Sekou Doray

Cell: 484-***-****

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Job Objective:

To obtain a position in a company that believes in Lean Agile and is willing to take the time to implement a true operating system and change the way they are working. I am eager to improve the employee experience and deliver a quality product to our end users. Enterprise Agile Transformation Coach

Provided Enterprise Agile transformation and coordinated Agile adoption for multiple organizations across the US and Internationally.

. Cultivates the capabilities of each team member in their specific roles and enables them to deliver customer value rapidly.

. Help team navigate through real-world challenges.

. Help identify the obstacles preventing teams from delivering consistent customer value.

. Bringing out the best in individuals and leveraging their experience and knowledge so they can solve their own problems.

. Understand where the bottlenecks are to lead where necessary, and then to support the team as they gain momentum and start moving in the right direction.

. Establish a repeatable pattern for integrating additional Agile teams, which will help grow and mature as an Agile organization.

. Provide Agile Transformation Solution with training, workshops, and consulting; to transform talented individuals into an awesome Agile team and provide the supporting structure that makes Agile at scale a reality.

Professional strengths:

_Business process Analysis _Continuous improvement _Performance Metrics _ _Lean Six Sigma _Voice of the Customer _Risk Prevention _CSM _Pivotal Cloud _Process flow and Value streamlining _ Mentoring/coaching _ Scaled Agile Framework _ Certified Product Owner _ Certified SAFe.5 program Consultant_ Jira_ Azzure DevOps.

Work Experience:

Business Analyst/ Scrum master / Product Owner / Project Manager/ Process improvement / Agile Transformation Coach

Jan 2023 to Nov 2023 International Consultant

SETRA-S.A (Enterprise transformation specialist)

• Lead the transformation strategy for the architectural and construction department.

• Provide 1on1 coaching to the executive team on The agility concept and new way of working.

• Restructure the organization using Safe framework

• Implement and train Product owner and Product manager on their individual backlog and on their respective roles.

• Implement a continuous process improvement roadmap, to minimize risk and accelerate stable and positives results.

• Innovate procedures using lean six sigma techniques to minimize waste and focus on customer centricity

• Provide customized training to teams to facilitate the agile adaptation. Jan 2019 to Dec2022

Coca-Cola (Enterprise Agile transformation coach)

● Lead the Agile transformation strategy for multiple towers, train junior coach to help absorb the transformation effort,

● Coach, and mentor agile delivery teams, including mentoring LOB.

● Assist product owners with backlog creation, prioritization, and refinement.

● Provide one-on-one coaching to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, DevOps Team and Leadership (as needed) in their new roles to achieve the organizational transformation.

● Plan and execute appropriate coaching techniques to accelerate team’s transformation.

● Build reports to help stakeholders and leaders to monitor and capture necessary metrics.

● Prepare all key roles to smoothly adhere and transform.

● Provide recommendations and solution for continuous improvement to enhance productivity and quality, using Jira, or Azure DevOps tools.

● Scale process improvement and Agile way of working across eight OU`s (country) Jul 2017 to Dec 2018

SunTrust Atlanta GA (Agile Coach)

● Responsible for the Consumer segment

● Train teams on Agile methodologies to deliver automation using RPA (BluePrism) and RDA (Pega) tools.

● Educate Scrum Masters and BAs on agile principles and practices.

● Educate Program managers on Agile methodology and reporting.

● Provide 1on1 training on Agile tools.

● Work closely with management team to identify gaps and adequate support for senior leaders.

● Help create a sustainable and continuous improvement culture; identify and drive improvements in supporting team commitments.

● Provide subject matter expertise on a wide range of Agile topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, Retrospectives, Product Ownership, acceptance tests, and XP.

● Evaluate potential candidates for Scrum Master and Product Owner.

● Develop a suitable Kanban methodology for team choosing that path. Jul: 2016 – June2017

T-Mobile Atlanta GA (Agile transformation Coach)

● Lead Agile transformation,

● Coach and mentor, several agile delivery teams, including mentoring LOB.

● Assist product owners with backlog creation, prioritization, and refinement; using Jira.

● Provide one-on-one coaching with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, DevOps Team and Leadership (as needed) in their new roles to achieve the organizational transformation.

● Plan and execute appropriate coaching techniques to accelerate team’s transformation.

● Build reports to help stakeholders and leaders to monitor and capture necessary metrics.

● Prepare all key roles to smoothly adhere and transform.

● Provide recommendations and solution for continuous improvement to enhance productivity and quality.

● Coordinating and managing teams of Bas to align on tools(Jira) and concepts. Nov: 2015 – Jun 2016

Bank of America, Wilmington, DE (Senior Scrum Master)

● Help organization transform to an agile methodology and mindset, facilitate change at the individuals and team level and help build high performing team.

● Coach waterfall agents: offshore to transform to agile and reach a proper level of maturity.

● Organize SOS meeting, mentor agile team and help Scrum master to get better at what they do using Scrum or Kanban.

● Organize improvement meeting: to install transparency, develop future opportunities, identify non agile practice and ensure core agile principles are followed.

● Meet with management to discuss improvement opportunities and possibilities, design and plan process execution.

Dec: 2012 – Nov: 2015

Capital One, Wilmington, DE (Agile Coach)

● Working with multiple development teams on application functionality, ensure core agile Classified - Confidential

principles are followed and practiced within the scrum team.

● Coach several teams including mentoring scrum to align their vision with the organization goal, help them achieve their goal which will emphasis the company ROI.

● Facilitate Scrums for agile teams, release and iteration planning, business prioritization sessions, remove technical blockers and any impediments to ensure team efficiency as possible.

● Coach agile principles and provide general guidance on best practices to organization members.

● Assist product owners with backlog creation, grooming and prioritization.

● Make recommendations to key user for continuous improvement to enhance productivity and quality stablish processes for Scrum and Kanban as needed, track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress

● Evaluate potential candidates for Scrum Master and Product Owner Sept: 2009 - Dec: 2012

HSBC New Castle DE (Business Improvement Analyst/Product Manager) Interact with business stakeholders, to understand their short-term and long-term needs. Charged with process assessment and analysis; to determine areas of improvement and coordinated improvement opportunities using proven techniques (Lean Six Sigma and Agile). Debt Protection (Claim Adjudication) Department:

● Created Kanban system increased production efficiency, eliminating wait time and overhead processing. Redesigned and simplified process flow eliminating handoff and variations.

Account Validation Department:

● Reduced cycle time from 8 to 4 days, eliminated over time and reduced headcount from 5 to 3 FTE by Implementing a Push and Pull system

Process Servicing Department:

● Reduced manual process by developing automation, implemented script to auto adjust fee to customer accounts, reducing headcount from 12 to 3 FTE.

● Rolled out database that automated 70% of all the manual reports. Instituted visual management boards to provide production transparency.

● Produced higher employee retention from 55% to 66% through higher management and supervisors training, adding a reward recognition programs, raised moral and provided continuous feedback.

Jun 2005 - Sept 2009

HSBC New Castle DE (Business Analyst)

● Responsible of creating and maintaining KPI and process control reports.

● Helped resolve critical control and operational weaknesses, identified problems and recommended improvements solutions.

● Reduced operational risks and automated 80% of the manual process.

● Increased reporting capabilities by developing and rolling out new databases to track offshore and local transactions.

● Organized training session and provided Microsoft office to agent. Classified - Confidential

Education:

Certified Safe5 program Consultant

Agile ACP

Certified Safe3.1 program Consultant

Bachelor’s degree in economy

Certified Cisco administrator

BPM, Lean six sigma, Agile scrum Master

Agile Product Owner

University of Marien Ngoibi (BZV)

TCI (NY)

Wilmington (DE)

Wilmington (DE)

Classified - Confidential

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