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KEITH MATTISON

Scrum Master and Agile Advocate

Jul 2022 – Present

FOUNDER, WATER AGILITY INC

  • Coaches teams in empirical process control to achieve best results

  • Educates organizations on Agile best practices in multi-team environments

  • Mentors individuals to achieve their goals as developer, SM, or PO

  • Advocates for effective Agile adoption across the software industry

  • Consults as Scrum Master or Agile Coach to maximize efficiency

  • Provided feedback for continuous improvement

  • Networks with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to share knowledge

Nov 2021 – Present

SCRUM MASTER, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

  • Acts as Scrum leader and SME for multiple cross-functional teams

  • Leads team and Product Owner through advanced backlog refinement techniques

  • Utilizes Sprint Retrospectives to drive KPI's through continuous improvement

  • Collaborates across squads in API modernization initiative

  • Drives team to higher levels of performance using AgilityHealth 3.0

  • Helps to foster a culture of learning and T-shaped developers

  • Uses Scrum@Scale to scale Scrum at an organizational level

  • Facilitates SoS, Scaled Refinement, Scaled Review sessions

  • Leverages knowledge in AWS, Jenkins CI/CD, Kafka, and Splunk technologies

  • Assists team with CI/CD pipeline management and deployment

  • Predicts and proactively addresses upcoming skill-based gaps in teams

  • Organizes Program Increment (PI) planning for Agile Release Train

  • Responds to change in plan, resources, requirements, and budget

  • Engages stakeholders in Sprint Review to provide constructive feedback

Nov 2019 – Nov 2021

SCRUM MASTER / TECHNICAL LEAD, FOSTER MOORE US

  • Transformed US-based development team to use Scrum framework

  • Coached and educated team on best practices in applying Scrum

  • Assisted Product Owner with techniques for Product Backlog prioritization

  • Facilitated Scrum events to maximize effectiveness and minimize overhead

  • Removed impediments blocking team to ensure smooth flow of work​

  • Provided feedback for continuous improvement

  • Delivered working software to client and helped team achieve greatness

Oct 2016 – Nov 2019

SCRUM MASTER / PRODUCT ENGINEER, FOSTER MOORE US

  • Developed enhancements to core product

  • Assisted with development of complex features in various projects

  • Advocated for Agile Methodology adoption within company

  • Trusted to solve high priority production issues within SLA

  • Ensured programming best practices were adhered to

  • Educated team on branching and versioning strategies

  • Aligned team to Scrum framework and Agile development practices

October 2015 - October 2016

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, FOSTER MOORE US

  • Developed registry software applications for Secretary of State offices

  • Acted as primary support developer for live implementations

  • Proactively monitored live environments for performance degradation

  • Discovered and provided solutions for potential security threats

  • Assisted infrastructure team with various operations tasks using AWS

  • Deployed artifacts to testing and UAT environments

  • Provided documentation for complex, repeatable tasks

CORE COMPETENCIES

SCRUM

JIRA

PLANNING

FORECASTING

FACILITATION

CONFLUENCE

AWS

KAFKA

DEVOPS

GIT

EDUCATION

Sep 2007 - May 2013

B.S. COMPUTER ENGINEERING

North Carolina State University

Sep 2007 - May 2013

B.S. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

North Carolina State University

CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM)

Scrum Alliance, Inc.

Scrum, Inc.

AGILITYHEALTH FACILITATOR (AHF)

SCRUM@SCALE PRACTITIONER

AgilityHealth

ITIL FOUNDATION V3

Peoplecert International Ltd.

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