GABRIEL OGUNLAJA

**** ***** ******** ******. *******, IL 60637

MOBILE –312-***-****

EMAIL – ad2yac@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-ogunlaja-34a59024a/

Career Summary

Dedicated and certified Scrum Master with 5 years of experience in guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products. Proven ability to foster collaboration, remove impediments and drive continuous improvement. Seeking a challenging Scrum Master position to leverage my expertise in Agile methodologies and project management.

WORK EXPERIENCE

HEPZIBAH MODEL LIMITED - REMOTE February 2023 - Current

SCRUM MASTER

● Identify and remove impediments to the team's progress, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

● Monitor and report team progress through relevant metrics, such as burn-down charts and velocity, to drive data-driven decision-making.

● Conduct training sessions and workshops to enhance the team's understanding of Agile principles and practices.

● Implemented Agile best practices and frameworks, tailored to the organization's needs, resulting in improved team efficiency and product quality.

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and Definition of Done

● Guide Teams on quality best practices such as unit testing, test automation, test-driven development, etc.

● Maintain and provide visibility into team progress through tools like burn-down charts, velocity tracking, and other relevant metric

KINGFORD SECURITY NIGERIA LIMITED - LAGOS, NIGERIA February 2019 - December 2022

SCRUM MASTER

● Led eight cross-functional Agile teams through successful delivery of the City View project, achieving an average sprint velocity increase of 25%

● Implement Agile and Scrum methodologies, resulting in 20% improvement in

project delivery time and a 15% reduction in defects.

● Facilitate effective communication within the team and stakeholder, resulting in 25% increase in customer satisfaction.

● Collaborated with product owners to prioritize backlog items, ensuring alignment with business goals and maximizing customer value.

● Lead and facilitate various Scrum events, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring that they are productive and focused on achieving the team's goals.

●Write detailed stories and acceptance criteria for Development to code to and QA to use as the basis for their test cases

●Run daily scrum calls and help resolve blockers for the team

Key accomplishments include the following:

● Spearheaded the adoption of Agile practices, resulting in a 25% reduction in project cycle time.

● Conducted training sessions on Agile principles and practices for team members, resulting in a 20% increase in Agile maturity.

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES

● National Open University of Nigeria – Bachelor of Science in Accounting December2017

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

● Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)

● JIRA

● Project Management Professional Training (In Progress)

● Introduction to Business Analytics with R (University of Illinois via Coursera)

● Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

● AWS Cloud Solutions Architect - Associate

● AWS Cloud Practitioner

TECHNICAL SKILLS

● Agile and Scrum Methodologies

● Jira, Confluence

● Kanban

● Agile metrics and reporting

● Continuous improvement

● Atlassian suite

● Mindmap

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