Daud K. Qawiyy                                                                       

512-410-9343                                                                                                                                          dkqawiyy@gmail.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

U.S. Army Veteran with over five years of Agile and Project Management experience creating self-organizing, flexible, agile teams and integrating them into the enterprise with a shared team, project, and product vision.

Highly effective Certified Scrum Master with excellent communication and problem solving skills. Delivers maximum value to the customer. Ensures all involved in project have the resources they need, are communicating well, and are shielded from distractions and interruptions.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Certified Scrum Master

• Project Management

• Communication

• Problem Solver

• Briefings & Reports

• Team Building

• Motivational Coaching

• Risk Analysis & Management

• Shared Team Project Vision

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

D.C. Department of Corrections, Corrections Officer, 10/2016 to Present

·     Drives regulations through effective communication resulting in restoring order to dangerous and chaotic units

·     Supervises daily activities of inmates, ensuring fairness and compliance with DOC policies and procedures

·     Utilizes counseling and coaching techniques that averted several attempted suicides and deescalated violent 

situations

First Response Productions, LLC, Operations Manager/Agile Coach 11/2012 to 09/2016

•   Enabled improvement in team delivery commitments and capacity planning for sprints by identifying & tracking             

     hidden tasks that increased customer satisfaction.

•   Removed barriers that blocked the team so they can deliver best service to customer.

•   Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of cycle time by 20% thus increasing   

     team's throughput.

•   Facilitated Agile adoption Retrospective for the organization with leadership teams with outcome resulting in

     enhanced performance.

•   Maintaining a light touch by supporting team autonomy, flexibility and customer value focus without sacrificing

     control

Science Applications International Corporation, Operations Administrator/Project Manager, 12/2009 to 10/2012
•   Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early fix release for customers.

•   Oversaw development of records management software that withstood a catastrophic cloud storage failure    

     resulting in restored infrastructure and data in a manner of minutes

•   Developed highly efficient work flow processes adopted by multiple teams across Afghanistan

•   Helped prioritize and coordinate tasks resulting in faster delivery and more accurate projections

•   Coached and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused

     by lack of common understanding.

•   Monitored and tracked five projects, providing timely and relevant feedback while instituting new systemic

     learning and adaptation

BAE Systems/Northrop Grumman, Multimedia/Graphic Designer (TS/SCI), 10/2008 to 12/2009
•   Created designs, concepts, and sampled layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic

     design concepts

•   Developed courseware for students attending various Intelligence classes.

•   Determined size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.

•   Conferred with clients to discuss project specifics and manage expectations.

•   Reviewed final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.

Science Applications International Corporation, Assistant Project Manager (TS), 12/2005 to 8/2008

•   Oversaw multiple projects of various sizes and delivered time critical products

•   Maintained customer satisfaction through managing stakeholder expectations
•   Provided clear goals and benchmarks to development team & support staff

•   Conducted daily Scrum meetings which created a more organic and functional environment

·     Worked with team to deliver functional products on time and within budget