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Spinu Gabriel

Spinu Gabriel

Senior Scrum Master
Miroslava

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Scrum Master

FINASTRA
5 2022 - Current
  • During time spent here so far, I've served four teams by: Developing & maintaining the agile mindset based on the Scrum framework; Assisting the PO and the team in order to refine the roadmap into epics + sprint stories and tasks; Coaching the Product Owner in the backlog management in order to have a good balance between delivery, quality and efficiency; Calculating the team capacity and check that sprint backlogs are sized accordingly; Reporting on the sprint metric and KPI's, elaborate mid and long-term trends, provide material to the PO in order to improve the efficiency of the team; Coaching the development team; Creating transparency in processes and solving conflicts; Helping the team to understand and apply the Scrum practices; Facilitating Scrum Events; Projects: Student Lending Canada

Release Train Engineer

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
03.2021 - 05.2022
  • Facilitate ART events (PI Plannings, Teams Events, Stakeholders events); Lead and coach for the Solution Train (ART composed of ~30 people); Facilitate and guide the work of the ART and suppliers in the value stream; Communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive improvement; Note: Certified SAFe 5 Agilist (April 2021)

Scrum Master

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
01.2017 - 05.2022
  • During time spent here, I served more than ten teams by: Developing & maintaining the agile mindset based on the Scrum framework; Assisting the PO and the team in order to refine the roadmap into epics + sprint stories and tasks; Coaching the Product Owner in the backlog management in order to have a good balance between delivery, quality and efficiency; Calculating the team capacity and check that sprint backlogs are sized accordingly; Reporting on the sprint metric and KPI's, elaborate mid and long-term trends, provide material to the PO in order to improve the efficiency of the team; Coaching the development team; Creating transparency in processes and solving conflicts; Helping the team to understand and apply the Scrum practices; Facilitating Scrum Events; Projects: Daikin, Dutch Healthcare, New Dutch Environmental Law; Note: Certified Scrum Master (2017)

Team Leader

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
01.2017 - 05.2022
  • Optimise teamwork; Provide situational/functional leadership; Promote the culture, need, priorities and goals of the organization; Coaching; Evaluate people; Develop individuals and the organisation; Manage projects

Senior Software Tester

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
10.2015 - 01.2017
  • Analyzing functional specifications of information systems; Designing, specifying, and documenting test cases; Executing test cases; Checking results and recording findings; Giving feedback to the project manager; Analyze problems found during testing and supporting developers; Provide mentorship for new colleagues; Analyze client requirements and create user stories; Keep a close relation to product managers and product owners to have a common overview of the future application; Create automated tests

Software Tester

SMART2PAY
05.2014 - 09.2015
  • Testing developed software against specified requirements; Developing test cases according to specific requirements (user stories); Identifying and logging test failures; Planning and effort estimation of tests; Testing in a dynamic medium (e.g.: integrate a new payment method within two weeks, working on multiple projects at a time); Testing on cloud-based software (Azure); Performing tests for REST/SOAP web services; Mobile testing on cloud-based servers; Working on large Databases: run SQL queries, procedures, jobs, interrogate and update DB

Software Tester and Integrator

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE ROMANIA
01.2011 - 04.2014
  • Testing software against specified requirements; Performing build management on the SW components required in the software product (platforms based on ARM architecture and on Linux); In charge of testing and integrate the software functionality; Developing test cases according to product requirements and architecture; Analysing, writing reports & communicating results to colleagues & managers; Identifying and logging test failures; Planning and effort estimation of tests; Managing test environments (e.g
  • Equipment, software tools and simulations); Ensure testing equipment availability for team members; Verifying and reviewing the test specifications and test reports; Provide mentorship to new team members; Use and know the test process

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Information Technology

The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi
04.2001 -

Skills

Ability to understand business strategies

Certification

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (2013)

Organisationalskills

Highly organized; dynamic; excellent planning skills with great attention to detail and ability to prioritize work

Drivinglicence

  • C1
  • B2

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/25/87
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Romanian

Timeline

Release Train Engineer

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
03.2021 - 05.2022

Scrum Master

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
01.2017 - 05.2022

Team Leader

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
01.2017 - 05.2022

Senior Software Tester

CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS
10.2015 - 01.2017

Software Tester

SMART2PAY
05.2014 - 09.2015

Software Tester and Integrator

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE ROMANIA
01.2011 - 04.2014

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi
04.2001 -

Master of Science - Information Technology

The Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi
04.2001 -

Scrum Master

FINASTRA
5 2022 - Current
Spinu GabrielSenior Scrum Master