Empowering developers
KEITH MATTISON
Scrum Master and Agile Advocate
Jul 2022 – Present
FOUNDER, WATER AGILITY INC
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Coaches teams in empirical process control to achieve best results
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Educates organizations on Agile best practices in multi-team environments
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Mentors individuals to achieve their goals as developer, SM, or PO
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Advocates for effective Agile adoption across the software industry
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Consults as Scrum Master or Agile Coach to maximize efficiency
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Provided feedback for continuous improvement
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Networks with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to share knowledge
Nov 2021 – Present
SCRUM MASTER, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
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Acts as Scrum leader and SME for multiple cross-functional teams
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Leads team and Product Owner through advanced backlog refinement techniques
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Utilizes Sprint Retrospectives to drive KPI's through continuous improvement
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Collaborates across squads in API modernization initiative
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Drives team to higher levels of performance using AgilityHealth 3.0
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Helps to foster a culture of learning and T-shaped developers
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Uses Scrum@Scale to scale Scrum at an organizational level
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Facilitates SoS, Scaled Refinement, Scaled Review sessions
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Leverages knowledge in AWS, Jenkins CI/CD, Kafka, and Splunk technologies
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Assists team with CI/CD pipeline management and deployment
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Predicts and proactively addresses upcoming skill-based gaps in teams
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Organizes Program Increment (PI) planning for Agile Release Train
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Responds to change in plan, resources, requirements, and budget
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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
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Developed enhancements to core product
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Assisted with development of complex features in various projects
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Advocated for Agile Methodology adoption within company
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Trusted to solve high priority production issues within SLA
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Ensured programming best practices were adhered to
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Educated team on branching and versioning strategies
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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.