Brian Nakamura

brian.nakamura@email.com(425) 555-0144Bellevue, WAlinkedin.com/in/briannakamura-agile

Summary

Certified Scrum Master with 5 years of experience coaching cross-functional teams through agile transformations. Improved team velocity by 35% on average across 6 teams. Expert facilitator of sprint ceremonies with deep experience in Jira, Confluence, and SAFe. Passionate about removing impediments and building high-performing, self-organizing teams.

Experience

Senior Scrum Master

2022-09 - Present

Expedia Group

• Coach 3 scrum teams (28 people) across search and booking platform engineering • Improved average sprint velocity by 35% through refined estimation and backlog grooming practices • Facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives for all 3 teams • Reduced cross-team dependencies by 50% through quarterly PI planning alignment sessions • Tracked and resolved 200+ impediments, averaging 2-day resolution time

Scrum Master

2020-04 - 2022-08

T-Mobile

• Served as Scrum Master for 2 agile teams building customer-facing mobile app features • Guided team through migration from Waterfall to Scrum, achieving full adoption within 4 months • Reduced average cycle time from 18 days to 11 days through WIP limit enforcement • Created team health dashboards in Jira tracking velocity, burndown, and defect trends

Agile Analyst

2019-01 - 2020-03

Accenture

• Supported project managers on agile delivery for 2 enterprise clients • Maintained Jira boards, sprint backlogs, and release documentation • Organized and facilitated retrospectives for 15-person delivery team

Education

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems

2015-09 - 2019-06

University of Washington

CSM (Certified Scrum Master), SAFe 5 Agilist, PSM I

Skills

Scrum FrameworkSprint FacilitationJiraConfluenceSAFeKanbanImpediment RemovalTeam CoachingBacklog ManagementAgile Metrics

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