group of new scrum masters and product owners. Provided instruction and training for transitioning waterfall and traditional development teams into an agile environment. Facilitated training sessions weekly in the use of Rally Software specific to each team in accordance to company procedure defined by AT&T agile team.

  • Delivered several projects to production release

  • Supported UAT and post production activities following each project

  • Assisted peer scrum masters as an agile coach to provide advice and best agile practices

  • Collaborated and communicated with project managers and executives on timelines and deliverables

  • Created custom reports for communicating statistics and progress to executives and clients

  • Mentored multiple teams for more focused training

  • Structured user stories and features, acting as product owner delegate for mentored teams and working with SMEs or technical product owners specific to applications

  • Created wiki for scrum tips and the use of Rally Software

  

Sept 2013 | Nov 2014

AT&T Foundry - Contracted through Cognizant/Pyramid

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Developed APIs using C#/.Net platform to add functionality and replace manual processes in the Emerging Business Market services of AT&T Foundry.

  • Scrum master for two teams, developing APIs involving financial applications within the product backlog

  • Tracked and managed dependencies between both teams by communicating with product owners and subject matter experts on the client side

  • Collaborated with team of agile and project experts to create presentations for communicating project statistics and automated for weekly updates using Excel VBA and SharePoint

  • Created and organized company SharePoint for sharing information between scrum teams and business representatives

  • Release 1 – 2 Scrum Teams, 2 Backend Applications, 6 months

  • Adapted agile methodologies into a large, complex program using both agile and traditional methodologies

  • Enabled and facilitated agile ceremonies for two scrum teams in the successful delivery of 12 essential APIs across 5 iterations for a major release

  • Release 2 – 2 Scrum Teams, 3 Backend Applications, 5 months

  • Initiated use of portfolio manager in Rally Software for capturing and managing the project backlog; the client and other scrum teams embraced this process

  • Engaged teams from multiple applications to assess project impacts and to initiate grooming for business level stories to drive sprint planning and development for new project start

  • Developed 15 new features across two backend applications, involving two new APIs and enhancements to existing APIs from previous project

Sept 2010 | May 2011

Northrop Grumman EDC Migration Program

Business Analyst / Project Coordinator

Managed business analysis for a $28M program with 15 projects at Northrop Grumman, using expert knowledge of MS Excel to automate processes for updating program level tools

  • Consulted with business and technical leaders on the development and implementation of strategic business solutions through research, audit, and analysis of data and/or business processes

  • Developed milestone definitions and specifications in coordination with multiple SDLC projects to develop standards for use in creating digital dashboards and project management tools

  • Designed and implemented a program Gantt chart using MS Excel, displaying the overall migration schedule and progress of 17 database center sites with an input tab for automatically updating data  easily and efficiently (Used for weekly status reports)

  • Created and applied a site quick view chart displaying critical site milestones and their scheduled dates for project management and executive use (Used for weekly status reports)

  • Worked with business partners and technical team to define, document, and review business and system requirements to support new projects

 

 

Expertise

Senior Scrum Master - Agile Coach - Business Analyst

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance

  • 5+ years of experience with scrum methodology and agile as a Agile Coach / Scrum Master with project management experience

  • Mentoring and coaching teams in Enterprise Agile transformation and coordinating adoptions for teams across multiples industries and sites, US and international (remotely)

  • Providing training and live workshops for project managers and new scrum masters to facilitate Agile transformation

  • Expert MS Excel, Rally, and automatization of reporting and business practices

  • Extensive communication with client and senior level parties to gather requirements, outline solutions and provide schedule and budget proposals to meet client expectations

 

Project Management: SDLC, Agile, Scrum Master, Product & Sprint Backlogs, Sprint Retrospectives, Scheduling, Staff Interviews, Performance Reviews, User Research, Localization

Business Analysis: Business Modeling, Systems & Data Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Process & Work Flow Diagrams, Charts & Visual Demonstrations

Software: MS Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, Visio, Office, SharePoint, Rally Software, Jira, OnTime, Hansoft, Perforce, SVN, Crystal Reports

Programming: Visual Studio, C#, Java, HTML, CSS, VBA

Education

Master of Interactive Technology

Southern Methodist University

Honors Award for Improving Scrum Board Visibility of Dependencies

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology - Business Systems Analysis

University of Phoenix

Associate of Arts in Information Technology

University of Phoenix