Ekundayo OLUREBI

Delivery Lead + Scrum Master

Open to relocation 240-***-**** ad1vhi@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekundayo-olurebi

10+ years of experience as a Practicing Agile Scrum Master 10+ years of Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe experience.

8+ years of hands-on experience supporting engineering practices through Agile principles.

7+ years of experience collaborating with PO’s and RTE on Release Train duties and planning, including Program Increments as well as the Discovery Process and Product Backlog management.

9+years of experience delivering project scope, implementation and ensuring quality delivery with best practices.

5+ years of experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI, CD) processes and tools. 8+ years of experience with Information Technology and Project Management

5 years of experience with AWS and Cloud migration and services.

10+ years of experience working with and presenting to executive leadership, stakeholders, PO’s, Project Managers, and related teams.

Holds the following certifications: Certified Agile Coach (Chicago State University), SAFe® 6.0 Agilist (Leading SAFe®), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Product Owner (CPO) - Scrum Alliance.

Agile Methodologies Scrum

Kanban Lean SAFe

Extreme Programming DevOps

CI/CD Pipeline

Software Development Life Cycle TDD (Test-Driven Development) BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

PI Planning

Jira, Confluence, AzureDevOp ServiceNow, Microsoft Office 365 Conceptualization

Product design, SQL, Tableau, JavaScript Framework

Digital Assets Management Mura,Miro,IdealBoard.

Certified Agile Coach (Chicago State University) SAFe® 6.0 Agilist (Leading SAFe®)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - International Scrum Institute Certified Product Owner (CPO) - Scrum Alliance

Diploma in Accounting

Bachelor of Science in Political Science. Data Analysis

Delivery Lead/Scrum Master October 2022 - Current

Freddie Mac - Mclean, VA

Leading two teams, one focused on developing mortgage loan eligibility APIs and the other on strategic Application migration projects. Implementing and managing a SAFe Kanban system, ensuring streamline management of API request-response lifecycles.

Facilitating Backlog refinement session using Planning Poker technique, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

Coordinated and collaborated with 3 other product teams related to product dependencies.

Spearheading the migration of applications and data to AWS cloud, enhancing both functional and non-functional aspects to support the larger Agile Release Train.

Facilitating Pre-PI Planning and Improvement Backlog session during Iteration Planning.

Facilitating Program Increment (PI) breakout sessions and a pivotal role in risk and dependency management in line with SAFe principles within the ART.

Support teams in drafting PI plans, leveraging average velocity, capacity, and load for optimized delivery timelines. Championing deployment and release management by coordinating essential planning, communication, and validation meetings, ensuring alignment with SAFe's continuous delivery pipeline.

Leveraging Coach Sync in SAFe to enhance transparency about team progress during PIs and expedite the resolution of impediments. A key facilitator during Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops, employing SAFe's problem-solving toolkit to address root causes effectively.

Managing and updating Agile artifacts, including user stories and acceptance criteria, using tools like JIRA and Confluence, ensuring seamless integration into the ARTs.

Facilitate essential SAFe ceremonies, including Coach Sync, strengthening alignment with the broader ART.

Empower teams to enhance cross-functionality, resulting in a 55% surge in the delivery rate within the context of Agile Release Trains. Streamlined Time Boxing techniques in SAFe ceremonies, leading to a 25% timesaving while producing more actionable deliverables. Fostered a culture of transparency and collaboration by diligently updating SAFe tracking systems, reflecting real-time progress in the ART.

Foster release management process, decreasing the average release duration from 3 weeks to 1, halving deployment errors, and achieving a 95% release success rate.

Proactively identify potential impediments in the ART and develop ROAM (Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated) strategies, ensuring a smooth delivery pipeline.

RTE/Scrum Master November 2020 - September 2022

United Health, Raleigh, NC

Supported a Kanban team on a legacy project that revamped a medical alert system.

Coordinated efforts between a software team for system upgrade and a hardware team dedicated to prototyping an embedded pill dispenser, driving alignment and synchronization across teams.

Led 3 Amigos on Agile Maturity Assessments of multiple teams.

Utilized relevant metrics to gauge team progress and engaging with stakeholders consistently facilitates the alignment of the overall roadmap.

Ensured smooth deployment of refactored firmware embedded in the pill dispensing device, ensuring consistent and rapid value delivery to end-users.

Structured Feature and PI roadmaps, delineating milestones, deliverables, and dependencies. Regularly synchronized with cross-functional onshore/offshore teams, business analysts, developers, and stakeholders, to refine requirements and articulate acceptance criteria within the SAFe framework.

Facilitated Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring features aligned with the program vision and objectives. Managed and documented defects in alignment with SAFe's quality guidance, collaborating seamlessly with development teams to prioritize and expedite resolution.

Coached multiple developers on Agile Practices and one on one session to ensure proper implementation of engineering practices.

Coached Developers on the effective use of Jira to enhance workflow and transparency.

Engaged in Continuous Improvement processes, participating in requirement review sessions within the context of the ART, thereby enhancing the quality and user-centricity of software products.

Elevated the SAFe maturity of Agile team members by delivering targeted coaching and actionable feedback, fostering a culture of relentless improvement and Lean-Agile mindset.

Navigated production challenges with agility, ensuring swift response to interrupters and leveraging the SAFe principle of decentralized decision-making for faster issue resolution.

Senior Scrum Master March 2018 - October 2020

Citibank, Columbia, Washington.

Led a Salesforce team on an E-commerce data integration from a CRM platform called Phoenix to Salesforce CRM platform ACE.

Championed the continuous refinement and Ordering Product Backlog in accordance with the best practices and ensuring features aligned with the Program Increment objectives.

Facilitated Backlog refinement session using Planning Poker technique, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

Managed Stakeholders expectations across the organization regarding teams committed goals and areas of opportunities.

Designed and authored comprehensive training materials for the new Content Management System, facilitating quicker onboarding for teams to the ART and enhancing continuous delivery capabilities.

Emphasized the importance of and coached team on clear and concise Product Backlog Items (PBIs) and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Coached and Mentored teams on the difference of SAFe, Kanban, and other agile methodologies to determine the optimal approach for project success.

Collaborated closely with teams on creating working agreements, Acceptance Criteria, Definition of Ready, and Definition of Done, ensuring standardized operating procedures.

Gather feedback from end-users and ensuring stakeholder alignment and satisfaction.

Removed impediments for the teams that are beyond their self-organized capabilities.

Project Manager/ Scrum Master January 2015 - February 2018

Washington Tech- Greenbelt, MD

Facilitated the prototype design and firmware + software deployment phases for an embedded device (RFID - Radio Frequency Identification) water filtration project using Kanban and Scrum.

Fostered collaboration and alignment among software, hardware, mechanical, QA, and operations teams to enhance the overall product delivery process, thereby decreasing defect rate by 20% through improved communication and shared understanding, reduced average bug resolution time by 30%, and increased team satisfaction scores by 25%.

Guided Product Owners through complex problem-solving strategies.

Maintain clear, consistent communications with stakeholders on project progress and discoveries. Develop a project roadmap to outline the sequences of releases and iterations.

Creates detailed project plan, including tasks, timelines, resources, and dependencies.

Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, and define budget allocation effectively. Mentored and coached distributed Agile teams, fostering leadership and teamwork.

Developed metrics to track efficiency improvements and team adherence to DOR and DOD.

Cabin Service Manager

IRS Airlines

March 2008 - July 2014

Successfully led internal On-The-Job training programs by leveraging a Kanban Workflow, focused on Cabin Crew International Certification. Collected and analyzed data on established prospective customers and competitors.

Prepared reports that interpret consumer behavior, market opportunities, results, trends, and investment levels. Converted data into actionable insights by predicting and modelling future outcomes.

Managed flight crews ensured adherence to operational and safety procedures and monitored catering. Handled customer service, conflict resolution, and staff development.

Collaborated with various departments for seamless flight operations and crisis management. Kickstart the incremental training model to increase comprehension and save time.

Successfully managed dependencies between 3 flight operation teams.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING + CERTIFICATION

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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