ScrumMaster / Agile Consultant at Rogers Communications Inc.
Brampton, Ontario
Canada
www.rogers.com
October 2010-Present

- Remove any impediments that obstruct a team’s pursuit of its sprint goals
- Do everything possible to facilitate and improve the team's productivity.
- Act as a buffer between the team and any distracting influences.
- Ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended (Enforce the Scrum rules)
- Provide coaching and mentoring to the team.
- Facilitate Daily Scrum Meeting.
- Participate in Scrum of Scrums meetings.
- Help product owner define the product backlog.
- Introduced Yammer to collaborate between three Scrum teams. 
- Technology Used: Rally (for Scrum), OSB, WLI, SOA Suite

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ScrumMaster / Project Manager / Manager, Professional Service at Torstar Digital
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
www.torstardigital.com / TOPS CMS
October 2007-July 2010

• Introduced new processes based on Agile Project Management (Scrum)

• Direct report to CTO.
• Worked closely with Product Owners to define and implement Technical features that compliment business and website. 
• Introduce Scrum (Agile Project Management) in Professional Service team and completed project successfully using Scrum process. 
• Made sure to have proper user stories and requirement defined before initiate any development.
• Provided assistance to Client Relationship Manager to work smoothly with clients and communicated them appropriately. 
• Trained and encouraged team members to be self-organized. 
• Managed team of developer and designers in dynamic environment. 
• Proposed and Managed TOPS yearly and monthly budget while working closely with CTO.
• Present Monthly and Quarterly Review to Board Members.
• Manage vendors and negotiate pricing and timelines. 
• Manage and Maintain high profile sites with the traffic of approximately 90 million page views and 3 million unique visitors
• Major Sites Build and Maintained: 

guelphmercury.com
thespec.com
therecord.com
thestar.com
citynews.ca
Metronews.ca
journalmetro.com
BramptonGuardian.com
CambridgeTimes.ca
CottageCountryNow.ca
DurhamRegion.com
InsideHalton.com
InsideToronto.com
Mississauga.com
MyKawartha.com
NiagaraThisWeek.com
Orangeville.com
Simcoe.com
YorkRegion.com
YourOttawaRegion.com
CityTV.com
CityLine.ca
680News.com
News1130.com
660News.com
570News.com
1310News.com
News889.com
News919.com
News957.com
flare.com
Whatsupfamilies.com
canadianimmigrant.ca
eyeweekly.com
Toronto.com
Lifenews.ca
Wheels.ca
healthzone.ca
InsuranceHotline.com
yourHome.ca
parentcentral.ca

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ScrumMaster / Project Manager at TUCOWS, INC
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
www.tucows.com
May 2006-September 2007

• Managed multiple competing cross-functional projects simultaneously.
• Daily interactions with engineers, technicians, project managers and senior management.
• Managed individual projects and ran large multi-project programs.
• Organized meetings, created and maintained timelines, and kept large, diverse groups informed of progress and obstacles.
• Worked with engineers to develop detail and creative solutions to complex problems, while kept a watchful eye on timelines and costs.
• Developed and deployed the infrastructure required to bring new Tucows products to the world. 

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