William Leke
Dallas, TX *5254
ad5aqq@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented Senior Scrum Master with 5 years of experience in leading Agile teams to deliver high-quality software products. Adept at fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and ensuring Agile principles are upheld throughout the development lifecycle. Proficient in a variety of technical tools and methodologies, with a proven track record of driving continuous improvement and delivering business value.
EXPERIENCE
Maximus Inc, Tysons, Virginia - Senior Scrum Master September 2022 - Present
● Led multiple Agile teams through successful project lifecycles, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and best practices.
● Facilitated Scrum events including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, fostering transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
● Coached and mentored team members on Agile methodologies and best practices, driving continuous improvement and increasing team efficiency.
● Collaborated closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize and refine the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
● Implemented and maintained Agile metrics to track team performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive data-driven decision-making.
● Acted as a servant leader, removing impediments and fostering a culture of accountability, empowerment, and self-organization within the teams.
● Championed the adoption of DevOps practices, enabling teams to achieve faster time-to-market and higher quality deliverables through automation and continuous integration.
● Conducted training sessions and workshops on Agile practices, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing across the organization. Priority Technology Holdings, Alpharetta, Georgia - Scrum Master January 2022 - September 2022
● Managed highly complex payment solutions projects impacting all areas of enterprise and crucial to bottom-line success.
● Responsible for leading organizations' agile transformation.
● Coached agile team through company merger, delivering on new features for the organization's most profitable product.
● Worked with the PO, technical teams, and client to Identify & define epics to feed into the Product Roadmap & ideas backlog.
● Helped foster effective communication channels between business stakeholders and teams so all were clear on product requirements, sprint goals and product builds.
● Tracked, managed, and resolved daily project impediments impacting team’s performance.
● Coordinated and synchronized project plan, activities, and dependencies with other teams.
Align Credit Union, Lowell, MA- Scrum Master
September 2020 - January 2022
● Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
● Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
● Worked with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
● Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems and distractions to meeting team goals.
● Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
● Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
Align Credit Union, Lowell, MA - Junior Business Analyst August 2019 - September 2020
● Boosted company productivity and customer satisfaction by streamlining or eliminating inefficient processes.
● Pinpointed inefficiencies in business processes and recommended improved policies.
● Analyzed businesses to determine financial impact of potential investments to support risk assessment.
● Reviewed company software and business programs to determine value and assess viability in a live environment.
● Identified key growth and contribution opportunities for business.
● Developed test plans and scripts to ensure accuracy of software system implementations
Skills
● Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
● Team Leadership and Development
● Agile Coaching and Mentoring
● Sprint Planning and Execution
● Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
● JIRA, Confluence, and other Agile Tools
● Technical Proficiency in [List specific technical skills, such as programming languages, development tools, etc.]
● Stakeholder Management and Communication
● Problem-solving and Conflict Resolution
● Risk Management and Mitigation
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA - BS, Economics Hopedale Jr/Sr High School
Certifications
Certified SAFe® Scrum Master
Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner