Kate Jabea

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About Kate Jabea

SAFE 5 Certified RTE, SASM, SSM with over 15 years in the Information Technology space • Over 7 years of solid Agile experience in leading and supporting enterprise-level IT development, operations and infrastructure systems work Servant leader facilitation, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency across teams, program management and Stakeholders using radiating information via Burndown charts, velocity reports and customized dashboards • Implemented SAFE Enterprise transitions, coaching and mentoring agile teams into growing a lean agile mindset. • Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning, Pre-planning coaching to help in breakdown of Epics and Stories for PI readiness, Agile lead with a proven ability to drive and motivate the adoption of Scrum rules, remove impediments, foster self-management and empower teams. • Coaching teams with defining and upholding Working Agreements, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done. Promotes continuous improvement activities to foster self – organization, waste reduction and productivity • Possess a sufficient level of technical expertise to provide highly credible leadership to support Program managers, product owners and teams in functional IT development and operations teams with DevSecOps practices and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues • Ability to collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value. • Effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building • Strong analytical, critical thinking, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands • In-depth knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence • Excellent technical command to work within numerous Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban and SAFe. • Solid understanding of and demonstrates experience in using Agile tools: Jira Align, Jira, Green hopper, Rally, VersionOne, Miro board, Azure DevOps, Mural Board, Visual Studio, • Lead and help teams inspect the SDLC process proactively as the build software, code check ins, code merges, reviews using engineering best practices. • Provide training opportunities for teams going agile on a weekly basis. • Track and manage with transparency dependencies/blockers between the Scrum teams and other aligning teams, • Servant leader using Agile & Lean principles for team support practices and delivering value