RONALD ANCHUOIKONG MINANG

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Clinton, MD.

240-***-****

Hands on certified scrum master with secret clearance and experience in supporting teams working on different projects, using the different agile frameworks. I motivate, organize, lead, and coach teams across multiple locations in the agile space. Very efficient in written and Verbal Communication skills to influence presentation of reports to senior management. I have developed a wide range of communication and interpersonal relationship skills throughout the years that has aided my growth as a team player and Scrum Master. Proficient in English and French languages. Competent servant leader in fast paced, deadline driven environments with outstanding written and oral presentation and communication skills. Used tools like Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Rally and TFS to help manage my teams’ work. I also use zoom for team meetings. I have experience working in an Agile environment to deliver high quality products on time, on budget using Agile development techniques like Scrum, SAFe, XP and Kanban.

Edward Jones, MO

Scrum Master (November 2022-present).

Assisting my teams in facilitating team ceremonies and stakeholder meetings.

Coaching my teams on the importance of refreshing the teams working agreements as often as possible and making sure all team members have access to its location.

I coached my teams on the importance of obtaining live feedback from the clients and integrating them into teams processes and work for constant improvements.

I am working in close collaboration with stakeholders to ensure the teams work align with their needs and come up with ways to manage dependencies.

Working with other SMs, RTEs & coaches in the ART to address and manage inter team dependencies and bottle necks, come up with teams coaching plans, and create a psychological safe environment for all team members.

Working with my teams and POs to refine and review the backlog.

I make sure all team members receive PI planning meetings on their calendars and follow up with the RTEs for any updates to the PI Planning program/work boards.

I help in mapping dependencies on my teams work boards during PI planning and also ensure my teams capacities and velocities are as accurate as possible and updated on the PI work board before planning begins.

I structure team breaks and take the vote of confidence during team break outs in PI Planning sessions.

I update the teams calendars with major dates and activities to ensure the team members are aware of upcoming activities such as firm freezes, release deadlines, holidays. Team members birthdays and availabilities.

I coach my teams on how to read team metrices and understanding what stories each of these matrices tell and how they directly or indirectly team processes, outcomes, and outputs.

I help my teams come up with ways to manage production support tickets from financial advisors (FAs) and dependent teams without taking away the time the team needs to complete committed work.

My teams and I are working on a project called branch and regional operations that have to do with helping FAs to easily transition from one financial relation to the other using built in sytems such as Branch to Branch (B2B), Client transitions (CT), Five star. The team also works on updating FAs and Back-end view screens, update MAPS and Locations. We are also working on apps such as Money guide and Salesforce.

Robbins-Gioia LLC, VA

Scrum Master (September 2021-Octorber 2022).

Facilitated the team ceremonies.

Obtained a secret security clearance with the organization.

Helped the team understand the differences between the different Agile frameworks typically scrum and kanban and how they could impact the output depending on the needs of the client.

Coached the team and the organization on adopting the Agile mindset and proper application of its frameworks as pertaining to the different projects.

Contributed to the Agile transformation of the organization through coaching exercises in group settings.

I worked in close collaboration with my PO and the team to ensure the backlog was properly refined and reviewed.

I coached my teams on story writing, specifically on vertical and horizontal techniques.

I coached and trained my teams on story pointing, feature sizing and the different techniques available, mainly Fibonacci and T-shirt sizing respectively.

I trained and coached my teams and the organization on planning and executing a successful mini-PI planning using SAFe with each player understanding their respective roles.

My teams and I worked on updating the different software components in some aircrafts with the Air Force, who was one of our clients at the time, using both scrum and Kanban frameworks.

Universal Tech Consultant, MD

Scrum master (October 2019-August 2021).

Facilited the daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings.

Supported the team and PO in backlog and ensured stories were properly prioritized.

Facilitated conflict discussions, decision making and conflict resolutions between team members.

Ensured the Scrum Framework was implemented effectively, and I provided coaching and training at the team level to maximize its benefits.

Assisted with making appropriate commitments to deliver business value using SAFE through story selection, definition of tasks and estimation well understood, and the team made progress when they picked up work.

I ensured the team observed the Definition of Done and Definition of Ready which was well documented in the team’s working agreement.

Coached and guided scrum teams of different sizes both co-located and distributed. Removed impediments and guided the teams to remove impediments.

Encouraged my teams to follow agile best practices like pair programming and peer review.

Made sure the teams were not overly committed so they were not burned out, using tools like Jira to check my team’s progress on the dashboard and burndown chart.

Encouraged the teams to constantly update the Jira board daily for accurate reports and visibility.

Facilitated my teams ‘breakout meetings during PI plannings, and made sure my teams received invites, ensured breakout sessions were properly planned.

I worked in close collaboration with the RTE; first to ensure that the matrices measured during the sprints in the just ended PI were properly displayed on the PI Planning work board for proper visibility by the organization, secondly, I helped facilitate release meetings between RTE, stakeholders and developers.

Supported my teams in making proper decisions on who to represent the teams during Inspect and Adapt Ceremonies during PI planning.

Supported one of my teams in migrating data from databases through servers to cloud (data warehouse) using SQL (java as alternative tool) in the ETL process of data management.

Helped my team in updating the mobile app with new features everyday (CI/CD) where users could manage at the comfort of their homes and got instant feedback to their desired operations without having to displace themselves to the physical location of the business.

Anthem Inc. VA.

Scrum Master (Sept 2017- Oct 2019).

Guided the team’s operations by facilitating scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, sprint retro, daily standup, sprint demo/review).

Encouraged the team to practice frequent code refactoring, peer reviews and regression testing to reduce production defects.

Worked in collaboration with the RTE to ensure the team is ready and well briefed on the expectations for PI planning.

Helped the Product owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.

Protected the team from internal and external distractions to help them focus on their daily activities enabling them to meet their sprint goal.

Worked with management and team members to clarify needs and plan delivery of major product changes, future versions, and new products using SAFE.

Used tools like mural, Jira, and Confluence to manage my team and track their work.

I used zoom and teams for teams’ communication.

Created an environment where the team felt safe to bring up the problems they faced without fear of judgement.

Ensured the scrum framework is implemented effectively and provides coaching and training at the team level to maximize its benefits.

Tracked the team’s velocity using burn up, burn down charts to analyze their productivity trend.

Drove successful transformation of existing organizations from Waterfall to Agile.

My team and I worked on the project of updating documentation to align with the guidelines the government required us to follow (Government Compliance), we made sure that the client’s information is secured following government rules and regulations and setting security barriers for different users (patience, officials, and administration).

Another project we worked on was to make sure that patients could get real time updates to their prescriptions and appointments via the app without having to come to the hospitals.

Hilton Hotel, MD.

Scrum Master (August 2016- Sept 2017)

Attended Scrum of scrums with other scrum masters where we discussed inter dependencies, risks, and resources.

Tracked Performance Indicators/Metrics and addressing any issues as they arise. These metrics include Velocity, Burndown/up charts, Release progress, etc.

Coordinated Scrum of Scrums keeping the teams aligned through communicating, collaborating, resolving impediments etc.

Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included, Grooming, Sprint Planning, Stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Drove successful transformation of existing organizations from Waterfall to Agile.

Reported progress to key Stakeholders through Release/Sprint, Burn-Down, velocity target updates, schedules, risks, dependencies, etc.

Worked with the product owner to maintain the product backlog in a way that ensures the project is well defined and the team can continually advance forward on the project at any given time.

Worked with the system, subsystem/platform, and service leadership teams to deliver quality products on time, within budget and with the necessary features.

Gathered requirements from stakeholders and customer feedback and released the

Monitored the progress of the project and released the information to stakeholders.

Worked with the QAs to create test cases for Quality Assurance testing.

Participated actively in establishing and providing vision of the product and gain understanding of the acceptance criteria.

Among other projects, my team and I worked on enhancing the log in portal and it involved analyzing the design and developing new functionality into the website to help clients and other front-end users have secure access.

Gender Empowerment and Development (GeED).

Cameroon. (AUG 2010 – June 2016)

Project Manager

●Planned, presented, trained, mentored, and followed up the team and stakeholders on project execution both in-house and in the field.

●Collected project requirements and prototyping.

●Planned and monitored project budget/spending and scope.

●Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant to scope commitment.

●Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.

●Assisted with internal and external communications, which improved transparency and awareness between team members and stakeholders.

●Timeline and budget/expenses; Obtained and aligned resources to key project roles; established clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of Buea, Cameroon.

Leadership certificate course, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Lanham, USA.

Leadership diplomat course, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Lanham, USA.

Certified Scrum Master, CSM, Scrum Alliance.

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