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Summary of QualificationAccomplished Servant Leader/Agile Coach, certified Project Management Professional and US Army veteran with a Secret Security Clearance 10+ years of proven experience in the IT field, leading multiple agile teams in software development with demonstrated strong visioning and planning. Extensive experience leading daily standups, bi-weekly sprint planning sessions and executive facing demos to drive team productivity, efficiency, and process improvements. Strong ability to translate product owner business requirements into technical requirements and identify and mitigate potential risks. Adept at building and driving teams to maintain best practices and to successfully complete projects on time and within budget. I coach and mentor organizations in the adoption of the agile mindset, motivate and empower teams to deliver value in a collaborative space, cultivate teamwork, imbibe scrum values and agile principles.Skills and Tools
Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, SDLC, CI/CD DevOps, Pair Programming, Mob Sessions, TDD/BDD, JIRA/Confluence, Microsoft Office 365 Suite, Cloud Computing
Certifications Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) Project Management Professional (PMP) ICAgile Certified Professional, Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT) AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (in view) SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) CompTIA Security+ ICAgile Certified Professional, Coaching Agile Transitions (ICP-CAT) SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) in viewKey Achievements Guided, mentored, and coached teams to transition from Waterfall environment to Agile in terms of software development life cycle (SDLC), which led to overall enterprise agility and speed of delivery. Kick-started a community of practice for scrum-masters, project leads and agile coaches in the organization for knowledge sharing. Empowered my team to increase their velocity by 120% over a one-year period. Assisted other project managers/scrum-masters with their tasks to accomplish project outputs, implement and manage project adjustments and interventions. Proposed the use of Work in Process (WIP) Limit by my team which increased productivity by 25%. Improved teams productivity by about 30% with ongoing demo rather than waiting till the sprint review.Professional ExperienceChief Scrum Master/Agile Coach | Trained, guided and coached the Agile Release Train (ART), supporting agile teams responsible for delivering passport support services for the Department of State (DoS) consular affairs which provided services that include processing passport applications from receipt to adjudication, culminating in the printing of passport books and cards for U.S. citizens.Foxhole Technology Inc Herndon, VA | April 2022 Present Conducted coaching and training sessions, and workshops to ensure the ART comprehends and imbibes the Agile mindset. Assisted teams in establishing relevant metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor their progress and gauge their achievements, as well as conducting data analysis that offered insights to enable teams to make informed, data-driven decisions and enhance their performance on an ongoing basis. Drove collaboration and coordination across teams, managing dependencies and ensuring a smooth flow of value delivery throughout the Agile Release Train (ART). Facilitated key Agile ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) planning, inspect and adapt (I&A) workshops, and Scrum of Scrums, ensuring effective communication and collaboration among cross-functional teams. Led the coordination and execution of release planning activities, working closely with product owners, managers, and stakeholders to define and align priorities, objectives, and deliverables. Coordinated individual Scrum Masters within the ART and addressing impediments promptly to ensure optimal team performance. Proactively managed risks and dependencies that could impact the ART, developing effective mitigation plans and collaborating with stakeholders to address challenges proactively. Tracked and analyzed key performance indicators (KPIs), providing regular reports to leadership and stakeholders on ART progress, trends, and areas for improvement, while celebrating team successes. Supported with the definition of the project's scope, objectives, and deliverables. Planned and monitored project timelines, as well as deliver reports on project status, issues, and solutions. Ensured that communication occurred within the team and with outside entities, which enabled the appropriate level of coordination and cooperation to meet the team s delivery goals.
Coordinated with stakeholders to perform continuous business, technical and mission requirements identification and just-in-time definition of requirements.Scrum Master/ Requirements Manager | Worked on U.S. Air Force program, led and guided software development teams (UNICORN) in building a web-based application that automates the process of recording Distributed Common Ground System/ Station (DCGS) mission data, providing end-to-end mission collection, exploitation, and dissemination management for the entire DCGS enterprise.Leidos Newport News, VA | April 2021 April 2022 Supported the agreed upon processes, procedures and/or rules established by the team and implementation of SAFe and Scrum framework. Identify and eliminate impediments affecting the flow of delivery. Supported with the definition of the project's scope, objectives, and deliverables. Handled budget and resource allocation for the project. Planned and monitored project timelines, as well as deliver reports on project status, issues, and solutions. Ensured that communication occurred within the team and with outside entities, which enables the appropriate level of coordination and cooperation to meet the team s delivery goals.
Facilitate and lead iteration planning meetings and other team meetings as required. Ensured user stories, tasks, and non-functional requirements are accounted for on the sprint backlog. Attended Program Increment (PI) planning meetings, Scrum of Scrums and other events and meetings as required. Work with stakeholders to manage impediments, dependencies, and risks. Coordinated with stakeholders to perform continuous business, technical and mission requirements identification and just-in-time definition of requirements. Provided scrum coaching to the scrum team and provided training support. Provided monthly project statuses, weekly updates, and data calls as requested to management and internal/external stakeholders.
Project Lead / Scrum Master | Led and supported software development teams that provided website support services for Department of State (DoS) consular affairs, consular electronic application center (CEAC), including all non-immigrants and immigrants visas, as well as U.S citizen passport services.VMD Corp Fairfax, VA | October 2020 March 2021 Assisted the Product owner and the Development Team in writing user stories using Story template and INVEST criteria. Developed and managed releases using ELM and by conducting all Agile ceremonies. Took responsibility for metrics, generated reports, and ensured team functions are consistent with SAFe, and Scrum methodologies. Developed successful release plans, and deliverable documentation. Monitored and controlled release scope, time, cost, and quality, while balancing O&M priorities. Identified and tracked release and operational risks/issues, defined mitigation plans, and resolve issues. Managed expectations while managing quality of artifacts and services delivered to customer. Assisted in maintaining and growing application backlogs. Supported program (team assessments, interviews), reporting, and company tasks.Sr. Scrum Master / Agile Coach | Guided and coached teams to transition from Waterfall environment to Agile in terms of software development life cycle (SDLC), thereby increasing the stakeholders return on investment (ROI) and ensured improved enterprise agility and speed of delivery. Convinced the teams on why the agile mindset was adopted for projects, trained them the agile way and on how scrum empirical process works. Performed ceremonies to foster collaboration and exceed expectations.BB&T Bank Morgantown, WV | April 2019 October 2020 Coached and mentored the organization in the adoption of agile mindset. Initiated and led the implementation of sales records consolidation from various sources using Scrum at site start-up thereby leading to better transparency, collaboration, and productivity. Trained the ad-hoc team on agile mindset and led its adoption for the project. Constantly accessed the level of the team s agile/scrum maturity and provided necessary coaching and guidance to a desirable level which will give the desired results of the scrum framework. Connected the team with the right resources which could help remove impediments in a timely manner. Worked with Product Owner on creation and maintenance of scrum artifacts such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, and potential shippable product increment. Utilized JIRA to track and manage team progress as well as use it for dependency management. Developed dashboards to monitor performance and prepare executive summaries. Used my risk management understanding to prioritize impediments and resolve conflicts among team members. Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (Daily stand-up meeting, sprint planning, Backlog refinement, spring Demo, and retrospective). Worked closely with the Product Owner to ensure that user stories were professionally written, groomed, and prioritized on the product backlog. Assisted the Product owner and the Development Team in writing user stories using Story template and INVEST criteria. Proactively identified and removed roadblocks which serve as impediments for the development team thereby leading to risk mitigation and timely delivery of potential shippable increments. Tracked agile metrics such as velocity, predictability, and defects to measure the level of maturity of the team.Health Care Specialist/Combat MedicUS Army Ft. Benning, GA/ San-Antonio, TX | September 2018 March 2019 Successfully completed army basic training. Successfully completed Basic Life Support (BLS), EMT training and certification (NREMT). Successfully completed 68W MOS training.Scrum MasterBB&T Bank Morgantown, WV | January 2016 August 2018 Conducted Grooming meetings, Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings. Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions. Work with Pos and IT Director to address Defect/Bug flow within the sprint and from out of the Sprint. Worked with Product Owners, Product Managers, Scrum Masters, IT Directors, to address intake process. Worked with Product owners and other scrum masters, to address QA environment issues, regression testing, Embedded Testing and TQA Worked with Products owners and managers to align features to address and communicate dependencies, align requirements, prioritize features, and validate User Stories. Conducted User Story writing workshop and emphasized the importance of INVEST. Coached and mentored highly collaborative project teams that are geographically distributed in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Spear headed functional and budget meetings with directors and Management Team to discuss the budget and cost benefit analysis impact for the project. Worked with Scrum masters and Product owners ensure transparency at all levels on Version One. Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items. Worked extensively with Quality Engineering to ensure Zero Defect Releases. Monitored the project progress and radiated the information to stake holders. Identify and mitigate team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) daily.Scrum MasterMainOne Lagos, Nigeria | January 2013 December 2015 Trained new team members and help them to smoothly transition to agile framework Provided constant training and feedback to the management for them to know the importance of self-organization, cross-functionality, generalizing specialists and co-location required of the scrum team. Achieved co-location for all my development team members which broke down the barrier against face-to-face communication and ensures effective collaboration. Facilitated conflict resolution sessions where issues identified as bottlenecks between team members are resolved amicably. Role-modelled workable approaches to get team members to participate effectively in scrum ceremonies especially in Sprint Retrospective that focuses on improving the process. Provided back up for other scrum masters in the organization when on vacation or unavailable to support their teams on a day-to-day basis. Taught the teams Affinity Mapping method for user stories estimation in addition to the Planning Poker method which they are family with. Ensured each of the user stories are well defined; contained the Who, What and Why and meets the INVEST criteria before they are estimated by the team during the Program Backlog refinement sessions. Monitored and managed dependencies on other teams and projects outside the team to ensure potential issues and risks are resolved. Utilized abilities and skills of individuals and foster a feedback culture to support team building.
Collaborated with testers to ensure quality control measures are observed and continuously improved. Timely communicated any risks, impediments, design, and quality issues to the right people and keep the product owner abreast of any developments. Protect the development team from any form of influence that might hinder quality and timely increment.
Helped the team to resolve impediments and escalate when needed to ensure this does not serve as a bottleneck from meeting the goals of the team. Strong knowledge of JIRA to manage and track project progress. Facilitated scrum ceremonies to ensure scrum process is adopted and always working towards ensuring the teams stays in the performing stage.Jr. Scrum MasterHuawei Technologies Co. Ltd Lagos, Nigeria | September 2011 to December 2012 Scheduled and facilitated scrum ceremonies which provides platforms for team to plan, inspect and adapt. Coordinated with the Product Owner in identifying and prioritizing user stories to identify those that would make up the Product Backlog; creates and documents acceptance criteria and estimation. Protected the development team from external interruptions which could affect their productivity. Used JIRA as ALM tool for management of scrum events and backlogs. Facilitated backlog grooming sessions where user stories are groomed for clarifications and understanding. Escalated impediments identified during daily stand-up to the management for immediate intervention. Provided training to the team on tools to identify root causes and develop continuous improvement plans. Ensured all user stories meet the definition of ready before they are committed to the sprint.Jr. Data AnalystEricsson Lagos, Nigeria | December 2010 to August 2011Team 1 PPS (May23 PI) - Sprint 0 Analyzed data and obtained useful business reports, using statistical methods. Helped to develop and review reports. Utilized advanced Excel functions to generate spreadsheets and pivot tables. Supported the data warehouse to define and review reporting requirements. Participated in the design and development of data collection relational databases. Worked in close collaboration with engineering and operations to record business processes. Oversaw, as per guidelines, confidential data, and information. Worked independently to understand the structure of the database and the business processes for team members.Education MSc. Management, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV BSc. Economics, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Nigeria |
