Joao Raposo, Project Manager in Poznań, Poland
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Joao Raposo

Verified Expert  in Project Management

Bio

Joao has been working in the IT industry for over 11 years across multiple countries. Initially, he worked as a software developer, and three years ago, he became a full-time scrum master. Joao has been involved in implementing Agile and Scrum within small, medium, and large organizations—helping them move from traditional product development practices to Agile ones.

Expertise

  • Agile
  • Agile Software Development
  • Backlog Management
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Jira
  • Scrum
  • Scrum Coaching
  • Scrum Master

Work Experience

Scrum Master

2018 - PRESENT
Self-Employed
  • Implemented the Scrum framework within the team that didn't use an Agile approach, resulting in delivering increments every sprint.
  • Facilitated Scrum events within the team and aligned meetings between multiple teams within the organization.
  • Coordinated with the product owner daily to have a groomed backlog prepared.
  • Collaborated with other departments and people from the organization to make the process more Agile. Focus departments and areas mainly included development, testing, and deployment.

Scrum Master

2018 - 2018
Self-Employed
  • Tasked with delivering a project within three months.
  • Implemented the Scrum framework in the project for a team of five people.
  • Facilitated all ceremonies and coached the team to respect the framework.
  • Collaborated with the product owner daily to have a backlog that reflected what to do next.

Software Developer

2016 - 2018
Self-Employed - 3M Germany
  • Joined as a software developer to the remotely distributed team.
  • Developed and maintained internal desktop-based applications.
  • Developed and improved continuous integration mechanisms in the development process.

Software Developer

2013 - 2015
ICAP
  • Joined the team as a software developer with a focus on back-end services.
  • Contributed to the development of an order management system.
  • Worked on a monitoring tool for legacy applications.

Software Developer

2011 - 2013
Axa Personal Lines UK
  • Joined the organization automation team as an automation software developer.
  • Created and maintained automation infrastructure used by the other teams.
  • Collaborated with other teams from the organization in an Agile environment.

Software Developer

2009 - 2011
INSTICC
  • Joined the company as a software developer intern and stayed afterward.
  • Developed and maintained internal .NET applications.
  • Performed R&D on new upcoming projects within the organization.

Project History

Customer Portal

Launched a portal for customers to manage their energy consumption. The portal supported web and mobile views.

Led the development team on the creating of a customer portal for energy consumption that allowed customers to access several services such as: Accessing their personal info, manage their invoicing, or requesting services. The portal was expected to be used by thousands of customers.

The challenging part of this project was using several other systems from the organization and coordinated the development and deployment with the other departments. Some departments worked in a more traditional non-Agile way; this also required strategy to work in a mixed environment of Agile and non-Agile.

The project was developed within one year, with nine team members, and collaborated with more teams and departments from the organization.

Mobile Application

Led a team that built and deployed a mobile application (project content cannot be disclosed).

My role was to lead a development team of nine members to deliver a mobile application (Android and iOS) with several features in nine months.

That was a challenging project as coordination with other departments, and other teams was required in order to make the application work as a whole.

The project was delivered using the Scrum framework.

Mobile Application

Led a team that built and deployed a mobile application (project content cannot be disclosed).

Led the development team that created a mobile application. My role was to build a process for the team of eight members. The app had to be delivered in four weeks.

That was a challenging project due to the short amount of time for development. In the end, the team managed to deliver more features than originally planned.

The project was delivered using Kanban, as it felt the right fit for the project, and it worked out great.

Education

2015 - 2016

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

Poznań University of Technology - Poznań, Poland

2005 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal - Setúbal, Portugal

Certifications

DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level II (PSM II)

Scrum.org

MARCH 2018 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 2018 - PRESENT

Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

Skills

Tools

Jira, Slack, Zoom, GitHub

Paradigms

Agile Software Development, Scrum, Agile, Azure DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment, Kanban

Other

Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Microsoft Teams, Software Development, .NET, Coaching, Agile Deployment, Backlog Management, Product Owner, Scrum Coaching, Agile Coaching

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