QUALITY · DELIVERY · LEADERSHIP · PRODUCT
15+ years across systems analysis, release management, and agile delivery — spanning regulated gaming, healthcare, and banking. Before I ever ran a sprint, I spent more than a decade inside the systems themselves as an analyst, developer, and PM. That foundation is my edge: I understand what quietly breaks delivery because I've lived every failure mode firsthand. Now, as a Scrum Master at SciPlay, I lead two cross-functional teams of 14 core members, roughly 20 contributors in all. One is an architectural team I partner on with the Director of Engineering; the other a feature team I run alongside a Senior Game Design Manager. Both grew out of a single large team I took over that was hitting its two-week sprint commitments roughly 30% of the time; today the two teams hit 98%, sustained by continuous improvement and persistent, honest communication.
Specialties across my software career — analyst, developer, PM, and delivery roles:
Certifications:
Progressed from software quality through release ownership to the current Scrum Master role — took two cross-functional teams from an inherited 30% sprint commitment reliability to 98% on two-week sprints, through continuous improvement and persistent communication.
Flagship title: Gold Fish Casino Slots →
Nine continuous years inside a regulated Class II gaming environment — tested the backend systems running slot machines, led interoperability across games/hardware/wide-area progressives, then built internal tools for the in-house game development teams.
SQL admin + database support for healthcare clients — verified cross-reference joins so patient data and billing filings matched. Foundation on getting the data right in a regulated environment.
Came up as a software quality engineer, catching the bugs nobody else thought to look for, and built the QA processes that scale across teams.
Owned the production release lifecycle end to end, from readiness gates and the go/no-go recommendation through staged rollout across four storefronts.
Scrum Master, release producer, project manager — the role that keeps cross-functional teams aligned and moving. The part I enjoy most is helping people on the team learn and grow into what is next for them.
Off-hours, I build my own products end-to-end — identifying audiences, designing the solution, shipping, watching what users actually do, iterating.
David and I have worked together at SciPlay for over 4 years, and we’ve been on the same team for the majority of that time. Early on, he was our Lead QA Engineer and the go-to person for anything and everything related to Gold Fish. His tribal knowledge of the QA pipeline was unmatched — if you had a question, David had the answer.
Since then, he’s taken on the role of Release Producer and absolutely crushed it. He’s streamlined our processes, cut unnecessary meetings, and brought clarity and visibility to all levels of the team — from individual contributors to leadership. He’s constantly looking for ways to improve how we work and make everyone’s job easier.
David keeps everything tight and running smooth — from client and server updates to tools and asset bundle releases. David’s one of those people you can always count on. Anyone would be lucky to have him on their team — I know I am.
David is not only knowledgeable but fantastic at both integrating into a team structure and personally managing his own project caseload. I never once saw David daunted by an assignment and the breadth of his skillbase and ability to contribute on several levels consistently impressed all our colleagues in shared project groups. I regret the loss of David from our team and envy the firm that enjoys his efforts now.
Tools I'm building for other Scrum Masters, Producers, and delivery leads — for the same problems I solve at SciPlay every day:
A free toolkit of eight templates and AI prompts for Scrum Masters, producers, and delivery leads. The eight assets are one connected system — the board feeds the risk register, the risk register feeds the leadership update.
Live at scrumreadout.com →
If you're hiring for product, delivery, or quality work, I'd like to hear from you.