Andrew Kazarinoff
Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Practitioner successfully building the Scrum framework and Lean principles into software development projects.  Achieving high project performance through training, coaching, and mentoring executive management and project teams. 
 
Scrum / Agile Projects in 2009-2010:
 
Introduced Scrum to the development of a web-based financial content management system.  Trained a distributed team of developers and testers in Scrum practices on a path to improved productivity.  Mentored the product owner to adapt his role so as to enhance team collaboration and self-organization.  Aligned sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, and daily stand-ups with Scrum recommended practices.  Results:  Achieved adoption of Scrum practices essential for high productivity.  Velocity doubled with no technical debt.
 
Launched and led Scrum to accelerate software development for a direct marketing services company.  Trained and coached project teams and client top management.  Results: teams delivered more functionality in the first month than had been possible in the preceding six months prior to Scrum.  The project is on track for a market-critical go-live date, and client satisfaction is high.
  
As Agile evangelist and Scrum Master in an information security group, successfully introduced the Scrum framework and Agile practices.  Facilitated adoption of Scrum through formal orientations reinforced by intensive coaching of project teams.  Results: faster project startups, sustainable work momentum, less waste from task switching, and a lean format for meetings.  Conventional projects have also adopted key Agile principles:  schedules are deliverables-oriented, teams are self-organizing at the task level, and micro-scheduling is eliminated.