CASIMIR MOULOUANGOU, MS, PSM.

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SCRUM MASTER

Professional Summary

I am a Professional Scrum Master with many years of experience using Agile methodologies to resolve complex problems. As a Servant leader, I use my communication skills to improve transparency in the Scrum Teams and within the Organization and help create healthy working environments. I have great experience removing impediments to empower teams to succeed. I am a Change agent bringing agile transformation within organizations. I am an expert in facilitating Scrum Ceremonies. I also have experience in the usage of project management tools such as Jira and ZenHub.

Education

Professional Scrum Master Certification (CSM) since October 2021

oScrum.org

Master of Science in management 2016

oUniversity of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. USA.

Bachelor of Science in biochemistry 1998

oUniversity of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Technical Skills

Agile Methodologies

Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)

Facilitation techniques

Communication skills

Decision-Making Skills

Agile maturity measurement

Remote Collaboration Tools (Miro board, Lucid chart, Idea board, Zoom)

Sprint Planning

Estimation workshops

Stakeholder Engagement

Team Management

Business Intelligence

Market Research/ Data Collection

Project Management

Requirements Analysis

Process Improvement

Risks management

Professional Experience

HCL America. Gaithersburg, MD. USA. DEC 2022 – Present SCRUM MASTER / TECHNICAL MANAGER

Plan and schedule team meetings and scrum events.

Provide Guidance to both offshore and Onshore teams.

Facilitate scrum ceremonies as well as meetings with stakeholders.

Work with stakeholders to ensure teams success by removing impediments.

Capture project progress and prepare decks for weekly status reporting presentations.

Track sprints progress in Jira and ensure sprint goals are met.

Ensure project milestones are achieved.

Assess and identify project risks and provide mitigation plans.

Ensure team growth through continuous improvement.

Foster the agile culture at the team level and within the organization.

Capture retrospective meetings feedback and ensure action items are dealt with.

Escalate issues to higher management when necessary for immediate resolution.

Capture teams monthly efforts for billing.

Costco Wholesale. Frederick, MD. USA. July 2018 – December 2022 SCRUM MASTER

Held small workshops on Scrum Skills and improved the quality of user stories estimation.

Coached team members through a series of exercises to continuously improve Scrum practices and develop Agile best practices. Techniques used included a personally crafted Scrum training session, tracking team improvements, implementing quality measurements.

Managed team Capacity before the beginning of sprints.

Regularly tracked Performance metrics such as Burn Down charts and Velocity charts and shared with stakeholders to ensure transparency.

Supported the product owner in facilitating the product backlog refinement (PBR) meeting.

Protected team from outside interference, removed impediments and blockers to set up the team for success.

Empowered the Scrum team to Self-Organize and Grow Cross-functionality to deliver a product increment.

Encouraged team Collaborative culture by asking team members to keep sprint backlog up to date.

Helped the Scrum Team identify dependencies in Jira and ensured all dependencies were managed.

Ensured all user stories had acceptance criteria and met the Definition of Ready (DOR).

Captured data and used collected data to assess the agile maturity of the teams.

Used Communication Skills to resolve conflicts within the team and created a good working environment.

Costco Wholesale. Wheaton, Maryland. USA. March 2013 – June 2018 Team leader

Implemented Agile practices within the team to ensure transparency and increase trust.

Identified opportunities to support and sustain the Agile Transformation of the team(s).

Used Scrum values to build a successful self-managed and Cross-Functional team which was able to improve overall team productivity by 40%.

Facilitated Team Retrospective meetings and helped the team inspect and adapt processes.

Used Communication skills to Engage Stakeholders regarding merchandise flow and product demos.

Ensured team members adhered to the Definition of ready (DOR) and the Definition of Done (DOD).

Managed project timelines and communication with stakeholders to ensure satisfactory progress.

Created weekly meeting minutes and documented them in Confluence.

Promoted Continuous learning through Coaching and mentorship for better team performance.

Monitored employees’ performance and wrote performance reviews.

M & T BANK. Gaithersburg, Maryland. USA. March 2011 – March 2013 Scrum Master

Held regular workshops with regards to the agile transformation in the organization.

Translated business requirements into conceptual solution through Epics and user stories.

Managed team capacity before the sprint started. This helped ensure team readiness.

Worked with the product owner to develop Roadmaps and release plan for upcoming projects.

Planned and facilitated daily stand-up meetings for the team while empowering them to self-organize and grow cross-functionally.

Worked with the Product Owner to make sure the product backlog was healthy.

Facilitated backlog refinement ceremonies to help the teams prepare for upcoming Sprints.

Empowered team with Agile Methodologies to improve their performance. The team learned to prioritize their tasks and improved productivity by 25%.

Monitored project risks and developed plans to mitigate those risks.

Prepared presentation material including Excel and PowerPoint documents for team meetings.

Disseminated project information to the team to ensure transparency.

Resolved dependencies to enable team members to increase their productivity.

Used agile metrics (Velocity report, Burndown chart, Cumulative flow diagram) to monitor project progress.

Met regularly with other scrum masters through Scrum of Scrum (SoS) platform to increase collaboration.

Planned and prepared B2B meetings with vendors and engaged with Stakeholders to agree on projects strategies.

Analytics Marketing Research, Johannesburg, South Africa. Oct 2004 – Aug 2009 Project Manager

Slashed payroll/benefits administration costs 25% by negotiating research pricing and fees, while ensuring the continuation and enhancements of services.

Wrote research proposals in response to request for proposals (RFP) made to the company.

Provided oversight of project management and prepared team for fieldwork interviews

Hired and trained personal needed for different research projects in both Anglophone and Francophone countries around the African region.

Coached/ Mentored 3 cross functional teams of 15 resources each to deliver quality products which led to over 2.5 M revenue for the 2006-2007 year.

Created project budgets, tracked project expenses, and managed project budgets reconciliation.

Tracked progress of project by maintaining constant communication with senior management staff within client’s company and internally.

Generated field work and competitive analysis reports used by stakeholders to implement new marketing strategies.

Worked with other managers to perform project risk analysis, project feasibility, ROI analysis, as well as the Cost benefit analysis.

Liaised with clients via emails and phone calls to schedule project review meetings and collaborate on the implementation of revised strategies.

Sent meeting invites to team members, planned, and facilitated team retrospective meetings.

Helped generate and compile new leads for potential client growth.

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