Scrum Master Project Management
Resume:
Osayande Joe Ehizogie https://www.linkedin.com/in/osayande-ehizogie-87ab2387/
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Plainfield, IL
Scrum Master with 11 + years of experience in Project Management as well as Scrum Master and Agile coaching. Results-oriented professional with demonstrable success in training and spearheading robust teams to deliver key projects within high-intensity software development environments and attain organizational goals. Adept in verbal and written communication, defining project scope and objectives, modeling Agile principles, as well as identifying improvement opportunities to streamline business processes. Outstanding collaborator ability to partner with multidisciplinary teams and forge enduring relationships with coworkers, clients, and key stakeholders. Areas of Expertise
Scrum/Kanban/ScrumBan
Development Support
Code Performance Optimization
Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills
Stakeholder Engagement
Goal Setting & Attainment
Agile Games/Scrum Ceremonies
Collaboration and Team Facilitation
User Story Writing
Coaching & Mentoring
Process Flow Design
Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Professional Experience
Westrock Company, Woodridge IL 2020 – Present
Scrum Master
Spearhead and train three software development teams via integrated Agile framework. Organize and supervise daily standups, demos, sprint planning, Scrum of Scrum meetings, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and reviews. Facilitate Agile meetings and consistently contribute towards optimizing team performance and cultivating sense of self- organization, transparency, and organizational maturity.
Coordinate with Agile coaches and senior management to build collaborative teams and execute programs promoting best practices and adoption of Agile principles.
Boosted team velocity by 65% within nine months, resolved impediments, decreased wait time by 60%, and enhanced activity ratio by 73%.
Reduced technical debt by 65% and achieved 75% increase in completion as well as 85% improvement in accuracy by introducing and examining best practices related to pair programming, code review, TDD, and refactoring.
Employed Agile principles and Scrum guidelines and practices and successfully drove 60% of cultivation of Agile mindset and best practices in nine months.
Created training and development opportunities for multidisciplinary management and teams leading to 80% rise in Agile adoption rate while increasing overall productivity by 80%.
Aided product owner by designing product concepts including story mapping, story grooming, and backlog management to provide clarity in Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, and Acceptance criteria resulting in teams achieving Sprint completion ranging between 75% to 85% consistency and reinforcing predictability over 85% of time.
Optimized team efficiency by 70% within 18 months and encouraged Agile transformation by partnering with Agile teams and Product Owners.
Fostered 100% transparency and reduced decision-making time by 50% by streamlining and delivering information related to work progress.
Delivered 100% successful periodical team health assessments to improve maturity and track teams’ growth.
Expertise in cloud computing platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Proven ability to drive collaboration, foster a positive team culture, and ensure alignment with project goals and cloud best practices.
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve impediments or issues that impact team productivity.
Fostered a collaborative and positive team culture,, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing. Home Depot, Joliet, IL Nov 2011 – March 2020
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Served as Facilitator to support team’s progress towards attaining set targets and optimized quality, predictability, flow, and velocity, focusing on daily and iteration goals as well as aligning team activities with annual calendar for iterations and program increments.
Controlled flow of value within Agile teams by implementing prescribed tools and other information radiators. Managed backlogs and mentored team to build positive team dynamics with respect to scope and priorities.
Effectively organized Sprint Ceremonies involving sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, daily stand-ups, product increment, and story grooming sessions.
Cooperated with business and technology teams to ensure smooth delivery and administered overall delivery within sprints and spillovers.
Resolved and escalated impediments and dependencies for team to progress in delivery.
Demonstrated exemplary communication skills and leadership as single point of contact for key stakeholders, providing updates on progress or challenges, and recommending effective solutions to identified or potential threats and risks, enabling timely and efficient implementation of approved mitigation plans.
Consistently enhanced team member growth and proficiency by regularly conducting performance appraisals to applaud strengths, recognize development needs, and deliver positive feedback, resulting in upward progression of productivity.
Identified skill gaps across teams and initiated training and educational sessions to mitigate constraints caused by knowledge gaps.
Worked closely with product owners and stakeholders to define and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring alignment with project goals.
Implemented Agile metrics and reporting mechanisms to track team performance, sprint progress, and providing valuable insights to stakeholders.
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Internetworking Technology College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Higher National Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration The Polytechnic Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ordinary National Diploma in Business Studies
The Polytechnic Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Technical Proficiencies
Jira Agile/Scrum Confluence Miro Retrium Slack AWS DevOps Microsoft Office Suite WebEx MS Teams Skype Zoom Team Viewer Acrobat Reader Scrum Events Licenses & Certifications
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance
Professional Scrum Master – Scrum.org
US citizen
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