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Scrum Master. Army Veteran. Servant Leader.
Tom Apps
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Stonehouse, United Kingdom
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A beacon of light in the hazy world of software development, taking lessons learned in the military, backed up with a solid understanding of scrum theory, to inspire, coach and support teams of experts in their work to deliver high quality products and services, while nurturing shared understanding and encouraging an Agile mindset for all.
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Arabic
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2019 - ?
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Scrum Master, Companies House
FDM Group.
Servant leader of a development team working on a complex element of the organisation's digital transformation program, with the objective of enabling legacy systems to be compatible with modern technology stacks allowing business users to continue to process transactions on the most valuable Register of Companies in the world.
• Coaching a high performing multi-functional team on a ground-breaking and innovative scheme of work, optimising outputs and facilitating beneficial outcomes for business users.
• Assisting other teams in their application of scrum, managing dependencies and promoting continuous improvement to the benefit of overall development delivery.
• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies such as planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives, and always seeking to improve these using innovative and evidence-based approaches, creating greater transparency and increasing the opportunities to inspect and adapt.
• Monitoring team performance with use of metrics and key deliverables, knowing which metrics are more important for given scenarios, and using this to shape value-adding reporting to the organisational in line with transformation programme objectives.
• Using Agile methods and techniques to deliver complex digital projects, playing a vital role in both strategic and technical levels, and breaking down barriers for teams. Aligning to GDS standards and working closely with all stakeholder groups, shortening and enriching feedback loops, ensuring development work meets user needs, ultimately nurturing the optimal balance between rapid delivery and fulfilled users.
• Coaching a high performing multi-functional team on a ground-breaking and innovative scheme of work, optimising outputs and facilitating beneficial outcomes for business users.
• Assisting other teams in their application of scrum, managing dependencies and promoting continuous improvement to the benefit of overall development delivery.
• Facilitating Scrum ceremonies such as planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives, and always seeking to improve these using innovative and evidence-based approaches, creating greater transparency and increasing the opportunities to inspect and adapt.
• Monitoring team performance with use of metrics and key deliverables, knowing which metrics are more important for given scenarios, and using this to shape value-adding reporting to the organisational in line with transformation programme objectives.
• Using Agile methods and techniques to deliver complex digital projects, playing a vital role in both strategic and technical levels, and breaking down barriers for teams. Aligning to GDS standards and working closely with all stakeholder groups, shortening and enriching feedback loops, ensuring development work meets user needs, ultimately nurturing the optimal balance between rapid delivery and fulfilled users.
Scrum, Coaching, Scrum master, Digital transformation, Agile, Continuous improvement, Technology, Transformation, Development, Monitoring, Organization, Planning, Performing
2019 - 2019
freelance
Ex-Forces Program
FDM Group.
2017 - 2018
freelance
Product Owner and Intelligence SME
Freelance Project.
Delivered software development project for defence and security user groups. Utilising Agile methodologies, forming the team, sourcing contractors and enabling user testing, resulting in a market-ready application designed to exploit social media for information that would be analysed and used to support military operations.
• From inception to field trials, owned a brand new concept open source intelligence software product, delivering the MVP within 6 weeks.
• Provided intelligence and security subject matter expertise, communicating technical details to a non-technical audience, resulting in versatile application suitable for all user groups.
• Responsible for daily product development operations, including leading a globally distributed team and managing stakeholders within the development environment and within specialist departments of allied nations' security and defence organisations.
https://www.vaporware.net/work/vendetta
• From inception to field trials, owned a brand new concept open source intelligence software product, delivering the MVP within 6 weeks.
• Provided intelligence and security subject matter expertise, communicating technical details to a non-technical audience, resulting in versatile application suitable for all user groups.
• Responsible for daily product development operations, including leading a globally distributed team and managing stakeholders within the development environment and within specialist departments of allied nations' security and defence organisations.
https://www.vaporware.net/work/vendetta
Social Media, Product development, Operations, Software development, User testing, Agile, Product owner, Agile methodologies, Sourcing, Security, Open source, Support, Testing, Development, Software, Social
2008 - 2017
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Military Intelligence Operator
British Army.
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