BOLARIN. GBADAMOSI

Agile Transformation Lead

404-***-**** ad46pa@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bolaringbadamosi Bolarin is an experienced Senior Agile Coach with 15+ years of experience developing IT solutions and streamlining the delivery of products and services. He has a solution-oriented mindset and is passionate about helping organizations continuously improve in delivering value to their customers. He is seasoned at driving change adoption, gaining critical buy-in, establishing trust for changing processes and environments, ensuring a sustainable pace of delivery while promoting self-organization through a servant leadership style, and constantly improving the quality of delivery. I bring overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to products, applying expert judgment to removing impediments, keeping Agile teams focused, and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments with a strong knowledge of People management, Agile transformation, cloud architecture, and business analytics. CORE COMPETENCIES

Agile- Scrum Methodology • Project Management • Lean Processes • Process Improvement

Team Building • Servant Leadership • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Process Reengineering • Change Management • Requirement Identification • Planning and scheduling • Forecasting • Root Cause Analysis • Workshop/Presentation/Training

Conflict Resolution • Training and Development • Excellent Communication skill TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

SDLC Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, JIRA, Azure DevOps, CA Agile (Rally), TFS, XP, DevOps, Waterfall.

Agile Management Tools: JIRA, JIRA Align, CA Rally, Confluence

Programming Languages and Platforms: Python, AWS- Redshift, S3, EC2 Industry Vertical: Financial Services; Healthcare claims & Services; Retail & E-Commerce; Utilities PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AGILE TRANSFORMATION COACH 11/2023 TO CURRENT

BIMOT ENTERPRISE, NC

As an Agile Coach, I partnered with corporate leadership to understand challenges and obstacles, interpret SOW requirements, and identify impediments to the transformation. The goal was to develop a shared vision and high-level roadmap to align business values.

Led the establishment of Agile Champions to generate further excitement and communicate the change and its impact to individuals and teams, anchoring on why the Agile transformation was necessary in the first place and helping align on shared understanding and strategy.

I was responsible for training several Scrum Masters and Product Owners on this new way of working and thinking as they transitioned to the role. I equipped them with the tools and competencies needed to be successful while mentoring and coaching them to maturity.

I was responsible for creating and monitoring key metrics that support enablement of teams utilizing SAFe; implementing mitigating steps for any under-performing metrics.

As an Agile transformation Coach, I trained and launched several Scrum and Kanban teams focusing on the delivery of value; this created a conducive environment for continuous learning and self-transformation, - delivering workshops and training in Agile best practices, and this resulted in increases in team morale and productivity.

Co-authored training materials for group training focusing on Leadership, Product ownership, Scrum Master, and teams, emphasizing culture, metrics, continuous improvement, empathy, and the change adoption process.

I worked with other Agile Coaches to establish team metrics and align them to the organization's key performance indicators so we can continuously track and measure our team's maturity and continuous improvement.

Collaborated with the Enterprise Coach and other transformation leads to propose, negotiate, plan, and schedule a phased rollout plan for teams and leadership on their agile journey.

AGILE TRANSFORMATION COACH 12/2022 TO 10/2023

BANK OF AMERICA, NC

Strategically aided the adoption of Agile within a section in the Bank, played a pivotal role in introducing the Agile mindset, providing education, fostering cultures, and sustaining methodologies.

Fostered a culture of business agility, enabling teams to embrace change, iterate quickly, and deliver high-quality products focusing on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement.

Tailor refined Agile adoption practices, initiating improvements, measuring progress, and addressing impediments for seamless integration. Orchestrating Agile methodology across cross-functional teams, driving the Agile Roadmap, fostering collaboration, and achieving a 25% reduction in time-to-market.

Scaled agility at the organizational level, guiding Bank of America's leaders in building governance processes, shifting lean processes mindsets, and scaling Agile practices.

Led workshops at Bank of America, covering key concepts, OKR writing, Sprint 0 activities, and other pod kick-off activities to drive Agile understanding.

Implemented hands-on coaching for 3-5 pods at Bank of America, refining Agile practices and achieving a 20% improvement in product outcomes.

Updated and refined the Agile playbook at Bank of America, creating standardized ways of working and championing the use of metrics for continuous improvement.

Fostered collaborative partnerships with three management teams, nine business teams, and 7 IT leaders, completing 28 products.

Effected in-depth IT process analyses through shadowing, interviews, and immersive workshops, optimizing efficiency and achieving a 17% cost reduction by streamlining workflows and eliminating redundancies.

AGILE COACH 10/2019 to 11/2022

US Bank - Charlotte, NC

Led the Value Stream Mapping sessions, collaborating with other Agile Coaches and stakeholders for seamless implementation.

Engaged with individuals at varying levels of the organization and led discussions that resulted in a shared understanding and consensus on a path forward, resulting in a transformative Agile lean process mindset shift across 32 teams.

Defined the agile transformation strategy for 350+ teams and led a team of 6 agile coaches to execute it by providing coaching, mentoring, and training support to over 60 teams across three geographic locations.

Drove continuous improvement at US Bank, leading Agile newcomers through immersive learning environments (Dojo) and reducing training time from 10 months to 3 weeks.

Drove a project-to-product transformation, overseeing the product ideation process and impact mapping. Ensured the alignment of Epics/Features with the appropriate Objectives and Key Results (OKR), achieving an 80% reduction in the preparation time.

Conducted clear and compelling cross-team organizational communication, resulting in heightened transparency and predictability of products.

Coached senior leadership (Business and IT) and Product Owners on cross-silo coordination using a multi-level coaching approach across hierarchy levels. Ensured a comprehensive understanding of the implementation roadmap and Agile framework execution.

Led the company's implementation and adaptation of JIRA, which reduced the time it took to create and manage requirements by an average of four days.

Steered a team of 9 Agile Coaches, executing the implementation strategy by coaching, mentoring, and training individuals to support over 4-5 teams across regions. AGILE COACH 12/2018 TO 10/2019

EXPRESS-SCRIPTS - BLOOMINGTON, MN

Demonstrated a solid executive presence at Express-Scripts, engaging and leading enterprise Agile Transformation for one ART. Guided executives in defining operating models and mitigating transformation impediments for product teams.

Developed and delivered training materials on Agile methodologies unique to the team and company areas requiring training.

Coached Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Developers to decompose Program/Team Epics/Initiatives identification and map the OKR/Business Objectives.

Coached development teams on six projects with 45 team members new to Agile.

Analyzed processes and uncovered opportunities for improvement- using data and KPIs and working with stakeholders in designing and implementing enhancements.

Achieved a remarkable 26% increase in team velocity through strategic Agile adoption at Express-Scripts.

Led team OKR identification and helped teams understand why / what / who using presentations, intake workflow mapping, and road mapping.

Influenced the development teams and middle and upper management to transform to the Scaled Agile framework that best suits the company setup.

Led and coached Product Owners to improve story writing, feature discovery, and requirements gathering process, increasing customer satisfaction and decreasing time- to-delivery by 25%.

SENIOR SCRUM MASTER 01/2013 TO 12/2018

WATCH TOWER - ATLANTA, GA

Coached Scrum Team members and Product Owners on focusing on Sprint goals and delivering high value every sprint by meeting the commitments, Definition of Done, and with zero defects.

Influenced two new teams and helped move from forming to the performing stage in 6 months.

Facilitated interviews with the product team to gather functional requirements. Successfully used Agile/Scrum Methodologies to gather requirements and facilitate user stories workshops. Documented user stories and facilitated Story Point discussions to analyze the level of effort required to meet project specifications.

Coordinated teams with making appropriate commitments through User story selection, User story estimation using the Fibonacci series and task definition, and proactively developing and improving Scrum team standards, tools, and best practices using JIRA, reducing development time by 35%.

Protected teams from outside distractions and interruptions and removed impediments daily to ensure maximum productivity and delivery of sprint goals.

Introduced technology teams to the Agile community's latest innovative thinking and ideas to enhance business agility.

Streamlined Agile team progress by promptly escalating and resolving obstacles through effective leadership communication, resulting in swift solutions to customer issues. BUSINESS ANALYST/SCRUM MASTER 10/2010 TO 12/2012 ACCESS BANK LTD - LAGOS, NIGERIA

Crafted user stories and to-be process flows to underpin the design and development of Salesforce solutions tailored for clients.

Collaborated with team members to conceptualize solutions aligning with clients' business requirements and fulfilling user stories.

Steered pivotal client meetings, which included requirement sessions, system demos, user acceptance testing, and end-user training.

Met the goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 Hours. BUSINESS ANALYST 05/2008 TO 09/2010

CEDAR TREE GROUP LTD - LAGOS, NIGERIA

Partnered with developers to automate manual processes, saving time and money while decreasing errors. Credited as a primary driving force behind a 5% increase in margins.

Work with stakeholder groups to ensure business and technology alignment. As a result, the proposed solutions met defined specifications and needs.

Performed quality assurance, system integration, and user acceptance testing, facilitating on-time, on-budget, and acclaimed “go-live” enterprise implementations for 12,000 global users.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Scaled Agile Inc, - SAFe SA, SAFe Program Consultant (SPC6)

ICAgile-Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)

SAFe 6 Agilest, SA Certification

Certified Scrum Trainer SCT

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification

The University of Adelaide - Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI- ACP)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical/Production Engineering

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