Abiodun (Abi) Otuyemi

Atlanta, GA 404-***-**** ad4xuy@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/abiodun-otuyemi-aa5aa01a9/

Professional Summary

A professional Scrum Master with over 8 years of experience in Scrum and Safe Agile leading cross-functional teams in delivering high-quality software products. Proven ability to facilitate Agile ceremonies and implement Scrum framework to improve team collaboration productivity and deliver projects on-time. Additionally, I have provided guidance to new team members on Agile best practices, proactively identified risks and dependencies, and improved the overall team performance. I am committed to helping teams thrive and deliver value through process improvement and organizations best practices.

Technical Skills & Competencies

·SDLC

·JIRA

·Azure DevOps Boards

·SAFe

·Change Management Process

·Production Incident Management

·Rally

·MS Projects

·Scrum Ceremonies Facilitation

·EPIC Discovery

·INVEST Model

·SharePoint

·Organizational Leadership

·Process Improvement

· Conflict Resolution

·Definition of Done

·Definition of Ready

·Risk Mitigation

·Release Management

·Power BI- Cycle Time

·Cross - Departmental Training

·Team Accountability

·Project Coordination

·Impediment Removal

·PI Planning

·Team Working Agreement

Accomplishments

Successfully implemented Agile scrum frameworks for software development teams, allowing for increased efficiency and productivity by 30%.

Collaborated with stakeholders and business sponsors to proactively identify risks and dependencies for Agile projects, reducing the chance for costly delays and errors.

Developed high-quality user stories by collaborating with the product owner and organizing effective meetings to discuss and refine user stories.

Enhanced collaboration between teams and increased knowledge sharing across development team by introducing new processes and systems.

Improved stakeholder engagement by producing progress reports and regularly communicating project status to executives, resulting in a 10% increase in stakeholder confidence and satisfaction.

Introduced PI Planning readiness to the organizations which helped the scrum teams better prepare and proactive with Objectives and Key Results

Agile Certification(s)

Certified Scrum Master - (CSM) Scrum Alliance

Professional Scrum Master – (PSM 1) Scrum.org

SAFe 6.0

Work Experience

SAFe Agile Scrum Master/Release Manager October 2022 – Date

MerchantE Solutions

Facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives

Supporting the Product Owner in their responsibilities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning and managing stakeholder expectations

Coaching development teams to optimize their use of Agile/Scrum practices and ensure team members effectively use Scrum principles.

Monitoring team progress and helping remove obstacles.

Proactively identify risks and dependencies to improve the overall team performance.

Planning deliverables and helping teams monitor performance.

Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible.

Taking ownership of the implementation of the Scrum Team’s process

Agile Scrum Master September 2019 – August 2022

World Financial Group

Servant-leader for the Scrum Team which included coaching the Scrum Team and removing impediments for their progress.

Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Scrum)

Facilitated the implemented Scrum practices and worked with other Scrum Masters to increase effectiveness of Scrum in the organization.

Worked with Scrum Team and other stakeholders to understand product requirements.

Supported the product owner to maintain and organize product requirements.

Introduced and facilitated sessions to review and breakdown project assignments of tasks to satisfy project requirements.

Agile Team Lead January 2017- August 2019

Copart

Managed multiple complex eCommerce projects along with product owners and stakeholders.

Provided insights & actively engaged in Sprint planning, Story assignment, decision making, and guidance on successful execution of the stories.

Socialized daily inputs to and from the development team to the stakeholders and vice versa.

Facilitated resolution of impediments and/or roadblocks to execution of sprints and overall program objectives.

Guided teams to be cross functioning, self-organizing organs of the company.

Proactively escalated issues, concerns, or conflicts to leadership team.

Mobilized Development resources to complete program deliverables on time.

Supported the product owner with prioritizing product backlog .

Managed and analyzed all Scrum boards (physical or virtual)

Lead the teams in efforts towards continuous improvement.

Facilitated any need the teams may have such as meetings with stakeholders, decision making and discussions.

Coached and mentored other Scrum Masters in my (ART) Agile Release Train. Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams.

Junior Scrum Master January 2015 – December 2016

Valued Merchants

Coordinated all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning.

Coached and mentored other Scrum Masters on a program level to ensure that our processes of working are consistent across teams.

Proactively identified and removed internal and external obstacles for my development team.

Used key Scrum metrics (burndown, velocity) to help deliver committed work.

Managed the prioritization sprint backlog items and tasks.

Tracked and reported the Scrum team’s velocity to leadership during sprint review.

Coached the team to make system and process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings.

Assisted the Product Owners in developing and managing the product backlog items.

Project Coordinator Aug 2014 – Jan 2015

LR Group

Collecting and organizing project requirements.

Liaising between my organization and Stakeholders.

Setting up and implementing regular feedback meetings with team members.

Taking care and resolving impediments and blockers for technical and non-technical team.

Carrying out project orientation duties for new team members.

Organizing knowledge exchange programs between technical and non-technical team members.

Providing regular feedback and report of project to the management and stakeholders.

Education

University of Salford Master of Science (M.Sc.) Human Resources Management

University of Hull – Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business Management

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