BEJANGA TIKU F.E
**** **** **** ****, ******* Virginia 23294
Email: ********@*****.***. Tel: 804-***-****
Objective
I’m a motivated and dedicated Scrum Master with 8 years of experience in the IT (Information Technology) field with 6 years of experience as a Scrum Master and 2 years as a Business Analyst. My objective as a Scrum Master is aimed at assisting organizations to move from waterfall to agile. Continuously upgrading and readily prepared to take on new challenges, absorb and easily adapt to new emerging technology. Lead new teams and act as a mentor to other teams, act as servant leader to teams and directing teams in finding solutions to problems rather than providing solutions. This helps organizations obtain their objective.
Professional Experience
Scrum Master October 2017 - Present
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Silver Spring MD
Coordinate and run all scrum ceremonies including daily standup, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective
Ensures that goals, scope and product domain are understood by everyone in the scrum team
Remove impediments from my team
Escalates any impediment that cannot be resolved at the team level to upper management
Implement scrum values of commitment, focus, courage, openness and respect
Ensures team members are assigned tasks they are capable of completing within the sprint
Servant - leader to my team and go an extra mile to attain our team’s goal
Work with multiple teams simultaneously and producing required results
Work with both onshore and offshore teams
Shield the team from outside distractions
Have high target limits
Build high performance teams
Work with scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) through scaled agile framework
Guide teams through continuous improvement processes including active facilitation of reviews, retrospectives and incorporation of lesson learned for future sprints
Ensures team maintain focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value
Work with the scrum team and product owner to ensure there is viable product for delivery
Assist teams to solve problems instead of providing solutions
Oversees scrum process and coaches the team by facilitating transparency, inspection, and adaption.
Ensure close collaboration between team members
Encourage collaboration between the Scrum team and product owner
Ensure work schedules are completed on time
Use key Scrum metrics (burndown chart, velocity) to help deliver committed work
Provide consistent and transparent reporting to senior leadership on status of team’s work and overall agile health.
Scrum Master August 2015 – September2017
SunTrust Bank
Greenbelt, Maryland
Coordinated and run all scrum ceremonies including daily standup, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective
Worked with both onshore and offshore teams
Ensured that goals, scope and product domain are understood are understood by everyone in the scrum team
Shielded the team from outside distractions
Worked with the scrum team and product owner to ensure there is viable product for delivery
Tracked and removed impediments that may prevent progress
Ensured that development teams practiced the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability and visibility
Worked in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment where I assisted the Release Train Engineer to forecast what is in the pipeline to be released during Program Increment (PI) Planning.
Ensured the team is making good commitments and delivering on the commitments that it makes.
Ensured team responsibility, self-accountability, transparency and self-organization
Coached and mentored other Scrum Masters on our team’s program to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams
Used key Scrum metrics (burndown chart, velocity) to help deliver committed work
Scrum Master May 2013 – July2015
Nike Georgetown, Washington DC
Coordinated and run all scrum ceremonies including daily standup, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective
In charged of establishing schedule and process for product demo and facilitate across scrum teams
Assisted with internal and external communication and improved transparency
Provided support to the team using as a servant- leader and leading by example
Worked with product owner to keep the product backlog in order
Ensured that goals, scope and product domain are understood are understood by everyone in the scrum team
Tracked the progress of user stories throughout the sprint
Fostered a culture of collaboration, team work, innovation and service excellence
Built a favorable environment where team members could collaborate effectively with each other and where problems could be raised without fear of intimidation
Taught team members Agile mindset and frameworks, practices, and process in performing their duties
Prepared and presented reports on the progress of the team
Removed any impediments and escalated impediments that could not be remediated at the team level to upper management
Made sure the team met sprint goals
Worked in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Business Analyst February 2011 – April 2013
Amazon Logistics
Springfield, Virginia
Assisted clients in gathering software requirements and ensured alignment with development teams
Assisted clients in analyzing business requirements and processes by examining documents, interviewing personnel and holding workshops.
Acted as a point of contact between engineering team and business owners
Tracked project progress, provided progress reports, and updated schedules through regular reporting, periodic reviews, and maintenance of current data from project initiation to completion
Carried out cost-benefit analysis and return on investment analysis for proposed systems and to assist management in taking decisions that will benefit the company
Regularly communicated with clients in other to understand consumers concerns
Held weekly meetings with CEOs and Directors and provided them with updates on problems facing the business and proposing solutions to them
Worked with project managers in maintaining the development life cycle of the system
Coordinated effectively with team members to complete assigned tasks
Made sure assigned task were completed on time
Assisted clients in gathering software requirements and ensured alignment with development teams
Acted as a point of contact between engineering team and business owners
Tracked project progress, provided progress reports, and updated schedules through regular reporting, periodic reviews, and maintenance of current data from project initiation to completion
Regularly communicated with clients in other to understand consumers concerns
Skills
Good communication skills both oral and written
Detail oriented
Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple tasks
Excellent team player and team builder with strong interpersonal skills
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Ability to lead and mentor team members
Ability to lead complex program and project efforts to completion
Challenge myself to go an extra mile to get the work done
Like to meet with new people where I can acquire new skills
Love team work
Love reading in order to acquire more skills
Experience working with the following:
Scrum
Jira
Kanban
Educational Qualification
Certified Scrum Master through Scrum Alliance
Safe Scrum Master through Scaled Agile Framework
Bachelors’ degree