Scrum Master Agile Transformation

PAUL IRABOR

Location: Katy, TX, USA C: +1-832-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***

(US Citizen)

Scrum Master SAFe Scrum Master Certified Scrum Master

An Experienced Scrum Master with 7+ years of successfully supporting large and complex organization in its agile transformation journey. I have experience working with Product Owners and coaching cross-functional teams (Offshore and Onshore) to agile maturity. I am a highly proficient, true-leader, adept in Relationship Building, Coaching, Strategic Planning, Business Process Improvement, Automation and Continuous delivery. Have experience assisting new teams in their Agile transformation towards maturity. Use different frameworks such as Scrum, Scaled Agile framework (SAFe), Kanban to deliver value to the customer.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Proven ability of leading a variety of product deliveries involving self-organizing, cross functional teams across multiple disciplines and lines of businesses

Assess Scrum Maturity of teams and organization and coach teams to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable

Experience in helping Agile teams to apply INVEST model, Release planning, Capacity planning, Backlog refinement, & working agreement.

Extensive experience in coaching and applying Agile mindset and Agile Manifesto in iterative Agile projects

Experience managing product delivery with technical development, regulatory, privacy, and third-party vendors

Experience in working with team focusing on cloud migration

Exposure to multiple frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, SDLC

CERTIFICATION

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

SAFe Scrum Master

Scrum Master Accredited Certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FIS - Scrum Master June 2023 - Present

FIS is a leading provider of technology solutions for merchants, banks and capital markets firms globally. The company ranked first in the 2022 IDC Fintech rankings. FIS provides cutting edge financial technology to their clients to solve their business critical challenges and deliver superior experiences for their customers.

Toolkit: Scrum, SAFe, Jira, Confluence, Kanban, Rally

Monitor the team’s progress during sprints and ensure that the team remains focused on achieving their sprint goal.

Assist the team with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs before release

Assist the Product Owner with backlog maintenance by ensuring we have a healthy backlog

Evaluate the team’s performance results and recommend improvements areas that will affect project growth and success.

Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.

Facilitate all Scrum events (Daily stand-ups, sprint planning, product demos and retrospectives) and release planning

Ensure that Definition of Ready (DOR) and Definition of Done (DOD) are met consistently.

Track and report key agile metrics such as velocity, burndown chart

Facilitate team discussion and conflict resolution

Guide the team with making appropriate commitments through prioritization and story selection.

Participate in Agile Community of Practice (COP)

Assist the development teams at ensuring they practice the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and transparency

US Bank - Scrum Master June 2022 - April,2023

U.S Bancorp is one of the leading financial institutions in US with asset size of $587 billion as of March, 2022. The company has been recognized for its approach to digital innovation, social responsibility and customer service. The Bank was named one of the 2022 World’s most ethical companies and fortunes most admired superregional bank.

Toolkit: Scrum, SAFe, Jira, Confluence, Kanban

Organize and facilitate daily stand up, retrospective, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint demos and other meetings to monitor product progress and resolve any issues the team may be experiencing.

Guide the team and organization on how to leverage Agile/scrum practices and values to maximize the delivery of business value.

Co-ordinate with the team and other stakeholders on code deployment preparation and execution.

Review with the Product Owner the Backlog items to ensure that it is DEEP and have enough prioritized work the team will work on.

Tracks and publishes prescribed team metrics

Build a trusting environment where issues are raised without fear of blame, retribution or been judged, with emphasis on correcting and problem solving

Create a collaborative team environment

Provide support to team members in removing/resolving impediments

Resolve conflicts between team members

Facilitate the completion of assignments efficiently and without coercion, assigning or dictating the work.

First Community Credit Union Houston, TX - Scrum Master July 2017 – May 2022

From modest beginnings to $1.9 billion in assets, becoming one of Houston's largest Credit Unions. First community credit Union operates around loans, Credit, business and investments.

Toolkit: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Jira, Confluence

As a true leader, promotes adoption of an agile mindset through teaching, mentoring, and coaching

Support the team in its cloud migration project to Azure cloud services

Schedule and facilitate scrum meetings including sprint planning, daily stand ups and sprint reviews to enable teams to plan and complete tasks based on the highest priority and the teams available capacity

Assist teams to identify, communicate and resolve or escalate impediments and issues

Working in tandem with Product Owner in finding ways to effectively maintain, prioritize the Product backlog

Responsible for ensuring team understand SAFe PI objective goals, built in quality, transparency, train alignment as well as adherence to lean-agile principles

Ensures the team is utilizing Scrum/SAFe ceremonies effectively to maximize value delivery

Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums)

Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts

Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvements events

International Bank of Commerce (IBC) Houston, TX - Scrum Master Aug 2016 – July 2017

International Bank of Commerce is a state chartered bank owned by International Bancshares Corporation headquartered in Laredo, Texas. It is one of the largest banks based in Texas and is the 83rd largest U.S. bank by asset size. In addition, IBC is the largest minority-owned bank in the United States

Project: I worked as a scrum master on our infrastructure upgrade project migrating legacy application to the cloud.

Toolkit: Scrum, Kanban, Jira,Confluence

Collaborated with leadership and Product management team to help define project deliverables and minimum viable products for each release and define priorities that are most essential to the enterprise

Served as coach to help guide the team on how best to use Agile/Scrum Practices such as Kanban, INVEST model for user story writing and MOSCOW for Prioritization

Coached through day-to-day scenarios following trained concepts to include attending team ceremonies/meetings and fine-tuning best practices over time

Assist the product owner, business analysts and other team members in refining the backlog and ensuring a steady stream of work is available for the team

Facilitating communication with other teams as needed to address any cross-team dependencies

Areas of Expertise

Customer Centricity

Team Coaching

Conflict resolution

Training & Education

Active Listening

Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Metrics and Assessment

Enterprise Solution Delivery

Communication

Tools & SKILLS

Agile Frameworks: SAFe, Scrum, Kanban

ALM/Agile/Scrum Tools: Rally, Jira, Confluence

Office Tools: Microsoft Office Suite, PowerPoint, Excel, Word

Skills: Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Coaching and Collaboration

EDUCATION

University of Benin NG 2005

Bachelor of Science, Banking & Finance

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