AMAD JAMES CONTEH

Woodbridge, VA 571-***-**** ad2fis@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/amad-conteh-550408148/

EDUCATION

Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria, VA AA Information Technology January 2017 – December 2019

Objective: Engaging Scrum Master with skills in Agile planning and leadership. Seeking to improve cost, delivery time, and quality for the corporation at large. Keen ability to understand and build complex systems and focusing relentlessly on removing impediments from teams and delivering customer-centric products and features. Known as a superb communicator who builds productive stakeholder relationships while leading diverse teams to exceed all performance expectations.

Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Excella Consultant Inc Arlington, VA Agile Scrum Master September 2021 – Present

Facilitates dependency and risk management for the Scrum teams and the ART.

Facilitates team and cross-team impediment removal for the team.

Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the Agile teams and across the ART to support value delivery and Sprint commitments.

Provides visibility into the Agile teams delivery plans and Release plans on the program level and to stakeholders.

Ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).

Measures team delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.

Randstad Technologies McLean, VA Entry Level Scrum Master December 2020 – July 2021

Elicit business requirements (features & user stories) for assigned project requests, and manage the product backlog.

Act as a liaison between project stakeholders.

Identify business needs and drivers of value and success.

Decompose the user stories to a consumable level that is understood by the developers.

Scrum Master organizes and facilitates sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and release planning.

Facilitates collaboration for both onsite and offshore teams, resolving conflict, removing impediments, and reducing external dependencies.

Coaches team members and stakeholders in preparation for Scrum ceremonies and events and in goal attainment.

Coaches team in Agile estimation techniques, makes appropriate and realistic commitments, and works closely with Product Owners.

Creates a product roadmap, coaches the writing of value-driven user stories, features, and epics, and maintains a well-refined backlog.

Provides regular feedback to the Agile Transformation Team about new insights and lessons learned from team experience.

Scrum Master keeps informed and educated about industry trends concerning Agile methodologies.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

ORGANIZATIONS

National Association of Black Engineers (NABE)

Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society

Organization of African Students- Rutgers University (OAS)

Agile Leadership Network

Honors Live and Learn Community (HLLC)

CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical: SAFe, JIRA, SEO Specialization, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Analytics, Web Content Optimization, Automated Testing, Azure DevOps

Soft: Servant Leadership, Strategic Planner, Collaborative Communication, Planning, Lean, Six Sigma,

Languages: Proficient in English, Krio, Temne

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter