TOLU K. SOTUMINU

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

8+ years of experience leading cross-functional and technical teams in adopting and implementing Agile/Scrum principles to deliver high-quality software solutions. Improved delivery timelines by 20% and reduced costs by 10%, while championing Agile best practices. Experienced in project management, IT audits, cloud migrations, and network refresh projects.

SKILLS

JIRA

SCRUM

AWS

RDS

SQL

AGILE

AWS Data Migration

CICD, Outlook

Conflict Resolution

AWS CloudWatch

MySQL

Confluence

Team Empowerment

Coaching/Mentoring

Sprint Planning

Workday HCM

Excel, SD

WORK EXPERIENCE

Silicon Valley Bank August 2022 - March/2023

Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Guided and coached cross-functional development teams in adopting and implementing Scrum principles and practices

• Accountable for end to end planning and execution of multiple projects, independently own and manage change requests, and new initiatives.

• Encouraged transparency and fostered a culture of continuous improvement within the team by leveraging agile metrics and feedback loops.

• Facilitated effective communication and collaboration between team members, stakeholders, and management to ensure a shared understanding of project goals and deliverables.

• Helped infra team to develop a strategy that completely cut off 20% of time use to push project to production.

First Community Credit Union October 2019- August- 2022

IT Project Manager/ Scrum Master

• Provided guidance and mentorship to multiple Scrum teams in adopting agile methodologies and delivering high-quality software solutions

• Assisted in the selection and customization of agile tools and software to support efficient project management and tracking

• Coached teams on effective agile practices, including user story development, estimating effort, and managing dependencies

• Managed highly complex Network refresh projects impacting all areas of enterprise and crucial to bottom-line success

• Coaching product owner; helping them understand their role and how to create a cohesive product vision that draws in the needs of multiple stakeholders to achieve buy-in and shared understanding

Johnson & Johnson

Scrum Master/Project Manager June 2016 – August 2019

• Championed the adoption of Agile best practices and provided coaching to team members on agile methodologies

• Manage internal and external stakeholders, evaluation of project budget, scope, and ensure deliverables aligns with business case objectives.

• Worked with the team to focus on daily and Iteration goals in the context of the current Program Increment (PI) Objectives.

• Lead migrations and transitions to the cloud with Cloud Readiness Assessment, Understanding the key pain points of the legacy infrastructure.

• Support the team in removing Impediments to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration and implementation of ERP and Cloud Migration.

• Conduct SAFe scrum ceremonies, evaluate, and recommend techniques and practices that ensure goal achievement.

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Jr. IT Auditor September 2014 – May 2016

Actively participated in Agile community forums, conferences, or workshop to stay updated on industry trends and best practices

Monitored and reported project progress, sprint velocity and other key metrics to management and stakeholders

Identify risks associated with IT infrastructure, operations, and applications (Network, security, database, system developments, and physical security)

Sound knowledge of Agile engineering practices. Including continuous integration, automated testing and delivery.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science in Project Management

Ternopil Economic National University

Bachelor of Science in Business Management

East Ukrainian National University

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Lean Six Sigma

Project Management Essentials

Required Skills

# of Years

Highlight of Experience

Managing Test Projects & Leading Teams

8+

Lead Release planning, coordinate release management, enforce compliance with security assessment, and penetration testing.

Conduct testing of financial system controls compliances, IT General Controls (ITGC) and Application Controls, Access Controls and Configuration management controls

Helped infra team to develop a strategy that completely cut off 20% of time use to push project to production.

Managed product organization. Created product strategies for TechExcel's flagship product line, worked with customers to define requirements and features, directed outsourced and globally distributed

Perform Compliance testing and facilitate business process improvement and redesign projects to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of IT and operational process

Automation Testing Strategies & Tools

5+

Support the team in removing Impediments to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration and implementation of ERP and Cloud Migration.

Track KPI and metric using tableau dashboard, and managed DevOps CI/CD automation

Implementation

8+

Conduct and supervise audit to evaluate the design and implementation of new and existing technologies which support the internal Audit function in its objective to advocate the strategic goals of the company

Preferred Skills

# of Years

Highlight of Experience

Workday

7+

Project implementation and SDLC experience with Workday Human Capital Management.

Serve as a Workday subject matter expert on all HCM related modules.

Used Workday to create Job Requisitions to add new headcount to my teams.

Budgetary control and the ability to track, open, fill and manage tight deadlines, make decisions, learn quickly, and self-manage with Workday HCM.

Summary:

Talented IT Project Manager with 8+ years of experience in project implementation and SDLC experience

Perform Compliance testing and facilitate business process improvement and redesign projects to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of IT and operational process

Track KPI and metric using tableau dashboard, and managed DevOps CI/CD automation

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