Okokon Essiet

PMI Certified Project Manager Certified Scrum Master, Scrum

Product Owner Accredited Certification

Adkar Prosci Change Manager Six Sigma Black Belt Certified and MBA Human

Resources

10300 NW 41 St Street

Phone: 1-954-***-****

Coral Springs Florida 33065

Email: acn8y2@r.postjobfree.com

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PERSONAL SUMMARY

A proven leader in the field of Information Technology and Information

Systems who advocates and evangelizes best practices and quality for

projects in all areas of business. Specializes in delivering software

development and testing projects which are on-time, under-budget, and

high-value. A professional with demonstrated success in Agile and

traditional project / program management, business analysis, quality

assurance, and consulting services. A highly praised and recommended

consultant with an extensive history of satisfied customers and

clients. Fiscally minded with both local and global experience. Open to

travel both domestically and internationally. Effectively manages teams

and resources around the globe both on-site and remotely.

Critical Skills Set

Focus on customer value

Experience managing project teams, Achieved business Objectives

Team Leadership and Mentoring

Conflict Management

Change Management

Six Sigma Black Belt

Enterprise

PMO experienced

Microsoft Office 2003-2013,

Managing project Financials

Quality assurance and Control

Project Management

Social Media Certified

MS Dynamics CRM

PeopleSoft

SAP Experience

Organizational development and retention Agile

experience

Stakeholder Management

Waterfall

Superior communication and analytical skills Lean

Six Sigma Coach

Quality assurance and Control

Great Communication Skills

Education

. MBA in Human Resources / Keller Graduate School of Management, Miramar,

Florida, Dec 2007

. MA History Portland State University, Portland, OR, Jul1998

. B.A. History / Portland State University, Portland, OR, Jul1995

. PMI PMP Certification

. Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification

. Certified Scrum Master

. Software Test Manager Certificate

Professional Experience

Keiser University, Ft Lauderdale Florida

Project Manager/Scrum Master January 2012 - Present

University Education

. Interacted and communicated with stakeholders on all levels.

. Managed CampusVue software integration and implementation ERP Systems.

. Managed the implementation and integration of Broadleaf CRM system

replacing legacy system.

. Owned the stand-up, planning, review and retrospective meetings

. Along with the product owner and tech lead, accountable for managing

and monitored scrum team and project performance delivered to Program

Managers.

. Ensured various elements of the project are properly coordinated

. Boundary Management (working relationships within and outside team to

accomplish goals)

. Tracks events, tasks, dependencies, etc. in the project plan.

Identifies iterations that are ahead / on / behind schedule.

Identifies discrepancies in budgeted versus actual costs. Identifies

items / issues that jeopardize the cost, quality or timeliness of

project deliverables

. Reported status of project (written, verbal, formal and informal

presentations) to stakeholders, project community and other key staff.

. Along with the Product Owner, communicates which deliverables are

ahead / on / behind schedule. Advises customers and staff on

strategies for dealing with barriers and changes to project plan.

. Identified, negotiated, communicated and managed project changes in

any of the following Dependency Management

. Certified Acceptance of Deliverables - Worked with customers and other

internal staff to obtain signoff and acceptance of deliverables.

Documents approvals (date, time, signatures, etc.) to close out

milestone or phase of project

. Tracked events, tasks, dependencies, etc. in the project plan.

Identified iterations that were ahead / on / behind schedule.

Identified discrepancies in budgeted versus actual costs. Identified

items / issues that jeopardized the cost, quality or timeliness of

project deliverables

. Reported status of project (written, verbal, formal and informal

presentations) to stakeholders, project community and other key staff.

. Along with the Product Owner, communicated which deliverables were

ahead / on / or behind schedule. Advised customers and staff on

strategies for dealing with barriers and changes to project plan.

. Used the Adkar Prosci Model to achieve five goals of individual change

that had to be achieved for successful transformation

. Maintained corporate guidelines for utilizing Lean Six Sigma and

quality tools/processes, while managing operating budget and meeting

deliverables.

. As Scrum Master managed Stand-ups, Backlogs, Sprint Planning

Meetings, Retrospectives, Demos, Story Board, Story Writing and

Information Radiator

. Implemented Agile/Scrum as a project management methodology within

DRL - Coached the software development team in using Agile/Scrum

. Educated upper management and championed the use of Agile/Scrum

. Collaborated with cross functional teams to gather business

requirements related to ongoing development using Agile Estimating and

Applied User Stories

. Applied a structured methodology and lead change management activities

. Assess the change impact

. Managed the upgrade of legacy systems to Broadleaf CRM system.

Van Commodities/FGI Trading Coral Gables Florida

Project Manager/Scrum Master /Change Manager March 2005 January

2012

Financial Services industry

. Collaborated with senior management to assess requirements and

implement processes for continued support. Participated in the

development and implementation of strategic annual project plans and

delivery.

. Maintained corporate guidelines for utilizing Lean Six Sigma and

quality tools/processes, while managing operating budget and meeting

deliverables.

. dbcSMARTsoft software integration with ERP Systems.

. Managed and communicated transition of individuals, teams and

organization affected by change within the organization.

. Managed professional staff (software developers, line managers,

project managers) in delivering solutions across multiple profit

centers. Managed development to delivery within timelines and quality

objectives.

. Created actionable deliverables for the five change management levers:

communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan,

resistance management plan.

. Defined and measure success metrics and monitor change progress

. Analyzed policies, recommended policy changes and process improvements

for two merging companies providing full functionality while

eliminating redundancy.

. Identified and removed barriers, mitigated resistance and equipped

stakeholders with the knowledge and abilities to make transition

successfully.

. Managed reinforcement of change by utilizing proactive resistance

management plans and actively recognized and celebrated success.

. Successfully executed various change management projects.

. Assessed the change impact

. Consulted with the business and work with integrated teams to find new

solutions.

Conducted interviews with business partners as well as organized and

conducted workshops with user groups.

. Planned all changes through stakeholder engagement, analysis and

participation

. Managed an innovative talent management strategy including recruiting,

screening, on-boarding and training resulting in increased corporate

returns (ROI) and employee retention.

. Worked with stakeholders' to assess technical readiness and plan

software rollout across their organization.

. Optimized team efficiency and elevated customer experience through the

identification and elimination of outdated processes.

Evolution Enterprises LLC Brooklyn New York

HR/ Project Manager

Jan, 2001 to March 2005

Crude Oil, Telecom Diesel Brokerage Firm

. People Skills: Managing delivery teams of various sizes and scope

including internal stakeholders, consultants and vendors; managing

cross functional project teams in a matrix environment; establishing

and maintain productive working relationships with internal

stakeholders

Project and Financial management: Applying sound knowledge of finance

and project cost-accounting principles and practices in developing and

managing project budgets

. Negotiated and finalized contracts for all procurement and global

human resource needs. Created and implements category strategies,

tracking performance and end results.

. Managed recruitment project to acquire team needed in areas of mining

for international business team. Screened and interviewed applicants.

. Implemented skills and assessment structured testing to obtain

suitable qualified candidates.

. Interviewed candidates to determined employee alignment with company

strategic objectives.

. Developed operating guidelines and procedures for supporting and

ensuring employee performance by establishing effective employee

appraisal and performance management system.

. The Project Manager (Private Wealth Management PWM) was be responsible

for managing a variety of Wealth Management/CRM projects; and helping

customers to manage and expand their business.

. Websites & On-line Marketing: Delivering high-impact websites and

executing email and social media campaigns to clients in a broad range

of markets.

Professional Affiliations Project Management Institute (PMI), Member[pic]

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