Tega Udora

Scrum Master & AWS Cloud Expert

Houston, TX 77477 832-***-**** ad28kr@r.postjobfree.com US Citizen

Professional Profile

Experienced Scrum Master with expertise in AWS Cloud, IoT, Machine Learning, and AI. Skilled in integrating advanced technologies into project management, emphasizing organizational alignment, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement. Proficient in Agile frameworks (SAFe, Kanban, XP, Lean), DevOps, TDD, and BDD practices.

Professional Experience

Senior Scrum Master

Walmart, Austin, TX

July 2021 – Present

• Liaison between product owners, stakeholders, and scrum teams, focusing on Azure Cloud and IoT projects.

• Managed project milestones, facilitated scrum ceremonies, and removed impediments.

• Coordinated ML and AI technology implementation within sprint cycles.

• Trained and mentored teams in Agile values and AI/ML tools integration.

• Coordinated with architects, scrum team leads, and tech leads to ensure that epics and stories are implementable within sprints per release plan.

• Assisted our Digital Product SMEs in monitoring the portfolio backlog and incoming requests to ensure that Epics are captured, groomed, and estimated in time for scrum teams to plan them into their sprints.

• Tracked project processes, deliverables, and financials.

• Trained, mentored, and supported scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.

• Comfortable using workflow tools such as GitHub Issues, Asana, and Jira.

• Coached my team to determine appropriate strategy/actions of delivery teams to meet outcomes in support of business priorities.

• Experience with multiple software systems design tools and languages, C/C++, Python, Java. Scrum Master

Walgreens, Salt Lake City, Utah

September 2019 – July 2021

• Led Agile Scrum/SAFe practices and integrated Kanban principles for defect and technical debt management.

• Managed product roadmaps with a focus on CRM systems using Azure Cloud services.

• Facilitated upgrades of POS and Inventory management systems, incorporating IoT and AI.

• Worked with the release train engineer and other scrum masters during Scrum of scrums to coordinate and resolve dependencies with other scrum teams.

• Advocated and protected the team from outside interference, removed impediments resolved conflicts, and escalated to higher management when necessary.

• Facilitates Sprint release planning with Product Manager, Product Owner, and stakeholders to determine the features, its sequence and expected timeline. Assists Product Manager, Product Owner roles with on-going backlog refinement.

• integrated a CRM/ Customer data platform. My team facilitated infrastructure migration, data/ applications.

• Effectively assisted my team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.

Project Manager

Farmers Insurance, Albuquerque, NM

February 2016 – September 2019

Developed the mobile money application that enabled users to electronically send/ receive money and other financial transactions. Facilitated the development of its API that allowed other systems to integrate the app into their websites or applications. Key Contributions

• Facilitated scrum ceremonies like sprint review, sprint retrospectives, daily standup, backlog refinement, and print planning sessions.

• I trained the product owner in writing good user stories and acceptance criteria in accordance with the INVEST model.

• Exposed Impediments and coached the team on removing impediments and partnering with leadership to remove impediments outside the team’s capabilities.

• Served 2 to 4 Teams and ensured the core agile principles regarding collaboration, prioritization, visibility, and team accountability were practiced. Certifications and Training

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

• SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 (SSM, Scaled Agile Inc)

• Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICAgile)

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Education

MBA in Finance

New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM

BS in Engineering

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Skills

• Agile Methodologies: SAFe, Kanban, Lean-Agile

• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, MS Office

• Technologies: AWS Cloud Services, IoT, Machine Learning, AI

• Programming: C/C++, Python, Java

• Project Management: Budgeting, Quality Assurance, Requirements Analysis

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