William Leke

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Dallas, TX *5254

508-***-****

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Professional Summary

Dynamic and results-oriented Senior Scrum Master with 5 years of experience in leading Agile teams to deliver high-quality software products. Adept at fostering collaboration, removing impediments, and ensuring Agile principles are upheld throughout the development lifecycle. Proficient in a variety of technical tools and methodologies, with a proven track record of driving continuous improvement and delivering business value.

EXPERIENCE

Maximus Inc, Tysons, Virginia - Senior Scrum Master September 2022 - Present

● Led multiple Agile teams through successful project lifecycles, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and best practices.

● Facilitated Scrum events including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, fostering transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

● Coached and mentored team members on Agile methodologies and best practices, driving continuous improvement and increasing team efficiency.

● Collaborated closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize and refine the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

● Implemented and maintained Agile metrics to track team performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive data-driven decision-making.

● Acted as a servant leader, removing impediments and fostering a culture of accountability, empowerment, and self-organization within the teams.

● Championed the adoption of DevOps practices, enabling teams to achieve faster time-to-market and higher quality deliverables through automation and continuous integration.

● Conducted training sessions and workshops on Agile practices, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing across the organization. Priority Technology Holdings, Alpharetta, Georgia - Scrum Master January 2022 - September 2022

● Managed highly complex payment solutions projects impacting all areas of enterprise and crucial to bottom-line success.

● Responsible for leading organizations' agile transformation.

● Coached agile team through company merger, delivering on new features for the organization's most profitable product.

● Worked with the PO, technical teams, and client to Identify & define epics to feed into the Product Roadmap & ideas backlog.

● Helped foster effective communication channels between business stakeholders and teams so all were clear on product requirements, sprint goals and product builds.

● Tracked, managed, and resolved daily project impediments impacting team’s performance.

● Coordinated and synchronized project plan, activities, and dependencies with other teams.

Align Credit Union, Lowell, MA- Scrum Master

September 2020 - January 2022

● Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.

● Led daily scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.

● Worked with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.

● Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems and distractions to meeting team goals.

● Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.

● Assessed team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.

Align Credit Union, Lowell, MA - Junior Business Analyst August 2019 - September 2020

● Boosted company productivity and customer satisfaction by streamlining or eliminating inefficient processes.

● Pinpointed inefficiencies in business processes and recommended improved policies.

● Analyzed businesses to determine financial impact of potential investments to support risk assessment.

● Reviewed company software and business programs to determine value and assess viability in a live environment.

● Identified key growth and contribution opportunities for business.

● Developed test plans and scripts to ensure accuracy of software system implementations

Skills

● Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)

● Team Leadership and Development

● Agile Coaching and Mentoring

● Sprint Planning and Execution

● Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)

● JIRA, Confluence, and other Agile Tools

● Technical Proficiency in [List specific technical skills, such as programming languages, development tools, etc.]

● Stakeholder Management and Communication

● Problem-solving and Conflict Resolution

● Risk Management and Mitigation

EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA - BS, Economics Hopedale Jr/Sr High School

Certifications

Certified SAFe® Scrum Master

Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner

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