Maria O. Odusanwo

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Professional Summary

Experienced Agile practitioner with over a decade of comprehensive experience in Agile project management, agile coaching, application development, cross-functional team leadership, and business analysis. Proven track record of guiding Agile project and Software Development teams to deliver high-quality products and services through the effective implementation of Agile practices. Adept at leveraging project management/Agile tools for continuous process improvement, organizing workflows, and acting as a liaison between team members and stakeholders. Demonstrated success in making precise decisions, resolving complex challenges, and driving exceptional outcomes in fast-paced environments, reflecting an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Skills/Tools:

Agile Methodology • Coaching • Agile Development and Best Practices • Team Empowerment • Training Facilitation • Mentoring • Servant Leadership • Agile Frameworks- Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, XP • Sprint/Release Planning • Strategic Thinking & Planning • Stakeholder Engagement • Timeline Management • User Stories • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) • Product Development • Software Development • Change & Risk Management • Team Management • Continuous Improvement • Continuous Integration • Sustainable Development • Automated Testing • Releases • Cross-functional Team Leadership • Team Building • Interpersonal Communication/ Skills • Conflict Resolutions/Management • Change & Risk Management • Business Process Transformation • Agile Estimation and Planning • Jira & Jira Portfolio• Confluence • AHA • Rally • VersionOne • Azure DEVOPS • Power BI • Tableau • Pendo • GITHUB • Salesforce • Microsoft SQL SERVER • Knowledge of LEAN • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE) • ServiceNow • Project Management • Waterfall • Microsoft Office- MS. Word, Excel, Power-Point, Outlook, Project.

Transloc, Durham, NC May 2022–October 2023

Agile Coach/Scrum Master

Effective Scrum Facilitation: Led Scrum ceremonies, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement, ensuring project alignment.

Stakeholder Engagement: Acted as a bridge between stakeholders and the team, promoting transparency and a productive environment.

Shared Vision: Ensured shared understanding of product scope, goals, and progress among team members and stakeholders.

Enhanced Route Optimization: Led On-Demand team in optimizing route algorithms, boosting customer satisfaction by 75%.

Accelerated Delivery: Implemented feature-driven development, reducing time-to-market for new services.

Real-Time Integration: Collaborated with Fixed Route team on real-time tracking, decreasing customer complaints by 50%.

Operational Efficiency: Introduced a metrics-based assessment framework, doubling operational efficiency for the Fixed Route team.

Impediment Resolution: Guided teams in overcoming obstacles, enhancing self-organization, and overall efficiency.

Key Feature Delivery: Collaborated and facilitated the development and launch of the GTFS import feature, meeting a critical deadline.

Progressive Insurance, Ohio June 2020 - May 2022

Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Agile Excellence: Coached teams in Agile best practices, addressing challenges related to predictability, transparency, estimation accuracy, and successful deployments.

Product Collaboration: Provided guidance and coaching to product owners, collaborating on backlog prioritization, feature creation, user story decomposition, release planning, and promoting collaboration among cross-functional teams.

Team Transformation: Mentored and nurtured teams during their formative stages, fostering their transformation into high-performing units, resulting in improved outcomes with fewer rollbacks.

Software Development: Collaborated effectively with software development teams, leading the successful development of the organization's Claim Pro software. Enabled a seamless transition of all employees from the claim station to Claim Pro software.

Data-Driven Insights: Delivered valuable leadership insights derived from Jira dashboards, ensuring team focus and efficiency.

Agile Mindset: Continuously coached executives and stakeholders, fostering the adoption of an Agile mindset and efficient project execution.

Process Improvement: Conducted periodic Agile Health Assessments, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing necessary adjustments to enhance project efficiency.

Empowering Teams: Led workshops and training sessions to enrich team learning, elevating overall performance and collaboration.

Waterfall to Agile Transition: Spearheaded the transition of multiple teams from a waterfall methodology to Agile, driving the implementation of best Agile practices throughout the transformation.

Conflict Resolution: Assisted team members in clarifying their roles and responsibilities within the team, effectively resolving process-related questions or conflicts that arose during projects.

Nanosoft Consulting LLC, OH April 2018 – June 2020

Senior Agile Coach / Scrum Master

Agile Transformation Catalyst: Spearheaded a Lean/Agile mindset shift, driving teams to embrace best Agile practices and values. This led to a 30% increase in project efficiency.

Quality-First Approach: Guided teams to optimize product development, resulting in a 20% improvement in product quality. Emphasized user-centric practices, right-sizing user stories, and fostering collaboration.

Strategic Alignment: Collaborated closely with the Product Owner (PO) to prioritize the Product Backlog, ensured that it remained healthy, aligned with the INVEST principle, and ready as per the team's Definition of Ready. Achieved a 15% increase in on-time delivery.

Efficient Planning: Coordinated with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) for Program Increment (PI) Planning, leading to a 25% improvement in sprint planning efficiency. Facilitated break-out sessions that produced a robust plan for six sprints.

Proactive Problem Solver: Identified and resolved impediments daily, resulting in a 15% increase in sprint goal achievement.

Effective Ceremony Facilitator: Skillfully led key Scrum ceremonies, fostering team collaboration and adherence to Agile best practices, contributing to a 25% improvement in team cohesion.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with business stakeholders, product managers, and development/testing leads to prioritize deliverables. This led to a 20% reduction in project timeline deviations.

Conflict Resolution Expert: Efficiently resolved conflicts and facilitated decision-making, ensuring a harmonious team environment and swift issue resolution.

Woodforest National Bank, Dallas, TX Feb 2016 – April 2018

Business Analyst / Scrum Master

Sprint Excellence: Led teams to consistently surpass sprint goals, achieving a 20% increase in project target attainment. Proactively identified and mitigated risks and impediments.

Effective Collaboration: Established robust communication channels, governance structures, and reporting mechanisms, reducing issue resolution time by 25%.

JIRA Expertise: Recognized as the go-to authority for JIRA navigation. Leveraged advanced JIRA Query Language (JQL) skills to enhance project visibility and collaboration efficiency.

Scaled Agile Innovation: Collaborated across multiple Scrum teams, fostering a culture of innovation and iteration. Resulted in a 30% increase in project efficiency.

Agile Transformation: Successfully coached teams at various Agile journey stages, contributing to a 25% boost in overall team productivity.

Data-Driven Optimization: Monitored team progress and championed continuous process improvement. Utilized metrics like velocity, burn-down, and burn-up charts, achieving a 15% increase in project efficiency.

Executive Leadership Alignment: Educated and coached executive leaders, facilitating an organization-wide Agile transformation and improved decision-making.

Kroger Co. Cincinnati, Ohio Jan 2015 – Feb 2016

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Retail Store Enhancement: Spearheaded the transformation of retail store projects, guiding them from traditional methods to full Agile adoption. Achieved a 20% reduction in project completion time compared to traditional project management approaches.

Project Execution: Led a significant project involving the remodeling and upgrading of multiple Kroger retail stores across Cincinnati. Collaborated with cross-functional teams, overseeing all aspects of the project, from planning and resource allocation to execution and delivery.

Performance Metrics and Reporting: Provided leadership with insightful performance metrics and status reports derived from project management tools, protecting the team from external disruptions and enabling focused execution.

Project Coordination: Expertly facilitated key project ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, daily syncs, Sprint Demos, and Retrospectives, fostering a sense of ownership and accountability within the project teams.

Process Improvement: Ensured the effectiveness of project processes and methodologies, working closely with stakeholders to maintain alignment with Agile principles and standards.

Guidelines Establishment: Played a pivotal role in defining enterprise-wide project guidelines, including the establishment of project milestones, readiness criteria, and team working agreements.

EDUCATION

•Walden University- MSc. 2021

•Realztech Institute, Houston TX- INFOSEC, 2020

•Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria MBBS- 2005

•Federal University of Technology Computer Resource Center, Nigeria Adv Diploma in Computer Studies, and Data processing -2005

CERTIFICATION

ICP-ACC Certified

ICP-ATF Certified

PSM I, PSM II

Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SAFe 6)

Certified Scrum Master

ITIL 4 Foundation

Oracle Certified Specialist- Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist.

Oracle Certified Associate- Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020.

Oracle Certified Associate- Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Certified Architect Associate.

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