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ERICA VAN NORDEN

Long Beach

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master and Business Analyst skilled in Agile methodologies for software development. Diverse background and skillset enables collaboration with customers, stakeholders, and developers to tackle complex challenges related to specific customer requirements.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Sev1tech
05.2023 - Current
  • Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
  • Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
  • Improved business processes by analyzing current practices and recommending optimization strategies.
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Supported software development projects by defining clear requirements and effectively communicating them to technical teams.

Educator, Robotics Instructor & Exceptionalities Specialist

Pass Christian Public School District
08.2018 - Current
  • Collects multimodal data related to instructional activities, including structured and unstructured data
  • Performs comparative diagnostic analysis to improve inconsistencies in day-to-day operations
  • Retrieves data and performs various queries in SQL in order to provide statistical analysis for grant writing purposes
  • Produces, organizes, and publishes written and audio-visual resources to integrate effective learning practices, interactive experiences, and enhanced learning opportunities by utilizing professional 3-D design software such as Onshape, Canva, Sketchup, and Cura

Education

Bachelor of Arts - American Studies, Summa Cum Laude

University of Southern Mississippi
08.2009

Skills

  • Jira project management
  • Azure DevOps project tracking
  • Proficient in GitLab Ultimate issue tracking
  • Experience with AWS Workspaces
  • Data analysis using Excel charts
  • Tableau data visualization
  • SQL data analysis
  • Stakeholder requirements analysis
  • Proficient in coordinating discussions
  • User story development

Certification

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
  • SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master Certification
  • CSM (Certified Scrum Master) Certification


Accomplishments

  • Leo Seal Innovative Teacher Award (2022-08)
  • Vex Robotics World’s Competition Coach (2022-04)
  • Mississippi Department of Education STEM Grant (2018-04)
  • Sea Perch Robotics Grant (2017-09)


Timeline

Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Sev1tech
05.2023 - Current

Educator, Robotics Instructor & Exceptionalities Specialist

Pass Christian Public School District
08.2018 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - American Studies, Summa Cum Laude

University of Southern Mississippi
ERICA VAN NORDEN