James White

James white

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Project Manager | RTE | Agile Coach

  • Education

    • Full sail university

      2007 - 2009
      Bachelor of science (b.s.) computer science
  • Experience

    • Interop technologies

      Jan 2010 - Feb 2012

      • Develop fully automated test scripts to reduce the amount of manual testing needed.• Create daily metrics and logs that execute automatically and then report found issues to the team. • Participate as a member of a scrum team to design, execute, test, and deploy multiple software products.• Create and execute test plans to identify memory leaks, excess system usage, and feature defects.• Work closely with software developers to identify and correct deviations from planned acceptance criteria.

      • QA Automation Engineer

        Nov 2010 - Feb 2012
      • QA Tester

        Jan 2010 - Nov 2010
    • Harman international

      Feb 2012 - Jul 2014
      Associate software engineer

      • Design, create, and maintain the ActionScript based touch screen GUI framework for various vehicle infotainment projects.• Localize strings and graphics to accommodate world-wide regional and language requirements.

    • Intertek alchemy

      Oct 2014 - Oct 2018

      • Help lead the company in the transition from a traditional waterfall process to the scrum framework.• Coach development teams and product owners through the adoption of key scrum events including daily standups, scrum of scrums, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.• Act as a servant-leader for the team to assist with impediments and protect them from outside distractions. • Plan, develop, test, release, and sustain five products simultaneously.• Develop Win 7/8/10, Xamarin, and web applications utilizing C#, .NET Framework, WPF, MVVM, and React.• Ensure code quality by performing peer reviews, unit tests, and daily branch integrations.

      • Scrum Master

        Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
      • Software Developer II

        Oct 2014 - Feb 2016
    • Govcio

      Oct 2018 - now

      • Lead remote product teams towards optimizing their agile processes and achieving excellence.• Serve as an escalation point for development teams and customers when questions or concerns arise.• Collaborate with multiple product teams to manage and communicate interdependencies.• Assist with the facilitation of PI planning and model the correct use of SAFe best practices.• Develop, interpret, and maintain Jira dashboards to monitor the metrics of several products. • Coordinate and facilitate SAFe certification classes such as Leading SAFe.• Instruct senior and executive leaders on organization Agile, SAFe, and DevOps best practices.• Train and coach remote product teams to define work streams, establish ARTs, and facilitate PI planning events.• Instruct junior agile coaches on organizational best practices and content quality standards. • Simultaneously coach multiple remote product teams on the adoption of scrum, kanban, and other agile skills.• Create and facilitate on-demand training on topics like managing backlogs, key agile events, leadership, etc.• Host monthly formal presentations on various Agile/DevOps topics to an audience of 300+ employees.

      • Senior Project Manager

        Mar 2024 - now
      • SAFe Coach

        Jun 2021 - Mar 2024
      • Agile Coach

        Oct 2018 - Jun 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced certified scrummaster (a-csm)

      Scrum alliance
      Jun 2019
    • Icagile certified professional - agile team facilitation

      Icagile
      Apr 2022
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    • Certified safe® 6 government practitioner

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Mar 2021
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    • Certified scrum professional (csp-sm)

      Scrum alliance
      Jun 2020
    • Certified safe 6 agilist

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Jan 2019
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    • Certified scrum master

      Scrum alliance
      Jan 2016
    • Certified safe® 6 practice consultant

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Jun 2021
    • Certified safe 6 product owner/product manager

      Scaled agile, inc.
      May 2021
    • Icagile certified professional - agile coaching (icp-acc)

      Icagile
      Dec 2020
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    • Certified safe® 6 release train engineer

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Oct 2021
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Founder, Event Organizer

      Issued by https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Hidden-Role-Gamers/ on Nov 2017
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