Project Manager Scrum Master

.Violet Adewale-Ajayi (PSM *) (SSM)

Senior Scrum Consultant / Agile Coach

Phone 469-***-****

E-mail ********@*****.***

Experienced and Certified Senior Scrum Consultant with a proven history of understanding and building complex systems, team-oriented individuals, promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills over a total period of 13 years to date. A demonstrative agile expert with an excellent communicative background, leading high-performance teams to prompt incremental delivery and achieving organizational goals. Successful at motivating and coaching teams to meet demanding timelines. Promoting agility in diverse sectors while minimizing exposure and risk management.

Skills:

Full Scaled Scrum Agile Methodology/ Best Practices.

SAFe

SDLC Management (UX, UI Experience)

User Stories Automation/ Coaching/Project Delivery

JIRA Management Tool / Confluence / Azure DevOps / Power Bi

Stakeholders / Team Interaction / Value Driven Processes

Teamwork / Collaboration /Agile Adaptation

Project Portfolio Management

Strong Problem-Solving Interpersonal Skills

Project Estimation and Documentation for Stakeholders Work History

Sept 2021– date

Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master(Agile)

Wolters Kluwer Lien Solutions TX -Remote

• Implemented Agile Practices through facilitating SDLC processes with 3 teams while ensuring Risk free and Lean practices.

• Team motivation and practiced Safe and Scrum Ceremonies .

• Helped to prioritize user stories with PO, Capacity Planning and managed dependencies . Coordination of Change Review board documentation for the team and stakeholders sync up meetings.

• Leveraged burn-down and team velocity charts which resulted in improved backlog estimates and product line.

• Planning and consolidation of 3 teams and their ceremonies. Status updates.

• Ensured timely releases of client's product.

• Time- boxed meetings and ensuring full implementation of Agile. Collation of project SDLC implementation documents for Monthly releases. Mar 2017 - May 2021

Agile Coach / Project Manager (Gas)

American Electric Power, OH - Remote

• Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.

• Coordinated presentations for customers and project members to detail project scope, progress, and results.

• Tracked hours and expenses to keep the project on task and within budgetary parameters.15 million budget facilitation with returning clients.

• Keep projects on schedule by managing deadlines and adjusting workflows. June 2016- March 2017

Senior Scrum Consultant

Dungarvin Ohio, LLC - Remote

• Coached 10+ teams to higher levels of maturity by improving their process and ensuring they adhered to the Scrum framework, which led to over $3.5M in revenue for the year of 2020-2021.

• Ensure user stories were 100% ordered, prioritized, and ready to be worked on by the team to meet Sprint deadlines.

• Gather and disseminate project materials at key points to stakeholders.

• Built and utilized reporting systems to keep customers and management in loop with latest information.

• Manage and motivate project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on task and productive.

• Investigated and corrected or escalated project problems. . . Jun 2014- May 2016

Scrum Master

United Healthcare, Houston, TX - Remote

• Guided Agile principles and facilitation skills to ensure 20+ teams were working in an Agile mindset and utilizing Scrum practices.

• Facilitated 10+ (5 Teams) Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand ups, Retrospectives, Story Refinement, and Release Planning.

• Liaised between executives and entry-level workers, facilitating smooth communication.

• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases while Driving Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout each sprint cycle..

Nov 2012 - Jun 2014

Senior Project Manager

Verizon- Atlanta - Remote

• Ensured 100% of Scrum activities were tracked, kept up-to-date, and reported.

• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases

• Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.

• Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development life cycle, realizing reduction in errors.

• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.

Nov 2010- Oct 2012

Project Coordinator

Dillard's Houston, TX - Remote

• Coordinated with 20+ business stakeholders, product managers, and development and testing lead to prioritize deliverables.

• Fostered relationships with vendors to promote positive working relationships.

• Functional Team Contribution in project costs while meeting key milestones.

• Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information, and compiled data to improve efficiency.

• Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.

• Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance. Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) :

• Health Care Administration - American Intercontinental University (AIU)

• Financial Accounting and Administration - CR University of Technology. Certification

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1)

• SaFe Scrum Master - (SSM) – Scaled Agile 5.1 / 6.0

• PMI – ACP

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