Anna Slavin, ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF, SAFe SDP, CSM, CSPO, APM

• Establishing and implementing Kanban Lean process for Semantic Engines. • Working on a digital/mobile project SenseBot (www.sensebot.com), directing the technology team. The project was dedicated to building a new type of Web Search Engine that delivers a summary in response to your search query instead of a collection of links to Web pages. • Managing day-to-day tasks of the project, ensuring on-time delivery. • Identifying project objectives and creating plans, schedules, and milestones accordingly. • Serving as a main point of contact to drive effective communication throughout all project phases. • Coaching and mentoring new joiners to become effective Agile players.

• Implementing Agile Methodologies using Scrumban framework throughout the organization from executive to software to HR across 48 employees. • Leading 5 SAP Agile teams (Scrum, Scrumban) and increasing the overall teams Agile Maturity from level 2.5 to Level 3.5. • Establishing cadence and leading all Scrum ceremonies with the development team resulting in product features. • Guiding and coaching the teams on how to effectively apply best Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services. • Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment improving developer efficiency by about 15%. • Supporting the product owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables and managing internal stakeholder communication. Coordinating cross team dependencies, alignment, and risks.

DTCC formed an Enterprise Agile organization within the Business Transformation Division. Worked with a team of 20+ Agile Coaches and transformation experts to help the company adopt Agile Methodology and Continuous Improvement. • Coached, trained, and supported Equity Tribe Leadership on Agile concepts and principles. This successful implementation was adopted by other departments across the company going through the transformation. Worked with Tribe Leaders to help them translate their objectives into portfolio and program items their teams can successfully execute. • Created the Coaching Plan model which became the blueprint for implementation across the Agile CoE. • Coached and supported 8 Product Owners, 5 Scrum Masters, 4 Functional Leaders, and 80+ Squad members to build and reinforce new behaviors and new ways of working. • Drove the cultural change towards a new way of working: from “doing Agile” to “being Agile”. • Recognized failure, recovery, and success modes in coaching style and made real-time adjustments. • Used lean metrics to track improvements and progress towards goals. Focused on impact and value delivered. • Collaborated with other Agile coaches to continuously improve the Agile process and shared coaching and training material. • Led the adoption of tools, artifacts, and ceremonies to promote a better investment in team productivity, communication, and autonomy.

• Created a set of company-wide training materials and Agile artifacts templates. Contributed into the foundation of the company’s agile strategy. • Training internal teams before they are sends to external client. • Coaching project and management teams on agile process and frameworks with strong focus on agile values and principles.

Worked with Fixed Income pilot teams, supporting multiple Trading desks, Murex, Sophis and Compliance. • Implemented Agile Methodologies using Scrum framework throughout the organization from executive to software to marketing across 56 employees. • Maintained the Scrum team capacity plan, Scrum board, sprint backlog and burn-down charts. • Managed Stakeholder expectations throughout the product lifecycle. • Facilitated all aspects of the Scrum framework, including sprint planning sessions, refinement sessions, daily Scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives • Conducted Executive Level, Team Level, and End user’s Agile maturity assessments to baseline performance and identify opportunities for improvement. • Coached teams in Agile concepts, principles, practices, and behaviors; provided training to Stakeholders. • Mentored and coached Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Leadership and Key Stakeholders on roles in the Agile. • Modeled and drove appropriate adoption of Agile mindset and framework best practices in organization and influence through direct feedback and guidance. • Facilitated the learning of Agile values and principles by way of individual sessions, lunch and learns, and group workshops.

Simultaneously led RCI two large scale projects with a collective budget of $6.5M both of which were closed on time (SAFe framework) - including Shopping Cart - an e-commerce/Retail website, and Account Updater. Managed all phases of development within the Global PMO RCI division. • Worked on multiple projects, including Shopping Cart (e-commerce/Retail website), and Account Updater. Managed all phases of development within the Global PMO RCI division. • Led, guided, and motivated 2 teams (Scrum, Kanban) and coached them on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values. • Served as a coach, mentor, strategic planner, and mediator of the challenges that arise among developers, designers, and product man-agers. • Continually refined and evolved agile processes for predictable and rapid software delivery resulting in hitting 99% of project deadlines. • Developed project and resource plans that support the planned implementation of the software. • Initiated and facilitated all Agile ceremonies. Identified and removed impediments or guided the team to remove impediments to deliver the product goal. Protected the Scrum teams from external interference. • Provided support to the teams using a servant leadership style and leading by example. • Collaborated with Product Owner, engineers, and cross-functional teams to plan, track, mitigate risk, and execute iterative activities. • Worked closely with the client and internal teams to determine the scope and plan for implementation of the solution. • Organized and continually maintained project transparency by establishing key project information, visualizations, and a scheduled for all phases of a project. Coordinated with customer to get the requirements and manage expectations. Coordinated UAT.

Worked with 2 teams for American Express digital Card Shop application. This is a major Web-based effort by the company to make their products easier to understand by users and better performing. • Worked closely with the product management team to scope customer requested features and determine which features would provide the highest return on investment. • Used SAFE/Scrum methodology to mobilize and lead teams of developers/QA through the SDLC. • Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PI). • Facilitate and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PI). • Aggregate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency. • Facilitated bi-weekly SoS (Scrum of Scrum), identified dependencies and integration points. • Initiated and facilitated all Agile ceremonies and providing Agile coaching to teams on all aspects of the project management framework, mentored junior SMs with a strong focus on Scrum practices. • Worked closely with the Application Development Manager in sprint/release planning, product enhancement coordination and resource planning. Facilitating Web design and UX meetings, working with the users to review screen mockups to ensure the changes do not come at the last minute

• Led multiple Scrum teams on Web-based and mobile projects for CIS system for a global staffing company. Build digital user interface on multiple plat-forms using Agile methodology/SAFE and Sitecore as CMS system. • Provided support to the team using a servant-leader style and leading by example. Escalated and resolved impediments to the team’s progress. • Led Scrum of Scrums. • Facilitated product release activities from the Quality Assurance and testing to DevOps team. • Managed stakeholder expectations throughout the product lifecycle. • Identified key project objectives, risks, and drivers and create plans, tasks, and schedules to manage these elements. • Provided team guidance, managing junior Scrum Masters on Agile experience/learning and day-to-day support to the Scrum team. • Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint/release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings as needed. • Tracked and communicated team velocity, established and updated Release & Sprint burn-down/burn-up. Updated Agile tracking systems to show the status of user stories and to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.