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CONTACT

Dallas, GA *****

301-***-****

ad3d3d@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

Agile Methodologies

Continuous Process Improvement

Conflict Resolution

Empathy

Adaptability

Change & Risk Management

Team Collaboration

Backlog Refinement

Agile Transformation

Time management

Stakeholder and Business Management

Facilitation

Kanban

JIRA Scrum Board

Rally

Confluence

Webex

SDLC

SharePoint

Product Roadmap

Automated Testing

Project Management

Microsoft Office Suite

Workflow Analysis

Sprint Planning

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

EDUCATION

JANUARY 2009

B.A ENGLISLANGUAGE

University Of Lagos, Nigeria.

An experienced Certified Scrum Master and collaborative servant leader with over 8 years of proven track record in successfully leading and supporting teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.

What is most useful in my everyday life are my verbal, written, and conflict resolution skills, which have helped me establish human connection in the workplace, while encouraging collaboration in diversity. I bring enthusiasm and awareness to products and projects, applying expert judgement to the removal of impediments and keeping teams and organization focused and aligned on delivering value and success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

WORK HISTORY

April 2023 - Current

Scrum Master/Agile Coach Bank OZK

Working with highly dedicated and diligent teams which encompasses identification and authentication from Bank OZK mobile app.

Currently supporting and leading teams in agile development, guiding them towards product releases within set guidelines and ensuring there is clear communication, collaboration, and organization of the team.

Manage each project's scope and timeline, making sure deadlines are met.

Coach and guide team members in Agile frameworks

Provide positive attitude to inspire teams towards continuous improvement.

Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration.

Work closely with product owner to handle backlogs and new requests.

Resolve conflicts amongst team members and remove any obstacles that may occur.

Help and guide the teams to implement changes effectively.

Coach teams in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks

Ensures all deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.

Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity

Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own' the product and enjoy working on it.

Ensure visibility of team overall progress by updating information radiators such as sprint burndown charts, team metrics, sprint backlog as well as tracking and communicating velocity.

Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

November 2021 - February 2023

Scrum Master American Cancer Society (ACS)

Worked with high functioning teams that built the Company's search engine for a new Web Vision project.

Currently coaching the teams daily to continuously deliver with efficiency and increase productivity and seamless user experience.

Transitioned four teams into Agile-Lean releases which allowed for greater efficiency by leveraging Agile delivery.

Serving multiple cross-functional teams; transformed 4-teams to Agile-Lean releases that enabled ‘push button' release.

Facilitate and coach to draft, track progress and continuously improve on Objective and Key Results (OKRs) Closely work with the Product Owner to understand customer needs, as well as business vision and strategy to prioritize, business value and product delivery.

Perform Scrum Maturity assessment of the team and organization and coaching the team to continuously improve efficiency, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.

Utilizes agile methods in a flexible manner that often includes traditional project management which can include hard deadlines/fixed dates at times.

Provide creative solutions to agile transformation issues: resistance to change, limited resources, conflicting priorities, lack of accountability.

Provide a positive attitude to inspire the team towards continuous improvement.

Ability to partner and communicate effectively with non-technical team members, resolving contending or contradictory objectives, and unifying disparate ideas into a homogenized solution.

Manage and facilitate team ceremonies including quarterly product planning, product owner syncs, backlog grooming, estimating, and sizing efforts, release planning, sprint planning, standup, and retrospectives.

Support Product owner to ensure the maintenance, prioritization, and alignment of product backlog with the sponsor's/business executive's vision and business strategies.

Ensure visibility of team overall progress by updating information radiators such as sprint burndown charts, team metrics, sprint backlog as well as tracking and communicating velocity

Coach teams and leaders in agile principles and practices, roles and responsibilities, and frameworks Train and mentor other scrum masters on the role of the scrum master and build communities of practice for scrum masters to share, learn and grow.

Utilize the various agile frameworks, events, and artifacts such as Kanban, Scrum where they are fit for purpose and how to implement/apply with new and existing teams.

Track and report on metrics for teams to measure progress, effectiveness of agile adoption, and agile maturity of the teams.

October 2020 - August 2021

Scrum Master/Project Manager GTITB Technical Services

Served multiple teams by facilitating ceremonies that led to the implementation of e-commerce auto pay and mobile app projects, which resulted in a 60 percent increase in customer retention rate for the organization and revenue increase of 33 percent.

Organized and facilitated agile ceremonies including daily stand – up meetings, sprint planning meetings, demos, sprint review meetings, product backlog grooming sessions and retrospectives.

Led squads/interdisciplinary teams of 6- 10 members, focused team on delivery of minimum viable solution for every sprint.

Identified and timely resolved impediments to project work.

Maintained an up to date/agreed definition of done and ensured that all stories met the definition of done and secured acceptance of project deliverables.

Supported the product owner in creating epics, personas, project vision statements, and maintaining a healthy backlog which was continually defined with a mindset of agile development.

Create an environment where the team can deliver the tasks committed to.

Created tracking updates and analysis documents such as SWOT, use case diagrams, test strategy/plans, UAT documents and training guides project status/report documents.

Worked closely with and supported the Product Owner, ensured a healthy backlog was created, maintained, and continually refined with a mindset of agile development.

Worked collaboratively and fostered team building to facilitate effectiveness in the application of agile principles across the organization.

March 2012 - May 2019

Project Coordinator AITEO Energy Resources

Coordinated three (onshore and offshore) cross-functional teams of designers, developers, architects, and testers in building a Progressive Energy Web App which remarkably increased both sales conversion and revenue by 30 percent and is currently the highest mobile conversion platform for that company.

Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.

Mapped process activities to identify shortfalls and propose options to rectify operational inefficiencies.

Communicated effectively with project team by conducting regular team meetings, documented meetings and ensured action items were executed.

Assisted project manager and developed business cases, project charters, project plans/schedules and related project documents such as risk logs, lessons learnt and project closure reports.

Reported progress and results to Director of Operations; assisted in Six Sigma efforts to aide in the development and piloting of various projects.

Developed company business strategies and implemented best practices on all internal and client facing project work.

Designed policy and procedure communications in form of training and organizational memos that are delivered firm wide.

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ADEBOLA BAKARE CSM, PMP

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