Duncan Cameron

Experience

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  UK Civil Service

  Sept 2006 - Oct 2018

  I was the Scrum Master for six strategically important software development teams. I gained the trust of the teams, launched new products, and enhanced existing services. I regularly delivered valuable software and improved stakeholder satisfaction.Team 6 - (7 months) Team 5 - (1 year) Team 4 - (6 months) Team 3 - (1 year 7 months) Team 2 - (9 months) Team 1 - (3 years)Responsible for maintaining a high standard for engineering and delivery in a large public sector organisation. Pioneered the adoption of Scrum within a large organisation. Taught Scrum to teams.Established and grew the Scrum Community of Practice. Regularly hosted meetings with over twenty colleagues to share experiences and learn how to deliver value efficiently and incrementally. Show less

  • Scrum Master

    Apr 2012 - Oct 2018

  • Software Engineer

    Sept 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Consultant

    Sept 2006 - Sept 2010
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  IRESS

  Oct 2018 - May 2023

  Scrum Master

  Responsible for leading, training, and coaching a globally distributed technology company in its Scrum adoption. Iress provides software to the financial services industry. I worked at Iress; a company focused on building software that helps the financial services industry perform at its best. From the world's most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, challenger banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers, over 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use Iress software to help them perform better and deliver more.My key achievements were:Continually practised as a Scrum Master or Kanban Coach with at least one team while mentoring up to ten colleagues in other teams. Team engagements were typically six months in duration.Accelerated the forming and growing three new teams to develop new products and services. Empowered teams to self-manage, use feedback, create efficient flow and deliver value incrementally.Uplifted the delivery of six well-established and initially sceptical teams using the compounding effect of small changes. Teams identified experiments by focusing on transparency, feedback and reflection.Demonstrated how to discover and visualise work items. Coached groups to sequence work items to enable multi-team collaboration and alignment with business needs. Empowered teams to self-improve by encouraging interest in flow metrics such as throughput, cycle time, and Work in Progress.Tactfully incorporated technology and facilitation techniques to regularly engage with distributed teams remotely from my home office over three years across the UK and South Africa. Show less

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  Milliman

  Oct 2023 - Feb 2024

  Scrum Master

  Responsible for coaching and enabling collaboration within a cross-functional team to deliver a business-critical infrastructure goal. Milliman LTS is a firm of actuaries in the life insurance market.

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  GE Aerospace

  May 2024 - now

  Scrum Master

  Scrum Master for five teams at the same time. Using Scrum to help build a business jet aircraft. I facilitate Daily Management, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement and Product Owner support. Teams are System Verification and Software Verification.