IZIEGBE OKUNGBOWA

916-***-**** ad0tpw@r.postjobfree.com

Work Schedule: Part-Time / Contract

Summary:

SAFe Certified servant leader with 6 years of experience working with agile and scrum teams. Dedicated approach to understanding and prioritizing business requirements and delivering desired outcomes whilst managing business expectations. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently, meet tight deadlines, thrive under pressure, foster team collaboration and self-organization, and resolve conflicts within teams. Experienced in leading co-located, and offshore teams with a focus on meeting sprint goals and ensuring the satisfactory incremental delivery of all project goals with the use of Agile tools such as Jira and Rally.

Career Highlights:

2 years of Project Manager and 5 years as a Scrum Master utilizing Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Extensive knowledge of multiple Agile framework; SAFe, Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming.

Strong technical command of project management tools; Visual Studio, Jira, Rally, TFS and MS Project.

Well-versed in version control tools such as SharePoint.

Knowledge in agile transformation and Agile sustainment for both experienced and new agile teams.

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio).

Proficient in JavaScript and Python.

Work History

CGI (AT&T) Houston, TX

December 2020 – Present Position: Sr. Scrum Master

Transformed two teams from waterfall to Agile

Created and implemented capacity planning in the company

Trained and educated stakeholders on Agile methodology

Build, develop, and released new and existing wireline pages on AT&T website

Coached the development team and stakeholders on the use of Agile/Scrum practices at a sustainable pace for the team and organization.

Facilitated the transition of the team to the Agile/Scrum process of project delivery.

Worked with product owners and stakeholders to refine vision and establish goals and metrics.

Served as a liaison between the product owners and team to ensure that all targets and requirements are met.

Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or retribution - with an emphasis of problem solving.

Supported Product Owners in maintaining the product backlog, roadmap, and delivery deadlines

Scheduled and facilitated scrum ceremonies and cross-functional meetings, and ensured appropriate progress tools, information, radiators and reports effectively provided transparency on team's project progress/productivity

Technologies LLC (Capital One) Houston, TX

June 2019 – June 2020 Position: Scrum Master

Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrum meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives and product backlog refinement meeting and other scrum ceremonies to build and maintain high performing teams.

Supported Product Owners in maintaining the product backlog, roadmap and delivery deadlines, breaking down high level business intents into workable components to achieve an efficiently prioritized high value backlog.

Participated in all aspects of the agile software development life cycle for existing and proposed system and application solutions including facilitation of agile ceremonies including sprint kickoff, daily stand-ups, sprint review, sprint demo, and sprint retrospective.

Prepared for and facilitates release planning with teams.

Assisted in dependency management, cross team coordination, and ensures effective and open communication across and within teams to effectively provide transparency and foster healthy collaboration.

Facilitated discussion, decision making and conflict resolution.

Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.

Supported and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Served as a liaison between the product owners and team to ensure that all targets and requirements are met.

Interacted with the line of business SMEs and Product Owners to facilitate developing a roadmap for the end to end feature set and PI planning for the target deliverables.

Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

Build, develop, and grow any relationships vital to the success of the project.

Took ownership of day to day issues and escalations and bring issues to resolution.

Lead team through PI planning including quarterly onsite meetings.

Facilitated and monitor the Scrum process from initiation through delivery.

Coordinated activities across scrum teams.

Utilized team feedback and team metrics to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve.

Technologies LLC (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Phoenix, AZ

June 2017 – May 2019 Position: Scrum Master

Provided support to the team using a servant leadership style by leading by example.

Guided the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices, principles, and theory.

Coached the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team.

Removed impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right people/process to remove the impediment.

Built a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or retribution - with an emphasis of problem solving.

Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

Identified and removed impediments and fostered a collaborative environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement by ensuring consistent transparent communication of project progress and bottlenecks.

Scheduled and facilitated scrum ceremonies and cross-functional meetings, and ensured appropriate progress tools, information, radiators and reports effectively provided transparency on team's project progress/productivity.

Performed risk, issue and dependency management for the team and ensured release management practices aligned to enterprise standards.

Recommended and introduced appropriate metrics in support of continued improvement with the

goal of getting the high levels of productivity from the team.

Education:

Kingston University London, United Kingdom

Master of Science in Financial & Business Management (Honors), 2015

California State University, Fresno United States

Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration; Accounting, 2012

Certifications & Training:

SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master (SSM) – Scaled Agile

Finance & Marketing – Regent’s University London

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