Profile

Dedicated and certified Scrum Master with years of experience in facilitating agile project management at multiple industries. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget. Adept at driving continuous improvement, fostering collaboration, and promoting a transparent and adaptive team environment. Excellent problem-solving skills and commitment to maintaining high standards in complex environments.

Skill

•Expertise in SDLC methodologies – Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban and Waterfall.

•Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse teams.

•Strong technical command of project management tools –JIRA/Confluence, Rally, Version One, MS Project, Remedy and MS Office Suite.

•Well versed in project version control and collaborating tools – SharePoint, Salesforce

•Strategic Planning & Execution, Process Optimization, Change Management and Release Management.

•Break Project into Attainable Progress Goals.

•Identify Areas of Improvement

•Analyze Test Results.

•Servant Leadership

•Removing impediments

•Facilitation and Observation

•Stakeholder Relationship Management

•Communication & Negotiation

•Burndown/Burnup Charts

•Sprint Review/Retrospective

•Metrics & Trend Reporting

•Ceremony Facilitation

•Story Development

Professional Experience

Scrum Master/ Program Manager, Morgan Stanley

•Led the transition of three teams from traditional project management methodologies to Agile, resulting in a 5% increase in project delivery speed.

•Implemented new Scrum techniques that boosted team productivity by 7%, as evidenced by reduced cycle times and increased sprint completions. 06/2022 – present

Atlanta, GA

•Successfully delivered three high-stakes projects, including FINRA regulatory report, Hard to Borrow, Fully Paid Lending, which directly contributed to the company's strategic goals.

•Achieved a 9% increase in stakeholder satisfaction through effective communication strategies and regular progress updates.

•Identified and mitigated critical risks in project execution, preventing potential delays and cost overruns in ten major projects.

•Cultivated a high-performing Agile team by mentoring and coaching forty six team members, leading to improved collaboration and a 3% decrease in team conflicts.

•Streamlined Agile processes, resulting in a 5% reduction in waste and a 7% improvement in efficiency.

Olanrewaju Adeniji

Scrum Master / Program Manager

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•Developed and led Agile training programs for over sixty employees, enhancing the organization's Agile competency.

•Facilitated brainstorming sessions that led to the development of Done Trade Enhancement, Portfolio Margin, NASDAQ migration, High Net-worth Client enhancing the company's competitive edge.

•Managed project budgets effectively, achieving cost savings of 8% while maintaining high-quality standards.

•Managed code deployment by defending projects in the Change Assessment board meetings.

Scrum Master, Bank Of America

•Scrum master for two unique scrum teams responsible for two varying financial billing technology products.

•Responsible for all aspects of scrum process, including but not limited to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, user story refinement, and sprint retrospectives.

06/2019 – 06/2022

Atlanta, GA

•Responsible for coaching and training newly hired and recently promoted scrum masters.

•Discovered 7 anti-patterns within the agile teams and implemented standard agile practice that increased velocity by 55% and increase throughput of the different teams.

•Tracked down bugs, roadblocks, and impediments by utilizing Jira, proactively draft impact analysis and risk of bugs while working with key stakeholders to propose and implement immediate solution

•Trained product development team on story point estimation on an as-needed basis.

•Assisted Product Owner in implementing backlog grooming methodology across all scrum teams.

•Delivered agile metric reporting using burn up charts and team velocity metrics.

•Managed project scopes to ensure delivery is compliant with scope commitment Scrum Master, MedStar Health

•Scrum Master supporting one scrum team delivering a hospital management software

•Represented scrum team in the Scrum of Scrums

10/2017 – 06/2019

Atlanta, GA

•Facilitated product backlog, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meeting.

•Worked with the Product Owner to ensure we continually use efficient product backlog practices.

•Facilitated & Coach scrum team delivering Service software using Continuous Deployment Platform (CDP)

•Provided coaching and training around Agile methodologies to include Scrum, Lean & Kanban.

•Provided guidance and support in developing agile processes and best practices.

•Provided leadership and Agile coaching to increase team performance.

•Provided guidance and coaching to enhance collaboration with offshore teams.

•Removed team impediments & obstacles to ensure team continued delivery of features.

Project Coordinator, Cigna Health

•Communicated with clients and team about project expectations and goals.

•Collaborated with clients, finance teams and other team members on budgeting. 09/2015 – 09/2017

Atlanta, GA

•Managed deadlines and progress across the team to ensure the project is delivered on time and on budget

•Organized third-party providers and vendors to deliver elements that can't be produced in-house

•Oversaw the delivery of projects and adjusting as necessary to ensure they are delivered to specifications and high standards.

•Supported all project managers with all requirements as regards to on-going projects.

Scrum Master / Program Manager, Guarantee Trust Bank

•Scrum Master and Agile Coach for 2 software development teams.

•Coach Waterfall teams through an Agile Transformation using Scrum and Kanban. 05/2013 – 07/2015

Lagos, Nigeria

•Drive training for teams on Agile development principles and best practices.

•Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.

•Train and develop teams on the effectiveness of proper utilization of all Scrum ceremonies.

•Train Product Owners on composing, prioritizing, and coordinating user stories and acceptance criteria.

•Assist Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog.

•Assist the product owner to ensure that user stories are properly articulated and prioritized.

•Assist teams resolve conflicts without providing solutions.

•Interface with Program Management to ensure project goals and requirements are being met.

•Remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

•Ensure responsibility of delivery and management of the tasks.

•Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.

•Instructed and modeled core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise.

Education

Bsc Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of Lagos Cisco Certified Network Professional, Kennesaw State University Scale Agile Framework (SAFe)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

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