Rodrigo Saraiva

Empowered Agile Teams for Success in customers (Kimberly-Clark, BASF and Danone):

- Agile Transformation Coach: Mentored teams by instilling a positive mindset towards Agile methodologies, leading to increased adoption and engagement.

- Scrum Master: Drove Scrum teams to overcome hurdles throughout sprints, ensuring successful project delivery on time and within budget.

- Collaborative Leader: Facilitated seamless collaboration among product owners, developers, and other Scrum Masters to define solutions and accelerate progress.

- Agile: Championed Agile best practices, fostering strong team cohesion and proactively resolving roadblocks to maximize productivity.

- Scrum Events Facilitator: Led effective Scrum framework implementation through sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

- People growth: Analyzed team member strengths and help with strategically growth mentorship to ensure optimized team performance.

- Kanban Optimization: Leveraged Kanban to streamline workflows, significantly reducing delivery times and achieving exceptional results.

Agile Program Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Proactive Agile Project Leadership: Held regular stakeholder meetings to actively monitor progress, address roadblocks, and ensure project success. This facilitated timely adjustments and minimized potential delays.
- Problem-Solving Expert: Resolved diverse technical, financial, and operational concerns by collaborating effectively with team members and directors. My solutions helped overcome challenges and ensure project continuity.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Orchestrated seamless collaboration across departments, fostering efficient program development. This streamlined communication and ensured all stakeholders were aligned on project goals.
- Empowering Coach: Coached team members on productivity strategies, policy updates, and performance improvement plans. This empowered them to achieve challenging goals and contribute effectively to project success.
- Customer-Centric Approach: Interacted directly with customers and clients to identify their business needs and translate them into actionable project requirements. This ensured the project delivered solutions that aligned with their goals.

Agile Transformation: Empowering Teams and Company
- Agile Transformation Catalyst: Spearheaded the adoption of Agile methodologies across teams and leadership. Developed and delivered engaging training programs that fostered a positive mindset towards Agile, resulting in increased team buy-in and engagement. Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives) to ensure smooth project execution and continuous improvement within Scrum teams. Championed Scrum best practices, guiding teams to overcome obstacles and achieve success throughout each sprint, ultimately leading to efficient project delivery and increased value realization.
- Adaptable Agile Trainer: Demonstrated agility by rapidly tailoring training plans to meet evolving client needs, ensuring a focus on organizational goals and seamless integration with process changes.
- Agile Leadership Advocate: Co-created an Agile Leadership Course for management, emphasizing principles from Management 3.0 and Evidence-Based Management. This initiative empowered leaders to foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning within Agile teams.
- Scrum Master for Data Science: Pioneered the adaptation of a data science framework for efficient value creation through Scrum methodologies. This innovative approach enabled the data science team to deliver impactful results within a structured, collaborative Agile environment.
- Kanban Optimization: Leveraged Kanban to streamline workflows, significantly reducing delivery times and achieving exceptional results.

Agile Transformation Catalyst:
- Championed Agile as a core strategic asset, fostering a culture of agility and driving business value. Inspired teams across the organization to embrace new Agile tools and techniques, leading to increased efficiency and innovation.
- Coached Agile practices and provided comprehensive training programs, fostering a positive mindset towards Agile methodologies and empowering teams for successful implementation.
- Facilitated the Scrum framework effectively, leading teams through sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. This ensured smooth project execution, continuous improvement, and successful delivery within Scrum teams.
- Demonstrated strong collaboration skills by working effectively with multiple Scrum teams, both internally and off-shore, promoting seamless communication and knowledge sharing.
- Leveraged technical expertise to develop backend APIs using Golang and GRPC. This, combined with the implementation of Docker and Kubernetes, streamlined the DevOps process within the organization, leading to faster deployments and improved efficiency.

Agile Transformation & Development Efficiency:

- Championed the introduction of Agile methodologies like Kanban and effective development best practices within the division. This initiative facilitated improved collaboration and streamlined product development processes.
- DevOps Modernization Architect: Successfully revised, modularized, and modernized the cloud infrastructure by leveraging Docker and Docker Swarm. This implementation of best-practice DevOps practices.
- Collaborative Team Player & Effective Communicator: Proactively contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings. Consistently delivered clear and concise updates on deadlines, designs, and project enhancements, ensuring all stakeholders were informed and aligned.
- Scalable Architecture & Full-Stack Expertise: Designed and delivered scalable system architecture to support high-availability internet sites catering to both internal and customer applications. Demonstrated strong full-stack development skills by building several applications and websites using a diverse technology stack including PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Golang, and NodeJS.

Agile Master for Faster Delivery:

- Successfully implemented Agile methodologies to optimize development lifecycles, resulting in significantly shortened cycle times. This enabled the team to achieve target margins more efficiently.
- Agile Culture & Team Empowerment: Championed Agile best practices, fostering a strong team environment and overcoming any roadblocks to productivity. Your proactive approach ensured smooth workflow and maximized team output.
- Collaborative Problem-Solving: Maintained close collaboration with product team members to actively identify and address potential issues swiftly. This collaborative approach minimized delays and ensured project success.
- Full-Stack Expertise for Scalable Solutions: Developed robust APIs using a diverse technology stack including PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Redis, Docker, and Javascript. These solutions played a key role in delivering scalable and efficient applications.

- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrums, sprint reviews and, sprint retrospectives.
- Coached team in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create a positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile Scrum framework and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Developed micro-services APIs for a new Media platform using PHP, Laravel/Lumen, MySQL, Redis, and Docker.