Sam Stanford Release Train Engineer/ Sr. Scrum Master & Milestone Corporate

Release Train Engineer, Senior Scrum Master, & Corporate Functions Area Lead

Amgen

Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)

• Serve as Release Train Engineer to Tech & Workforce Agile Release Train. • Lead Architects & Technical Leads to create Product Vision & Roadmap for new ART. • Serve as Coach/Scrum Master to 4 Cross-the-Globe Development Teams. • Liaison between RTEs & firm - feedback/coaching to 9 Scrum Masters across 2 ARTs. • Provide onboarding to new hires & backup to Scrum Masters. • Facilitate all team ceremonies & coach Teams, Technical Leads, & Architects. • Collaborate with Teams to create Team Charter & Ways of Working as well as Definition of "Ready" & Definition of "Done" & provide User Story/Defect/Epic/Feature Templates. • Manage Risk identification Prevention/Mitigation & Dependency Negotiation & Planning. • Coach Product Owners & T

Agile Coach & Senior Scrum Master – EEA Enterprise

Amgen

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Enterprise Data Fabric • Served as Scrum Master to 3 Development Teams. • Coached Product Managers, Product Owners, Architects & Teams through Agile & SAFe Transformation defining & tracking: Objectives, Epics/Features, Milestones, Dependencies, Risk Escalation, & Definition of Done. • Coached Product Owners and Teams within hands-on story-writing sessions & backlog refinement. • Served as Project Manager towards PI Planning Team preparation & PI execution. • Scheduled & facilitated all Scrum ceremonies: ◦ Iteration Planning, Review & Demo, Retrospective, DSU & Backlog Refinement • Implemented Jira metrics for Velocity, Cycle Time, & Lead Time tracking.

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Release Train Engineer (RTE) - Enterprise Management Agile Release Train (ART)

Southwest Airlines, Technology Department

Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years 1 month)

• Created & delivered customized Agile/SAFe training to Enterprise Management ART. • Facilitated all ART SAFe & PI Planning events & Served on Agile Leadership Team. • Managed/visualized Risks, Objectives, Dependencies, & metrics in Jira Align. • Provided hands-on coaching & training to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, & Managers. • Defined ART guidelines per enterprise (e.g, DoD, SM, & PO responsibilities). • Conducted & analyzed surveys & group interviews towards process improvement.

Business Analyst & Scrum Master

Syniti

Jan 2012 - Jan 2015 (3 years 1 month)

• Documented requirements in Jira across complex, cross functional/integrated projects. • Served as Scrum Master from assigned projects' start to finish. • Collaborated with end-users in focus groups towards product improvement. • Presented demos to end-users & stakeholders. • Created Business Requirements Documents collaborating with Product Owners.

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Program Manager for Institutional Review Board (IRB)

The University of Texas, Office of Research Support

Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years 1 month)

• Managed human subjects protection program & staff for over 2,000 applications per year. • Public Relations Lead, Head of Education & QA/QI Programs, & Supervisor of IRB Staff. • Identified bottlenecks in processes & documented solutions, resolving time-critical issues. • Created Spanish Translation Review program, ensuring accuracy of approved documents. • Conducted site visits, recommended improvements, & creative solutions.

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TaskForce

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Product Owner & Lead Sr. Business Analyst - Aircraft & Ground Operations

• Collaborated with internal clients to collect, analyze, document, & prioritize requirements/ user stories for User Interface software to manage Aircraft Schedules as well as Gates. • Led Quality Assurance Activities to report & resolve defects for new Reservation system. • Executed gap analyses to project risk, manage prioritization & refine backlog. • Provided onboarding & mentorship to college hires & interns: Agile & domain principles. • Presented Demos & led informational sessions to assist Support & QA Teams

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Product Owner & Scrum Master - Aircraft Operations Recovery

• Led Team to deliver 3 iterations early while developing Usability consistency program. • Created & delivered customized training/videos for new hires & leadership demonstrating tool use within Ground & Aircraft Operations & created Confluence documentation. • Served as Subject Matter Expert for all Aircraft & Gate Schedule data &operations.

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Product Owner - Aircraft Schedule & Operational Data Store

• Led Team to deliver AWS Enterprise Schedule Domain infrastructure 1 year early to Prod. • Created, launched, & facilitated Agile Product Owner Communities of Practice. • Led Team during PI Planning Events, collaborating with Developers to create Objectives, prioritized features, worked with Business to gather requirements to create user stories/ acceptance criteria, identified/mitigated/managed risks as well as dependencies. • Presented demos for Iteration Reviews & System Demos highlighting Business Value.

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Release Train Engineer

• Launched 3 different ARTs & led PI Planning, System Demo, Coach Sync, & ART Sync. • Successfully led 3 different PI Planning Events across 3 ARTS while 2 were simultaneous! • Led Product Managers, Product Owners, & Architects, in Roadmap Planning. • Celebrated ART accomplishments by organizing awards ceremony post PI Planning. • Provided hands-on coaching & training to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers, Architects, Project Management, Business Owners, & Leadership. • Created & led area Guiding Coalition for relentless improvement & served on LACE. • Conducted surveys for SAFe health assessments & ART process improvements. • Disseminated templates: Definition of Ready/Done, User Stories, Business Value, Working Agreem

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