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EDITH FLORE NGUENANG FOTSO

nguenangflore@gmail.com 703-***-**** Fairfax, VA 22030

Multi-skilled IT professional with about 8 years of experience using interpersonal communication skills and employing technical, strategic, and creative expertise required to lead, facilitate, coach, and oversee projects and teams fulfilling client and stakeholder needs. An effective communicator able to build and grow strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Has a solid, complementary software development and testing background using agile methodologies. Continually learning in the quest of excellence through initiatives, training programs, and communities of practice in being a coach and servant leader of several IT areas in diverse industries. [Project Management, waterfall & Agile, strategic planning, process improvement, cost Estimation, Automation, Dependency & Risk Management, SaaS, Information Radiator, Continuous Improvement, Agile Coaching, product Roadmap & Development, Agile Maturity, Change Agent, Human Centered Design] 15 years' experience, expert in Agile and waterfall methodologies known ability to produce high-quality deliverables Solution- driven Business analyst/scum master leading cross- functional teams and driven Business consulting process innovations, Risk and compliance, Product Development, Application Technology End- to -End Product Management including stakeholder engagement, project feasibility, Benefits, value Mapping, Team Management, Delivery Reports Ability to influence, persuade, lead, and motivate the team and project sponsors in other to achieve the various goal and objectives of the project, excellent interpersonal skills, capable of developing effective relationships across the department and engaging with the people in effective way to deliver outcomes. Collaborative leader, proven ability to lead and develop teams who work extremely well in dedicated and matrix team environment and cross functionally. Translated Business requirements and/or initiatives into a conceptual solution described through Epics and stories and application of abstraction to ensure the right level of detail to the key stakeholders. Performed the scrum Master Role managing cross-functional teams, bringing transparency, and facilitating events- sprint planning, Estimation workshops, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint reviews, Fun Retrospectives. Stakeholder engagement, estimation Workshop, Daily Stand – ups, Sprint, review, Retrospectives, sprint Planning. Requirements Lifecycle User stories and process Mapping Budgeting and Costing Project Documentation Quality Assurance Project scheduling Team Management Risk/Change Management Automation Process Improvement Business intelligence Cross Functional Supervision Technology Summary SDLC Methodologies SaaS Methodologies Agile Management Tools Scrum, Agile, Waterfall, Kanban Jira, Confluence, Miro, Ideaboardz, Story Mapping, Capacity Planning, Skill assessment, Agile Maturity, Risk register, Dependency Mapper, Remote collaboration, Fun Retrospectives.

Project management, waterfall& Agile, strategic planning, process improvement, cost

estimation,Automation,Dependency, &risk management, Saas, information radiator. Continuous improvement, Agile coaching, product Roadmap & Development, Agile

Maturity, Change Agent, Human centered design.

Good Home Healthcare

Scrum master/ project manager

08/2018 - Current

Worked closely with the product owner in defining the product Goal & roadmap

Worked effectively with the scum team to remove impediments and track them in Jira

Guided the team through continual improvement process and Best Practices

Summary

Skills

Experience

Facilitated scrum master community of practices

Ensured conductive environment which fostered self- organizing and self – Managing team

Empowered the scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunities Encouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to date Facilitated all scrum events including the sprint, sprint planning, Daily Scum, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective, product backlog, refinement, workshops with stakeholders

Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the continuous improvement of the existing process Jira admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL...)

Planned and tracked sprint closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & delivery

Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the team and management

Organized and facilitate team and organization agile maturity Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games techniques and closure of action items on improvements

Reflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholders Prepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impediments

Helped product owner with effective management of features, epics, stories, and prioritization

Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog Effectively supporting the delivery squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements

Applied human centered design (Empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test, implement).

HUAWEI TECNOLOGIES Germany

SCRUM MASTER / PROJECT

MANAGER

11/2017 - 07/2018

Effectively guided scrum and Kanban team

Creating working agreement, establishing, and helping the teams by all means to achieve their sprint goals

Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games

Educated and coached the team on usage of Jira & confluence tools Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/ product teams on inter- dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony

Helped product owner with effective management of backlog Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria Optimized workflow efficiency, lead the ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery

Educated and insured Agile/scrum implementation methodology, practices, values and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross- functional team

Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblock to their work

Coordinated with the scrum team in daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, sprint review meetings, sprint retrospective meeting and backlog grooming meetings

Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile and traditional project management. ALCATEL Paris From

PROJECT MANAGER

05/2008 - 10/2017

Co- ordination of project implementation and execution in accordance with project specifications

Direct supervision of field and office staff seconded to mobile Switching Center (MSC) creation project management

Reporting to the local project manager on status of ongoing projects Working with the field technical manager on quick solutions to blocking points in normal project execution

Creation of planning schedules, delivery requests, work order, etc For customer operations

Mediating with Sub- contractors for supplies and technical services. Institute of Management Cameroon

computer science and technologies

06/2006

Lycee bilingue Bafoussam Cameroon high

graduate

06/1999

Education and Training

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