Raymar Carolina Ornes
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
A Coruña, Spain
Toptal member since October 12, 2021
Raymar is a passionate and data-driven scrum master and agile coach with an excellent track record for leading multiple remote teams to adopt Agile principles and values, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and OKRs. With 8+ years of experience, she has gained strong management, conflict navigation, and facilitation skills that help her improve teams and organizational processes in technology, financial, and manufacturing companies while fostering positive relationships with team members and clients.
Expertise
- Agile
- Business Process Improvement (BPI)
- Kanban
- Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)
- Project Management
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Scrum
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Scrum Master
Building Radar
- Joined as a scrum master for the tech team and then became an operational excellence leader across the company.
- Led the Scrum methodology adoption in the team, improving several processes, such as estimation, prioritization, documentation, communication, and team happiness.
- Headed the OKR process adoption through the company, focusing on prioritization, alignment, and managing cross-team dependencies.
- Documented the current state of different business processes, identified areas of improvement, and worked with the team to define a future state.
Scrum Master | Agile Coach
CenturyLink LATAM
- Joined the company to implement Scrum in two teams. Became the leader of the Latin American Agile transformation area, guiding several scrum masters and the SAFe implementation.
- Led the way to a successful first program increment (PI) planning for the Latin American office.
- Managed Jira migration across seven teams, providing training and ensuring process continuity and data quality.
- Created bi-weekly and monthly reporting for the management team, providing Scrum team metrics, risk, and subsequent actions.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
- Created monthly reporting of the project portfolio for the executive team in a financial institution.
- Supported the project leader in implementing project management best practices, risk management, and escalation.
- Defined internal processes and templates for the EPMO team to use in different projects, employing Agile and Waterfall.
Business Analyst
FNF Canada
- Documented processes for several teams, creating workflows and identifying areas of improvement.
- Defined and documented technical requirements needed for the tech team to timely deliver valuable solutions to our clients.
- Supported the business optimization and technical team in the adoption of Agile best practices.
Accounting Process Analyst
FNF Canada
- Implemented continuous accounting and funding team improvements to the bank reconciliation processing time by 50%.
- Documented several accounting processes, including funding, reconciliation, and account payable.
- Updated account receivables and created monthly financial reports.
Project History
Jira Migration
Migrated a Rally management tool to Jira, ensuring continuity of team processes, metrics, and dynamics.
Automated Billing - RPA
Spearheaded our new RPA team to provide incremental delivery of automated billing to 100+ customers.
• Provided training and coaching to help implement Scrum.
• Facilitated Scrum meetings, removed impediments, and reported bi-weekly and monthly to the management team.
SAfe Implementation for the Latin American Office
Headed the SAFe implementation in the Latin American office and the execution of the first PI planning.
• Coached and mentored different team members into their new roles.
• Defined a roadmap to implement the first PI planning.
• Worked with product owners to create and prioritize team backlogs in preparation for the PI planning.
• Organized events and managed schedules, agendas, and participants.
• Configured Jira portfolio feature to drive the PI planning.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Andrés Bello Catholic University - Caracas, Venezuela
Certifications
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified OKR Practitioner (C-OKRP)™ - Level 2
OKR International I OKR Consulting & Training
Certified OKR Practitioner (C-OKRP)™ - Level 1
OKR International I OKR Consulting & Training
Kanban System Design
Kanban University
Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Skills
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Slack, Miro, Visio, Atlassian Suite, Rally, Microsoft Power BI
Paradigms
Kanban, Scrum, B2B, Lean, Agile, Waterfall Development
Other
Business Process Improvement (BPI), Process Improvement, Business Process Flow Diagrams, Scrum Master, Agile Coaching, Teams, Industrial Engineering, Process Documentation, Scrum Coaching, Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), Sprint Retrospectives, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Project Management, ServiceNow, Scrumban, QA Leadership, Reporting, Business Process Analysis, User Stories, Use Case Analysis, Wireframing, Metrics, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Coaching, Workshop Facilitation, Process Flows, Documentation, Accounting, Process Mapping, Story Mapping, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Facilitation, Extreme Programming
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