Mark Taylor

- Managed iterations from planning through delivery (CI/CD), serving as the Scrum Master for a geo-dispersed development team - Created and maintained team budgets and forecasts - Created Sprint and Release plans for cross team projects and managed dependencies throughout the life of the project, through delivery - Created a new process flow for projects that required multiple development team which was identified as a weakness in our Agile Community of Practice that was then adopted by our department of 250+ - Increased team velocity by over 30%

- Managing Cross- Discipline, distributed teams in an Agile framework - Maintain a responsible budget YoY - Help lead the transition from a waterfall project to a fully Agile project - Scrum Master for multiple Scrum Teams - Transitioned the team and department into SAFe

• Managed a cross discipline team from Design through Final • Shared responsibility for interviewing and hiring for a growing team • Lead teams adhering to Agile methodologies (Scrum) • Trained other managers in Agile methodology and best practices • Managed outsourcing partners • Responsible for key team metrics and developed new processes to more accurately forecast project schedule and scope

• Managed a cross discipline team • Worked closely with the Creative Director to set Quality Targets • Assisted writing and review designs for the project • Helped tune and provide feedback for design throughout the project cycle • Helped lead a team transition to Agile • Focused on setting up a team for a project cycle, building backlogs and training the team and management on Agile best practices

• Developed Test Plans • Managed and scheduled work of outsourcers • Was a key contributor in initiatives to standardize testing • Worked closely with the Development team to provide design feedback and review • Identified and helped address defects around tuning and balance • Worked as Database Manager and team Point of Contact • Developed new process and procedure for QA in transition to Agile development